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Federal Sales of Natural Resources: Pricing and Allocating Mechanisms

This report describes the systems used by the federal government to price its resources and to determine who gets access to those resources. For some (e.g., timber and leasable minerals), markets are used to set prices, but administrative systems used for some resources may result in prices substantially lower than market values.

Date: December 11, 1998

Creator: Gorte, Ross W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Grazing Fees and Rangeland Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM, Department of the Interior) and the Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) manage approximately 70% of the 650 million acres of land owned by the federal government and many of these lands are classified as rangeland. Both agencies have well-established programs permitting private livestock grazing. The Administration issued new, controversial BLM rangeland management rules effective in August 1995. Supporters contended that the Administration's new rules… more

Date: December 4, 1998

Creator: Cody, Betsy A. & Baldwin, Pamela