A Wolf in the Garden: The Land Rights Movement and the New Environmental Debate

Debates concerning the federal role in regulating industry and in managing the nation's public lands are becoming increasingly contentious. This is in part due to the rise of well-organized and ideologically energized land rights movements that have vowed to resist expansion of environmental regulations and even to roll back existing environmental statutes. A Wolf in the Garden is the only book available that assembles the arguments of key thinkers in the land rights and the environmental movements. The broad range of essays in this collection unveils hidden dimensions of the debate and explores opportunities for the environmental movement to revitalize itself by taking advantage of recent changes in the political landscape.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Knowing the Wolf, Tending the Garden Part 3 The Land Rights-Environmental Debate Chapter 4 Overcoming Ideology Chapter 5 The Pristine Silence of Leaving It All Alone Chapter 6 Property Rights Movement: How It Began and Where It Is Headed Chapter 7 Environmentalism: The Real Movement to Protect Property Rights Chapter 8 Protecting Community Stability and Local Economies: Opportunities for Local Government Influence in Federal Decision- and Policy-Making Processes Chapter 9 The County Supremacy Movement: Mendacious Myth Marketing Part 10 Analyzing the Debate Chapter 11 Environmentalists and the New Political Climate: Strategies for the Future Chapter 12 Taking the Land Rights Movement Seriously Chapter 13 The Logic of Competing Information Campaigns: Conflict over Old Growth and the Spotted Owl Chapter 14 War of Words Chapter 15 Campaigns: Conflict over Old Growth and the Spotted Owl Chapter 16 War of Words Part 17 New Directions Chapter 18 Wising up to the Wise Use Movement Chapter 19 The Economic Role of Environmental Quality in Western Public Lands Chapter 20 Wise Use Movement and the National Parks Chapter 21 End of the Progressive Era: Toward Decentralization of the Federal Lands Part 22 Coming Back into the Country Chapter 23 Community and the Politics of Place Chapter 24 Settling America: The Concept of Place in Environmental Politics Chapter 25 Peril on Common Ground: The Applegate Experiment Chapter 26 Tough Towns: The Challenge of Community-Based Conservation Chapter 27 The Wilderness Killers Chapter 28 Epilogue: Taming the Wolf Chapter 29 Index

About the Author :
Philip D. Brick is associate professor of politics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. R. McGreggor Cawley is associate professor of political science at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

Review :
AWolf in the Gardenis probably the best one-volume introduction to the land rights movement available to scholars today. . . It succeeds remarkably well conveying the substance and complexity of a debate that will doubtless grow in importance in years to come. The most broad-based and sophisticated look yet at the expanding battle between local interests and federal authority in the West. . . . An impressive line-up of scholars and writers whose expertise in western issues is unparalleled. These fine thinkers offer insight and potential solutions from all sides of the political spectrum. . . . very good collection of essays . . . I could not put the book down. Anyone concerned about the wise use movement or the environmental movement-and that means anyone interested in the common estate of the federal lands-needs to read this book. A timely and provocative exploration of the continuing struggle between environmentalists and property rights advocates for control over the western natural resource policy agenda. The essays offer fresh insights into how we got here and how we might advance the debate.