Abstract
Landscape-scale conservation has become a popular approach for addressing complex land and water issues. Achieving this level of conservation requires regional collaboration that evokes a variety of approaches tailored to fit the scope and nature of the particular issues. In many states, military training grounds are a part of the rural landscape, resulting in significant interest from the military services in the maintenance and enhancement of land uses that are compatible with their operations. Many programs and initiatives are managing this issue utilizing a landscape-scale approach based on a recognition of the interconnectedness of interests. To date, there has been limited research on military partnerships related to land conservation. In order to better understand how engaging stakeholders from various sectors impacts the initial stages of military-based partnerships for landscape-scale conservation, this study explores climate, processes, people, policies, and resources—five variables that shape cross-sector partnerships, an important theoretical framework for evaluating such collaborative partnerships.
Highlights
Landscape-scale conservation represents a new collaborative approach that has become a widely agreed upon strategy by conservationists, policymakers, and practitioners to address land and water issues facing North America (McKinney & Johnson, 2009)
To achieve landscape-scale conservation requires regional collaboration that evokes a variety of approaches tailored to fit the scope and nature of the issues (McKinney & Johnson, 2009)
For the military in many states, their interest in landscape-scale conservation is in maintaining their readiness by maintaining compatible land uses with their military training grounds (Governor’s Land Compatibility Task Force [GLCTF], 2012) including Department of Defense (DOD)owned or controlled lands and adjacent or nearby non-DOD lands that impact training
Summary
Landscape-scale conservation represents a new collaborative approach that has become a widely agreed upon strategy by conservationists, policymakers, and practitioners to address land and water issues facing North America (McKinney & Johnson, 2009). Landscape-scale conservation encompasses three criteria: multijurisdictional, multipurpose, and multistakeholder (McKinney, Scarleet, & Kemis, 2010). To achieve landscape-scale conservation requires regional collaboration that evokes a variety of approaches tailored to fit the scope and nature of the issues (McKinney & Johnson, 2009). For many organizations, utilizing a landscape-scale approach to deal with conservation is based on the recognition of the interconnectedness of interests (McKinney & Johnson, 2009).
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