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Public InvolvementContent Analysis Reports
Public MeetingsSeveral meetings were scheduled to provide information about the proposed land management plans and to gather comments. The following schedule provided the times and locations for each forest. These meetings were also announced in local newspapers.
Written CommentsIf you would like to comment on the Proposed Land Management Plans, you can visit the Bitterroot, Flathead, or Lolo Proposed Land Management Plan pages. There you will find guidelines to help you write effective comments. About Public InvolvementThe purpose of public involvement is to meaningfully engage all interested individuals, groups, agencies and other local, state, and tribal governments in our land management plan revision process. We have set the following two goals to help us to this:
The 2005 Final NFMA Planning Rule of January 2005, changed our planning process requirements. Emphasis shifted to working collaboratively with the public to refine one Preferred Option rather than develop several management alternatives. Reasoning that forest land management plans do not make decisions that have on-the-ground effects that can be meaningfully evaluated, the new planning rule determined that most forest land management plans should be categorically excluded from more detailed NEPA analysis. In late spring of 2005, we began public discussion of our Preferred Option, with each forest using some combination of the following methods: (1) posting draft desired conditions and supporting maps on our website, (2) open houses, (3) invited presentations, (4) newsletters, and (5) on-going collaborative dialogue in community-based working groups. The major focal points of the collaborative process were: (1) desired conditions, and (2) suitability of land areas for various purposes. Forest leadership teams worked with the plan revision team to incorporate the resulting input into the Proposed Forest Land Management Plans released for public comment on May 1, 2006.
Notes from 2005 Community Meetings
Notes from 2003/2004 Community Meetings |
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