I. Stakeholder Identification and Social Network Analysis Process

1. Identify boundaries of monitoring community, whether by geography/political lines, ecology (e.g. watershed), or by issues

2. Develop list of stakeholders: for this you can use your own knowledge, the telephone book, etc.

• political/decision makers
• citizen/community
• non-profit/charitable
• industry/private
• First nations
• Religious

• education
• socio-economic
• biophysical
• recreation
• water quality
• changes in land use or land cover
• energy use
• vegetation cover (forestry, agricultural practices, etc.)
• wildlife
• biodiversity
• nutrients (e.g. flows of nitrogen or phosphorus
• materials (harvesting or extraction of resources)
• changes in population or demographics
• economic activity

1. Have champions review list and add to it
2. Conduct survey of representatives of organizations and use survey process to identify additional stakeholders
3. Code and enter data into Excel spreadsheet (to follow) and submit to David and Shawn. Mail survey forms to Shawn.

Goal: find out what formal rules are at play in the landscape and how they are enforced.

1. Find out if stakeholders know of or have access to an inventory of regulations related to their issues or landscape. If not, find out if local university or other research organization is conducting research on environmental policy.
2. Questions: what federal, provincial, county, local policies or regulations are most important in the landscape? How are they enforced?