Environmental and social risks: Defensive national environmental policy act in the us forest service

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Mortimer, Michael J ^a   Stern, Marc J ^b   Malmsheimer, Robert W ^c   Blahna, Dale J ^d   Cerveny, Lee K ^d   Seesholtz, David N ^e  

^a Northern Virginia Graduate Center   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decisionmaking; Environmental assessment; Environmental impact statement; Litigation; National Environmental Policy Act; Risk; US Forest Service

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; LITIGATION; NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT; US FOREST SERVICE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RISKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; E I S; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITIGATION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251555671     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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