• Malmsheimer, Robert W.
  SUNY ESF
  

The USDA Forest Service uses a common, multi--step process that includes step process that includes  public participation to develop forest management projects. This public participation to develop forest management projects. This research  examined the Forest Service’s public participation process for 3examined the Forest Service’s public participation process for 33 Environmental3 Environmental  Assessment and Environmental Impact Statement level management pAssessment and Environmental Impact Statement level management projects onrojects on  the White Mountain National Forest and the Green Mountain Nation the White Mountain National Forest and the Green Mountain National Forest Forest.   Using a mixed--method approach, including qualitative interviews with project method approach, including qualitative interviews with project  participants (both appellants and nonparticipants (both appellants and non--appellants) as well as a descriptiveappellants) as well as a descriptive  quantitative analysis of project and project participant quantitative analysis of project and project participant characteristics.