A Framework for Ecosystem Management in the Interior Columbia Basin

Authors: Haynes, Richard W.; Graham, Russell T.; Quigley, Thomas M.

Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 96, Number 10, 1 October 1998 , pp. 4-9(6)

Publisher: Society of American Foresters

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Abstract:

A framework was developed to set forth the relationship of science to management for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project. It incorporates a general planning model that has four iterative steps: monitoring, assessment, decisionmaking, and implementation. In this effort we recognized that people are part of ecosystems and that stewardship must resolve the challenge of how to meet multiple demands with finite resources. Science helps decisionmakers choose among options for dynamic systems, but the real challenge is determining whose values will influence land management.

Document Type: Journal article

Affiliations: 1: Range Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, La Grande, Oregon

Publication date: 1998-10-01

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