CSE’s contribution to the land
use planning process will be to create a "roadmap". The
roadmap will provide a foundation and direction for local planning
to take place in the regional and national context. The roadmap will
contain three major components:
(1)
Identification of issues and questions: What are the concerns
of the various stakeholder groups? Are the right questions being
asked about how the environment and the economy function in this
region? How do the various stakeholderorganizations interact?
After a review of the data and input from stakeholders, CSE team
members will identify the key issues and questions to be addressed
by the local/regional planning and decision making process.
(2) Recommendations on planning data
and methods: CSE will evaluate the current status of data, plans,
models, etc., and provide recommendations about what is needed, how
to go about getting it, and what the best sequence of steps is to
move forward.
(3)
Roadmap: CSE will provide a roadmap that will outline a path
for decision making. The roadmap will link various recommendations
and provide a visual schematic of how to integrate relevant data,
models, and stakeholder input in addressing pertinent questions.
The model will also present an outline for integrating ecological,
economic, and institutional issues into a process that makes sense,
has credibility and provides an understandable set of steps at local,
regional, and state levels.
One of the goals of the project is to
facilitate an "open decision making process." A land
use planning issues survey is
located in this site for interested to parties to complete and transmit
to CSE scientists. We would appreciate any comments or information
you would like to share with us about local and regional planning
issues in northern Minnesota.
(1)
Identification of issues and questions: What are the concerns
of the various stakeholder groups? Are the right questions being
asked about how the environment and the economy function in this
region? How do the various stakeholder organizations interact?
After a review of the data and input from stakeholders, CSE team
members will identify the key issues and questions to be addressed
by the local/regional planning and decision making process.![Wheat harvest [photo]](../images/mn_agri.jpg)
(3)
Roadmap: CSE will provide a roadmap that will outline a path
for decision making. The roadmap will link various recommendations
and provide a visual schematic of how to integrate relevant data,
models, and stakeholder input in addressing pertinent questions.
The model will also present an outline for integrating ecological,
economic, and institutional issues into a process that makes sense,
has credibility and provides an understandable set of steps at local,
regional, and state levels. 
