Because home ranges for many sensitive wildlife species often transcend jurisdictions, species conservation requires collaborative efforts to engage multiple stakeholders. The West Box Elder County Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) in northwestern Utah initially organized as a greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) local working group (LWG), evolved through a CRM process, to enhance local governance across jurisdictional boundaries by engaging a wider range of public and private partners in species conservation and community development. By completing landscape scale management and development projects, the CRM has benefitted wildlife and local ranchers and contributed to enhancing the social and economic well-being of rural residents in the county. In 2019, to identify the operational mechanisms of governance that enabled the CRM to achieve long-term sustainability while meeting community and species conservation needs, we interviewed 17 key stakeholders (8 private, 6 state, and 3 federal) who had been involved in both the LWG and CRM since their inception. Each interview addressed the CRM's origin, support and synergy, administration, communications, outcomes, and improvements. Qualitative analysis of responses revealed that 1) participation by representatives of federal and state government agencies was paramount for funding and program structure, 2) landowner involvement was necessary for long-term stability and persistence, 3) intergroup communication has improved, and 4) trust of local landowners between state and federal agencies has been enhanced. However, respondents were concerned that the CRM governance process should be re-evaluated periodically to mitigate stakeholder burnout and group cohesion deterioration. The re-evaluation could help temper unrealistic expectations relative to sustaining momentum the CRM has achieved over the last decade and establish new goals to better address current conservation issues. Our results may be applicable by other rural communities who desire enhanced local governance to identify and address emerging community development needs and species conservation.

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通过基于社区的保护加强地方治理：犹他州地方工作组的经验教训

由于许多敏感野生动物物种的栖息地通常超越管辖范围，因此物种保护需要多个利益相关者的共同努力。犹他州西北部的西博克斯埃尔德县协调资源管理 (CRM) 最初组织为大鼠尾草 ( Centrocercus urophasianus)）地方工作组（LWG），通过 CRM 流程演变而来，通过让更广泛的公共和私人合作伙伴参与物种保护和社区发展来加强跨司法管辖区的地方治理。通过完成景观规模管理和开发项目，CRM 使野生动物和当地牧场主受益，并为提高该县农村居民的社会和经济福祉做出了贡献。2019 年，为了确定使 CRM 能够在满足社区和物种保护需求的同时实现长期可持续性的治理运行机制，我们采访了 17 个参与过这两个项目的主要利益相关者（8 个私人、6 个州和 3 个联邦）。 LWG 和 CRM 自成立以来。每次采访都涉及 CRM 的起源、支持和协同、管理、沟通、结果和改进。对答复的定性分析表明：1) 联邦和州政府机构代表的参与对于资金和计划结构至关重要，2) 土地所有者的参与对于长期稳定和持久性是必要的，3) 群体间沟通有所改善，4) 信任州和联邦机构之间的当地土地所有者的合作得到了加强。然而，受访者担心 CRM 治理流程应定期重新评估，以减轻利益相关者的倦怠和团队凝聚力的恶化。重新评估可能有助于缓和对维持 CRM 在过去十年中所取得的势头的不切实际的期望，并建立新的目标，以更好地解决当前的保护问题。