Class Topics: 

• Federal Agency / Farmer and Rancher relations in Eastern Oregon.
• Radicalism and its roots in Eastern Oregon
• Partnerships for forest and rangeland management
• The role of endangered species in Western environmental policy

Readings:     

Edward T. Wimberley's Homegrown Ecopragmatics. Chapters 4-5

Homework Assignment:           

1. Describe the nature of the historical relationship between western ranchers and farmers with federal land management agencies like BLM and the USFS.
2. Why are patnerships with federal regulators a necessity out west?
3. What factors have fed the Patriot Movement in Eastern Oregon?
4. Describe the principal stakeholders in the Blue Mountain Forest Partners relationship with federal land management agencies.