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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is information about a book recently published by Utah State University Press; feel free to forward to anyone you think might be interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#292626">Based on a qualitative, ethnographic, observational case study approach, <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict</span></em> presents
an analysis of the conflict negotiation between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a local community that struggled to address a deteriorating Corps-managed recreational lake area in Tennessee known as “Grey Cliffs.” Viewing the dispute from the perspective
of a new member of the community and a specialist in technical communication and professional writing, Kristin Pickering provides a unique perspective on this communication process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#292626">Though environmental degradation and unauthorized use threatened the Grey Cliffs recreational lake area to the point that the Corps considered closure, community members valued it highly and wanted
to keep it open. The community near this damaged and crime-ridden area needed help rejuvenating its landscape and image, but the Corps and community were sharply divided on how to maintain this beloved geographic space because of the stakeholders’ different
cultural backgrounds and values, as well as the narratives used to discuss them. By co-constructing and aligning narratives, values, and ethos over time—a difficult and lengthy process—the Corps and community succeeded, and Grey Cliffs remains open to all.
Focusing on field notes, participant interviews, and analysis of various texts created throughout the conflict, Pickering applies rhetorical analysis and a grounded theory approach to regulation, identity, sustainability, and community values to analyze this
communication process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#292626;background:white">Illustrating the positive change that can occur when governmental organizations and rural communities work together to construct shared values and engage in a rhetoric of relationship
that preserves the environment, <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict </span></em>provides key recommendations for resolving environmental conflicts within local communities, especially for
those working in technical and professional communication, organizational communication, environmental science, and public policy.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#292626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:#58267E">Kristin Pickering, Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0"><br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif">Director, Professional and Technical Communication Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58267E">Tennessee Tech University</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">English Department<span style="color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black">Campus Box 5053 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black">Cookeville, TN 38505 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black">P:</span></b><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black"> 931-372-6568 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black">E:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:flast@tntech.edu">kpickering@tntech.edu</a> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black">Order my book,
</span><i><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif"><a href="https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6544-environmental-preservation-and-the-grey-cliffs-conflict">Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict: Negotiating Common Narratives,
Values, and Ethos</a></span></i><span style="font-family:"PT Sans",serif;color:black">, published by Utah State University Press.</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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