William H. Butler is Associate Professor of Environmental Planning in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University, USA. His research has focused on collaborative environmental planning and management, particularly in forest management, ecological restoration, and climate change adaptation. Courtney A. Schultz is Associate Professor of Forest and Natural Resource Policy and Director of the Public Lands Policy Group in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University, USA. Her research focuses on the intersection of science, policy, and law in natural resource management, particularly how policy mediates the adoption and application of science-based land management principles.
""CFLRP has shown us a path forward in this era of declining resources and escalating environmental challenges. It was a wholly unique policy experiment that helped us understand changing practice as we cope with increasing complexity in public lands management. The work in this volume captures the lessons learned, and points to the policy and practice implications and theoretical contributions for collaborative environmental governance. Regardless of whether the program continues, understanding the lessons learned and capturing the experience of these projects is an essential component of the ongoing, collective project of fostering collaborative approaches to forest management that can support work across landscapes to manage fire, water, commodity production, and recreation opportunities within and surrounding US public lands."" - Laura McCarthy, take from the Foreword