ChicoryLane Model:
Principles
and Assumptions
- Foundational Concepts
- Improve Ecological Quality of the Land
- its
ecological health and diversity
- Recognize Land's Intrinsic Value
- Over and above Services provided to Human
interests
- Recognize Ecological Balance as a Fundamental Virtue
- As opposed to
rote Ecological Diversity
- Diversity for the sake of diversity
- Sheer number of
species)
- Provide sense of Engagement
- Accomplishment, Joy, Personal
- Not
Overwhelming, Never-ending, Obligation
- Addressing landowners of parcels
10 - 100 acres
- Direct Landowner participation
- At least at management and
decision-making levels
- Concepts can be extrapolated and scaled to parcels of other sizes
- Presumptions
- Open-Ended Timescale
- Varying Financial Commitment
Encourage Landowners to share Accomplishments and Experience