WILDERNESS WINTER MEETING
AND
WILDERNESS VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP
Theme:
Monitoring Wilderness
Recreation Use
December 9-12, 2008
Golden, Colorado
Wilderness Volunteer Workshop
December 12-13, 2008
RO & REI, Denver, Colorado
FINAL – Yellow paper copy
Hosted by:
Rocky Mountain Region – Wilderness Program and The Wilderness Society
WHO: R2 Wilderness Managers, Resource Specialists, Seasonal Wilderness Rangers and Wilderness
Volunteers (Friend’s Groups). Interagency managers from NPS, BLM and USFWS are invited to attend.
All levels of experience are welcomed. Overlap sessions will occur on Friday, 12/12 to combine target
audiences - Wilderness Managers with Wilderness Volunteer Board Directors and members.
MEETING LOCATIONS:
12/9 TuesdayRegional Office, auditorium, 1st floor conference room: 1 to 5 pm
12/10 WednesdayRegional Office, auditorium, 1st floor conference room: 8 to 5 pm
12/11 Thursday Regional Office auditorium, 1st floor conference room: 8 to 5 pm
12/12 Friday Regional Office auditorium with trip to Denver Library: 7:30 to 5 pm
12/13 Saturday REI Flagship Store, Downtown Denver, 3rd floor conference room
PURPOSES:
• To combine the WINTER meeting with the Wilderness Volunteer Workshop
• To focus on the FY09 10-Year Challenge element #6 – Recreation Site Inventory
• To train FS staff and volunteers the monitoring protocol of Rapid Assessment campsite inventory.
• To provide updates and discuss wilderness issues.
• To listen to panel discussion about recommended wildernesses.
OBJECTIVES:
• Review Chief’s 10-year Wilderness Stewardship Challenge and R2 FY09 Program of Work.
• Discuss Latest Issues Facing Wilderness Managers, Including Wilderness Recreation Use Trends.
• Provide certification for Rapid Assessment campsite inventory monitoring.
• To “share and steal” ideas with and among our Wilderness Volunteer organizations.
TUESDAY, DEC. 9, 2008
1:00 – 1:45 PM
Introductions and Welcome
Steve Sherwood, R2
Director, RHWR
1:45 - 2:00 PM
Review of Agenda and Meeting Locations
Ralph Swain, R2
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Green Fire: Leopold Documentary
Update on future film project
Dave Steinke, R2
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 - 3:30 PM
Wilderness Legislation:
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Recommended Wilderness:
Conservation Group’s Proposals:
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Break
4:15 – 5:00 PM
FS Forest Plan Recommended Wilderness
SNF, Loren Poppert
BNF, Craig Cope
5:00 - 5:10 PM
One Last Teachable Moment from -
Jon Myers, LNT
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Evening Gathering
Wilderness Award: Jon Myers, LNT
LNT Recognition
Colorado Mills
(across from H. Inn)
Ben Lawhon, LNT
Facilitator: Fran Reynolds, FS Leg. Affairs
Doug Young, Staffer, Sen. Udall
Chris Arend, Staffer, Cong. DeGette
Steve Smith,
The Wilderness Society
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 2008
(Regional Office, 740 Simms Street, Lakewood, CO 1st floor auditorium)
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Regional Office, Auditorium
Welcome, Review of Agenda
Ralph Swain, R2
8:30 – 9:00 AM
10-Year Challenge – R2 FY09 TargetsFY09 Budget Update – WILD9
Steve Sherwood, Director
9:00 - 9:45 AM
10-Year Challenge – FY08 Report Out
Review of Color Chart
Kevin Cannon, ARNF
Element #6, Campsite Inventory
Ralph Swain, R2
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Rapid Assessment – Campsite Inventory
Dr. David Cole, FS
Research, ALWRI
11:00 – NOON
Rapid Assessment – R2 Pilots
Buffalo Pks, Greenhorn & Lost Creek Wild.
Tyson Cross, WRNF
Steve Sunday, PSINF
NOON - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Rapid Assessment- Data Input
PDRs and Infra-Wild
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Rapid Assessment- Campsite Inventory
Mt. Evans Project
3:45 – 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 – 4:45 PM
SPOT – Safety Evaluation
How Did it Go?
Training Video (DVD)
Panel of FS Rangers
Greg Wilkenson, SPOT
4:45 – 5:00 PM
Today’s Wrap-Up- BIN ITEMS
Ralph Swain, R2
Kevin Cannon, CLRD
Info. Steering Comm.
Ralph Bradt, PSINF
Dr. Lisa Dale,
DU Professor
THURSDAY DEC. 11, 2008
(Regional Office, 740 Simms Street, Lakewood, CO 1st floor auditorium)
8:00 – 8:15 AM
Regional Office, Auditorium
Review of Agenda
Ralph Swain, R2
8:15 – 9:15 AM
Carhart Accomplishments and Updates
New Tools-On-line Courses-Core Comp.
