PARENT SESSION
Symposium 5: Fighting the Odds: The Challenge to Save the Sagebrush Biome.
Organized by: CS Duke, ST Knick, and DA Pyke
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 203.

The policy landscape of the sagebrush ecosystem.

Freemuth, John^{*,1, 2}, ¹ Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA² Cecil Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise, ID, USA

ABSTRACT- The management and recovery of our North American sagebrush ecosystem is a complex mix of science and politics. These key components can affect the sagebrush ecosystem and have a number of interesting problems and dilemmas associated with them that render an acceptable policy solution to ecosystem management hard to grasp. This presentation will explore those problems and dilemmas suggest possible outcomes.

Key words: politics, sagebrush ecosystems, science, management