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<br />A Agency champions <br />A Long term erosion of trust <br />treaties <br />A Litigation/settlement/negotiation <br /> <br />3. Restricting Forces <br />A Tribal resources are decreasing <br />A Money for settlement difficult to <br />acqUIre <br />A Endangered species - impacts <br />tribes & increases competition <br />A Token participation with federal <br />agencies, state agencies <br />A Geographic constraints of the <br />region <br />A Politics - internal, tribal, party <br />A Conflict <br /> <br />I. list of Stakeholders <br />A States <br />A Water users <br />A Tribes <br />A Power users <br />A People that eat <br />A Environmental <br />A Recreationist <br />A Taxpayers <br />A Mexico <br />A Agriculture <br />A US Government <br />A Future water users <br />A Non-use values <br /> <br />2. Driving Forces <br />. Economics <br />. Philanthropy <br />. Politics <br />A Climate variability <br />. Growth <br />A Sustainability <br />. Law <br />. Quality of life <br />A Institutional tradition <br />A Religious beliefs <br />. Federal dollars <br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />A Anti-Indian forces <br />A Lack of official representation, <br />other than tribal governments <br />A Judicial constraints on non- <br />Indian participation ($) <br />A Paradigm differences (world view <br />differences) <br />A Lack of inclusion within states - <br />seen as a federal obligation <br />. Focus on western scientific <br />process only <br />. Lack of understanding of Native <br />American views vs. academics <br /> <br />4. Strategies for Meaningful <br />Participation <br />A Direct participation <br /> <br />GROUP 2 - Kris Jacober <br /> <br />. Personal responsibility <br />. Ecology <br />A Survivability - to not run out of <br />resources <br />A Federal legislation - Endangered <br />Species Act, Clean Water Act <br /> <br />3. Restricting Forces <br />. Different perspectives <br />. Economics <br />. Ignorance of sponsor <br />A Rational ignorance/feeling of <br />powerlessness <br />. Time <br />. Tradition <br />A Knowledge/education <br />A Professional risk/politics <br />A Alienation <br />. Some people do not go to <br />meetings <br />. Government <br />. Complexity - issues forum <br />A Conflictinglunshared values <br />A Current water law <br />A No urgency <br />A No recognized threat to property <br />rights <br /> <br />. Change of political structure <br />A Futility of litigation <br />. Articulation of goals & objectives <br />- then negotiate <br />. Shared responsibility <br />A Win/win solutions <br />. Willingness of agencies to com <br />promise <br />A Increase financial resources - for <br />studies, for participation, for <br />communication, for media <br />(videos, tele-communications, all <br />technologies), for regional planning, <br />for technical information sharing <br />A Time to build trust among all <br />parties <br />. Representatives educate, share <br />information with communities <br /> <br />A Well-defined communication <br />network/processes <br />A Contract processes not open to <br />the public <br />. Non-existent communication <br />processes <br />. Adversarial nature of water <br />politics <br />A Shift in stakeholders <br />A Too many people <br />. Too general <br />A No current proposal <br />A Processes are formal. Most stake <br />holders are not part of the process <br />. Nature of common/individual <br />interest <br /> <br />4. How to Encourage <br />Meaningful Participation <br />. Have a proposal <br />. Carefully define the problem <br />A Broad based education for stake <br />holders, better understanding <br />A Structure for better access <br />A Representative access <br />A Process more transparent <br />