Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, October 24, 1985

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OSTI ID:5341502

A series of panels presented the views of environmentalists, ecologists, park personnel, oil and gas companies, and other interested persons and organizations at a hearing addressing land use policy as it applies to Yellowstone and other areas in the national park system. The witnesses presented ecological information,, identified potential and existing areas of conflict between resource conservation and development, and reviewed the existing state and federal procedures for managing ecosystems. At issue were competing claims for use of the land and conflicting interpretations of the ecological impacts of resource development activities. Political and economic pressures are major factors, as are the differences in short-term versus long-term effects of decisions that weigh national security and environmental quality. An appendix with additional materials submitted by the Interior Department, the witnesses, and other interested parties follows the testimony of the 38 witnesses.

• OSTI ID: 5341502
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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Legislation
& Regulation
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEARINGS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL ASPECTS
PUBLIC LANDS
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK