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Mark's biggest concern is the Forest Service's decision to revert to the 1982 Planning <br />Rule (" 1982 Rule ") rather than the 2005 Planning Rule ( "2005 Rule "). This forced the <br />SJPLC to make some changes in the Plan, one of the most significant of which is the <br />addition of standards and guidelines under the Design Criteria chapter. He would like to <br />determine how to make the best of that decision. <br />Mark said his meeting goals for the Water Roundtable today are: <br />• Avoid our weaknesses and pitfalls. <br />• Narrow the focus of the day. <br />• Tell the SJPLC how it can most effectively be compelled to make changes in the <br />Draft Plan. <br />• Get the Water Roundtable's input on the biggest- ticket items. <br />• Enable the Roundtable and /or individuals to prepare additional effective input <br />before April 11, 2008, the deadline for comments on the Draft Plan Revision. <br />Marsha Porter - Norton, who replaced Mike Preston as facilitator, delineated the <br />following proposed outcomes for the meeting: <br />1. Share information. <br />2. Update Water Roundtable on the work of the River Protection Workgroup (RPW). <br />3. Hear /discuss /dialogue re: the Draft Plan: <br />• Concerns and why. <br />• Any unintended consequences. <br />• Design- criteria feedback <br />• Potential fixes. <br />4. Prompt changes to the Plan. <br />Thurman Wilson, Assistant Manager of the SJPLC, gave an overview of the revised <br />Draft Plan which will provide overall management guidelines for San Juan Public Lands, <br />replacing two separate plans that date back to the mid- 1980s. The new Plan could easily <br />be in place for a decade or more. <br />The Draft Plan Revision has three parts: Vision, Strategy, and Design Criteria. Vision <br />focuses on Desired Conditions, long -term aspirations for what the land and resources will <br />be like in the future. <br />The Strategy section provides the framework for how to get to the "Desired Conditions" <br />and has several parts: Objectives (specific things the Agencies will try to do in the next <br />10 to 15 years); Suitability (where it is appropriate to perform different activities); and <br />Special Areas (Wilderness, Wild and Scenic Rivers, unique archaeological areas, etc.). <br />The Design Criteria section has standards and guidelines. When the Forest Service <br />reverted to the 1982 Rule, SJPLC staff accordingly added more standards to this section, <br />mostly regarding viability and diversity of plant and animal species. Some of those <br />changes were made after the last meeting of the Water Roundtable. <br />2 <br />