Antony S Cheng
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1488116 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Antony S Cheng |
| PRENOMES | Antony S |
| SOBRENOME | Cheng |
| ASSINATURA | CHENG A S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Colorado State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0977-0381 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 128 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Is Wildfire Planning Evolving to Support Communities? Taking Stock of 20 years of Community Wildfire Protection Plans in the state of Colorado, United States
Over the past two decades, wildfire policies at the national level have sought to catalyze locally led wildfire mitigation and forest management, while promoting collaboration across sectors. In the United States, Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) have become one of the primary tools for local wildfire mitigation planning. CWPPs continue to be developed and funded, yet little is known about how CWPPs have evolved in response to changing…
Application of Participatory Process Mapping to Evaluate Environmental Decision-Making and Implementation
Environmental governance outcomes hinge on the design and implementation of management decisions. Yet, available research methodologies can be limited in their ability to capture the complexity of decision-making and implementation processes and in turn predict and explain environmental governance outcomes. We present participatory process mapping as a method for examining the pathways that emerge and evolve over time that result in natural resou…
Managed Wildfire
Federal land managers in the United States are permitted to manage wildfires with strategies other than full suppression under appropriate conditions to achieve natural resource objectives. However, policy and scientific support for “managed wildfire” appear insufficient to support its broad use. We conducted case studies in northern New Mexico and southwestern Utah to examine how managers and stakeholders navigated shifting barriers and opportun…
Disturbance shapes the US forest governance frontier
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially constructed and framed through public discourse. Inconsistent social constructions of wildfire risk may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management,…
Identifying Old Trees to Inform Ecological Restoration in Montane Forests of the Central Rocky Mountains, Usa
Old trees (defined here as ≥150 years old) can be rare in many forests because of past timber harvest, uncharacteristically severe wildfires, and – increasingly – climate change. Old trees provide unique structural, ecological, scientific, and aesthetic values missing in forests containing only younger trees. Here we compile crossdated ages from over 10,000 living and dead trees sampled in montane forests of the central Rocky Mountains in Colorad…
Assessing Collaborative Governance Outcomes and Indicators across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Scholarship on collaboration in natural resource management is restricted by a lack of large-N assessments and mixed methods approach to examine relationships between collaborative structures and processes, and management actions and outcomes. This paper examines the relationship between perceived levels of collaboration, collaborative process indicators, and benefits of USDA Forest Service stewardship contracts at a broad spatial and temporal sc…
A Multiple Streams Analysis of Institutional Innovation in Forest Watershed Governance
Increasingly severe wildfires have focused attention on forested watershed vulnerabilities, causing significant changes to policies and governance. We utilized the Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) to understand institutional innovations of federal agency-large water provider partnerships in Colorado to protect watersheds through joint planning and funding. Ambiguous problem definition and focusing events were significant aspects of these partnersh…
Who’s in Charge? The Role of Power in Collaborative Governance and Forest Management
Collaborative processes for working toward common management goals between individuals and organizations, despite their differences, emerged as one enduring legacy resulting from the Timber Wars in the American West during the late-1980s and the early 1990s. Power imbalances are often cited as a common problem in collaborative processes and can have a lasting, deleterious impact on the collaborative process and its outcomes. For all its importanc…
The evolving role of government in the adaptive governance of freshwater social-ecological systems in the western US
Examining the Influence of Positionality in Evaluating Collaborative Progress in Natural Resource Management
In this paper, we present a reflexive examination of how and why we, an academic and a practitioner, arrive at different evaluations of collaborative progress in natural resource management. We situate this examination in our long-standing involvement in designing, adaptively managing, and participating in the Uncompahgre Plateau collaborative forest restoration project in western Colorado, USA. Drawing on the concept of “positionality” in qualit…
Contextual Factors Influencing Collaboration Levels and Outcomes in National Forest Stewardship Contracting
The number of policies promoting collaborative processes in national forest management has increased considerably over the past decade but do mandates alone increase the levels of collaboration in national forest management? Collaborative governance literature identifies the importance of the situational context for the emergence and performance of collaboration but does not identify the role of specific attributes and processes. This article pre…
Examining the adaptability of collaborative governance associated with publicly managed ecosystems over time
Cheng, A. S., A. K. Gerlak, L. Dale, and K. Mattor. 2015. Examining the adaptability of collaborative governance associated with publicly managed ecosystems over time: insights from the Front Range Roundtable, Colorado, USA. Ecology and Society 20(1): 35. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07187-200135
