• A few more public sessions like this - only 3-4 hours beginning about 5 p.m. on weekday.
• Meet in different locations to get input from all interested parties
• More public meetings (eastern and central Wyoming)
• National involvement - not just Jackson Hole.
• Varied meeting times (3-4 hours)
• Location

• Meeting dates and times

• Before and after public survey (Jonathan interested)
• Series of information pieces through media - hit broader audience (news releases, press releases, tribal news, and videos).
• 800 number for information, comment, web page.
• Background information important at all meetings (today’s (02/10/01) presentations good - could be expanded.)
• General public involvement - use radio, newspaper, TV to advertise
• meetings
• Educate general public in process.
• Tele-conference to include public from far-reaching areas.
• National media coverage.
• Get background information out ahead of time.
• Get schools involved through presentation (they will nag parents).
• Distinguish from other bison issues (GYIBC).
• Public notice to all interests (outside Jackson) and meetings outside Jackson (tv, radio, utilized for notice)
• Access to project leaders for those outside Jackson
• Honest facts
• If agency insists on expending resources on polling, ensure that national interest is represented
• Educate public so they can be involved in process
• Content - needed information

• Tribes, FS, WY, BLM should be fully involved in process on equal footing. Clarify roles and relationships up front (an information piece could I.D. various roles and contacts).
• Planners should learn from (interview stakeholders) in related processes (Montana).
• Learn from our mistakes (science, policy, and process).
• Unbiased facilitation important.
• Ongoing process should include today’s participants - continuity of information.
• Earlier public input - planning process
• Define a goal
• Define and agree on problem
• Helping to design (not just involvement in process already designed)
• Bring public on board to structure meetings.
• USFS and BLM should be co-signators (remain active co-operators).
• Purpose, need and scope clearly ID’d before alternatives (intensive public involvement).
• Q should not just be, "How do you want to be involved in the planning process?", should also ask, "How do you want the process to be set up?"
• Accept and utilize citizen research
• Don’t restrict process to overcoming court decision
• Consider full range of alternatives to resolve issues with artificial crowding (i.e. USFS migration routes)
• USFS should be partners in plan (BLM?)
• Process should answer:

-Current habitat condition and trends - goals for future (by measurable criteria)

• Get plan done in time to be relevant - Protect resource in interim
• Involve more agencies substantively, i.e. FS, BLM, state
• Concern - if agencies and public work hard together for a plan, will it be shot down by a lawsuit or the political context?

• Further meetings should be topic oriented with information provided. Education should be ongoing.
• Have comment periods for document components.
• Simplify and clearly identify group and roles.
• Clearly ID purpose of meeting.
• No lectures.
• Specific goal for meeting.
• In public meetings provide opportunities for Q&A with agency staff and comments to staff
• Public input shouldn’t overwhelm science
• Presentations by non-agency people, example - Tribal reps.
• This was a good first meeting
• Future needs more open debate of the topics presented today
• In future there will be a need to reduce the number of people involved to be productive - example: One member per stake holder (task force)
• Setting

• Participants

• Equalize agency and public ability to contribute to decision making.
• Important to understand reasons for participant’s interest
• Economics (hunting, ranching, tourism)
• Wildlife value (integral part of culture)
• Local input should be weighed very heavily

• Equal influence between groups and individuals (and local govt.).
• Individuals have same input as any organization
• Public comment - give more weight, including later in process

• TCD- can provide technical assistance and cost share (habitat projects, help with construction easements, rapport with private landowners).
• Reflect personal values into process and link to changing values (over 50 years).
• Expand study area beyond current herd boundaries to include historical
• Expanding boundary is unrealistic

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