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Table of Contents Foreword LuVerne Grussing, President, American River Management Society ......................................iii Keynote Address Rivers Without Boundaries: Lessons from the Colorado Plateau Charles F. Wilkinson............................................................................. ................ ........ 1 Track I: Cooperative Strategies Moderator: Barry Beasley, South Carolina Water Resources Commission, SC Competition or cooperation? Critical to the success of holistic river management is working effectively with private landowners and other managing agencies, overcoming opposition, and improving public involvement. Two sessions allow an in-depth look at the Mississippi Headwaters Program. Mississippi Headwaters Case Studies, Part I & II The Mississippi Headwaters Board (MHB) works to protect the natural, cultural, scenic, scientific and recreational values of the ftrst 400 miles of the Mississippi River. These two sessions provide an in-depth look at the work. of MHB, ranging from biological assessments of the corridor to creating long-term management strategies based on cultural and other resource values. Other topics include using volunteers to gather reliable data, zoning issues, and the various impacts on private property owners. Protecting the Natural, Cultural, Scenic, Scientific and Recreational Values of the First 400 Miles of the Mississippi River Molly MacGregor................................................ ..........,...................................... .........9 Obtaining Reliable Water Quality Data With Volunteer Monitoring Networks Steve Dittman............. .......................................... .... ............................. ........ ............ 15 -j Managing Rivers in the Public Interest: Survey Methods to Assess Public Attitudes and Values Patrick Welle, Nonnan Raer ............. ........ ......... .................................................. ...... .... 21 Public Involvement Across Boundaries (Workshop) More and more, our public is demanding a participatory role in river management planning and agencies are responding with a new direction to increase their public involvement efforts. Why then are so many efforts thwarted? This session includes an honest discussion of the problems with public involvement and is designed so the audience can fully participate in sharing problems, asking questions and discussing solutions. Why is the public so mad and why should the agency care? How can different agencies (basin-wide) work together to reach the same public? How do you involve special interest groups early and positively? Public Involvement Across Boundaries Paul D. Cowles, Edwin E. Krumpe, Ph.D., K. Lynn McCoy.............................................. 39