Previous Community Conversations on Draft Desired Conditions 

The next step in the forest plan revision process is to determine the desired conditions (DCs), forestwide and by geographic area. Developing the draft DCs is part of the transition from the Need to Change to the Proposed Action. DCs essentially set forth the desired landscape of the future; other plan components give guidance on how to get there. DCs are not commitments or final decisions approving projects and activities.

Desired conditions are descriptions of specific social, economic, and/or ecological characteristics of the plan area, or a portion of the plan area, toward which management of the land and resources should be directed. Desired conditions must be described in terms that are specific enough to allow progress toward their achievement to be determined, but not include completion dates (36 CFR 219.7(e)(1)(i)).

DRAFT Desired Conditions document

Summary of Previous Community Conversations on Draft Desired Conditions 

The comment period for the Draft Desired Conditions has closed.

Schedule of Previous Community Conversation Workshops

Location	Date	Time	Address
Lincoln	November 2, 2015	5 – 8 pm	Lincoln Community Center
Great Falls	November 4, 2015	5 – 8 pm	C.M. Russell High School Cafeteria
Browning	November 5, 2015	9 am – 12 pm	Blackfeet Community College Red Fox 102
Choteau	November 5, 2015	5 – 8 pm	Stage Stop Inn
Augusta	November 6, 2015	9 am – 12 pm	Augusta Youth Center
Townsend	November 17, 2015	5 – 8 pm	Townsend Library
White Sulphur Springs	November 18, 2015	9 am – 12 pm	WSS Community Training Center
Harlowton	November 18, 2015	5 – 8 pm	Harlowton Library
Helena	November 19, 2015	5 – 8 pm	MACO conf. room
Stanford	November 20, 2015	12 – 3 pm	Stanford City Hall