Part 5 - Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts

 
The last decade has witnessed several efforts to craft collaborative, consensus driven solutions to local and regional management conflicts. Whether focused on forest management, water resources, or grazing issues these efforts are a response to a widespread perception that our natural resource policymaking processes are becoming increasingly dysfunctional. This section of the course examines several collaborative attempts and surveys some recent assessments of the lessons learned from examples such as the Quincy Library Group and Applegate Partnership.