In lecture, we discussed several different approaches to the management of federal lands in the united states. which of these best illustrates the concept of managing resources among multiple land uses? o the homestead act or 1864, which granted tree lands to farmers the mining law of 1872, which allowed miners to claim mineral deposits and purchase them for $5/acre. the u. s. forest service's allocation of timber sales and grazing rights o the designation of protected wilderness areas.