Finding Common Ground: Governance and Natural Resources in the American West

by Ronald D. Brunner, Roberta A. Klein, Christine Colburn

Over the past century, solutions to natural resources policy issues have become increasingly complex. Multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions and differing mandates as well as multiple interest groups have contributed to gridlock, frequently preventing solutions in the common interest. Community-based responses to natural resource problems in the American West have demonstrated the potential of local initiatives both for finding common ground on divisive issues and for advancing the common interest.

Genres: Nonfiction

320 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2002