Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, Second Edition, The

Chapter 9. Multiple Parties, Coalitions, and Teams

Once a month, Todd Schulke, an environmentalist, Hugh McKeen, a rancher, and Donal Weaver, a U.S. forest ranger, sit down at the same table and talk. There was a time, however, when all they did was glare at each other: In 1991, their village of Reserve, New Mexico, was the flash point for the antifederal government movement known as the Sagebrush Rebellion II. Over the past years, no less than 100 collaborative groups have formed nationwide, such as the Malpai Borderlands Group, the Quincy Library Group, and the Ponderosa Pines Partnership. Their members run the gamut from federal rangers, local officials, ranchers, minters, environmentalists, and developers. Their mission is to negotiate such ...