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30 Land & Water L. Rev. 57 (1995)
Bruce Babbitt's Use of Governmental Dispute Resolution: A Mid-Term Report Card

handle is hein.journals/lawlr30 and id is 69 raw text is: University of Wyoming College of Law LAND ANDWATER LAW REVIEW VOLUME XXX 1995 NUMBER 1 Bruce Babbitt's Use of Governmental Dispute Resolution: A Mid-Term Report Card Tom Melling* I. Introduction ................................... 58 II. Characteristics of a Successful Dispute Resolution Process ...... 59 A. Voluntary Process ................................ 62 B. Participation By Interested Parties ..................... 64 C. Identification of Interests ........................... 65 D. Development of Possible Solutions and Options ........... 66 III. Two Case Studies of Secretary Babbitt's Efforts ............... 67 A. Case Study #1: Babbitt Mediates Alaska Fishermen's Battle With Oil Companies ............................... 67 B. Case Study #2: Babbitt's Attempts to Implement Grazing Reform . 72 1. The sources of controversy: the condition of Western range- lands and the control of grazing management ......... 73 2. A semi-flawed process, little consensus ............... 77 IV. The Limits of Consensus For Environmental Policymaking ....... 83 V . Conclusion ..................................... 89 * Law clerk to the Honorable Jerome Farris, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; B.A. Brown University, 1989; J.D. Stanford Law School, 1994. A Fellowship at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation greatly assisted my research. Many thanks to the editors and staff of the LAND & WATER LAW REvIEW for their insightful comments and dedicated work. Any errors are my own.