ABSTRACT
In Lewis Carroll’s book, Alice in Wonderland, Alice comments that if you do not know where you want to go, any road will get you there. In contrast, Columbus knew where he wanted to go (the Orient) but ended up somewhere else (North America), because he did not know the route to take. The lesson is that it helps to know where you want to go, and also how to get there. Unfortunately, experience suggests that many resource and environmental planners and managers too often are like Alice or Columbus.
