| Theme A: The Challenge of using Scientific and Technical Information in Environmental Policy-Making |
| 1 | Introduction and Overview |
| 2 | Discussion of Readings |
| 3 | Guest Participant: P. Patrick Leahy, Assoc. Director for Geology, USGS (Invited) |
| 4-5 | Discussion of Readings |
| 6 | Guest Participant: Stanley Ponce, Senior Advisor for Partnerships and Business Policy, USGS (Invited) |
| Theme B: Introduction and Development of the Joint Fact Finding Approach |
| 7-11 | Discussion of Readings |
| 12 | Natural Resource Management in Rural Eastern Oregon
Guest Participant: Robert Alverts, Science Advisor, Office of the Regional Biologist, USGS (Invited)
Guest Participant: Christine Turner, Research Geologist, USGS (Invited) |
| 13 | Guest Participant: Michael Mery, Chair Tomales Bay Watershed Council (Invited; TBWC Embodies the Principles and Concepts Discussed in this Theme; the Importance of a Neutral Mediator) |
| 14 | Framing a Joint Fact Finding Mission Statement in a Contested Ecosystem Management Situation |
| Theme C: Cape Wind Project |
| 15 | Cape Wind Controversy and Wind Energy in General |
| 16 | Current Status of Wind Power in General and Off Shore Wind Power in Particular |
| 17 | NIMBY (not-in-my-backyard) |
| 18 | Discussion of Readings |
| 19 | Invited Guest Participant to Present the Overview of the wind Controversy |
| 20 | Invited Guest Participant to Present Pro-View of the Controversy |
| 21 | Invited Guest Participant to Present the Con-View of the Controversy |
| 22 | Class Presentation |