Transdisciplinary research on environmental governance
The Value of Practice-Based Knowledge
Increasing recognition of the value of practice-based or experiential knowledge in natural resource management justifies the creation of a new category of articles in Society & Natural Resources that we are calling Practice-Based Knowledge (PBK). The rationale for focusing on PBK is due to its key role in the emergence of hybrid governance institutions across state, market, and civil society, understanding the complexity of dynamic socioecologica…
Environmental Governance as Embedded Process
Community-based forestry (CBF) represents an environmental governance strategy that promotes democratic practices, strengthens local livelihoods, and sustains forest ecosystems for the benefit of all community members. Much prior research has explored the necessary conditions for successful CBF operation. Less attention has been paid to how established CBF organizations, as they near the end of the start-up phase of operations, change in response…
The role of social and policy learning in changing forest governance
Place-Based Planning as a Platform for Social Learning
This article examines research results from a national forest landscape assessment process in western Colorado. Landscape working groups (LWGs) were the forums for stakeholder collaboration, and the primary collaboration technique was a place-based mapping exercise. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of LWG meetings (n = 422; 59% response rate) and semistructured interviews were conducted by the third-party facilitator of selected partici…
Framing the Need for Active Management for Wildfire Mitigation and Forest Restoration
We present results of a Q-methodology study of how diverse stakeholders in northern Colorado framed the need for immediate, active management on federal lands to mitigate wildfire risk and restore forest conditions. From the factor analysis of the Q-sorts, three significant themes emerged that represent distinct perspectives about active management: (1) The region's forests are unhealthy and should be actively managed; (2) active management shoul…
Public Involvement in State Fish and Wildlife Agencies in the U.S
Increasingly, the public is demanding greater voice in decisions over the management of natural resources. Limited case studies indicate that state fish and wildlife agencies have public involvement programs, but there is a knowledge gap regarding which public involvement techniques are being used by what states and with what level of effectiveness. This article presents the results of a national survey of staff identified as being responsible fo…
"Place" as an Integrating Concept in Natural Resource Politics
This article lays out six propositions centering on a relationship between people-place connections and strategic behavior in natural resource politics. The first two propositions suggest a strong and direct connection between self-identity, place, and how individuals perceive and value the environment. The third, fourth, and fifth propositions tie together social group identity and place, particularly emphasizing the influence of social group id…
Regulatory programs and private forestry
Implemented in the context of a long history of intense public debate, forestry practices applied on private forestland are regulated in some form by 38 states. State regulatory activities can involve many agencies implementing numerous regulatory laws or a single forestry agency administering a comprehensive regulatory program. Regulatory programs are designed to protect resources such as soils, water, wildlife, and scenic beauty. Program admini…
"Place" as an Integrating Concept in Natural Resource Politics
This article lays out six propositions centering on a relationship between people-place connections and strategic behavior in natural resource politics. The first two propositions suggest a strong and direct connection between self-identity, place, and how individuals perceive and value the environment. The third, fourth, and fifth propositions tie together social group identity and place, particularly emphasizing the influence of social group id…
Transdisciplinary research on environmental governance
The role of social and policy learning in changing forest governance
Framing the Need for Active Management for Wildfire Mitigation and Forest Restoration
We present results of a Q-methodology study of how diverse stakeholders in northern Colorado framed the need for immediate, active management on federal lands to mitigate wildfire risk and restore forest conditions. From the factor analysis of the Q-sorts, three significant themes emerged that represent distinct perspectives about active management: (1) The region's forests are unhealthy and should be actively managed; (2) active management shoul…
The Value of Practice-Based Knowledge
Increasing recognition of the value of practice-based or experiential knowledge in natural resource management justifies the creation of a new category of articles in Society & Natural Resources that we are calling Practice-Based Knowledge (PBK). The rationale for focusing on PBK is due to its key role in the emergence of hybrid governance institutions across state, market, and civil society, understanding the complexity of dynamic socioecologica…
Regulatory programs and private forestry
Implemented in the context of a long history of intense public debate, forestry practices applied on private forestland are regulated in some form by 38 states. State regulatory activities can involve many agencies implementing numerous regulatory laws or a single forestry agency administering a comprehensive regulatory program. Regulatory programs are designed to protect resources such as soils, water, wildlife, and scenic beauty. Program admini…
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially constructed and framed through public discourse. Inconsistent social constructions of wildfire risk may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management,…
