UNDERSTANDING YOUR STAKEHOLDERS

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR STAKEHOLDERS
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New Paradigm

• Stakeholder approach adopted in 1990s by
  management agencies for making decisions

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Previously

• Focused on Clients.

• Clients Those who either pay for services of
  managers or produce wildlife on their land.

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Stakeholder

• Any person who will be affected by, or will
  affect, wildlife management.

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Stakeholders

• Includes those that benefit from positive
  outcomes and those who experience problems.

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Potential Stakeholders
Farmers
Hunters
Forest Owners
Trappers
Ranchers
Businesses
Elected Officials
Home Owners
Fishers
Commercial Property Owners
Wildlife Watchers
Wildlife Biologists/ Managers
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Potential Stakeholders
Use common sense to determine appropriate
stakeholders.
Hunters
Wildlife Biologists
Ranchers
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Traditional Constituency Groups
Prior to 1970s
Hunters
Trappers
Fishers
Landowners
Animals live and damage issues occur
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Client-Manager Expert System
Managers were best trained and could understand
what their few constituent groups wanted.
New Interest Groups in 1970s and 1980s
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STAKEHOLDER APPROACH
In 1990s managers ensured that decision makers
consider many interests
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BROADER FOCUS

• Adaptive

• More Inclusive

• Greater Relevance

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Making the Stakeholder Approach Work

• Be Inclusive

• Avoid Populist Approach

• Long-term Public Interest

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Keys to Success!

• Stakeholders

• Understand stakeholder views

• Seek Compromise

• Communicate

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1 GOAL

• Your Number 1 Goal is to Conserve the
  Resource!!!

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How Managers address Public Involvement

• Expert Authority
• Passive-Receptive Approach
• Inquisitive Approach
• Transactional Approach
• Comangerial Approach

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Expert Authority
Top-down approach
Unilateral Action
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Passive-Receptive
Consider input but do not seek Little
Initiative
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Inquisitive
Actively Seek Information
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Transactional Approach
Differentially weigh input
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Comangerial Approach
Shared Decision Making and Shared Action
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Level of Involvement
Wildlife Manager
Stakeholders
Passive- Receptive
Inquisitive
Comangerial
Expert Authority
Transactional
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Which Approach Should I Use?
Consider on a case-by-case basis.
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Remember!
What is your 1 Goal?
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Conserve the Resource!