Topic 3: Tradeoffs among environmental priorities

How does the tension created by negotiating multiple environmental features in a complex ecosystem make boundary work difficult to succeed? Are boundary-spanning efforts fundamentally different when the environmental system necessitates unavoidable tradeoffs among different environmental resources? Can the differential prioritization of these resources be understood through the legitimacy-credibility-salience framework, or is another concept needed? How can we extend the model of knowledge source and use to understand this complexity? In the example of the Florida Everglades, are the salience, legitimacy, and credibility criteria sufficient to allow consensus among groups that differentially prioritize access (e.g. for hunters), endangered species conservation, and hydrologic restoration?