McLain, R.2016-04-192016-04-192001Journal of Sustainable Forestry 13(1/2): 195-2031054-98111540-756Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65839Metadata only recordProponents of community-based natural resource management often use definitions of community that implicitly, if not explicitly, favor resident forest users over migrant forest users. This paper explores the shortcomings of the ''fixed-in-place'' model of community, using examples from ongoing community-based management projects in Mali. The author then summarizes strategies that these projects are using to expand migrant forest user participation in decision-making. The paper ends with a brief discussion of how these experiences in West Africa can enrich community-based natural resource management efforts in the United States.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightCommunity rightsHumid zonesCommunity managementEnvironmental impactsTropical zonesNatural resource managementConservation strategySustainable forestryConservationModelingCommunity participationForestryResource management toolsCommunity developmentLocal governanceCommunity-based forestryInternational forestry (mali)Migrant forest usersGovernanceAbstractCopyright 2001 by The Haworth Press, Inc.