Editor's Note
"This is the first in a series of newsletters on the benefits and challenges of collaborative management in the West, Reaching Across Fences. We believe cooperation holds the greatest promise for the longterm sustainability of the West's communities and landscapes. Future newsletters will discuss conservation and collaboration, science and collaboration, and federal lands management."

Contents:

• "Dances with Cattle: Collaborative Management on the Madison" -Todd Graham
• "Profile in Good Stewardship: The Upper Eagle Creek Watershed Association"
• "Gardeners of Eden: Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature" -Dan Dagget
• "The Far Horizon" -Courtney White
• "Directional Virtual Fencing" -Dean M. Anderson
• "Joan Bybee Named Outstanding Conservation Rancher"