Management Without Borders? A Survey of Landowner Practices and Attitudes toward Cross-Boundary Cooperation

Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range

“…A study of cross-boundary cooperation in fire management in eastern Oregon (Bergmann and Bliss 2004) identified deterrents to cooperation that could also be operating in California (Ferranto et al 2013). These include (1) short tenures and high turnover of federal staff; (2) concerns about accountability of managers when rural people believe that their livelihoods are at risk; (3) strong ideological differences among stakeholders; (4) concern about administrative burdens and regulatory limitations imposed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal environmental laws; (5) skepticism among environmental groups about local collaboratives; and (6) differential risks to landowners and managers owing to scale.…”

“…However, the balance between the costs and benefits of cooperation with the agencies like the Forest Service must be favorable to private landowners if they are to engage in it (Fischer and Charnley 2012). Ferranto et al (2013) surveyed private forest and rangeland owners in 10 California counties, including Plumas, Sierra, and Eldorado, to investigate their willingness to cooperate in ecosystem management on their properties across ownership boundaries. They found the strongest support for cross-boundary cooperation to reduce fire hazard (relative to other environmental management issues).…”

Ecosystem Services are Social–ecological Services in a Traditional Pastoral System: the Case of California’s Mediterranean Rangelands

“…It is increasingly necessary to coordinate management and interventions across property boundaries (Goldman et al 2007, Plieninger et al 2012b, Ferranto et al 2013). This may require working with communities, local governance structures, and landowners, agencies, and land trusts that own or control access to rangelands.…”

The role of cultural ecosystem services in landscape management and planning

“…Cultural services -to live near natural beauty, to maintain a rural lifestyle, or to preserve nature -are among the most important reasons for rangeland ownership [26]. In California, owners that produce livestock (around 41% of properties larger than 8 ha) value many of the same CES as a growing number of non-production owners (59% of properties) [24].…”