IDTLs typically express greater concerns than decision makers about minimizing negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. They also tend to place greater emphasis
on the importance of public relations and team outcomes and lesser emphasis on efficiency than decision makers (Stern and Predmore, 2011). IDTLs are often disciplinary specialists and can
sometimes view their role as protectors of the resources they study (Stern et al., 2010a, 2010b). Being embroiled in the daily workings of the ID team, they not only tend view these processes and their outcomes through a different lens than decision makers, but they likely also have different views than members of the public, who typically express a wide diversity of opinion, expertise, and
understanding. As such, the results should be interpreted as one version of the story e that seen from inside the agency by those most directly and completely engaged in the process.