Bringing together social and political scientists who have been involved in CFLRP, this book addresses what has been learnt through this new way of managing national forests. "CFLRP has shown us a path forward in this era of declining resources and escalating environmental challenges. It was a wholly unique policy experiment that helped us understand changing practice as we cope with increasing complexity in public lands management. The work in this volume captures the lessons learned, and points to the policy and practice implications and theoretical contributions for collaborative environmental governance. Regardless of whether the program continues, understanding the lessons learned and capturing the experience of these projects is an essential component of the ongoing, collective project of fostering collaborative approaches to forest management that can support work across landscapes to manage fire, water, commodity production, and recreation opportunities within and surrounding US public lands." - Laura McCarthy, take from the Foreword