Watershed-based planning has been held as a vanguard for integrated ecosystem managemetn based on a collaborative process. Watershed managers, however must contend with conflicts that run much deeper than interests for economic developemnt versus sustaining ecosystem health. With data from a survey of members of watershed organizations, we characterize the valuedbased conflicts that watershed managers are likely to face in planning. We propose that utilizing collaborative decision-making strategies is important, but successful long-term watershed planning requires rebuiding a community-based infrastructure that can support important social and biorgeional networks and partnerships.
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