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<br />eo Developed Recreation Use <br />-- Downhill Ski Area Use <br />-- Wilderness Use <br />-- Rural Development <br />- Noxious Weeds <br />eo Water Emphasis Prescription <br /> <br />Introdudion <br /> <br />COLLABORA TlVE PLANNING/PUBLIC INVOL VEMENT <br /> <br />Public involvement has focused on the existing Forest Plan and what needs to be changed. Information <br />gained through public involvement and from monitoring and evaluation reports led to the identification <br />of the revision topics listed earlier. <br /> <br />An initial set of public meetings were held in the four towns where District offices are located and <br />Chama, NM. From these meetings, four public work groups (the folks from Chama and La Jara went into <br />one group) were chosen by the public to represent various national forest users. These groups have met <br />a total of 26 times, including nine field trips. They have helped to identify issues, brainstorm possible <br />solutions to issues, and develop a preliminary range of alternative themes. The public at large has been <br />kept informed of the Forest Plan Revision process through a series of newsletters and news releases. The <br />public mailing list includes more than 1,500 persons and organizations. <br /> <br />Public involvement and issue identification was carried on throughout the state at a series of 18 public <br />meetings from November 1993 to January 1994. The meetings were held in Denver, 80ulder, Salida, <br />Saguache, Monte Vista (3 meetings), La Jara, Alamosa, Antonito, Cham a, Durango, pagosa Springs, South <br />Fork, Creede, Del Norte, and Center. Figure 1-1 shows where public meetings were ~eld. Over 600 <br />individuals attended the meetings that focused on the preliminary range of alternatives. Discussions <br />were lively and opinions diverse <br />and the level of interest in the <br />Forest Plan Revision high. There <br />has been significant comment on <br />the range of alternatives since the <br />meetings. Additional comments <br />are always welcome, but some may <br />not be considered until the <br />comment period between the DEIS <br />and the FEIS. <br /> <br /> <br />'\ <br /> <br />A special effort has been made to <br />contact the HisPimic people who <br />comprise almost 50 percent of the <br />San Luis Valley population. Most <br />Hispanic-owned businesses are on <br />the mailing list. Roman Catholic <br />priests throughout the San Luis <br />Valley have been contacted to find <br />key Hispanic persons to include on <br />the mailing list. Due to a Figure 1-1. Public Meeting location Map <br /> <br />1.4 <br /> <br />.- : ': II -( <br />\ ' \...~...,., .1". ..I~ <br /> <br />\i <br />