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Leurig, Sharlnee. "The Tomales Bay Watershed Council: A Case Study of Collaborative Watershed Management." (Draft report, not in print.)

Shellenberger, Michael, and Ted Nordhaus. "The Death of Environmentalism." Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World.

Bryan, Todd. "Tragedy Averted: The Promise of Collaboration." Society and Natural Resources 17 (2004): 881-896.

Beratan, Kathi, and Herman Karl. "Managing the Science-Policy Interface in a Complex and Contentious World - A Discussion." (Draft report, not in print.)

Adler, Peter, and Juliana Birkhoff. "Building Trust." (PDF)^#

Smith, M. Estellie. "Chaos, Consensus and Common Sense." The Ecologist 25, nos. 2 and 3 (1995): 80-85.

Turner, Christine. "An Experience in John Day, Oregon - The Need for USGS Agenda-less Science in Collaborative Partnerships." (PDF)

Gloss, Steven, Jeffrey Lovich, and Theodore Melis, eds. The State of the Colorado River Ecosystem in the Grand Canyon. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey, 2005. (PDF - 6.7 MB)

Easterly, William. The White Man's Burden. New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2006. ISBN: 0143038826.

Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0195146174.

Kemmis, Daniel. "Science's Role in Natural Resource Decisions." Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 2002.

McKinney, Matthew, and William Harmon. The Western Confluence. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004. ISBN: 1559639636.

Lubchenco, Jane. "Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Social Contract for Science." Science 279, no. 5350 (1998): 491-497.

Fischer, Frank. Citizens, Experts and the Environment. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0822326221.

Berkes, Fikret, and Carl Folke. "Back to the Future: Ecosystem Dynamics and Local Knowledge." Chapter 5 in Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001. ISBN: 1559638575.

Daniels, Steven, and Gregg Walker. Working through Environmental Conflict. Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 2001. ISBN: 0275964736.

Adler, Peter, et al. "Managing Scientific and Technical Information in Environmental Cases."

Rofougaran, Nicolas, and Herman Karl. San Francisquito Creek - The Problem of Science in Environmental Disputes . Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey, 2005. (PDF - 5.4 MB)

Ascher, William. "Scientific Information and Uncertainty: Challenges for the Use of Science in Policymaking." Science and Engineering Ethics 10, no. 3 (2004): 437-455.

Healy, Robert, and William Ascher. "Knowledge in the Policy Process: Incorporating New Environmental Information in Natural Resources Policy Making." Policy Sciences 28 (1995): 1-19.

Kruglanski, Arie, and Donna Webster. "Motivated Closing of the Mind: 'Seizing' and 'Freezing'." Psychological Review 103, no. 2 (1996): 263-283.

Lasswell, Harold. Jurisprudence for a Free Society. New Haven, CT: New Haven Press, 1992. ISBN: 0792309898.

Sarewitz, Daniel. "How Science Makes Environmental Controversies Worse." Environmental Science and Policy 7 (2004): 385-403.

Shils, Edward. The Virtue of Civility. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1997. ISBN: 0865971471.

Van Hiel, Alain, and Ivan Mervielde. "Openness to Experience and Boundaries in the Mind: Relationships with Cultural and Economic Conservative Beliefs." Journal of Personality 72, no. 4 (2004): 659–686.

Webster, Donna, and Arie Kruglanski. "Individual Differences in Need for Cognitive Closure." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 67, no. 6 (1994): 1049-1062.

Gunderson, Lance. "Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptive Management - Antidotes for Spurious Certitude?" Conservation Ecology 3, nos. 1 and 7 (1999).

Lee, Kai. "Appraising Adaptive Management." Conservation Ecology 3, nos. 2 and 3 (1999).

Walters, Carl. "Challenges in Adaptive Management of Riparian and Coastal Ecosystems." Conservation Ecology 1, nos. 1 and 2 (1997).

Shindler, Bruce, and Kristin Cheek. "Integrating Citizens in Adaptive Management: A Propositional Analysis." Conservation Ecology 3, nos. 1 and 9 (1999).

McRae, Robert. "Social Consequences of Experiential Openness." Psychological Bulletin 120, no. 3 (1996): 323-337.

Wood, Wendy. "Attitude Change: Persuasion and Social Influence." Annual Review of Psychology 51 (2000): 539-570.

Hullett, Craig. "The Impact of Mood on Persuasion: A Meta-Analysis." Communication Research 32, no. 4 (2005): 423-442.

Karl, Herman, Lawrence Susskind, and Katherine Wallace. "A Dialogue, Not a Diatribe." Environment 49, no. 1 (2007): 20-34. (PDF)

Brunner, Ronald, and Toddi Steelman. "Beyond Scientific Management," and "Toward Adaptive Governance," chapters 1 and 7 in Adaptive Governance. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0231136250.

Ehrmann, John, and Barbara Stinson. "Joint Fact-Finding and the Use of Technical Experts." Chapter 9 in The Consensus Building Handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999. ISBN: 0761908447.