Companion volume to the author's Environmental law. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Land use planning & regulation -- Wetlands, special problems in land use control -- Stream channelization, a problem in land abuse -- Transportation-land use and other problems -- The federal public lands, an introduction -- Forests-a public lands problem -- Land for recreation -- The preservation of rivers as scenic and wild -- Grazing on public lands -- Endangered wildlife -- Weather modification -- Surface mining -- Mining on public lands -- Energy from fossil fuels -- Siting problems of electric power plants -- New or unconventional sources for power -- Atomic power for electricity -- Marine mammals -- Ocean pollution -- Ocean resources. Legislation, law cases and studies relating to land use and planning from an environmental perspective. Also has chapters on marine mammals, ocean pollution and ocean resources.