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BLM Yuma Winter Snowbird Cities, 2001
Highlights: Assisted the Yuma District of BLM in conducting a social assessment of the snow bird squatter cities that emerged near Quartzite, Arizona, developing strategies to manage diverse challenges in creative and responsive ways. Note: look for BLM Yuma
Successful land use planning, Phoenix BLM, 2004
Highlights: From 2001 to 2004, our staff worked with the Phoenix office of the BLM to develop a successful land use plan in the contentious Phoenix BLM District, covering several million acres and containing high levels of social diversity; Citizen energy went from a negative place of frustration to cordial …
Citizen Issues and Opportunities Related to Bureau of Land Management Activities in the Farmington District Office, 2001
Highlights: A social assessment of interests and issues in a disruptive setting with high frustration among residents regarding oil and gas development in the area. Strong cultural support for the industry as it improved the standard of living in the region over several decades but impacts were not being addressed. …
Social Ecology: A New Pathway to Watershed Restoration, 1997
Kevin Preister and James A. Kent Published in Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices, by Jack E. Williams, Michael P. Dombeck and Christopher A. Wood, Editors. Bethesda, Md.: The American Fisheries Society, 1997
Using Social Ecology to Meet the Productive Harmony Intent of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 2001
(Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Volume 7, Issue 3, Spring, 2001) Kevin Preister, James A. Kent Abstract: In this paper, we explore the concept of productive harmony, contained in Section 101 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)1 , showing how the term can be conceived and …
The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker as an Asset: Creating Community Benefits from Habitat Restoration, 2000
Highlights: Work supported by U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Carolina chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. To expand its training capacity, Ft. Bragg had to improve habitat for the threatened red-cockaded woodpecker. Two strong social interests provided links to …
The Page Creek Community Forestry Plan, 2014
Highlights: Residents developed community forestry approaches to Forest Service lands, creating a small pole woodlot on one unit and additional fire breaks on another unit to augment fire breaks done on private lands. Optimism has grown in the community that the Forest Service can be a reliable partner. The social …
Social Assessment: Interests and Issues of Illinois Valley Residents Regarding Public Land Management, 2011
Highlights: A two-year effort culminates in a strong working group to develop community forestry projects in Takilma, Oregon. Most residents support a forest restoration approach of thinning, brush removal, and riparian protection and are not in line with no-cut positions.
Cultural Attachment: Assessment of Impacts to Living Culture, 1995
Highlights: In a review of environmental effects for a proposed powerline, the Forest Service determined that “cultural attachment” was an issue of “community significance.” Cultural attachment is the cumulative effect over time of a collection of traditions, attitudes, practices, and stories that tie a person to the land, to physical place, …