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<br />P>ge 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Forest Plan Revisions <br />don't happen in a vacuum. <br />People provide direction. <br />Your input broadens our <br />perspective and infonns <br />our analysis. It has shaped <br />the process from the <br />beginning, and it wiIJ <br />continue to shape the <br />I process. As we begin the <br />analysis of Alternatives <br />that will lead us to the <br />I Draft Revised Forest Plan. <br />it is instructive to look <br />back to see where we have <br />I been together. <br /> <br />I Since we published the <br />Notice of Intent to Revise <br />in October 1999. the <br />Medicine Bow National <br />Forest has hosted 22 public <br />meetings, field trips, or <br />open houses in seven <br />communities near the <br />Medicine Bow. <br /> <br />We have received <br />thousands of letters and <br />emails that identified <br />issues for the Revision and <br />helped create and refine <br />Alternatives. We have <br />published nine editions of <br />the Revision newsletter, <br />the Revision Tracker, <br />which is sent to more than <br />1800 individuals. We <br />maintain a web page, <br />_ -. - - - - - wwwJsJed.uslr21mbr, <br />MIIY 2002 which includes <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />Public Involvement <br /> <br />You've been there, done that. <br />~/ <br /> <br />information and <br />documents on the Forest <br />Plan Revision and <br />provides another way for <br />you to contact us. <br /> <br />We hold monthly <br />Steering Committee <br />meetings that are open to <br />the public. We have met <br />with elected county <br />officials and county <br />planners. special interest <br />groups, students, and <br />individuals interested in <br />the outcome of the <br />Medicine Bow Forest <br />Plan Revision. <br /> <br />We welcome <br />opportunities to speak to <br />organizations and classes <br />about the Revision and <br />have done so on several <br />occasions. <br />Area newspapers, <br />including the Laramie <br />Dailv Boomerane:, <br />Rawlins Daily Times, <br />Wvomine: Eagle <br />Tribune, Dou2las <br />Bud2et. SaratOi:!:a Sun. <br />and the Casper Star <br />Tribune regularly <br />publish related stories <br />and your letters. <br /> <br />A unique aspect of the <br />Medicine Bow Plan is <br />the cooperating agency <br />status it shares with the <br /> <br />State of Wyoming and <br />County Conservation <br />Districts. Cooperating <br />agencies provide stin <br />more avenues of public <br />access to the Revision <br />process. The Forest and <br />the public benefit from <br />their expertise. <br /> <br />As pan of the Revision, <br />the Forest is also <br />conducting an <br />adjacency analysis to <br />identify issues related <br />to shared boundaries. <br />(See Adjacency <br />Analysis Highlights 00 <br />next page.) Our public <br />involvement includes a <br />variety of methods and <br />products, because we <br />want to understand <br />your concerns and be <br />understood by you. <br /> <br />When the Draft <br />Revised Forest Plan <br />and Draft <br />Environmental Impact <br />Statement are released <br />this fall. we will once <br />again ask for your <br />input. It is our goal that <br />in the Final EIS and <br />Final Revised Forest <br />Plan you will see <br />evidence of the best <br />science and the imprint <br />of your involvement. <br /> <br />Thank-you, <br />