DENISE LACH,^* PETER LIST, BRENT STEEL, BRUCE SHINDLER


^*Denise Lach (denise.lach@orst.edu) is codirector of the Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability, at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Peter List is chair and professor in the Department of Philosophy, at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Brent Steel is professor of political science and director of the Program for Governmental Research and Education, at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Bruce Shindler is associate professor of forest resources, at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Lach's research and publications focus on environmental issues raised by individuals and organizations, including the use of scientific information in decisionmaking, stakeholder and citizen involvement, and the role of trust in public acceptability of resource policy. List's research focuses on ethical issues associated with natural resource management, including the involvement of various public groups in decisionmaking. Steel is the editor of Public Lands Management in the West (1997), coeditor of Global Environmental Policy and Administration (1999), and coauthor of Environmental Politics and Policy: A Comparative Perspective (2002). Shindler's research and publications focus on the role of the public in natural resource decisionmaking, public perceptions of resource management, and integration of public values into resource decisions.