Intelligent Courage

A new book for natural resource professionals wishing to create careers

of meaning, purpose, and conservation accomplishment.

Table of Contents

Foreword	Jeff DeBonis, Senior Associate, Training Resources for the Environmental Community and founder of the Association of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. (Read Jeff's Foreword)
Chapter One	Mastery– an introductory essay exploring the meaning of a natural resource career as a prelude for analyzing the interviews that follow. (Read an excerpt from the Introduction)
Chapter Two	Intelligent Courage– Interview with retired National Park Service executive Roger Contor about innovation in natural resource agencies, including taking risks such as managing the first let-it-burn fire in the history of the National Park Service. (Read an excerpt from Roger's interview)
Chapter Three	Daring to Ask a Different Question– Interview with Gloria Flora, the former Forest Service Supervisor who banned oil and gas leasing on Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest. (Read an excerpt from Gloria's interview)
Chapter Four	Extension– Interview with Olympic ski champion, elected official, and environmental activist Andrea Mead Lawrence about achieving personal excellence as a natural resource professional in our democratic institutions. (Read an excerpt from Andrea's interview)
Chapter Five	Always Advocating– Interview with Bern Shanks, the lone voice of courage speaking out against the sagebrush rebellion and speaking up for the preservation of public values on public lands in the West. (Read an excerpt from Bern's interview)
Chapter Six	Self-Determination and Creating Change– Interview with Tom Peterson, the founder of the Center for Climate Strategies about how managers who are not effective working with stakeholders risk getting their management plans kicked back in their face. (Read an excerpt from Tom's interview)
Chapter Seven	Keeping Them Busy– Interview with ex-Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck on the lessons learned managing forest lands and how to innovate with big policy change like preserving roadless areas of the national forests. (Read an excerpt from Mike's interview)
Chapter Eight	Finding an Internal Compass– Interview with fish biologist Phil Pister, the man responsible for the preservation of desert pupfish in the arid Southwest. (Read an excerpt from Phil's interview)
Chapter Nine	Why We Say One Thing But Do Another– Interview with Max Bazerman on why natural resource decisions are difficult to make and why this topic is important if future natural resource stewardship is to be successful. (Read an excerpt from Max's interview)
Chapter Ten	Lessons Learned– concluding essay by the author summarizing the lessons learned from all the interviews; presenting nine Keystone Issues all professionals will encounter in a career, attributes that allow success in managing Keystone Issues, and the premises that underlay a natural resource career of meaning, purpose, and conservation achievement. (Read an excerpt from the Introduction)