RE: Culturally Sensitive Risk Communication, Outreach

[John.Browne, Jr. <jb4juddcreek@webtv.net>]

I appreciate Dr. Stone's methodology (which I'll muster the temerity to express as "Who eats the fish?"). It gets us to a point where we must address 'stakeholder triage,' maybe.

In a discussion panel at a recent Society for Ecological Restoration conference, a question arose about 'How much/ what level of habitat had to be maintained to assure functionality of a keystone species?' (in this case, salmon). Eventually, questioning of the degree of necessary environmental amenities (eg historic levels of biodiversity) led to the question of whether a local indigenous community (having been a part of these environs for millennia) could be considered 'an indicator species.' 

It may be that, to 'get the message out,' EPA will have to figure out how many ways it can ask the public "Who eats the fish?" (The ultimate answer will be, "We all do.")  ^..^