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Participants State Board of land Commissioners <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation <br />Colorado State Forest Service <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br />Colorado Natural Areas Program <br />Jackson County Commissioners <br />Owl Mountain Partnership <br />Town of Walden <br />Rand and Gould communities <br />Routt National Forest <br />Arapahoe Roosevelt National Forest <br />Rocky Mountain National Park <br />Colorado State University <br />Numerous citizens and interest groups <br />Sources of technical input Presently, technical input focuses on collecting baseline economic, social and <br />biophysical information, which will be used in the development of management <br />strategies for the State Forest. The State Land Board is working cooperatively <br />with the Owl Mountain Partnership and the Colorado Natural Areas Program, <br />mapping the rangeland and riparian condition and wetland communities on the <br />State Forest. This information will be integrated with existing resource and <br />infrastructure information into a GIS data base that was developed by the <br />College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University and will be used to <br />assist in the development of management strategies for the State Forest. The State <br />Land Board and the College of Natural Resources will continues to update the <br />GIS data base and provide land managers on the State Forest with training in the <br />application of GIS technologies in carrying out management responsibilities on <br />the Forest. <br />Brief history and present The State Land Board identified and invited approximately 90 stakeholders to <br />status participate in two scoping sessions focusing on issues of critical concern. <br />Information collected from the State Forest stakeholders is summarized in two <br />scoping reports, available on request. <br />Funding sources Project is proceeding with partial financial support from the State Board of Land <br />Commissioners, Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado Division of Wildlife, <br />and Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. Additional funding <br />support is sought. <br />Contact Jeff Jones, Colorado State Forest, Special Program Coordinator, 203 Forestry <br />Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, Phone: 303-491.6303, <br />Fax: 303-491-7736 <br />0