The Debate: Reorganizing the Administration of Public Lands: Zinke’s Proposal to Revamp Interior Department

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David J. Hayes - NYU Law School State Energy & Environmental Impact Center
Patty Limerick - University of Colorado Center of the American West
Peter Schaumberg - Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Amanda Leiter - American University
Lynn Scarlett - The Nature Conservancy
Doug Wheeler - Hogan Lovells US LLP
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The Debate: Reorganizing the Administration of Public Lands: Zinke’s Proposal to

THE DEBATE ❧ Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced an ambitious plan to reorganize his huge department and the administration of public lands. In particular, he envisions a regional structure that follows watersheds rather than geographic boundaries and moving some bureaus to western cities.