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The relationships between rangeland people managing natural resources are changing. More people are involved, the objectives for use, once clear -cut and relatively simple are becoming complex, and the management requirements are growing in breadth and sophistication. At the same time that more input to rangeland strategy and policy is being sought from rangeland people, there is a declining justification for public services for the `how to' of day-to-day management. Some issues are evident - the need for consistency between conversations and decisions taken at policy, strategic and tactical levels, recognition of the growing heterogeneity in the nature of pastoral businesses, building skills in asking 'why' questions, enabling transition from public to private sources of professional support, and the need to build better rewards for uses and management that deliver desired public outcomes.