What are some of the assumptions and positions of the authors?

For example, they do not argue that ecosystems should be preserved for inherent reasons, but because of human desires. They base this entire text on the premise that there must be democratic participation by all stakeholders in resources management. They suggest that win-win solutions are indeed possible!

Make sense to you? Want to argue against some of their suppositions?

There’s no point in me re-iterating the scenario in these notes, except to note that you will not doubt recognize this as a scenario that touches on terrestrial patterns not unlike what you’ll find along the front range of Colorado, and in the Interior West, say in parts of Utah.