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- Title
Technical Management in an Age of Openness: The Political, Public, and Environmental Forest Ranger.
- Authors
Anderson, Sarah E.; Hodges, Heather E.; Anderson, Terry L.
- Abstract
Modern bureaucracy faces trade-offs between public and congressional input and agency expertise. The U.S. Forest Service offers an opportunity to quantitatively analyze whether an agency that is required to be more open to the public and congressional input will be forced to ignore its technical expertise in managing resources. This study uses data on 83,000 hazardous fuels reduction activities conducted by the Forest Service from 2001 to 2011. Although the results show that managers are responsive to public and congressional considerations, this has not prevented them from utilizing their technical knowledge to restore lands most deviated from natural conditions. This suggests that managers can balance responsiveness to public and political principals with technically sound management.
- Subjects
BUREAUCRACY; UNITED States. Foreign Service; NATURAL resources management; FUEL; LAND management
- Publication
Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 3, p554
- ISSN
0276-8739
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pam.21697