Talk:National Forest Management Act of 1976

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Review of NFMA of 1976 Article
Hey Nate,

Great job! I had no idea this even existed!

Here are my comments/questions: 1) Italicize the court cases. 2) Are you adding in citations for the NFMA timeline? 3) Your sentence, "NFMA changed forest planning by obliging the Forest Service" is "obliging" suppose to be "obligating"? 4) There is a lot of text in the beginning - could you take the second paragraph (starting with the "NFMA changed forest planning...etc." and create a Background/History section and elaborate on the history in there? I always think of the beginning of the wikipedia article should just be the summary snapshot of the topic - that is just my opinion. 5) I think there is typo in "The NFMA Planning Process" section in number 5 - " 'no action, alternative".

Liz White

Elizabethwhite11 (talk) 03:55, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * (A) how about "by obliging" >> "requiring"?
 * (B) When in doubt about the part above the table of contents, see WP:LEADSECTION.
 * (C) Some background would be good; I reverted the timeline because to the extent it provided background and context those things were only implied and not at all obvious.
 * NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 09:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Comments from an uninvolved Wikipedian
Some suggestions for the article from an uninvolved Wikipedian: Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:12, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Basic things that should be added: Where is this statute codified? It appears to be 16 U.S.C. §§ 1600-1614. What regulations have been promulgated under the statute and when and where can we find them? What agency promulgated those regulations? It looks like the "1982 Rule" may be the major regulations but I'm not sure if that's all.  The rules are published in the federal register and it would be useful to have federal register (FR) citations.  The final regulations are in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). At least some regs are at 36 CFR 219.12 (and the preceding and following sections).
 * From reading the article, I can't tell how the law operates. Who does it apply to and when?  The "background" section blends what the law does with the need for the law.  I would have a separate background section explaining the context in which the law arose, then write a new section about how the law operates that is clearer.
 * The Integrated Land Management reference is useful but this is just explaining what the regulations say. For stuff like that be sure to include a reference to the primary source (in that case 36 CFR 219.12).
 * How did you choose the cases in the "legal battles" section? There are two Supreme Court cases citing 16 U.S.C. § 1604 (a section of the NFAM that appears to the be the subject of much litigation), as well as 247 appellate court decisions. (Plus 502 district court decisions.)

Volunteer Review/Comments

 * Follow Manual_of_Style/Linking, avoid over linking to articles in your lead section. Make links only where they are relevant and helpful to the article context.
 * Ohio Forestry Association v. Sierra Club -- Maybe expand on this case. Was the case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States?

- User:Totranm (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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