Includes bibliographical references and index.

Public lands and natural resources : early history -- Public lands and natural resources : confederation and onwards -- Sources of jurisdiction and control -- Public ownership -- Public lands and resources management : the policy backdrop -- Public lands and resources planning and management : policies, tools, and legislation -- Dispositions of public resources and interests in public lands -- Project-specific regulation of resource users -- Resource use conflicts -- The future of public lands and natural resources law -- A case study in resource management : energy on public lands -- Fisheries sector overview -- Parks sector overview -- Wildlife sector overview -- Heritage sector overview -- Forestry sector overview -- Water sector overview -- Mining sector overview.

Issued also in electronic format.