PPRI promotes sustainable communities and landscapes through collaborative governance processes that are inclusive, informed, and deliberative.
Activities
PPRI was formed with the goal of bridging the common academic gap between policy and natural resources. PPRI seeks to educate communities and individuals invested in land management decisions; to train future leaders; to help facilitate conversations and build consensus on controversial issues; and to provide innovative policy solutions for land use planning. The organization meets these objectives through trainings, consulting, outreach and public clinics, assessment of specific situations, research and evaluation.
Relevant Project(s)
Each year, PPRI and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy select two or three regions and work with citizens and leaders to address their unique issues. The objectives of each clinic are tailored to the needs of interests of the particular region, and generally focus on initiating, designing, and sustaining place-based collaborative efforts. At the request of the BLM, the Public Policy Research Institute – in cooperation with RESOLVE and the Consensus Building Institute -- conducted a situation assessment during the fall of 2005 to help the BLM design an effective public participation process to revise and update six Resource Management Plans in Western Oregon.
PPRI also focuses on convenings, annually conducting forums on “Land Use and Planning Leaders in the West” and “Public Land and Resources Law.”
Relevant Methodologies
PPRI designs public processes that are inclusive, informed, and deliberative. They adapt these principles to public participation, advisory committees, community-based collaboration, administrative rulemaking, environmental impact assessment, resource planning, and legislative policymaking.
Region
National
More Information
The University of Montana
516 N. Park Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
406-457-8457 (phone)