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Overview Featured Research Publications Search Site Map Home	A Systematic Assessment of Collaborative Resource Management Partnerships A Master's Project completed for the School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan Chrissy Coughlin, Merrick Hoben, Dirk Manskopf, Shannon Quesada Advised by Professor Julia Wondolleck April 1999 Abstract Out of the progressive field of environmental conflict management, a new genre of collaboration is currently breeding controversy in the environmental arena. Community-Based Collaborative Resource Management Partnerships are wide-ranging and include such diverse initiatives as watershed councils, Resource Advisory Councils and sustainable communities efforts. They include ad hoc partnerships like the Malpai Borderlands Group and the Applegate Partnership. Small and large, formal and informal, the sheer numbers and diversity of these initiatives has sparked a confusing and contentious debate about the appropriate focus and scope of direct citizen involvement in environmental planning and management. This masters project, completed in 1999, systematically analyzes the growing popularity of community-based resource management groups (collaborative partnerships). *The full report is available in PDF Format:* Part 1: Background and Literature Review Introduction: The Growth of Collaborative Resource Partnerships in the U.S. Methodology Critiques of Collaboration: The Issues behind the Controversy Dimensions of Variation: Mapping the Terrain Part 2: Case Studies Animas River Stakeholders Group Blackfoot Challenge Clark County Habitat Conservation Planning Process Darby Partnership McKenzie Watershed Council Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Northwest Resource Advisory Council Owl Mountain Partnership Scott River Coordinated Resource Management Council Three-Quarter Circle Ranch Coordinated Resource Management Group Part 3: Analysis and Conclusions Why Collaboration and Alternatives Outcomes Ensuring Representation Accommodating Diverse Interests Accommodating Diverse Capabilities Dealing with the Scientific Dimensions of Issues Conclusions Final Conclusions Getting Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF Files To download the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files, click here. This will open a new window.