Inter-agency collaborative approaches to endangered species act compliance and salmon recovery in the pacific northwest

Abstract

We assessed attempts by federal and state agencies to utilize a Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS) approach to address endangered species and natural resource protection issues in two watersheds in Washington State involving listed species of salmon, steelhead and bull trout. In the wake of the listing of these species, NOAA Fisheries and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) joined to implement a multi-party collaboration to enforcement termed Resource-Oriented Enforcement (ROE). We sought to determine if federal and state resource agencies can collaborate effectively and if collaborative approaches can achieve short- and long-term resource protection goals. A citizen mail survey (n=800+ in each location) and extensive personal interviews with key actors were conducted to assemble evidence on the degree of success achieved in implementing ROE. Observed results suggest that collaboration can

Citation

Lovrich, N.P., Gaffney, M.J., Weber, E.P., Bireley, R.M., Matthews, D.R. and Bjork, B. (2005), "Inter-agency collaborative approaches to endangered species act compliance and salmon recovery in the pacific northwest", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 237-273. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-08-02-2005-B005