351Coordinating and Managing the Environmental Impact Analysis
scientists and planners. These scientists (particularly biological scientists) have
a well-earned reputation of curiosity and a desire to know every detail about
how things are and how they work, which is a laudable attribute in research
but can run amuck in environmental analysis. If the scientists are managing
the environmental analysis, they must develop basic project management skills
and apply them to the effort, or the direction and control of the analysis will be
assigned to engineers or managers with the required training. When this hap-
pens, important career opportunities can be lost and the environmental prac-
titioners with the skills and understanding of the environme ...