Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required

Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required

In spite of the expanding role of public participation in environmental decisionmaking, there has been little systematic examination of whether it has, to date,

Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these

Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions is about a specific ‘promise’ that participation holds for environmental decision-making. Many of th