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I am involved in research on environmental flow governance on the Upper Colorado River in the U.S. Environmental flow governance in this region is characterized by management for multiple purposes and involves multiple often competing, often cooperating water interest groups. Polycentric governance offers theoretical and analytical tools for understanding and developing responses for challenges facing the larger Colorado River governance system.
Taylor, Peter Leigh and David A. Sonnenfeld, Co-Editors. 2019. Water Crises and Governance: Reinventing Collaborative Institutions in an Era of Uncertainty. Philadelphia and London: Routledge (paperback edition).
Peter Leigh Taylor, Kelsea MacIlroy, Reagan Waskom, Perry E. Cabot, MaryLou Smith, Adam Schempp and Bradley Udall. 2019. “Every ditch is different”: Barriers and opportunities for collaboration for agricultural water conservation and security in the Colorado River Basin. The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 74(3): 281-295.
Sonnenfeld, David A. and Peter Leigh Taylor, Co-Guest Editors. 2018. “Society and Natural Resources in an Illiberal World.” Special issue of Society & Natural Resources. 31(5).
Mumme, Stephen P. and Peter Leigh Taylor. 2014. “The Ocotillo Water War and the U.S.-Mexico “Salinity Crisis”: An Examination of Transitivity and Scale in Environmental Justice” The Journal of the Southwest, Spring, 56(1): 1-28.
“Moving Forward on Agricultural Water Conservation in the Colorado River Basin” 2013-2016. PD: Waskom, Reagan, M., Colorado State University. Co-PD: Taylor, Peter, Leigh, Colorado State University and two other Pds., USDA ($649,000).
Co-Editor-in-Chief with David Sonnenfeld. 2015-2017. Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal. SNR is one of the premier academic publications on the interaction of social and bio-physical processes, policies and practices occurring around the world and at multiple scales ( http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/usnr20/current#.U-vuRUi1dGy ). SNR is the official journal of the International Association for Society & Natural Resources (IASNR).
“Addressing Agricultural Water Security in the Colorado River Basin: Planning for Water Research, Extension, and Education” 2011-2013. PD: Reagan Waskom (Colorado Water Institute): Co-PI Peter Leigh Taylor, with other CO-PIs from Colorado, Arizona and Wyoming, U.S.
2012-2013 “Addressing Water Supply Challenges Through Governance for Multiple Use: A Sociological Study of Environmental Flow Management in the Colorado River Basin in Colorado.” Colorado State University’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement, Experiment Station and Colorado Water Institute ($38,329).
