Mike-- Are you using Open Space with the fishermen? It would be a place where they could voice their griefs, and maybe find some solutions that would help.
I spent many weeks working with land use issues with the people who owned the forests, the gravel mines, the farms. They were being forced to accept new regulations to protect both the resources and the environment. The groups did agree on some new policy recommendations (which got lost in the political process). But whatever the outcomes, I knew the process was working when people began looking out for the other guy's interest! It helped a lot to hear someone else voice his fears and griefs. Open Space does this a lot better than the process we were using, which was in place and underway before I was hired. I hope you are able to try it, if you haven't already. Good luck-- Joelle Everett Shelton, Washington USA * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
