Limits of acceptable change and natural resources planning: when is LAC useful, when is it not?

David N. Cole; Stephen F. McCool

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Limits of acceptable change and natural resources planning: when is LAC useful, when is it not?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

David N. Cole, Stephen F. McCool

Year:

1997

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: McCool, Stephen F.; Cole, David N., comps. Proceedings - limits of acceptable change and related planning processes: progress and future directions: from a workshop held at the University of Montana's Lubrecht Experimental Forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-371. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station:

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Abstract

There are ways to improve the LAC process and its implementational procedures. One significant procedural modification is the addition of a new step. This step — which becomes the first step in the process — involves more explicitly defining goals and desired conditions. For other steps in the process, clarifications of concept and terminology are advanced, as are numerous suggestions about how to implement LAC more effectively.

Parent Publication

Proceedings - Limits of Acceptable Change and related planning processes: Progress and future directions

Keywords

Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC), natural resource management, planning

Citation

Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F. 1997. Limits of acceptable change and natural resources planning: when is LAC useful, when is it not?. In: McCool, Stephen F.; Cole, David N., comps. Proceedings - limits of acceptable change and related planning processes: progress and future directions: from a workshop held at the University of Montana''s Lubrecht Experimental Forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-371. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: