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Conservation Connecting Multiple Scales of Place

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This chapter stretches the notion of place and its role in conservation by exploring interactions across multiple scales via new forms of governance. This process may enable rural, resource-dependent communities, previously deemed incapable of asserting much influence on decision-making, to engage in extra-local relationships to better serve their community interests. Theoretical explorations of place, scale, community and regional fields, and governance are followed by a summary of emerging place-based influences on decision-making in the context of recent widespread landscape disturbance in north central Colorado. In this case, new relationships were forged via expanding place and multi-scale linkages and innovative forms of governance.

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Notes

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    This example follows from Kirby (1989) who suggested that “city politics in Houston could never be confused with city politics in San Francisco” (p. 323), and from Massey (1994) who focused on the changes in places and the conceptualization of place over time.

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    Communities included in the study of this region are Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Granby, Kremmling, Silverthorne, Steamboat Springs, Vail, and most of Jackson County. Counties are Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Routt, and Summit.

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    This effort was initially named the Northern Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative (NCBBC).

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  1. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois, S-510 Turner Hall, MC-047, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Courtney Flint

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  1. , Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois, 104 Huff Hall 1206 S. Fo, Champaign, 61820, Illinois, USA

    William P. Stewart

  2. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centre Avenue 2150A, Fort Collins, 80526-1891, Colorado, USA

    Daniel R. Williams

  3. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glacier Highway 11305, Juneau, 99801-8626, Alaska, USA

    Linda E. Kruger

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Flint, C. (2013). Conservation Connecting Multiple Scales of Place. In: Stewart, W., Williams, D., Kruger, L. (eds) Place-Based Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5802-5_3

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