Examining the Influence of Positionality in Evaluating Collaborative Progress in Natural Resource Management
In this paper, we present a reflexive examination of how and why we, an academic and a practitioner, arrive at different evaluations of collaborative progress in natural resource management. We situate this examination in our long-standing involvement in designing, adaptively managing, and participating in the Uncompahgre Plateau collaborative forest restoration project in western Colorado, USA. Drawing on the concept of “positionality” in qualit…
Examining the adaptability of collaborative governance associated with publicly managed ecosystems over time
Cheng, A. S., A. K. Gerlak, L. Dale, and K. Mattor. 2015. Examining the adaptability of collaborative governance associated with publicly managed ecosystems over time: insights from the Front Range Roundtable, Colorado, USA. Ecology and Society 20(1): 35. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07187-200135
A Multiple Streams Analysis of Institutional Innovation in Forest Watershed Governance
Increasingly severe wildfires have focused attention on forested watershed vulnerabilities, causing significant changes to policies and governance. We utilized the Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) to understand institutional innovations of federal agency-large water provider partnerships in Colorado to protect watersheds through joint planning and funding. Ambiguous problem definition and focusing events were significant aspects of these partnersh…
The evolving role of government in the adaptive governance of freshwater social-ecological systems in the western US
Contextual Factors Influencing Collaboration Levels and Outcomes in National Forest Stewardship Contracting
The number of policies promoting collaborative processes in national forest management has increased considerably over the past decade but do mandates alone increase the levels of collaboration in national forest management? Collaborative governance literature identifies the importance of the situational context for the emergence and performance of collaboration but does not identify the role of specific attributes and processes. This article pre…
Place-Based Planning as a Platform for Social Learning
This article examines research results from a national forest landscape assessment process in western Colorado. Landscape working groups (LWGs) were the forums for stakeholder collaboration, and the primary collaboration technique was a place-based mapping exercise. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of LWG meetings (n = 422; 59% response rate) and semistructured interviews were conducted by the third-party facilitator of selected partici…
Regulatory programs and private forestry
Implemented in the context of a long history of intense public debate, forestry practices applied on private forestland are regulated in some form by 38 states. State regulatory activities can involve many agencies implementing numerous regulatory laws or a single forestry agency administering a comprehensive regulatory program. Regulatory programs are designed to protect resources such as soils, water, wildlife, and scenic beauty. Program admini…
"Place" as an Integrating Concept in Natural Resource Politics
This article lays out six propositions centering on a relationship between people-place connections and strategic behavior in natural resource politics. The first two propositions suggest a strong and direct connection between self-identity, place, and how individuals perceive and value the environment. The third, fourth, and fifth propositions tie together social group identity and place, particularly emphasizing the influence of social group id…
Public Involvement in State Fish and Wildlife Agencies in the U.S
Increasingly, the public is demanding greater voice in decisions over the management of natural resources. Limited case studies indicate that state fish and wildlife agencies have public involvement programs, but there is a knowledge gap regarding which public involvement techniques are being used by what states and with what level of effectiveness. This article presents the results of a national survey of staff identified as being responsible fo…
Framing the Need for Active Management for Wildfire Mitigation and Forest Restoration
We present results of a Q-methodology study of how diverse stakeholders in northern Colorado framed the need for immediate, active management on federal lands to mitigate wildfire risk and restore forest conditions. From the factor analysis of the Q-sorts, three significant themes emerged that represent distinct perspectives about active management: (1) The region's forests are unhealthy and should be actively managed; (2) active management shoul…
The role of social and policy learning in changing forest governance
Place-Based Planning as a Platform for Social Learning
This article examines research results from a national forest landscape assessment process in western Colorado. Landscape working groups (LWGs) were the forums for stakeholder collaboration, and the primary collaboration technique was a place-based mapping exercise. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of LWG meetings (n = 422; 59% response rate) and semistructured interviews were conducted by the third-party facilitator of selected partici…
Environmental Governance as Embedded Process
Community-based forestry (CBF) represents an environmental governance strategy that promotes democratic practices, strengthens local livelihoods, and sustains forest ecosystems for the benefit of all community members. Much prior research has explored the necessary conditions for successful CBF operation. Less attention has been paid to how established CBF organizations, as they near the end of the start-up phase of operations, change in response…
Transdisciplinary research on environmental governance
The Value of Practice-Based Knowledge
