Let me draw your attention to a gentle rant published by Peter Thompson on his GWCT Blog. He may be referring to a lowland river system, but his concerns about bureaucracy stifling progress and the lack of a link to any action rings true in any location.
A policy, initiative or project, no matter how good or bad it is, will only achieve something when it leads to some action. In relation to land, this means that the owner or manager of the land must understand what is being suggested and agree to act on it. Progress can only be measured by action on the ground.
Ideas come easy; implementation can be more difficult. The owners and managers of land are the delivery agent and for success must be involved in the development from the start. However, owners and managers are busy people and are not sitting around waiting for the next shiny initiative to be delivered to them. We need to make it easy for them, and everybody else, to understand what is being proposed by implementing a cutting the crap.
