Since its establishment in the early twentieth century, the US Forest Service has periodically
evolved its approach to decision-making and management for the millions of hectares of …

The growing use of collaborative methods of governance raises concerns about the relative
power of participants in such processes and the potential for exclusion or domination of …

Community-based collaborative groups involved in public natural resource management are
assuming greater roles in planning, project implementation, and monitoring. This entails the …

Abstract California's 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is a grand policy
experiment that provides an unprecedented opportunity to analyze five core concepts in …

Collaborative efforts have expanded in recent years to reduce fuel loads and restore the
resilience of forest landscapes to future fires. The social acceptability of harvesting and …

This book assesses the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and
identifies lessons learned for governance and policy through this new and innovative …

Collaborative approaches to natural resource management are becoming increasingly
common on public lands. Negotiating a shared vision for desired conditions is a …

Natural resource policies provide the foundation for sustainable resource use, management,
and protection. Natural Resource Policy blends policy processes, history, institutions, and …

We examine the adaptability of collaborative governance regimes associated with publicly
managed ecosystems as they move from direction-setting to implementation phases. This is …

American Indian tribes have inherent rights to national forestland and resources codified in
treaties, the US Constitution, statutes, Presidential Executive Orders, and case law. These …