ABSTRACT

Introduction Federal agencies have many options for communicating with the public (e.g., brochures, newspapers, Web sites, public meetings, demonstration sites), but often have limited resources for completing the outreach job. Ultimately, agency professionals have to make dicult choices about the most eective use of personnel and nancial resources. e purpose of this paper is to highlight successful communication strategies and illustrate a set of four guiding principles for building successful re and fuels management outreach programs in forest communities.