U.S. Forest Service to Hold Forest-Level Listening Sessions
Release Date: Apr 10, 2015
Contact(s): Glen Sachet, Regional office, (503) 808 2790
Forest Service responds to desire for more Forest Plan Revision Listening Sessions.
PORTLAND, Ore. The Pacific Northwest Region announced today plans for holding additional forest management plan revision listening sessions. Eleven listening sessions are planned so far in locations throughout Oregon and Washington. These sessions follow an initial round of listening sessions held earlier in Portland, Seattle and Redding, CA.
“We promised to evaluate the need for additional Forest-level listening sessions,” said Jim Peña, Pacific Northwest Regional Forester. “We heard a strong desire for more sessions, so we’re holding the next round at local forest locations to further our commitment to engaging with and listening to the concerns of our communities.”
The purposes of the sessions are to:
- Share our current thinking on plan revision,
- Share how science will inform the process, and
- Listen to ideas and thoughts about how to approach public engagement for forest plan revisions on each National Forest.
The Dates, Locations and Forest(s) follow:
Date Location Forest(s)
April 23rd Mt. Vernon Mount Baker-Snoqualmie
April 27th Corvallis Siuslaw
April 28th Issaquah Mount Baker-Snoqualmie
April 28th Olympia Olympic and Gifford Pinchot
April 28th Bend Deschutes
April 28th Roseburg Umpqua
May 4th Pleasant Hill Willamette
May 4th Lakeview Fremont-Winema
May 5th Klamath Falls Fremont-Winema
May 6th Stayton Willamette
TBD Hood River Mt. Hood, Gifford Pinchot
TBD TBD Okanogan-Wenatchee, Ochoco, Rogue River-Siskiyou
Specific locations and times will be announced by each Forest as their plans are finalized, and posted on forest and region websites at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/?cid=stelprd3831710
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