Download or read book Federal Land Management written by Samuel T. Prescott and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal land ownership and management are of perennial interest to Congress. This book describes the constitutional authority for federal land ownership. It provides the history of federal land acquisition and disposal, and describes the federal land management agency, jurisdictions, based on congressional authorities to reserve or withdraw lands from disposal. Included in the book are also backgrounds on the various agencies that administer and care for the 6.55 million acres of federal land.