Partnerships in natural resource agencies: a conceptual framework

Abstract

To meet financial constraints while maintaining or improving programs, natural resource managers have increasingly turned to partnerships with other public agencies or private businesses. The process of developing a successful partnership, however, is rarely chronicled, much less empirically studied. By using the available natural resource and business management literature, a set of criteria have been suggested as necessary components of successful partnerships. The resulting conceptual model provides a framework for guiding future empirical verification.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the second symposium on social aspects and recreation research, February 23-25, 1994, San Diego, California

Citation

Darrow, Catherine V.; Vaske, Jerry J. 1995. Partnerships in natural resource agencies: a conceptual framework. In: Chavez, Deborah J., tech. coord. Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research, February 23-25, 1994, San Diego, California. Gen. Tech. Rep PSW-GTR-156. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 87-88