Long before the coming of Euro-Americans, native inhabitants of what is now Kansas left their mark on the land: carvings in the soft orange and red sandstone of the state&amp;fsquo;s Smoky Hills. Though noted by early settlers, these carvings are little known—and, largely found on private property today, they are now rarely seen. In a series of photographs, Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills offers viewers a chance to read the story that these carvings tell of the region's first people—and to appreciate an important feature of Kansas history and its landscape that is increasingly threatened by erosion and vandalism. To establish the context critical to understanding these petroglyphs, the book includes a number of photographs for each of fourteen sites in central Kansas, highlighting individual carvings but also the groups and settings in which they occur. An introduction and captions, while respecting the privacy of landowners and the fragility of the carvings, document what is known of the petroglyphs, how and when they were made, and what they can tell us of the early people of Kansas.

Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills

History

Griggs, Burke

Buchanan, Rex

Americas

University Press of Kansas

This new and somewhat shorter edition of the popular textbook on the law of oil and gas focuses first on the “upstream” portion of the oil and gas industry. Chapter 1 examines the common law of oil and gas ownership and the remedies that protect and restrict ownership rights. Chapter 2 focuses on the foundational business relationship used to develop oil and gas in the United States―the oil and gas “lease.” Chapter 3 examines common problems encountered in oil and gas conveyancing. Chapter 4 explores legislative and regulatory responses to problems created by common-law ownership concepts, focusing on oil and gas conservation law. Chapter 5 examines the body of law designed to regulate environmental impacts by following the oil and gas development process chronologically, from land acquisition to abandonment. Chapter 6 considers transactions other than leasing and conveying that are frequently encountered in the industry, including assignments, farmout agreements, operating agreements, drilling contracts, and gas sales contracts. Finally, Chapter 7 examines the complex body of law that must be considered when oil and gas development is taking place on property owned by the federal, state, or tribal governments. Many instructors will build the basic oil and gas law course around Chapters 1 through 4 and save Chapters 5 through 7 for advanced courses.

Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law (American Casebook Series)

LOWE, John

Anderson, Owen

Kulander, Christopher

Ehrman, Monika

Coleman, James

West Academic Publishing

This casebook, significantly revised since the last edition, addresses both traditional water law rules and modern water management challenges. It covers Eastern and Western U.S. water law in detail, examining both classic principles and statutory modifications of the riparian rights and prior appropriation doctrines. It also explores public dimensions of water law, with chapters devoted to public water uses and the Public Trust Doctrine, environmental quality issues in water management, and government takings relating to water use restrictions and flood damages. In addressing issues from drought to flooding, the book considers the challenges posed by climate change for managing water resources in the 21st Century. In addition to the inclusion of important new cases, legislation, and federal and state administrative developments, substantial changes in the new 8th edition include: <ul> <li>an entirely new chapter addressing issues of conjunctive management of ground and surface water --a first for water casebooks.</li> <li>a completely revamped chapter on groundwater law, with new text on groundwater hydrology, allocation, and management.</li> <li>substantially revised chapters dealing with federal water projects, federal and tribal reserved rights, and interstate water issues.</li> </ul> While the book remains national in scope, this edition offers new material from states with major recent developments in water law, including California, Colorado, the Pacific Northwest states, and Texas.

Water Resource Management: A Casebook in Law and Public Policy (University Casebook Series)

Benson, Reed

Tarlock, A.

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

Foundation Press

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