Handbooks

The following handbooks represent best practices as applied to different audiences, sectors, and/or issues.

Legislators

Collaborative Problem Solving: Strategies for Western Legislators (529 KB PDF)

Legislators at the Crossroads: Making Choices to Work Differently (2.63 MB PDF)

Collaboration and Conflict Resolution

Best Practices for Government Agencies: Guidelines for Using Collaboration Agreement-Seeking Processes (572 KB PDF)

Civic Engagement: A Guide for Communitities (829 KB PDF)

Getting the Most Out of Public Hearings: Ideas to Improve Public Involvement (890 KB PDF)

Planning Public Forums: Questions to Guide Local Officials (675 KB PDF)

Natural Resource and Environmental Policy

BLM National Policy for the Federal Advisory Committee Act (914 KB PDF)

Collaboration in NEPA: A Handbook for NEPA Practitioners. Council on Environmental Quality. October 2007. (PDF)

McKinney, Matthew (2003). Linking Growth and Land Use to Water Supply. Land Lines 15(2): 4-6. (128 KB PDF)

Understanding the Relationship Between Collboration and NEPA (1.53 MB PDF)

Using ADR to Solve Energy Industry Disputes: A Better Way (756 KB PDF)