WHITE PAPER
Understanding and Addressing Emerging Frustration Among Citizens’ Collaborative Groups Interacting with the USDA Forest Service
November 30, 2015
Mike Albrecht, Past Co-Chair, Yosemite
Stanislaus Solutions, California
John Buckley, Past Co-Chair, Yosemite
Stanislaus Solutions, California
Gary Severson, Past Chair, Colorado Bark
Beetle Cooperative, Colorado
ABSTRACT
Unless action is undertaken to confront the problem
of deepening frustrations by many citizens’
collaborative groups, it is likely that the collaborative
outcomes envisioned by the USDA Forest Service
will not be achieved. It is the hope of the authors that
this paper will be instrumental in beginning a national
dialogue concerning this growing trend of frustration
among citizens’ collaborative groups working with the
Forest Service and that actions can be taken to
strengthen citizen collaboration.