George W. Bush's Healthy Forests

The authors detail Bush administration reframing of America's environmental debate, identifying players, events, and strategies that expedited a policy shift that impacts public lands and long-standing avenues of public involvement.

Jacqueline Vaughn is a professor of political science at Northern Arizona University and author of several books on environmental issues, including Environmental Politics and Green Backlash

Acknowledgments

ix

List of Acronyms

xi

INTRODUCTION: A REVERSAL OF FORTUNES: REFRAMING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE

1

(11)

Issue Definition, Agenda Setting, and Policy Adoption

2

(3)

Redirecting Forest Policy: Redefining Processes, Participants, Problems, and Products

5

(2)

What Follows

7

(5)

ONE FROM SILENT SPRING TO LUNTZSPEAK: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GEORGE W. BUSH

12

(32)

Environmentalism on All Fronts

12

(5)

Governor Bush and the Environment in Texas

17

(1)

Presidential Candidate George W. Bush (2000)

18

(3)

The Environmental Presidency of George W. Bush

21

(13)

The 2004 Presidential Campaign

34

(10)

TWO THE RIGHT TO OBJECT: HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF APPEALS

44

(29)

Early Dispute Procedures: 1906-1936

45

(1)

Environmental Regulatory Procedures: 1965-1989

46

(8)

Regulatory and Legislative Change: 1991-1993

54

(5)

Implementation of the Mandate: 1994

59

(2)

The Who, What, Where, and How of Administrative Appeals

61

(4)

The Legacy of a Stormy History

65

(8)

THREE APPELLANTS, STRATEGIES, TACTICS, AND OUTCOMES

73

(46)

Environmental Organization Appeals and Litigation

75

(13)

Wise Use Appeals

88

(3)

Commodity and Business Interest Appeals

91

(3)

Cases with Multiple Appellants

94

(4)

Native American Tribal Appellants

98

(2)

Government Agency Appeals

100

(3)

Individual Appellants

103

(6)

Litigation

109

(2)

The Complexity of Administrative Appeals

111

(8)

FOUR THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AND THE FIRE-APPEALS INTERFACE

119

(31)

Trends Affecting Wildland Fire Policy

122

(3)

Data, Rhetoric, and Focusing Events

125

(2)

Show Me the Data!

127

(6)

No, Show Us the Data!

133

(4)

Rhetoric and Focusing Events as Policy Drivers

137

(4)

Framing the Wildfire "Problem"

141

(9)

FIVE REFORM BY LEGISLATION: THE HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT

150

(31)

The 107th Congress

151

(6)

Changes in the 108th Congress

157

(2)

The 2003 GAO Report

159

(2)

2003 Congressional Legislation

161

(2)

Senate Action

163

(3)

Attempts at Legislative Compromise

166

(4)

"A Light at the End of the Tunnel"

170

(3)

Winners and Losers?

173

(8)

SIX REFORM BY RULEMAKING

181

(29)

National Forest Planning

184

(5)

Forest Service Project Appeal Procedures

189

(2)

Categorical Exclusions

191

(3)

Bureau of Land Management Appeal Procedures

194

(3)

Consultation Under the Endangered Species Act

197

(3)

The Northwest Forest Plan

200

(3)

The Sierra Nevada Framework

203

(7)

CONCLUSION: THE SPILLOVER EFFECT

210

(17)

A Return to Rhetoric

211

(7)

A Fortune of Reversals

218

(9)

Index

227

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