Public land management agencies, such as the USDA Forest Service (USFS), confront challenges in leveraging limited administrative capacity to effectively manage landscape-scale, cross-boundary disturbances. Using case study methods, we investigated the ~1996–2016 outbreak of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) in the Black Hills, a 1.5 million acre region in South Dakota and Wyoming. We identified four practices that can promote the leveraging of administrative capacity: (1) establishing multilevel governance networks; (2) performing both distinct and shared (“redundant”) partner roles; (3) maximizing the collaborative toolbox: drawing upon the variety of policy tools (older, newer) and modes of use (conventional, experimental); and (4) engaging a multilevel, multiorganizational network, with attention to the ways that a variety of network linkages can deploy a variety of policy tool types. This case demonstrates how the government-led model of network governance can be applied to leverage administrative capacity. These findings point to strategies to promote landscape-scale, cross-boundary management.

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利用行政能力管理布莱克山的景观规模、跨界干扰：联邦、州、地方和非政府合作伙伴的角色是什么？

公共土地管理机构，如美国农业部林务局 (USFS)，在利用有限的行政能力有效管理景观规模的跨界干扰方面面临挑战。使用案例研究方法，我们调查了 1996-2016 年在南达科他州和怀俄明州 150 万英亩的黑山地区爆发的山松甲虫 (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins)。我们确定了四种可以促进利用行政能力的做法：（1）建立多层次的治理网络；(2) 执行不同的和共享的（“冗余”）合作伙伴角色；(3) 最大化协作工具箱：利用各种政策工具（旧的、新的）和使用模式（传统的、实验性的）；(4) 参与多层次、多组织的网络，注意各种网络链接可以部署各种策略工具类型的方式。该案例展示了政府主导的网络治理模式如何应用于利用行政能力。这些发现指出了促进景观规模跨界管理的策略。