What are the potential bottlenecks for making or implementing this policy?What institutional structures is it working within?

This week we have been talking about policy-making and systems thinking.Read the articles in Week 3 of the Discussion Materials and choose one of the policies referenced in these articles to evaluate based on what you’ve learned from this week’s lecture. Alternatively, you could do your own research on another federal environmental policy of your choosing.

Guiding Questions
1. How did the policy get made? Describe the impetus and the process.

2. What is the aim of the policy?

3. How would you define the success of the policy?
Use the P(Success) = P(Adoption) X P(Implementation) X P(Impact)

4. What are the potential bottlenecks for making or implementing this policy?What institutional structures is it working within?

5. Provide a photo related to what the policy aims to protect or enhance (a species,an ecosystem,a resource, etc.)

Explain your answer. Do not regurgitate the questions,the lectures,or the articles – use your own words (around 300 words).

Grading Rubric (100 points)
1. Mention at least 5 specific points as you address these 5 questions.

2. Explanation at a critical level, not just recitation of facts.

3. Length of post, around 300 words.