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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
ALASKA REGION (REGION 10)
JUNEAU, ALASKA
FSM 1600 – INFORMATION SERVICES
CHAPTER 10 – PLANS
Supplement No.: R-10 1600-2004-3
Effective Date: November 19, 2004
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ Jacqueline Myers (for)
DENNIS E. BSCHOR
Regional Forester
Date Approved:
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title number and calendar
year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement. Retain
this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this title was R-10
1600-2004-2 to chapter Zero Code.
New Document
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Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
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Digest:
This supplement converts the format and style of this chapter to the new FSM template using the
agency’s current corporate word processing software. Where chapters were previously
organized into more than one document, they are now merged into one chapter whenever
possible.
Although some minor typographical and technical errors have been corrected, this supplement
contains no changes to the substantive direction in this chapter.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/19/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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Public Involvement activities will be considered in the planning, budgeting, and execution of
work programs. Specific objectives, action items, and costs may be identified by resource
element. The public involvement program activities should be a part of the program budget or
plan document, not a separate plan.
These considerations should include:
1. Problem identification, including at least these steps:
a. Public issue identification (whether continuing, current, or emerging)
b. Management concerns
c. Impacts of changing management direction
d. Public involvement opportunities
2. Problem resolution, including at least these steps:
a. Identify and state objectives
b. Identify potential techniques
c. Design preliminary program, including such aspects as:
(1) Publication, AV production, meetings, travel
(2) Needed people and skills
(3) Dollar needs, and
(4) Timeframes
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d. Evaluate the program for effectiveness in meeting program needs
e. Adjust to a final planned program
f. Execute the action items
g. Monitor, evaluate, and adjust the public involvement activities
The use of public participation project planning worksheets is encouraged. These worksheets are
included in the Citizen Participation by Objectives workbook, or can be ordered from the
Institute for Participatory Management and Planning, P.O. Box 1937, Monterey, CA 93942.
(Telephone: 831-373-4292; Fax: 831-373-0760; and Website: http://www.ipmp-bleiker.com)