Thinking Harder About Outcomes for Collaborative Governance Arrangements.

The article discusses how to predict and measure the outcomes of collaborative governance arrangements from the angle of government, as well as through the lens of governance as challenged by Tom Koontz and Craig Thomas. It evaluates four cases of collaborative governance in the field of environmental policy, namely, the Blackfoot Challenge in Montana, the Walla Walla ESA effort in Washington, the Applegate Partnership in Oregon, and the Henry's Fork Watershed Council in Idaho.