I think that often what people want for an area, their aspirations or their desired future, gets articulated in something like a land use plan, which is I think what Bradley was talking about as well.
To me, a land use plan should reflect the desired future of the people who live there. It inevitably will include both conservation elements as well as economic development interests. It may be zoning. It may be setting out conformity requirements, or ground rules for activity in the area. But it needs to reflect the views and the wishes of the people who live there.
I really believe that conservation will not be embraced unless it serves a useful economic and cultural purpose for the people who live there. I agree with this fortress mentality thing; you can't shove it down people's throats.
So there's really no other way to do it than to bring two interests, the economic interest and the conservation interest, together.