1970s resource laws shifted federal oversight of western public lands toward conservation.

Evidence

Equally controversial during this time were the amendments being made to federal natural resources laws that portended both greater federal oversight of the management of resource-rich lands, located mostly in the West, and a greater emphasis on resource conservation and preservation. These laws included the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 428

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nineteenth-century federal law gave away vast public lands to promote private resource exploitation — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 791; Postwar land protection shifted from public acquisition toward restricting private property — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 719; Environmental law includes natural resources law far broader than 1970s pollution regimes — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 777 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Environmental law includes natural resources law far broader than 1970s pollution regimes #expands (0.85) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 777
• Land-use reformers redefined private land as a public resource warranting protection #corroborates (0.80) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 964
• American regulation moved historically from local to state to federal control #exemplifies (0.78) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2547
• Nineteenth-century federal law gave away vast public lands to promote private resource exploitation #complicates (0.75) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 791
• Postwar land protection shifted from public acquisition toward restricting private property #complicates (0.72) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 719
• Republican leaders endorsed a land ethic treating misuse as pollution by 1973 #corroborates (0.72) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 535