The USGS has developed an Internet-based mapping tool referred to as Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) to support collaborative decision-making by fire coordination centers. (Image courtesy of the USGS.)
Course Description
This course examines joint fact-finding within the context of adaptive and ecosystem-based management. Challenges and obstacles to collaborative approaches for deciding environmental and natural resource policy and the institutional changes within federal agencies necessary to utilize joint fact-finding as a means to link science and societal decisions are discussed and reviewed with scientists and managers. Senior-level federal policymakers also participate in these discussions.
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| As Taught In: | Spring 2006 |
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Graduate
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Learning Resource Types
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Written Assignments with Examples