Overview

Abstract

The purpose of this conference was to increase people's awareness of the potential contributions of watershed management to conservation, sustainable development, and use of natural resources to land stewardship in the 21st century. Through exploration of global, national, and regional perspectives, a review of issues likely to be confronted in the coming century, a retrospective viewpoint of watershed management entering the 21" century, anticipated watershed management contributions to future land stewardship, and future protocols necessary to attain these contributions, information was provided to accomplish the conference purpose. The conference included 2 and a half days of synthesis papers presented in plenary sessions by invited United States and international speakers from public and private research, management, and educational organizations. Two poster sessions complemented the synthesis papers to broaden the conference scope.

Parent Publication

• Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ

Citation

Ffolliott, Peter F. 2000. Overview. In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker, Malchus B., Jr.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 1-4.