In developing this plan, agencies are committing to seriously consider and utilize this plan in the making more detailed plans or other decisions relevant to their Anchorage wildlife management responsibilities. Plans are based on snapshots of information and reflect the interests and priorities of the time in which they are developed. The goal is to anticipate future issues and resources, but the ability to accurately predict is always limited. Accordingly, the plan should generally consider a ten-year planning horizon. If new information or circumstances create the need to revise decisions in the plan during the ten year period, amendments to the plan offer an explicit way for agencies to re-think positions and actions.
Plans can have many different types of decisions.
The key to good planning is to recognize and clearly identify which kind of decisions are being made. The goal is to make decisions, even on controversial issues. Accordingly, the goal is to push the team as far as it can go on every decision. If the planning team can't reach consensus on a decision, a deferred decision is acceptable. In some cases, consensus may not be possible.