Environmental Governance In Watersheds Project

The following publications were the product of this project funded by the National Academy of Public Administration as part of their Learning from Innovations in Environmental Protection project. The Academy's final report Environment.Gov as well as the reports of the other project teams are also available from the Academy. 

Final Report to the Academy

(with Timothy Hennessey) Environmental Governance in Watersheds: The Importance of Collaboration to Institutional Performance. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. October 2000.  Appendices A - C.  (Materials are also available from the Academy).

Supporting Materials

Delaware Inland Bays Estuary Program: Using a Nonprofit Organization to Implement a CCMP. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. August 2000 (Materials are also available from the Academy).

The Tampa Bay Estuary Program: Developing and Implementing an Interlocal Agreement. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. August 2000 (Materials are also available from the Academy).

(with Timothy Hennessey) Rhode Island’s Salt Ponds: Using a Special Area Management Plan to Improve Watershed Governance. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. August 2000 (Materials are also available from the Academy).

(with Derek Kauneckis and Leslie Koziol) Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: The Evolution of Collaboration. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. August 2000 (Materials are also available from the Academy).

(with Sally McGee and Timothy Hennessey) The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program: Using a State Water Quality Agency to Implement a CCMP. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. August 2000 (Materials are also available from the Academy).

(with Timothy Hennessey) Environmental Governance in Watersheds: The Importance of Collaboration to Institutional Performance: Appendices A - C. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration. October 2000.  (Materials are also available from the Academy).

Conference Papers

“Collaboration as a Governance Strategy: Lessons from Six Watershed Management Programs.” Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration’s (ASPA’s) 63^rd National Conference. March 23 – 26, 2002, Phoenix, Arizona. (Download a Copy)

(with Timothy Hennessey) "Improving Watershed Governance: Collaboration, Public Value, and Accountability." Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). August 31 – September 3, 2000. Washington, DC. (Download a Copy)

(with Timothy Hennessey) "Environmental Governance in Watersheds: The Value Added by Collaboration." Proceedings of The Coastal Society’s 17^th International Conference. July 9 – 12, 2000. Portland, OR. (Download a Copy)

(with Timothy Hennessey) "Environmental Governance in Watersheds: The Role of Collaboration" Paper presented at the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP). May 31 – June 4, 2000. Bloomington, IN. (Download a Copy)

(with Timothy Hennessey) "Environmental Governance in Watersheds: Collaboration, Public Value, and Accountability." Paper presented at the 1999 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Twenty-First Annual Research Conference. November 4 – 6, 1999. Washington, DC.  (Download a Copy)

Nonrefereed Articles

(with Timothy Hennessey) “Improving Watershed Governance: Lessons Learned from Six Watershed Management Efforts in the U.S.” InterCoast Network: International Newsletter of Coastal Management #39 (Spring 2001): 14 – 15, 27.

Dissertations/Masters Thesis

Collaboration as an Implementation Strategy: An Assessment of Six Watershed Management Programs. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, May 2001). (Download a copy).

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