Video Hook-Up- VTC
Tom Carlson, FS Rep.
ACNWTC
9:15 – 9:30 AM
Break
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Managing Wilderness Use:
Yosemite Case Study
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 – 11:30 AM
Search and Rescue:
National Template and R2 MOUs
11:30 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Annoncement of Med. Bow-Routt
Awareness Course and AFWA MOU
Sharon Kyhl, WY Coor.
and MBRNF Rep.
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Crash Removals in Wilderness
Case Study – Plane Crash in CO
Case Study – Helicopter Crash in CA
Bill Mulholland, PSINF
Steve Sunday, PSINF
Kai Allen, GMUG
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Fire: Natl. Policy and Fire Use Fires
Lessons Learned: Gunbarrel WFU
3:45 – 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 - 4:40 PM
National Update: Wilderness Program
Dr. Peter Newman,
Professor, CSU
Ralph Swain, RO
Bill Hahnenberg, BLM-IC
Chris Brown, Director,
10-YWSC, Friend’s Groups, Harvard, WILD9
Wild. and W&S Rivers
4:40 – 5:00 PM
Close Out of Today’s Topics – BIN ITEMS
_______________________________________________
Ralph Swain, R2
**5:00 – 6:00 PM
Loretta McEllhiney
**CFI/FS Annual Briefing
(Optional – Target Audience: CFI Board
and FS CFI Program Managers)
Topic: FY09 Program of Work
FRIDAY DEC. 12, 2008
(Regional Office, 740 Simms Street, Lakewood, CO 1st floor auditorium)
***** Field trip to Denver Library – Western Conservation Library – Downtown, Denver *****
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Morning Welcome & Agenda
Ralph Swain, R2
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Crosscut Saw Policy
Results of Survey and Policy Development
Feedback from Wilderness Managers
Gary Hoshide, FS
Program Leader, MTDC
9:00 –
Field Trip – Denver Library
5TH Floor – Conservation Library
Learn about the Carhart Files
and the Conservation Collection
Group- Carpool
**11:00 – NOON
Western Conservation Library
Carhart: Wilderness Prophet
Guest Speaker:
Tom Wolf, Author
NOON – 1:30 PM
Lunch
Downtown
9:45 – 11:00 AM
Jim Kroll, DP
Claudia Jensen, DP
(Afternoon session is at Regional Office – beginning of Wild. Volunteer Workshop)
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Wilderness Volunteer Workshop
Welcome & Agenda
Ralph Swain, R2
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Natl. Effort: Wilderness Friend’s Groups
Status Report
Chris Brown, Director
Wild. and W&S Rivers
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 – 4:00 PM
Natl. Effort: Wilderness Friend’s Groups
Finding the “Glue”, Natl. Effort
Elaine Dermody, FOW
Dave Cantrell, PWV
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Close Out of Today’s Topics – BIN ITEMS
Ralph Swain, R2
SATURDAY, DEC. 13, 2008
(REI Flagship Store, Downtown Denver, 3rd floor conference room)
******* HOSTED BY: The Wilderness Society *********
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Carpool to REI from RO
Group
(**** Enter REI store from Starbuck’s Coffee Shop and then take stairs to 3rd floor conf. room**)
8:00 – 8:15 AM
Morning Welcome & Agenda
Host: The Wilderness Society
Ralph Swain, R2
Steve Smith, TWS
8:15 – 9:00 AM
Crosscut Saw Policy
Results of Survey and Policy Development
Feedback from Friend’s Groups
Gary Hoshide, FS
Program Leader, MTDC
9:00 – 9:45 AM
DRF Letter: Call to Arms
Ralph Swain, FS
Helping R2 with Rapid Assessment Inventories
David Cole’s Power-point on Campsite Inventory
FY09 NFF Grant Proposal – Combined R2 Friends’ Grant Proposal
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
GROUP EXERCISE:
Brainstorm ways to make Natl. Friends Group
Work. Groups will Report out.
11:00 – NOON
Guest Speaker:
Arthur Carhart: Wilderness Prophet
****** Open to larger audience and guests *********
Elaine Dermody, FOW
Dave Cantrell, PWV
Tom Wolf
Author
Noon – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30– 2:30 PM
FS Needs: Panel Discussion
Rapid Assessment Campsite Work FY09
Ralph Bradt, PSINF
Glen Cook, ARNF
Steve Sunday, PSINF
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Update on NFF R2 Accomplishments
Fred Allen, PWV
Bruce Morrow, AR
3:15 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 4:45 PM
Roundtable – FY08 Accomplishments
CPC-WW, FENW, IPWA, PWV, SJMA
Panel of Bd. Directors
4:45 – 5:00 PM
Close Out
SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP
Steve Smith, TWS
Ralph Swain, R2
****NOTE: All WINTER meeting power-point presentations and hand-outs are
ready for you to download at:
www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation/wilderness/training/index.shtml
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