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<br /> <br />"Dds <br /> <br /> <br />ange <br /> <br />PIEC .MEAL LAWS <br /> <br /> <br />New winds of change were <br />'t"'ting to blow by the 19505 <br />ils a host of nt'W users .1nd <br />liSE'S startt'd to compete with the <br />traditional users for space and public <br />land resources. As il result of the <br />growing popularity of the public <br />lands, the Bureau's responsibilities <br />ilnd programs b('came vastly mOTE' <br />complIcated. <br />While the Bureau h.ld jurisdiction <br />over the largest arE'd of public lands <br />and ,Himinislers one of thE.> most <br />varieJ mandgement programs of .111 <br />the FederallJlh.i agencies, it lackt>J a <br />cle,lT-cut legisl.ltive mandate for its <br />progr,lnlS and policies. The Congress <br />had passed the first laws pertaining to <br />the publir domain while we were still <br />fighting the American Revolution. <br />Since that timt', thousands of public <br />land laws h.wl' been enacted. A gO\ld <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />c.> <br />-.J <br />'" <br />-. <br /> <br />portion of thest' laws wefl' p,lsst'd III <br />met't a special siluation peru liar to a <br />given period of our history. Out oj <br />these thousands of I,Hv5 pert,lining to <br />the puhlir I.Hlds, fe\v Wt'fl' l'ver <br />repe,lled, t\ fl'port m.lde by the Public <br />Land Lnv Review Cmnmission in <br />10(",-, lists 2,boQ lavvs that still h,wl' <br />50nw bearing on the administration <br />of the public I.Hlds, <br />In time, this piele-nH.,.ll ,lppro.lrh to <br />public land legisl,ltion created d legal <br />jungle. It created .1 situ.ltion when' <br />man,lgers .lJld administr,ltors wt're <br />forcf.ld to h,Kk. a\V,l}' at tht. It'g,ll <br />t'ntanglements in their ('fforts to <br />provide programs and polirit's that <br />\....l're fl'sponsivt, to the needs of the <br />Americ,Hl public. It "Iso nl'.ltl'd ,1 <br />situation \vhl'rl' change h.ld 10 come <br />through Executive Order r.ltherth.1n <br />through Congressional action, <br />