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Red Lodge Clearinghouse Newsletter[DATE]
The New Red Lodge Clearinghouse
We
have been making some changes to the Red Lodge Clearinghouse that we
hope will make the site easier to navigate and provide a more
interactive place to share ideas. While you will notice some changes in
the site's design as well as some new components, you will still be
able to find all of the resources from the original site.
Among the
changes to Red Lodge is a discussion forum where you can talk about
current natural resource issues in the news, ask questions, offer
advice to others, and tell us
a little bit about yourself. We have also included links to relevant
blogs and lessons that others have learned about participating in
collaborative efforts. We hope you will take a minute to explore the new site and let us know what you think!
Edition #2: Problem-Solving Tools Series
Meeting Face to Face-- Public Meetings, Hearings, Open Houses and more
In addition to providing notice and requesting written comments, part
of the federal public participation process often involves public
meetings, hearings, and/or open houses as another way for agencies to
obtain public input on an issue. But there are other opportunities to
meet face-to-face with decision-makers at all levels of government,
from the U.S. Congress to your local planning commission.
In
this second edition of the Problem-Solving Tools Series, we are
focusing on forums that bring agency personnel, citizens, non-profits,
industry representatives, land owners and others together face to face
to address natural resource challenges. In this edition we highlight some of the
various opportunities to voice your comments and concerns, describe what to expect, and provide links to other
resources and “how-to guides” for more information.
To read more, click here.
Upcoming Events
Building Bridges: Grasslands to Rangelands
January 26-31, Louisville Kentucky
The Society for Range Management's annual meeting. The focus will be on
building partnerships with agencies, professional organizations, and
others in the agricultural and natural resource field.
Forest Management Conference
February 4-8 2008, Reno Nevada
A free conference geared towards land managers who are interested in
learning the latest on carbon sequestration, fire management, as well
as collaboration and stewardship contracting.
Annual Association of Partners for Public Lands Conference
February 24-28 2008, Denver Colorado
A conference that will explore how changing visitor demographics, mass
retirement of baby boomers, developments in technology, and centennial
events are impacting the way public land management agencies and their
nonprofit partners are planning.
In the News
Forest Service plans review of NEPA jobs
As part of its ongoing effort to cut the time and manpower for
producing environmental studies, the Forest Service is considering a
top-to-bottom review of how it implements the National Environmental
Policy Act.
Beetle scourge goes from bad to worse
A pine beetle infestation is spreading from
the mountains into southern Wyoming and the Front Range, and all of
Colorado's mature lodgepole pine forests will be killed within three to
five years, state and federal officials said Monday.
CRP lost millions of acres in 2007, impacts on wildlife expected
More than 2 million acres of land previously enrolled in the
Agriculture Department's Conservation Reserve Program were converted to
cropland in 2007, according to a Land Letter analysis of
federal figures. The shift can be explained in part by federal programs
that encourage conversion of protected land to more productive uses.
Deal to remove dams on Klamath River uncertain as tribes request land
The Klamath Tribes' proposal to rebuild its reservation with federal
money is threatening to derail the settlement announced last week by a
group of 26 government agencies, farmers, tribes, fishers and
conservationists that would bring competing interests together to
remove four Klamath River dams.
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