Water resources development, watershed restoration, and environmental eduction have taken on new dimensions. Decisions related to projects, water quality, and capital expenditures are no longer made by an isolated group of water resources experts or government policy makers. Today the public has an interest in water resources and the environment and is making its concerns, needs, and demands known. This group has become identified as the STAKEHOLDERS. To become a water resource professional, people have earned degrees, studied concepts and issues, and have worked to develop logical solutions to improve and retain the integrity of water resources. To become a water resource stakeholder, the requirements are nebulous. The most important criteria for a stakeholder is that you feel that a specific water resource issue will directly affect you or your specific interests or may potentially affect your general or nonspecific interests in the future. How can stakeholders be engaged to expand their perspectives to include the perspectives and visions of other stakeholders so that acceptable solutions and decisions can effectively be attained and implemented?