Choose one specific natural resource in your region. Describe what it is used for, how it is harvested, what attempts have been made to manage it in a sustainable way, and how social, economic, and environmental needs may come into conflict. Evaluate how effective the attempts of natural resource management have been.

Mike and his wife, amanda, are arguing about his in-laws. mike doesn’t want them to visit because they fight all the time when they come to the house and he is worried about the effect that their fighting is having on mike and amanda’s children. amanda finally yells out: “what about our fighting? ” mike replies, “well, that’s different. we fight because we’re having a disagreement, they fight because they hate each other! ” this is an example of