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but also the federal land and resource management statutes,
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such as the Wilderness Act,
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the Endangered Species Act, the National Park Service Organic Act,
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and several others.
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Additional crucial statutes that you might not think about
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as being environmental in nature include patent law,
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governing trade secrecy, the Freedom of Information Act
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that gives you the right to request from the government information
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about public policy or about the environment.
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I'll pause here and just ask how many of you have made requests
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under the Freedom of Information Act to a government agency?
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That's very interesting.