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- Executive branch
- manages operations- Governor and President
- Legislative branch
- passes laws – House of Representatives and Senate
- Judicial branch
- interprets legal disputes
- Riparian doctrine
- (eastern U.S.): Cannot diminish water quantity or quality Use of water must be reasonable
- Appropriation doctrine
- (western U.S.): Oldest beneficial use owns first right Younger users have right to founder quality
- Lacey Act
- Enforce when someone broke wildlife/fishery law; cannot illegally harvest animals and cross state lines.
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- In order to take in non game birds, we have to have a permit
- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
- Requires core of engineers to work w/ fish and wildlife(building dams)
- (Fed. Aid Acts) Pittman Robertson
- Only thing money can go to is fish and wildlife mgmnt for states. 50% goes from hunting sales- $ back from feds
- (Fed. Aid Acts) Dingell Johnson
- Tax on fishing equip.
- National Environment Policy
- Any project w/ federal funds attained must have impact statement. Think about resources before starting project. Popular
- Clean Water Act
- EPA will put limit on amnt. of pllutants from point source pollutant. To preserve quality and quantity of water for public goods.
- Nat. Audobon Society NAS
- Env. quality- just in general
- Fly-fishing Federation FFF
- Concerned with preserving right of fly fishing- certain streams assigned to flyfishing- method
- Ruffed Grouse Society RGS
- Preserving right to hunt grouse
- Wilderness Act
- where people are visitors who do not remain. It possesses outstanding opportunities for solitude and a primitive and unconfined type of recreation.
- National Environmental Policy Act
- requires that federal agencies must consider environmental impacts of “significant†management action. It requires the development of Environmental Impact Statements. EIS = Environmental Impact Statement
- Endangered Species Act
- requires the protection of endangered species and their habitat.
- Resource Planning Act
- the Forest Service is to protect, develop, and enhance the productivity and other values of the nation’s lands and resources Consider all potential uses of forest land when planning activities under the Resource Planning Act
- Healthy Forests Recreation Act
- reduce the threat of destructive wildfires while upholding environmental standards and encouraging early public input during review and planning processes
- TIMOs Timber Investment Management Organizations
- Investors (individual and institutional) buy timberland as an investment
- REITs Real Estate Investment Trust
- A tax designation for publicly traded corporations that invest in real estate – reduces or eliminates corporate taxes Must distribute 90% of income to investors
- SFI: Sustainable Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act
- Give assistance for urban and community forestry projects brings professional resource management expertise to private landowners to assist landowners in the development of management plans that will meet their overall long-term objectives for their forested property
- Conservation Reserve Program
- provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner
- Wisconsin Managed Forest Law
- encourage sustainable forestry on private lands by providing property tax incentives to landowners Participation is voluntary, but once in it, it is THE LAW Lands entered under the forest tax laws are required to have written management plans that landowners must follow.