[research99]

Except that Carter didn’t assume the presidency until January 20, 1977.

[Rio]

Good catch. Found this:

FLPMA was then
signed by the President on October 21,1976
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/national/national_page.Par.59990.File.dat/rala_28_5_16-23_4_ecd.pdf

That would make President Ford the signer.

[elcid1970]

The Sagebrush Rebellion didn’t hit the papers & magazine covers ‘till spring of 1978.

About the same time as Howard Jarvis & his tax revolt.

Same year as the Bakke decision against quotas.

And in 1978 the `Equal Rights Amendment’ failed to achieve ratification & went down in flames.

Jimmah Carter still had more than two years left to screw this country up, & he did. But Ronald Reagan was ready & waiting in the wings. 1980 was sweet victory.

[Tammy8]

True, might be confused with this H.R. 10587, the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 which was signed by President Carter and added shark teeth to the law signed by President Ford (Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976)...those added teeth are what added gas to the smoldering fire.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=30058