Sierra Nevada Science Symposium : Policy and Institutions Synthesis 1

The policy and institutional dimensions addressed in this symposium were diverse and somewhat diffuse. Each panel was developed to include a political, policy, and institutional perspective. Some of these perspectives were shared from a policy-maker’s point of view, others from the view of scientific and technical managers with responsibility for integrating science into planning and management. Others represented a science practitioner’s view on how and under what conditions the policy world might absorb, integrate, and respond to new information.