Matthew McKinney, et al., “Managing Transboundary Natural Resources: An Assessment of the Need to Revise and Update the Columbia River Treaty,” West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (Summer 2010).

Matthew McKinney, “Moving Toward a Civic Mission: The Relevance of Universities in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy,” Higher Education Exchange (2009): 23-33.

Matthew McKinney, “The Realities of Regional Stewardship: From Urban Issues to Rural Landscapes,” Public Land and Resources Law Review 29 (2008): 123-140.

Matthew McKinney and Patrick Field, “Evaluating Community-Based Collaboration on Federal Land and Resources,” Society and Natural Resources, 21:5 (2008): 419-429. (552 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, Patrick Field, and Sarah Bates, “Responding to Streams of Land Use Disputes: A Systems Approach,” Planning & Environmental Law 60:4 (2008): 3-11. (212 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, "Governing Nature, Governing Ourselves: Engaging Citizens in Natural Resource Decisions -- Part 2," International Journal of Public Participation 2(1)(2008): 55-71.

Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, “Governing Nature, Governing Ourselves: Engaging Citizens in Natural Resource Decisions -- . Part 1,” International Journal of Public Participation 1(2)(2007): 1-28.. (180 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “The Role of Science in Cooperative Conservation,” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Ecological Society of America, 2006): 99-101.

Sarah Bates Van de Wetering and Matthew McKinney, “The Role of Mandatory Dispute Resolution in Federal Environmental Law: Lessons from the Clean Air Act,”. Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 21(1) (2006): 1-45. (151 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney and Kevin Essington, “Learning to Think and Act Like a Region,” Land Lines 18(1) (2006): 8-13.

Matthew McKinney, “The Role of Science in Cooperative Conservation,” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Ecological Society of America, 2006): 99-101.

Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, “Resolving Natural Resource Disputes: A Historical, Analytical and Prescriptive Framework,” Renewable Resources Journal 23(2) (2005): 16-22.

Matthew McKinney, John Parr, and Ethan Seltzer. 2004. Working across boundaries: A framework for regional collaboration. Land Lines 16(3): 5–8.

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

Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, “Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making: Is It Working?” National Civic Review 91(2)(2002): 149-170. (292 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, “Land Use Planning and Growth Management in the American West,” Land Lines 14(1)(2002): 1-4. (428 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, Craig Fitch and Will Harmon, “Regionalism in the West: An Inventory and Assessment,” Public Land and Resources Law Review 23 (2002): 101–191. (348 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Negotiated Rulemaking: Involving Citizens in Public Decisions,” Montana Law Review 60(2) (1999): 499-540. (507 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Governing Western Resources: A Confluence of Ideas,” Rendezvous: The Humanities in Montana (Spring 1999): 4-11. (317 KB PDF)

Will Harmon, Matthew McKinney, and Jim Burchfield, “Public Involvement and Dispute Resolution Courses in Natural Resources Schools: A Five-year Snapshot of Progress.,” Journal of Forestry (September 1999): 17-23. (473 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “What Do We Mean by Consensus? Some Defining Principles, Chronicle of Community 1(3)(1997): 46-50. (133 KB PDF). Reprinted in Crossing the Great Divide: Collaborative Conservation in the American West (Island Press, 1998)

Matthew McKinney, “The Challenge of Funding Consensus Building Processes,” Negotiation Journal 13(3)(1997): 235-241. (3 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Building Agreement on Water Policy: From Conflict to Community,” Finding the Common Good: Case Studies on Consensus Building and the Resolution of Natural Resource Controversies, Peter S. Adler and G. Kemmery Lowry, eds., (unpublished manuscript, 1997).

Matthew McKinney, "Dispute Resolution Courses in Natural Resource Schools: Status and Needs for the Future," Renewable Resources Journal 11(2) (1993): 6-13.

Matthew McKinney, “Designing a Dispute Resolution System for Water Policy and Management,” Negotiation Journal 8(2)(1992): 153-163. (240 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Leasing Water for Instream Flows: The Montana Experience,” Rivers 2(3)(1991): 247-254. (98 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Water for Wildlife: Integrating Science and Politics in Wildlife Conservation,” Policy Studies Journal 19(3-4)(1991): 534-541. (144 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Instream Flow Policy in Montana: A History and Blueprint for the Future,” Public Land and Resources Law Review 11(1990): 81-133. Reprinted in Instream Flow Protection in the West (Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, Revised Edition 1993): 15-1 to 15-58.(505 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “State Water Planning: A Forum for Proactively Resolving Water Policy Disputes,” Water Resources Bulletin 26(2)(1990): 323-331. (289 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, “Water Resources Planning: A Collaborative, Consensus-Building Approach,” Society and Natural Resources 1(4)(1988): 335-349. (194 KB PDF)

Books, Monographs, and Policy Reports

Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel Kemmis, Large Landscape Conservation: A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action (2010) (4.41 MB PDF)

Matthew McKinney and Shawn Johnson, Working Across Boundaries: People, Nature, and Regions (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009).

Matthew McKinney, et al., Responding to Chronic Land Use Disputes (Policy Report #5, Public Policy Research Institute, The University of Montana, 2007).

Matthew McKinney and Sarah Bates Van de Wetering, Sustaining Montana’s Working Landscapes (Policy Report 2, Public Policy Research Institute, 2006): 40 pages.

Matthew McKinney, “International Environmental Conflict Resolution,” Expanding Horizons (Office of International Programs, The University of Montana 2006) 2 pages.

Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, The Western Confluence: A Guide to Governing Natural Resources, (Island Press 2004).

Matthew McKinney, Resolving Public Disputes: A Handbook on Building Consensus, 4th edition (Montana Consensus Council, Office of the Governor, 1998).

Gary Frtiz and Matthew McKinney, “Canadian Water Export Policy and Continental Water Marketing,” in Terry L. Anderson, ed., Continental Water Marketing (Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, 1994): ??? (632 KB PDF)

Matthew McKinney, et al., "Increasing the Capacity to Resolve Environmental and Other Public Disputes: A Regional, Transboundary Approach," in Western Governors' Association, Our Lands: New Strategies for Protecting the West (Western Governors' Association, Denver, 1993).

Matthew McKinney, et al, “The Protection of Instream Flows in Montana: A Legal Institutional Perspective,” in Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Teresa A. Rice, and Steven J. Shupe, eds., Instream Flow Protection in the West (Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, 1989): 287 312.

Matthew McKinney and Jonathan G. Taylor, Western State Instream Flow Programs: A Comparative Assessment (Instream Flow Information Paper No. 18, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 89(2), 1988).