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Publications

THEORY BUILDING

• Theory and Management of Tourism Impacts
  Kevin Preister
• Mack and the Boys as Consultants:
  The Contributions of John Steinbeck to Social Action Theory (1995)
  James A. Kent, as told to Ed B. Larsh
• Using Social Ecology to Meet the Productive Harmony Intent of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (2001)
  Kevin Preister and James A Kent
• Social Ecology: A New Pathway to Watershed Restoration (1997)
  Kevin Preister & James A. Kent
• Methods for the Development of Human Geographic Boundaries and their Use (1999)
  James A Kent; Kevin Preister
• Technical Basis of Delineation of Human Geographic Units (USDA, 1986)
  Anthony K. Quinkert, James A. Kent, Donald C. Taylor
• Cultural Attachment: Assessment of Impacts to Living Culture
  James A Kent; John Ryan; Carolyn Hunka and Robert Schultz
• Community-based Stewardship; a Model for Applied Science
  Gary McVicker
• Culturally-based Redistricting: Putting Communities at the Center of the Reapportionment Process
  Kent Briggs
• The Issue-Centered Approach to Social Impacts: From Assessment to Management
  Kevin Preister & James A. Kent
• Restoring Watershed Health: Peacetime Military Contributions and Federalwide Agency Implications (n.d.)
  D. Drigot
• Applying Social Ecology to Environmental Collaboration: Input from Practitioners Working in Agency Settings.
  Jenna Berman
• Powerful Corporations Undone in a Paradox of Prosperity (Environmental Management News, 1988)
  James A. Kent, Donald Taylor, C. Harvey Smith, Carolyn Hunka
• The Social Ecology of Women as Transformational Leaders
  Trish Malone
• The Social Ecology of Design: Kailua-Kona Hawaii
• Social Ecology and Public Policy

CORPORATIONS

• The Holy Cross Energy Experience—Citizen-Generated Solutions for Transmission Line and Sub-Station (Snowmass, Colorado)
  Dr. James A. Kent
• Application of the Culture Based Issue Management System to Improve Production at the Tanguisson Power Plant (Guam)
  James A. Kent, Eric Casino
• Aspen Earth Moving Company (Carbondale, Colorado, 2001-07)
  James A. Kent
• Powerful Corporations Undone in a Paradox of Prosperity (Environmental Management News, 1988)
  James A. Kent, Donald Taylor, C. Harvey Smith, Carolyn Hunka

GOVERNMENT

Federal Government

Department of Interior

• Community Field Reports in Support of Upcoming Land Use Planning For the Spokane District Office of the Bureau of Land Management (April, 2010)
• Assessment of Community Interests and Communication Strategies by Geographic Area (Las Cruces, New Mexico, 2003)
• Social Considerations for the Yuma Field Office in Developing a Preparation Plan for a New Resource Management Plan (Yuma Bureau of Land Management, 2001)
• Summary Report of Community Fieldwork for Southern Bradshaw Planning (BLM, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001)
  Kevin Preister
• A Field Guide to the Social Ecology of the Willamette Valley (U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, 2002)
  Kevin Preister, Luis Ibanez, Toby Keys, Megan Gordon, Kirsten Saylor, Armando Arias, James Kent
• Citizen Issues and Opportunities Related to Bureau of Land Management Activities in the Farmington District Office
  Kevin Preister, Ph.D.
• Preparing for Change in the High Desert of Central Oregon: Using Human Geographic Boundaries to Create Partnerships
  Kevin Preister, Ph.D., James Kent Associates and Social Ecology Associates
• The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker as an Asset: Creating Community Benefits from Habitat Restoration
  Kevin Preister, Ph.D., Dave Schultz, Dick Merritt, Kris Komar, James A. Kent, J.D.

Department of Agriculture

• A Field Guide to the Social Ecology of the Willamette Valley (U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, 2002)
  Kevin Preister, Luis Ibanez, Toby Keys, Megan Gordon, Kirsten Saylor, Armando Arias, James Kent
• Cultural Attachment: Assessment of Impacts to Living Culture (U.S. Forest Service)
  James A Kent; John Ryan; Carolyn Hunka and Robert Schultz

Department of Defense

• Restoring Watershed Health: Peacetime Military Contributions and Federalwide Agency Implications (n.d.)
  D. Drigot
• Three Reports Related to the Makua Beach Amphibious Training of the U.S. Marine Corps, Support Documents for the Environmental Impact Statement (1999)
  James A. Kent

Local and Tribal Governments

• A Social Capital Approach to Governance (Basalt, Colorado, 2004)
  James A. Kent, John Ryan
• Sierra County Comprehensive Plan (Sierra County, New Mexico, 2006)
  Kevin Preister, Trish Malone, Luis Ibanez
• Issue Management Handbook (Washoe County, Nevada, 1993)
  James A. Kent, Robert Schultz
• West Medford Community Coalition and Opportunities for Change (Medford, Oregon, 1995-98)
  Kevin Preister
• Issues and Opportunities in Creating a Community-Based Approach to Watershed Health (The Kootenai Tribe, northern Idaho)
  Kevin Preister, Ph.D., Luis Ibanez, Kristine Komar, Dave Schultz

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

• A Community Vision for the Year 2020 (Grand Junction, Colorado, 2001)
  James A. Kent, Luis Ibanez, Denise Mytty, John MacIntyre, Tom Baker, Janet Fiero, Diana Maire, Kevin Preister, John Ryan
• West Medford Community Coalition and Opportunities for Change (Medford, Oregon, 1995-98)
  Kevin Preister

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS

• Application of the Culture Based Issue Management System to Improve Production at the Tanguisson Power Plant (Guam)
  James A. Kent, Eric Casino

ARTICLES AND JOURNALS

Right of Way Magazine Column on Social Ecology, the Science of Community

• IRWA #1 May/June, 2009 "Wind Energy Development and Public Perception"
• IRWA #2 July/Aug, 2009 "The Holy Cross Energy Experience"
• IRWA #3 Sept/Oct, 2009 "Leveraging the Science of Community"
• IRWA #4 Nov/Dec, 2009 "Perception of the Local Language"
• IRWA #5 Jan/Feb, 2010 "Inside the Invisible Community"
• IRWA #6 March/April, 2010 "Overcoming Community Roadblocks"
• IRWA #7 May/June, 2010 "When Ignorance is not Bliss"
• IRWA #8 July/Aug, 2010 "Collaboration under the NEPA Umbrella"