Advancing innovation in collaborative conservation for the

stewardship of our national system of parks and special places.

 

Conservation Study Institute

National Park Service

Conservation and Stewardship Publication Series

 

 

CSI #15 – Shared Legacies in Cane River National Heritage Area: Linking People, Traditions, and Landscapes. A Technical Assistance Report for the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission Report, 2008 (PDF - 4.5 MB)

 

CSI #14 – Stewardship Begins With People: An Atlas of Places, People & Handmade Products, 2007 (Paper copies only. Request copies from: stewardship@nps.gov)

 

CSI #13 – Scholar’s Forum, The National Park Service and Civic Reflection: A Summary Report, 2006 (PDF - 15 MB,  download may be slow due to file size. To obtain paper copies email: stewardship@nps.gov)

 

CSI #12 – Working Together for a Common Future:  The Community-Public Land Regional  Handbook, 2006 (PDF - 1.3 MB)

 

CSI #11– Learning to be Better Neighbors: Case Studies in Civic Engagement between National Parks and Neighboring Communities, 2006 

(PDF - 631 KB)

 

CSI #10 – Opportunities for Communities that Neighbor Public Lands: A Guide to Federal Programs, 2006 (PDF - 109 KB)

 

CSI # 9 – Connecting Stories, Landscapes, and People: Exploring the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor: Sustainability Study Report. A Technical Assistance Project for the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Commission and the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor,  2006 Executive Summary (PDF - 742 KB) Full Report (PDF - 3.7 MB)

 

CSI #8 – Keeping National Parks Relevant in the 21st Century, 2006 (PDF - 1.1MB)

 

CSI #7 – Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future: Sustainability Study Report. A Technical Assistance Report to the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, 2005 (PDF -  1.8 MB)

 

CSI #6 – Collaboration and Conservation: Lessons Learned from National Park Service Partnership Areas in the Western United States, 2004

(PDF - 1.5 MB)

 

CSI #5 – A Handbook for Managers of Cultural Landscapes with Natural Resource Values, 2003

(A web-based publication viewable here)

 

CSI #4 – Speaking of the Future: A Dialogue on Conservation, 2003 (PDF - 3.9 MB)

 

CSI #3 – Collaboration and Conservation: Lessons Learned in Areas Managed through National Park Service Partnerships, 2001

Available in sections: cover (PDF - 320 KB);  text section 1 (PDF - 109 KB);  text section 2 (PDF - 94 KB); text section 3 (PDF - 190 KB); text section 4 (PDF - 196KB); text section 5 (PDF-  110KB); text section 6 (PDF - 105 KB)

 

CSI #2 – International Concepts in Protected Landscapes: Exploring Their Values  for Communities in the Northeast, 2001 (PDF - 620 KB)

 

CSI #1 – Landscape Conservation: An International Working Session on the Stewardship of Protected Landscapes, 2001 (PDF - 1,563 KB)

 

Other Publications

(Request copies from: stewardship@nps.gov)

 

 

A. Learning Together: Proceedings, Evaluation, and Applying Lessons Learned, 2007

 

B. Creating a Future for National Heritage Areas, 2006

 

C. “Conservation at the Landscape Scale” Special Issue, The George Wright Forum, vol. 22, no. 1, 2005