Basic policy
What governments choose to do or not to do.
What is policy
Arguing that the problem is not what it appears, and not appropriate for government
What is agenda denial?
President that created EPA
Who is Richard Nixon
Includes media, interest groups, and lobbyist
Who are unofficial actors
Representative Mike Simpson created this Wilderness Area
What are the boulder white clouds
The most important part of the policy process
What is problem identification
How much pollution can a water body absorb and still meet the standard
What is Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
There are about 90,000 of these
What are the number of governments in the US
When a higher level of government overrides or prevents a lower level of government from governing
What is preemption
This program is commonly called the Superfund program
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
this includes actors from agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups
what is the iron triangle
At the time of statehood:
Was it navigable in fact, or
Susceptible to navigable
For trade, travel and commerce
In its ordinary and natural condition
Navigable waterway under the Equal Footing Doctrine
1.Minimize the problem that policy change advocates want to address
2.Argue that the problem is not what it appears
What is agenda denial
This actor is the main agenda setter
What is the executive branch/president. What unofficial actors set the agenda?
"any species threatened with extinction in all or a significant part of its range”
What is an endangered species.
is any species, subspecies, or geographically separate population
insufficient budget, is effectively sabatoged, pervasive client mindset, revolving door.
What is a captured agency
Responsible for managing water quality before the 1972 Clean Water Act
Who are the states
Allows a higher level of government to preempt a lower level of government
What is the Supremacy Clause
Only these actors can make policy
what are official actors
Certain resources are too unique and valuable to be privately owned, and must be available for public use.
What is the public trust doctrine
The process of defining, considering, and accepting or rejecting options
what is policy formation
Currently using the Scalia definition that excludes ephemeral streams
What is WOTUS
This group has a positive social construction but has little power.
Who are dependents
Used by interest groups to transmit their narratives to gain public support
This was the largest dam removal project in the U.S.
What is the Klamath Basin Dams