Public Lands at the End of the Age of Theodore Roosevelt

This case study analyzes the potential impacts of weakening the National Park Service’s (NPS) “9B Regulations” enacted in 1978, which established a federal regulatory framework governing hydrocarbon rights and extraction to protect natural resources within the parks. We focus on potential risks to national parklands resulting from Executive Orders 13771—Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs [1]—and 13783—Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth [2]—and subsequent recent revisions and further deregulation. To establish context, we briefly overview the history of the United States NPS and other relevant federal agencies’ roles and responsibilities in protecting federal lands that have been set aside due to their value as areas of natural beauty or historical or cultural significance [3]. We present a case study of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) situated within the Bakken Shale Formation—a lucrative region of oil and gas deposits—to examine potential impacts if areas of TRNP, particularly areas designated as “wilderness,” are opened to resource extraction, or if the development in other areas of the Bakken near or adjacent to the park’s boundaries expands [4]. We have chosen TRNP because of its biodiversity and rich environmental resources and location in the hydrocarbon-rich Bakken Shale. We discuss where federal agencies’ responsibility for the protection of these lands for future generations and their responsibility for oversight of mineral and petroleum resources development by private contractors have the potential for conflict.

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The Green Room: Exploring Our Public Lands

The Science Teacher ◽

10.2505/4/tst17_084_06_14 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 084 (06) ◽

Author(s):

Amanda Beckrich

Keyword(s):

Public Lands

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William Beebe and Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Connections

The Princeton University Library Chronicle ◽

10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.65.2.0265 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 265

Author(s):

Carol Grant Gould

Keyword(s):

Theodore Roosevelt

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Théodore Roosevelt et l'avènement de la présidence médiatique aux États-Unis

Vingtième Siècle Revue d histoire ◽

10.3406/xxs.1996.4454 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 15-26

Author(s):

Serge Ricard

Keyword(s):

Theodore Roosevelt

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The impact of land reform on the development of united territorial communities

Socio-Economic Problems of the Modern Period of Ukraine ◽

10.36818/2071-4653-2020-1-4 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 29-33

Author(s):

Tamara Smovzhenko ◽

Oryslava Korkuna ◽

Ivan Korkuna ◽

Ulyana Khromyak

Keyword(s):

Land Reform ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Public Lands ◽

Living Standards ◽

The Public ◽

Legal Documents ◽

Practical Research ◽

The Impact ◽

Land Code

Nowadays, according to decentralization and current legislation (Land Code of Ukraine, Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine «On Self-Governance»), the public lands have been transferred to the CTCs since 1 February 2018. In 2018/2019, 788 CTCs received communal ownership of 1.68 ha of public lands. According to the Draft Law «On Amendments to Several Legal Documents of Ukraine on Agricultural Lands Turnover», the consolidated territorial communities become the legal entities and can acquire property rights to agricultural land plots. Therefore, transferring the lands to be used by the newly created CTCs is currently an urgent issue that requires extended scientific and practical research. The paper aims to research the role of land reform in Ukraine and its impact on increase of CTCs’ budget revenues. The stages of land reform and the development of the land reform in Ukraine as well as its implementation strategy are outlined. The disparities of the integrated satellite map and the data of the Land Cadaster of Ukraine in terms of unregistered lands are defined. The amount of a CTC budget’s increased revenues due to the reform is estimated. Statistical data on small, medium, and large farmers and their interest in the land reform are analyzed. The terms of selling the land to foreign investors and conditions of participation in land auctions are examined. The mechanisms of land purchase, selling, and lease in line with the land reform are suggested. Generalizing the presented aspects of the land reform in Ukraine and their impact on economic activity of the newly created CTCs, it can be argued that the process is quite positive and necessary for both communities and businesses in order to get additional budget revenues for CTCs. The land reform improves the living standards of Ukrainian people through the disclosure of the country’s agricultural capacity.

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