Co-management of fire risk is both a process and an outcome of negotiation and decision making. Network governance refers to the forums and institutionalized practices within which co-management occurs. Understanding effective network governance and the social-psychological mechanisms through which governance influences co-management outcomes is therefore critical to advancing the science. Ineffective co-management manifests in conflict and problematic communication and coordination among the variety of stakeholders during an incident, hindering the effectiveness of the incident response network. The proposed project draws from social cognition and network science to address the following research question: How do network governance tools, cognitive alignment in risk perception, and value orientations relate to more or less effective co-management? Specifically, this mixed methods study will focus on accomplishing two objectives: 1) Identify network governance practices, cognitive structures, and value orientations both before and during a fire that facilitate dialogue and promote a common operating picture inclusive and appreciative of differing management interests and priorities; and 2) Quantitatively test a model of co-management which hypothesizes network governance tools, cognitive structures, and value orientations as mechanisms of influence on effective co-management. We propose the following hypotheses at the individual stakeholder and incident level to address three of the four task statements: Incident Level: H1: Misalignment across stakeholders in cognitive structures (risk perception) will be negatively related to co-management outcomes (JFS Research Need 1). H2: Ineffective network governance will be negatively related to co-management outcomes (JFS Research Need 1). Individual Stakeholder Level: H3: Stakeholder participation in network governance activities before and during the fire will be positively related to cognitive alignment with other stakeholders in risk perception as well as a positive value orientation toward collaborative management (JFS Research Needs 2 & 3). H4: Stakeholder participation in network governance, cognitive alignment with other stakeholders in risk perception, and a value orientation toward collaborative management will be positively related to satisfaction with co-management outcomes (JFS Research Needs 2 & 3).