J. WALTON BLACKBURN is an independent consultant in participative strategic planning. He teaches Political Science at the University of Nebraska and has over 15 years of experience in community, regional, and university planning. His work on environmental mediation has been published in the Policy Studies Journal, and he has chapters in two books including, M. Afzalur Rahim (editor), Theory and Research in Conflict Management (Praeger, 1990). He coauthored, with Willa Bruce, a previous book Balancing Job Satisfaction and Performance (Quorum, 1992).WILLA MARIE BRUCE is a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she teaches Administrative Ethics, Organizational Behavior, and Organizational Development. She is on the editorial boards of Public Administrative Review and Public Voices, and is listed in Who's Who of American Women, 1992 and 1993. She has published in numerous professional journals, and has published three previous books with Quorum: Problem Employee Management (1990) with Christine M. Reed, Dual-Career Couples in the Public Sector (1991) and with J. Walton Blackburn, Balancing Job Satisfaction and Performance (1992).

• Introduction by J. Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce Mediation and the New Environmental Agenda by Christine M. Reed Environmental Mediation: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? by Rosemary O'Leary Mediating Environmental Disputes: Borrowing Some Ideas from a Law and Economics Perspective by Peter R. Maida Training Environmental Mediators: A Community-Based Approach by John C. Allen Midwest Energy Utilities by James B. Dworkin and G. Logan Jordan The Problems of Designing Environmental Mediation for Small Communities by Kenneth A. Klase Beyond the Limits: Dispute Resolution of Intractable Environmental Conflicts by Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess Evaluating ADR as an Approach to Citizen Participation in Siting a Low Level Nuclear Waste Facility by Bruce B. Clary and Regan Hornney Negotiating Community Consensus in Preparing Environmental Impact Statements by James R. Richardson Consensus Building to Write Environmentally Responsive Rules for Maine's New Transportation Policy by Sondra Bogdonoff The Ethics of Environmental Mediation by William O. Stephens, John B. Stephens, and Frank Dukes Assuring Justice in Cross-Cultural Environmental Mediation by Carolyn Blackford and Hirini Matunga Regulatory Negotiation: Learning from Experiences at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Clare M. Ryan Environmental Mediation: Keys to Success at the Local Government Level by J. Lynn Wood and Mary E. Guy Mediating the Idaho Wilderness Controversy by Dennis Baird, Ralph Maughan, and Douglas Nilson The Inland Northwest Field Burning Summit: The Case Study by Mollie K. Mangerich and Larry S. Luton Environmental Mediation Theory and Practice: Challenges, Issues, and Needed Research and Theory Development by J. Walton Blackburn Bibliography

J. WALTON BLACKBURN is an independent consultant in participative strategic planning. He teaches Political Science at the University of Nebraska and has over 15 years of experience in community, regional, and university planning. His work on environmental mediation has been published in the Policy Studies Journal, and he has chapters in two books including, M. Afzalur Rahim (editor), Theory and Research in Conflict Management (Praeger, 1990). He coauthored, with Willa Bruce, a previous book Balancing Job Satisfaction and Performance (Quorum, 1992).WILLA MARIE BRUCE is a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she teaches Administrative Ethics, Organizational Behavior, and Organizational Development. She is on the editorial boards of Public Administrative Review and Public Voices, and is listed in Who's Who of American Women, 1992 and 1993. She has published in numerous professional journals, and has published three previous books with Quorum: Problem Employee Management (1990) with Christine M. Reed, Dual-Career Couples in the Public Sector (1991) and with J. Walton Blackburn, Balancing Job Satisfaction and Performance (1992).

• Introduction by J. Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce Mediation and the New Environmental Agenda by Christine M. Reed Environmental Mediation: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? by Rosemary O'Leary Mediating Environmental Disputes: Borrowing Some Ideas from a Law and Economics Perspective by Peter R. Maida Training Environmental Mediators: A Community-Based Approach by John C. Allen Midwest Energy Utilities by James B. Dworkin and G. Logan Jordan The Problems of Designing Environmental Mediation for Small Communities by Kenneth A. Klase Beyond the Limits: Dispute Resolution of Intractable Environmental Conflicts by Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess Evaluating ADR as an Approach to Citizen Participation in Siting a Low Level Nuclear Waste Facility by Bruce B. Clary and Regan Hornney Negotiating Community Consensus in Preparing Environmental Impact Statements by James R. Richardson Consensus Building to Write Environmentally Responsive Rules for Maine's New Transportation Policy by Sondra Bogdonoff The Ethics of Environmental Mediation by William O. Stephens, John B. Stephens, and Frank Dukes Assuring Justice in Cross-Cultural Environmental Mediation by Carolyn Blackford and Hirini Matunga Regulatory Negotiation: Learning from Experiences at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Clare M. Ryan Environmental Mediation: Keys to Success at the Local Government Level by J. Lynn Wood and Mary E. Guy Mediating the Idaho Wilderness Controversy by Dennis Baird, Ralph Maughan, and Douglas Nilson The Inland Northwest Field Burning Summit: The Case Study by Mollie K. Mangerich and Larry S. Luton Environmental Mediation Theory and Practice: Challenges, Issues, and Needed Research and Theory Development by J. Walton Blackburn Bibliography