Agreement on water and a watered-down agreement: The political ecology of contested coastal development in Down East, North Carolina

Campbell, Lisa M.; Meletis, Zoë A.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.06.002

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“…9 Throughout his work, McCarthy argues that the broad themes of political ecology could contribute to understanding environmental relations and conflicts in the industrialized world. There is now a wide range of research drawing on political ecological concepts in the United States, ranging from studies of coastal development in North Carolina (Campbell and Meletis, 2011), local knowledge and fisheries in Alaska (Holen, 2004), environmental knowledge in Yellowstone National Park (Robbins, 2006), the 'ex-urban' Sierra (Walker and Fortmann, 2003), the peculiarly American obsession with suburban lawnscapes (Robbins and Sharp, 2003;Robbins, 2007), and the role of smallholders in facilitating reforestation in southern Ohio (Law and McSweeney, 2013).…”

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“You kill the dam, you are killing a part of me”: Dam removal and the environmental politics of river restoration

2016

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River restoration through dam removal provides an opportunity to investigate the changing nature of environmental conflicts and politics in long-humanized landscapes. In New England, where over 14,000 dams fragment the region's rivers, dam removals are often highly contested. This is due, in part, to how the intertwined roles of history, identity, and aesthetics coalesce to create attachment to place and inspire the defense of dammed landscapes. Dam removal provides a useful lens to consider the following: How do the historical and geographical contingencies of this region shape and alter conflicts over dam removal in specific ways? In instances where conflicts emerge, what do the conflicts reveal about the politics of ecological restoration in highly altered landscapes? We use a political ecology approach to reveal how complex cultural dynamics, competing interpretations of science and the environment, micropolitics, and the role of multiple actors generate and shape conflicts over dam removal. We show that the historical geography of New England influence conflicts over removal in important ways, particularly with regard to the roles of aesthetics and identity in landscapes that are characterized largely by consumptive as opposed to productive uses. Our findings also suggest that restoration in long-humanized landscapes will embroil new constellations of human and nonhuman actors, requiring attention to the political and cultural, as well as the ecological, dimensions of restoration. This paper contributes to research on the political and social dimensions of dam removal, as well as to research at the nexus of ecological restoration and environmental politics.

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“You kill the dam, you are killing a part of me”: Dam removal and the environmental politics of river restoration

2016

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“…In contrast, by disputing notions that turtle populations are threatened and by laying blame for fish stock problems on out-of-their-control factors, commercial fishers maintain an identity as misunderstood victims of special interest groups and government bureaucracy. Such an identity allows commercial fishers to largely remove themselves from ecological concerns while depicting regulations as the primary cause of their declining socioeconomic status (rather than, for instance, the collapse of several important fish stocks, the flight of fish processing overseas and competition from foreign imports, or shifting land use practices in the region) (Campbell and Meletis 2011;Crosson 2007;Rich 1991Rich , 2006. Thus the ways that both commercial and recreational fisher narratives construct marine resources serve largely to polarize their political positions.…”

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The 'nature' of fisheries governance: narratives of environment, politics, and power and their implications for changing seascapes

Boucquey

2020

Journal of Political Ecology

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This article responds to recent calls for more engagement from political ecologists in ocean and coastal governance concerns, and employs a controversy over the practice of gill netting in North Carolina as a lens into questions about how narratives of nature and power affect fisheries policymaking processes. The article analyzes commercial and recreational fisher narratives about marine ‘nature,’ including perceptions of resource health, expressions of blame or responsibility, and storylines about the different roles of fishers and managers in the process of governing fisheries. The article focuses particularly on how fishers perceive the politics of fisheries management and where they believe power lies in negotiations about the ‘right’ ways to steward and allocate fishery resources. Fisher narratives are then compared to those of fishery regulators themselves. The article asks how the perceptions of different groups about politics and power in fisheries management affect their levels of trust and engagement with each other and with the policymaking process. It offers insights into the complex negotiations over the meaning of terms like ‘conservation,’ ‘endangered,’ and ‘livelihood,’ and analyzes the implications of these narratives for stimulating material changes in the coastal seascape and in the lives of fishers.

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“…In our study region, economic and cultural history centers on the fishing industry and there is a widespread sense of loss stemming from its decline (Earley and Amspacher 2008;Maiolo 2004). These broad concerns are tightly intertwined with ideas about culture, family, and the future of local villages (Boucquey et al 2012;Campbell and Meletis 2011).…”

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From Vegetable Box to Seafood Cooler: Applying the Community-Supported Agriculture Model to Fisheries

Campbell

Boucquey

Stoll

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Society & Natural Resources

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Agreement on water and a watered-down agreement: The political ecology of contested coastal development in Down East, North Carolina

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

“You kill the dam, you are killing a part of me”: Dam removal and the environmental politics of river restoration

“You kill the dam, you are killing a part of me”: Dam removal and the environmental politics of river restoration

The 'nature' of fisheries governance: narratives of environment, politics, and power and their implications for changing seascapes

From Vegetable Box to Seafood Cooler: Applying the Community-Supported Agriculture Model to Fisheries

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