Land owners near the area are believed to share the views of the general public on most natural resource and environmental issues. About one-third or more of the neighbors have concerns about the way the area is managed. Concerns are of the types such as whether use of rates are excessive and whether cumulative effects are harmful. Neighbors perceive that environmental compatibility is a key element of success for economic development in the neighborhood. Perhaps about 20 percent of neighbors feel that they have the right to do as they please with their lands regardless of what it does or may do to the area, or to others, or the environment.
Neighbors tend to oppose proposals about which they know little.
Neighbors must understand in an active way the effects of all actions off the area to assist managers in achieving its objectives. The effects must by perceived as being on as well as off the grounds. Within Guidance , emphases have been placed on achieving citizens', and users objectives and on the importance of expertise in making the optimum decisions about how objectives can be achieved. Nevertheless, neighbors may not understand a particular decision or why a practice has been selected. For example, prescribed burning was viewed by 2.5 percent of one group to be detrimental to wildlife.