Increasing recognition of the value of practice-based or experiential knowledge in natural resource management justifies the creation of a new category of articles in Society & Natural Resources that we are calling Practice-Based Knowledge (PBK). The rationale for focusing on PBK is due to its key role in the emergence of hybrid governance institutions across state, market, and civil society, understanding the complexity of dynamic socioecologica…
Contextual Factors Influencing Collaboration Levels and Outcomes in National Forest Stewardship Contracting
The number of policies promoting collaborative processes in national forest management has increased considerably over the past decade but do mandates alone increase the levels of collaboration in national forest management? Collaborative governance literature identifies the importance of the situational context for the emergence and performance of collaboration but does not identify the role of specific attributes and processes. This article pre…
Examining the adaptability of collaborative governance associated with publicly managed ecosystems over time
Cheng, A. S., A. K. Gerlak, L. Dale, and K. Mattor. 2015. Examining the adaptability of collaborative governance associated with publicly managed ecosystems over time: insights from the Front Range Roundtable, Colorado, USA. Ecology and Society 20(1): 35. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07187-200135
The evolving role of government in the adaptive governance of freshwater social-ecological systems in the western US
Examining the Influence of Positionality in Evaluating Collaborative Progress in Natural Resource Management
In this paper, we present a reflexive examination of how and why we, an academic and a practitioner, arrive at different evaluations of collaborative progress in natural resource management. We situate this examination in our long-standing involvement in designing, adaptively managing, and participating in the Uncompahgre Plateau collaborative forest restoration project in western Colorado, USA. Drawing on the concept of “positionality” in qualit…
Who’s in Charge? The Role of Power in Collaborative Governance and Forest Management
Collaborative processes for working toward common management goals between individuals and organizations, despite their differences, emerged as one enduring legacy resulting from the Timber Wars in the American West during the late-1980s and the early 1990s. Power imbalances are often cited as a common problem in collaborative processes and can have a lasting, deleterious impact on the collaborative process and its outcomes. For all its importanc…
Identifying Old Trees to Inform Ecological Restoration in Montane Forests of the Central Rocky Mountains, Usa
Old trees (defined here as ≥150 years old) can be rare in many forests because of past timber harvest, uncharacteristically severe wildfires, and – increasingly – climate change. Old trees provide unique structural, ecological, scientific, and aesthetic values missing in forests containing only younger trees. Here we compile crossdated ages from over 10,000 living and dead trees sampled in montane forests of the central Rocky Mountains in Colorad…
Assessing Collaborative Governance Outcomes and Indicators across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Scholarship on collaboration in natural resource management is restricted by a lack of large-N assessments and mixed methods approach to examine relationships between collaborative structures and processes, and management actions and outcomes. This paper examines the relationship between perceived levels of collaboration, collaborative process indicators, and benefits of USDA Forest Service stewardship contracts at a broad spatial and temporal sc…
A Multiple Streams Analysis of Institutional Innovation in Forest Watershed Governance
Increasingly severe wildfires have focused attention on forested watershed vulnerabilities, causing significant changes to policies and governance. We utilized the Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) to understand institutional innovations of federal agency-large water provider partnerships in Colorado to protect watersheds through joint planning and funding. Ambiguous problem definition and focusing events were significant aspects of these partnersh…
Disturbance shapes the US forest governance frontier
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially constructed and framed through public discourse. Inconsistent social constructions of wildfire risk may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management,…
Managed Wildfire
Federal land managers in the United States are permitted to manage wildfires with strategies other than full suppression under appropriate conditions to achieve natural resource objectives. However, policy and scientific support for “managed wildfire” appear insufficient to support its broad use. We conducted case studies in northern New Mexico and southwestern Utah to examine how managers and stakeholders navigated shifting barriers and opportun…
Application of Participatory Process Mapping to Evaluate Environmental Decision-Making and Implementation
Environmental governance outcomes hinge on the design and implementation of management decisions. Yet, available research methodologies can be limited in their ability to capture the complexity of decision-making and implementation processes and in turn predict and explain environmental governance outcomes. We present participatory process mapping as a method for examining the pathways that emerge and evolve over time that result in natural resou…
Is Wildfire Planning Evolving to Support Communities? Taking Stock of 20 years of Community Wildfire Protection Plans in the state of Colorado, United States
Over the past two decades, wildfire policies at the national level have sought to catalyze locally led wildfire mitigation and forest management, while promoting collaboration across sectors. In the United States, Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) have become one of the primary tools for local wildfire mitigation planning. CWPPs continue to be developed and funded, yet little is known about how CWPPs have evolved in response to changing…
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