Our common ground: a history of America's public lands

Part 1: Public Lands in the Formative Era, 1776-1789 : The Nation's Founding and the Public Lands

Public Lands and the Ordinances of 1784, 1785, and 1787

The U.S. Constitution and the Public Lands

Part 2: The Public Lands and Nation Building, 1790-1861 : Admitting New States and Acquiring New Territory

Exploration, Science, and the Appreciation of Nature

Divesting Public Lands to Build a Nation

Reservations and Acquisitions of Public Lands

Public Land Policy in Confusion in the Period Before the Civil War

Part 3: Plunder and Backlash Feed a Movement for Reserves, 1862-1889 : New Divestment Policies Sow Seeds of a Backlash

More Giveaways Sow More Seeds of Discontent

Protecting Public Lands for Inspiration: Yosemite and Yellowstone

Pillaging Public Lands for Wood, Grass, and Minerals

Efforts Launched to Protect Public Forest Land

Moving Beyond "Paper Parks"

Wildlife Protection Enters the Policy Universe

The Campaign for Forest Reservations Gains Momentum

Congress Closes In on Major Reforms

Part 4: The Great Transition, Phase One, 1890-1901 : Congress Guts Powell's Irrigation Survey and Establishes New National Parks

Congress Gives the President Broad Authority to Reserve Public Lands

The First Forest Reserves

The General Land Office Struggles and Cleveland Spurs Congress into Action

An Organic Act for the Forest Reserves

Parks, Forests, and Public Land Policy in the McKinley Administration

National Authority over Public Lands Expanded and Confirmed

Part 5: The Great Transition, Phase Two, 1902-1913 : Theodore Roosevelt, Public Lands, and the Reclamation Act

Forest Reserves Expand in Roosevelt's First Term

The Forest Service Takes Control of the Forest Reserves

Roosevelt and Congress Use Public Lands to Protect Wildlife Habitat

Public Lands, Science, and History: The Antiquities Act

Roosevelt and National Parks

Making New Forest Reserves: Congress Challenges the President

Roosevelt, Public Lands, and Energy Development

Public Lands in the Handoff from Roosevelt to Taft

Taft's Undervalued Record on Public Land Conservation

National Forests Become National with Enactment of the Weeks Act

Public Lands at the End of the Age of Theodore Roosevelt

Part 6: Public Land Policy Between the Roosevelts, 1913-1933 : National Parks Take Center Stage

The National Park System's Early Years

The National Forest System Matures and Evolves

The Forest and Park Services Compete and Cooperate

Ranchers, Homesteaders, and Energy Developers Compete for Primacy

The End of the Progressive Era

Debating the Future of Unreserved Public Lands

Wildlife Protection Gains Prominence

Public Lands and Multipurpose Water Development

Part 7: Filling in the Gaps in Public Land Policy, 1933-1960 : The Taylor Grazing Act

National Parks in the New Deal

A System of Wildlife Refuges Begins to Emerge

Other New Deal Public Land Policies

Grazing and Logging the Public Lands in the Postwar Era

Mineral Policy Developments Onshore and Offshore

Part 8: Public Lands in Modern Times, 1961-Present : The Wilderness Act Reshapes Public Land Policy

New Labels and New Means of Protecting Public Values in Public Lands

Making the Modern Bureau of Land Management

Making the Modern Forest Service

Charting the Future of Public Lands in Alaska

Making the Modern U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Making the Modern National Park Service

Mineral and Energy Development in the Modern Era

Public Lands and Native Americans in the Modern Era

The Politics of Public Lands in the Modern Era: Change or Continuity?

Public Lands Today

Public Lands and the Future.