Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contributes to two primary contemporary scholarships - studies analyzing citizen opposition to mainstream environmental agendas, and research on the role of local communities and citizens in processes of implementing public environmental projects. It melds these interests through a study of a failed attempt by federal and state agencies to establish the Ozark Highlands Man and the Biosphere reserve in sothern Missouri and norther Arkansas.;In this cae, citizen concerns about private property rights and their belief systems regarding envromentalist-led conspiraces served to undermine agency efforts to develop a large-scale ecosystem management effort. THe work further contributes to scholarship bu focusing on an instance of grassroots reistance by ordinary citizens, rather that the organised efforts of formal organisations.
