WILDERNESS MANAGER’S WINTER MEETING
March 9-11, 2010 – USFS Headquarters, Ft. Collins, Colorado
2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. E, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 970-295-6700
NOTE: Wilderness Volunteer Workshop is held prior to the WINTER meeting, March 7-8, 2010 – same location
DRAFT: 3/2/2010:
TIME
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 - AGENDA TOPICS
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Facilitator for the Day – Glenn Casamassa, ARNF Forest Supervisor
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Opening Remarks – Outcome of the National Network of Friend’s Group meeting, W&S Rivers and Wilderness
Strategy Paper, Wilderness Legislation Updates, WO Updates, FY10 Budget and Chief’s remarks.
Chris Brown, USFS Director, Wilderness and W&S Rivers
(This presentation will also be a conference call to attendees of R4’s wilderness meeting. Conf.
Call in – 1.877.804.8352, p = 544545#)
9:30 – 10:30 AM
RHWR Strategy, Program Updates and R2 Budget – Bark Beetle funds
Steve Sherwood, Director, Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness Resources
10:30 – 11:15 AM
FY09 10-Year Challenge – Chart and Scores
Kevin Cannon, ARNF
***********Which units did not input documentation to Infra-Wild?*********
11:15 – 1:30 PM
Lunch – CSU lunch room
Panel
Suzanne Jones, The Wilderness Society- Regional Office - Denver
Presentation Sara Domek, WY Wilderness Association – Update on Rock Creek and WY proposals
1:30 – 2:45 PM
Facilitator:
Fran Reynolds
Kurt Kunkle, Colorado Environmental Coalition (CEC)
2:45 – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Wilderness Advisory Group – Goals and Update from 2009 Montana meeting
Laura Burns, R2 WAG Representative
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Wilderness Information Committee (WIMST) – Goals and Updates from 2009
Kevin Cannon, ARNF
***** Update list of R2 Data Stewards********
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Leave No Trace – National and Regional Updates and LNT Exercise
Sam Massman, R2 LNT Representative
4:45 – 5:00 PM
Close Out
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Special Evening Gathering: –
Pizza Meeting – at the ARNF Forest Supervisor’s Office Conf. Room
*****************Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) and Colorado Wilderness Managers***********
CFI invites Colorado Wilderness Manager’s to discuss CFI/FS: Priorities for 2010, CFI Peak Steward, AdoptA-Peak and Peak Projects in a year of limited resources.
Presenters: Steve Sherwood, Loretta McEllhiney, Ralph Swain and CFI Board and
Lloyd Athearn, CFI Executive Director
TIME
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010- AGENDA TOPICS
8:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Facilitator of the Day – Neal Weierbach, PSINF
8:15 – 8:30 AM
Open Remarks – TBA, -Need Line Officer here – District Ranger
8:30 – 9:00 AM
2009 Rapid Assessment – Strike Team
Accomplishment Report – Leasoned Learned – Ralph Swain/Tyson Cross
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Carhart Wilderness Training Center: Training, Education and Information Resources Update – Tom Carlson
9:30 – 9:45 AM
9:45 – 10:45
Break
Rapid Assessment Update – Accomplishments from 2009 Field Season – Tyson Cross, Aspen RD
CSU Graduate Study – Draft Wild. Manager’s Guidebook for Rapid Assessment Campsite Inventory in R2
Wildernesses – Tyson Cross
10:45 – 11:00 AM
Introduction to R2 Colorado Wilderness Recreation Strategy Project – Ralph Swain
11:00 – NOON
R2 Wilderness Recreation Strategy Project – Overview
Dr. Chris Monz, Utah State (Logan), Graduate Student Dusty Vaughn and Dr. Dave Cole
Overview of Colorado Wilderness Recreation Strategy Project – Dr. Monz
What was accomplished in 2009 field season – Dusty Vaughn
Report out of maps by wilderness unit – Dusty Vaughn
Area of Concerns – Magnet Areas - Project Findings – Dr. Chris Monz and Dr. Dave Cole
Noon – 1:30 PM
Lunch – CSU lunch room –
1:30 – 5:00 PM
Forest by Forest Project Report-Out - Validation
Note: Researchers will need individual time with staff from each Forest to valídate data and maps. Plan on 1520 mins with Researchers for the wilderness units you oversee.
For WY, NE and SD Forests:
This block of time can be used by you to work with FS Carhart Representative Tom Carlson on predetermined issues facing your Forest. Submit topic ideas to Ralph and Tom by 3/1/2010. Tom will go over law,
policy, regulations and “reality” on the topics selected for this time block.
TIME
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010- AGENDA TOPICS
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Facilitator of the Day – Paul Cruz, ARNF
9:20 – 9:45 AM
Update on Society for Wilderness Stewardship – power-point presentation – Ralph Swain
(This presentation will also be a conference call to R4’s wilderness meeting attendees)
9:45 – 10:30 AM
R2 Search & Rescue Template
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Research in Wilderness – Tom Carlson, FS Carhart Training Center, FS Representative
11:00 - Noon
Human Waste Management – Condundrum Project
Kevin Warner, Aspen-Sopris RD
Noon – 1:30 PM
Lunch – CSU lunch room –
1:30 – 2:30 PM
CSU Research Studies – This presentation will be held at the Engineering Building, next to the Student Center,
on the CSU campus, Room E203.
Dr. Peter Newman
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Break, Walk back to FS building –
3:00 – 4:00 PM
GUEST SPEAKER:
WILD9 – World Wilderness Congress, Merida, MX - Vance Martin, President, WILD Foundation
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Close Out –