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The Black Bear Conservation Coalition (formerly Committee) (BBCC) serves as a prime example of how a
community-based coalition can accomplish their goals. Take a look at what
others say about the BBCC:
Conservation Honors Bestowed
Wildlife Managment Institute Outdoor News Bulletin June 17, 2007
“Conservationists nationwide regard the Black Bear
Conservation Committee as a model for public and private interests coming
together to address conservation issues," said WMI president Steve Williams.
How to wrestle a bear – and win: The story of the
Black Bear Conservation Committee
by Brent Haglund and Thomas Still
From: Hands-On Environmentalism
Encounter Books, San Francisco, CA, 2005
“…what emerged was the Black Bear Conservation Committee.
It was an eclectic and even somewhat unlikely collection of citizens, but they
embraced a cooperative management approach that turned the typical “lose-lose”
story of and Endangered Species Act designation into a “win-win” story for
landowners and, most important, the bear…”
Living with the Black Bear
Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 2003
“According to Theodore Roosevelt IV, great-grandson of
President Theodore Roosevelt, "The Black Bear Conservation Committee is
providing a model of inclusiveness for conservation efforts around this country.
Let me state categorically: We cannot protect the environment without those
people who live closest to it, whose livelihood is on the land - the farmer, the
rancher, the logger, the fisherman."
Frayed Safety Nets: Conservation Planning Under the
Endangered Species Act
by Laura C. Hood
Defenders of Wildlife, 2001
“By coordinating a large number of groups and interests, the
conservation recommendations contained in the Louisiana Black Bear Restoration
Plan and the Black Bear Management Handbook for private landowners are more
realistic and well considered. In addition, this group is able to brainstorm and
implement innovative funding mechanisms to carry out strategies laid out in
those documents.”
Involving Communities in Wildlife Management:
The Black Bear Conservation Committee
by Murray Lloyd
From: Building on Leopold’s Legacy: Conservation for a New Century
National Conference, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, October
1999
“During the past decade a synergy has been growing between
biologists and policy makers in the non-profit, corporate and government sectors
who are convinced a better way exists to effect conservation gains and implement
a land ethic. The success of these three sectors in partnership is exemplified
by the Black Bear Conservation Committee…”
The Louisiana Black Bear Conservation Plan. In
Improving Integrated Natural Resource Planning: Habitat Conservation Plans
by Jennifer Merrick
National Center for Environmental Decision Making Research, 1998
“All participants interviewed felt that the BBCC has met
their objectives--to restore Louisiana black bear populations and to create an
alternative mechanism for landowner and conservation conflicts to be
resolved--very well…The interviewees felt that their openness to including all
interests, their flexibility, their dedication to ethical behavior, their
establishment of personal relationships that broke down stereotypes, and their
ability to look "outside of the box" all contributed to the success of the BBCC
and the lack of dissatisfied parties.”
Recovery Plan –
Louisiana Black Bear
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1995
“…Various Louisiana black bear recovery actions have been
taken, are underway, and are being planned that would not be possible to achieve
without the cooperation, support, and involvement of the BBCC…”
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