Talk:Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

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 * Material merged from similarly-titled article here: . One link dead, the other works as of today. Montanabw (talk)  21:27, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps add the common pronunciation of the acronym FLPMA, "FLIP-muh." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.68.66.254 (talk) 22:22, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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Article critiques
The article does a good job in succinctly stating the longer title of Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, its date of enactment, and the acts FLPMA repealed and amended. It also provides a brief and precise statement of the FLPMA's purpose. Eaowen16 (talk) 11:55, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

My objections to the article are as follows: 1. The page lacks in-text citations in the body text. It lacks citations for the source of the author's information on homesteading, the roles of the National Park and Forest services, the explanation of the concept "multiple-use", and statistics involving the Bureau of Land management to name a few. Eaowen16 (talk) 11:55, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

2. Information provided in the article is relevant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, but lacks crucial specificity and elaboration. The article fails to provide any form of history on how and why FPLMA was passed, and who were the key bodies involved in its creation. Eaowen16 (talk) 11:55, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

3. Links to the 2 sources provided work, but ideally there should be more than 2 sources. The article contains 2 neutral sources: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Cornell Law school.

This article could be greatly improved by adding in-text citations throughout the pre-existing information provided, elaborating more on the history of FPLMA and each subsection of the law, and by utilizing more than 2 sources.Eaowen16 (talk) 10:42, 8 November 2017 (UTC)