01486pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002200040245016300062260000900225300001600234520094900250650002201199650001601221650002401237700001601261773005101277180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aO'Leary, Rosemary  aPublic managers, attorneys, and alternative dispute resolution of environmental and natural resources conflicts: results and implications of a national survey  c2002  ap.1267-280.  aPublic managers spend much of their careers resolving disputes.  Many of these disputes involve attorneys representing concerned citizens or representing the public managers themselves.  In the last two decades, a variety of techniques commonly called alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have been touted as ways to avoid lengthy and sometimes tumultuous court cases.  This article reports the findings of a year 2000 national survey of attorneys' attitudes concerning ADR as applied to environmental and natural resources conflicts.  It is the first wave of a longitudinal study funded by the Hewlett Foundation to track attorneys' changing - or unchanging - views of environmental and natural resources ADR.  After highlighting the most significant findings of the national survey, this article examines the implications for public managers who resolve disputes, work with attorneys, or find themselves embroiled in litigation. - Reproduced.  aNatural resources  aEnvironment  aConflict resolution  aHusar, Maja  aInternational Journal of Public Administration