A “Hammer Held Over their Heads”: Voluntary Conservation Spurred by the Prospect of Regulatory Enforcement in Oregon

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) did not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2015, the agency recognized a coordinated effort of private landowners, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and sta...

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Main Authors: Katherine L. Wollstein, Emily Jane Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utah State University 2017-12-01
Series:Human-Wildlife Interactions
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol11/iss3/5