@article{916825,
      recid = {916825},
      author = {Smith, Kimberly K.,},
      title = {The conservation constitution : the conservation movement  and constitutional change, 1870-1930 /},
      pages = {viii, 333 pages ;},
      abstract = {"Over the course of the twentieth century, the United  States emerged as a global leader in conservation  policy--negotiating the first international conservation  treaties, pioneering the idea of the national park, and  leading the world in creating a modern environmental  regulatory regime. And yet, this is a country famously  committed to the ideals of limited government,  decentralization, and strong protection of property rights.  How these contradictory values have been reconciled, not  always successfully, is what Kimberly K. Smith sets out to  explain in The Conservation Constitution--a book that  brings to light the roots of contemporary constitutional  conflict over environmental policy.In the mid-nineteenth  century, most Progressive Era conservation policies would  have been considered unconstitutional. Smith traces how,  between 1870 and 1930, the conservation movement reshaped  constitutional doctrine to its purpose--how, specifically,  courts and lawyers worked to expand government authority to  manage wildlife, forest and water resources, and pollution.  Her work, which highlights a number of important Supreme  Court decisions often overlooked in accounts of this  period, brings the history of environmental management more  fully into the story of the US Constitution. At the same  time, illuminating the doctrinal innovation in the  Progressives' efforts, her book reveals the significance of  constitutional history to an understanding of the  government's role in environmental management." --},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/916825},
}