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Federal-tribal collaborations in resource
management are becoming more common,
but successes are difficult to duplicate and
recommendations for future partnerships are
often vague, nontransferable, or dependent
on a specific tribe, federal agency, or context.
Since no two partnerships are alike, I ask how
and why two projects within the same ranger
district, with relations to the same tribes and
harboring similar goals, have evolved and
been implemented in different ways. Both
Camas Prairie and Cougar Rock, two resource
management projects within the Sweet Home
Ranger District of the Willamette National
Forest in Oregon, aim to improve access to and
abundance of American Indian first foods. As
a means to compare the two sites, this project
uses a literature review to generate seven
‘guiding principles of a successful federal-tribal
collaboration.’ The principles are then employed
through a case study analysis, using in depth
interviews and document analysis, in order to
1) Better understand the differences between
two projects involving similar tribal interests
2) Explain how a specific landscape context
adds to current understanding of federal-tribal
relations and 3) Make recommendations to land
managers on ways to better identify promising
collaborations. |
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