Nina Burkardt is a Research Social Scientist with the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA) at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center. Since 1987, she has worked with her PASA colleagues to help stakeholders plan and undertake collaborative decision processes, and has conducted research to determine factors leading to success in environmental negotiations. Results of this research have been published in Environmental Management, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Water Resources Bulletin, Environmental Practice, International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, and other peer-reviewed journals. She has a long standing interest in instream flow issues and has conducted research to evaluate the effectiveness of state instream flow policies. Ms. Burkardt is a past President of the Western Social Science Association and is active in this and several other professional groups. She has been teaching negotiation courses since 1992.
Phadrea Ponds is a Wildlife Biologist in the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA) at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center. Her focus is on the human dimensions of natural resource management. She investigates how public participation processes affect environmental management. Ms. Ponds has worked with PASA since 1996, helping to integrate biological, social, and economic analyses so that resource managers can use the resulting information to make informed decisions and resolve resource management conflicts. She served as the vice-President (2004-2005), President-elect (2006-2007), and President (2007-2008) of the Western Social Science Association and is active in many interagency committees and advisory boards, including the Strategic Habitat Conservation initiative of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ms. Ponds’ publications have appeared in Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Bioscience, the Cyber Journal of Applied Leisure and Recreation Research, Wildlife Society Bulletin, and Journal of Wildlife Biology.
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U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Geological Survey
Fort Collins Science Center
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Fort Collins, CO 80526
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