Download or read book Public Lands and Private Rights written by Robert Henry Nelson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the leading experts on public lands and land rights issues, Robert H. Nelson here brings together a collection of his finest essays. Nelson demonstrates that the 'progressive' goal of achieving scientific management of public lands has not been realized; instead, public land management has been dominated by interest group politics and ideology.