In any emergency you have to decide which bleeding cut needs attention first. This requires that you plan your river campaign. Often the key to running a successful campaign is to know more about the river than the opposition. Once you have mapped the major issues in your campaign, you take your message to the public. Bolling notes that the group you ignore could be the one that rears its head at a critical point in the campaign to stop you cold.
Any good craftsman has the tools to do the job right.
Anyone who has ever used a wrench as a hammer knows that tools are not always put to their proper use. In any river organization's tool box there are a variety of tools to get the job done, such as the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act or flood plain management. Each tool has its strengths and weaknesses. Which tools you choose for your river depend on the particular threats. The value of rivers and the problems of rivers are two sides of the same coin.