Integrating Social Science and Ecosystem Management: A National Challenge. Proceedings of the conference on integrating social sciences and ecosystem management; 1995 December 12-14; Helen， GA.

These proceedings contain the contributed papers and panel presentations， as well as a paper presented at the National Workshop， of the Conference on Integrating Social Sciences and Ecosystem Management， which was held at Unicoi Lodge and Conference Center， Helen， GA， December 12-14， 1995. The overall purpose of this Conference was to improve understanding， integration， and research applications of the human dimension of ecosystem management. Specifically， the goals of the Conference and Workshop were to: (a) discuss the state of knowledge of social sciences relevant to ecosystem management， (b) discuss how to integrate this knowledge with ecosystem management (along with the physical and biological sciences)， (c) develop a strategy to effectively integrate social sciences with ecosystem management， and (d) identify a research agenda to further knowledge in the area. Thus， the format of the Conference went from invited paper presentations to a combination of panel discussions， discussions with speakers， and finally， an action-oriented workshop.　 Table of Contents Integrating the Human Dimension: Applications in Ecosystem Management. -p1 Human Interactions and Natural Environments: Implications for Ecosystem Management /John L. Heywood. -p3 Desired Future Conditions: Vehicles for Integrating Social and Ecological Goals and Visions? /Donald E. Voth， Bill Pell， and Kim Fendley. -p8 Defining Future Forest Conditions for the Chattooga Basin: Methods and Preliminary Analysis/Lynn A. Maguire. -p14 Chattooga River Visitor Study: Applications in Ecosystem Management/Robert W. Dye. -p20 Determining Desired Conditions of Riparian Areas in the Southeastern United States: Examination of Two Decisionmaking/Processes by Heather A. Pert， Steve L. McMullin， and C. Andrew Dolloff. -p23 Integrating the Human Dimension in Evaluating Alternative Uses for Winnebago Tribal Land/L. C. Rule， J. P. Colletti， R. R. Faltonson， J. Rosacker， and D. Ausborn. -p28 Using Challenge Cost-Share Partnerships to Communicate with Ethnically Diverse Recreation Users in Southern California/Thomas W. Spencer and Robert E. Pfister. -p35 Integrating Social Sciences in Ecosystem Management: People-Forest Interactions in the Urban Forest/John E. Dwyer. -p39 If We Can Make It Here， We Can Make It Anywhere-A Case Study of Urban Ecosystem Management/Lynne M. Westphal. -p44 Institutional Challenges in Integrating the Sciences. -p49 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Integrating the Sciences/Susan I. Stewart and Herbert W. Schroder. -p51 Legal and Institutional Obstacles to Implementing Ecosystem Management/Donald B. Schlager and Wayne A. Freimund. -p57 FEMAT to SEIS: Transforming the Social Assessment/Gerald W. Williams. -p73 Problems and Unanswered Questions in Ecosystem Management: An Economic， Conflict Resolution， Wildlife/Human Interface， and Visitor Management Perspective/William E. Hammitt， William A. Leuschner;Michael E. Patterson， and Ingrid E. Schneider. -p78 Deep Meaning， Sense of Place， Spatial Scale and Environmental Modeling. -p85 The SOS-A Spiritual Opportunity Spectrum: Theory and Implications of Spirit of Place for Ecosystem Management/Lori Crystal and Chuck Harris. -p87 Operationalizing Place.