Outcome-Based Management and Federal Rangeland Administration: Reframing Adaptive Management on a Complex Institutional Landscape

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently sought to integrate greater flexibility into federal rangeland management through a series of initiatives collectively termed “outcome-based rangeland management” (OBM). In contrast to traditionally prescriptive approaches to rangeland administration, OBM was envisioned to offer a collaborative means for BLM staff and livestock grazing permittees to adaptively respond […]