**6. Conclusions**

A site manager, or the site managemen<sup>t</sup> team for a NWH site must be prepared to take calculated risks and choose optimal solutions in the context of what is known and predicted about socioeconomic and biophysical conditions and future climates. Those decisions will be made under high uncertainty. Successful and sustainable managemen<sup>t</sup> of a NWH will include both the site and the surrounding landscape, including the communities in that landscape. Decision-making under uncertainty will be most successful if the stakeholders have a strong sense that managemen<sup>t</sup> is transparent and operates with a sense of accountability. Triage decision-making helps managers frame decisions in an explicit context that accepts the uncertainty involved, and advances both transparency and accountability.

**Funding:** This research was funded by the University of Minnesota.

**Acknowledgments:** I am grateful to Chiara Bertolin and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The author declares no conflict of interest.
