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Community
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY concerns about the forest and access. We also need to identify the range of thinking about needs and solutions. It is only through an ongoing two-way dialogue that we can increase understanding about the state of Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forestroads. Through public engagement we hope to expand and strengthen our relationships. Join us, we want and need your help.
The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National forest is using a unique science-driven approach developed by the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station and Portland State University to understand how people use and value landscapes and resources. In public meetings social scientists from the lab will guide participants in using maps to identify places of significance and assign values or activities associated with them.
This process creates socio-spatial data layers that will be incorporated into existing forest digital map data to validate and contribute to the analysis for the report. The results will provide visual displays of visitor destinations, routes, and show places with special meaning or value. It will identify areas of high impact or conflict. The data measures, assesses and identifies values comparatively.
In addition to incorporating this information into the report, it can be used for future recreation and stewardship planning. We will share the results with the public in the late fall after is rolled up and analyzed. For many of our partners, the report will identify roads that we cannot afford to maintain or decommission for groups interested in obtaining funds for that purpose.