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The
Riparian Area Management Plan - Step
Two: Inventory Resources, Limitations
Like resources,
"limitations" may cover a broad range of considerations.
Financial constraints is one which usually comes readily to mind,
although there are often sources such as loans and grants which
can provide part or even all of the costs of certain projects.
Human resources
are assets that are frequently overlooked or given insufficient
attention. Sometimes, the simple lack of available people can hamper
or prevent completion of a project. The level of knowledge and skills
available are important considerations as well. The more technical
the actions you are considering, the more susceptible the results
are to improper application, even of a good idea.
Time--both your
own and other people's--can be a definite constraint. The best designed
project or potentially effective technique will fail if the necessary
amount of time cannot be devoted to it.
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Figure
4-7
Goals must match conditions. This cattail/sedge site
will never grow willows.
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Conditions of
the site itself--which you will learn through your inventory--may
impose limitations on your goals.
Deeply incised
channels, for example, may not be capable of being restored to some
former condition and may necessitate modifying a goal from restoration
to stabilization. Similarly, if a certain condition is the result
of upstream or downstream influences, you may not be able to correct
the symptoms which are showing up along your portion of the stream.
In many instances,
limitations need not be prohibitive, but they may require modifying
a goal or looking for alternate ways to achieve it; or they may
lengthen the time it takes to attain a goal. In any case, identifying
and thinking through such limitations will most likely result in
a better designed and implemented plan and one which has a greater
chance of success.
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