National Ecosystem Services Partnership
       FEDERAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES GUIDEBOOK
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	      	     	     	     	     Integration	of	Ecosystem	Services	
	      	     	     	     	     Valuation	Analysis	into	National		 	
	      	     	     	     	     Environmental	Policy	Act	Compliance
	      	     	     	     	     Legal	and	Policy	Perspectives
	      	     	     	     	     Dinah Bear
          	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
            Integration	
  of	
  Ecosystem	
  Services	
  Valuation	
  Analysis	
  into	
  National	
  
                    Environmental	
  Policy	
  Act	
  Compliance:	
  
                              	
  
                      Legal	
  and	
  Policy	
  Perspectives	
  
                              	
  
                              	
  
                            Dinah	
  Bear	
   	
  
         About	
  the	
  Author	
  
         Dinah Bear is an attorney and consultant who served as deputy general counsel and general 
         counsel at the Council on Environmental Quality for 25 years. In that capacity she oversaw and 
         interpreted the National Environmental Policy Act. 
          
         Acknowledgments	
  
         The author thanks the following reviewers: Joe Carbone, Tim Profeta, J.B. Ruhl, 
         Lynn Scarlett, and Lois Schiffer. 
          
         How	
  to	
  Cite	
  
         Dinah Bear. 2014. “Integration of Ecosystem Services Valuation Analysis into National 
         Environmental Policy Act Compliance: Legal and Policy Perspectives.” In Federal Resource   
         Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook. Durham: National Ecosystem Services   
         Partnership, Duke University, www.nespguidebook.com.