PUBLIC LANDS PARTNERSHIP WORK PLAN FOR 2017

FOCUS AREA: CURRENT & ONGOING PROJECTS/ISSUES REPORT DATE: ______

PROJECT/ISSUE / TASKS / RESPONSIBILITY/PARTNERS / STATUS/UPDATE
General Administration of PLP
Funding provided by member local gov’t annual contributions and misc. grants / CO SOS maintain PLP’s annual registration
Submit monthly financial report to Unc/Com
Submit Coordinators Invoice
Submit request to county’s for annual funding by Sept. 1st
Maintain PLP website and Facebook accounts
Manage PLP Daily checking account / PLP Coordinator
SBEADMR Outreach – GMUG
Forest provides funding to support PLP’s outreach activities for SBEADMR /
  • Provide logistical support for an annual stakeholder meeting and 1 to 3 summer field trips. Includes arranging for transportation to and from field trips and arrangements associated with the annual meeting
  • Coordinate all outreach with the Forest Public Affairs Officer prior to carrying out any activity
  • Coordinate with and report back to GMUG staff on status of outreach activities on a regular basis
  • Report back to PLP Ex Committee on status of SBEADMR outreach activities
  • Defer hosting community outreach mtgs ‘til 2018 after 1st season of SBEADMR implementation
/ PLP Coordinator
PLP Coordinator
PLP Coordinator
PLP Coordinator
PROJECT/ISSUE / TASKS / RESPONSIBILITY/PARTNERS / STATUS/UPDATE
SBEADMR Adaptive Management
Group (AMG) /
  • Provide logistical support for 3 to 4 AMG meetings annually
  • Provide meeting facilitation and note taking as needed
  • Maintain a separate page on PLP website for AMG activities/announcements; provide a link to GMUG SBEADMR website
  • Provide mileage reimbursement to and from AMG mtgs for regular and alternate members
  • Report back to PLP Ex Committee on status of
AMG activities / PLP Coordinator
Facilitator
PLP Coordinator
FORD LEGACY RESEARCH PROJECT
CFRI provides funding to support
meetings/travel related to research
project /
  • Provide logistical support as needed if follow-up meetings/travel expenses are needed. Mary Chapman is lead contact for PLP with this project
/ PLP Coordinator
PLP AS CLEARING HOUSE FOR EVENTS/ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC LANDS IN MEMBER COUNTIES /
  • Put on the August, 2017 PLP quarterly mtgan agenda item to discuss whether or not PLP might/should serve a role as a clearing house and/or to disburse info about activities/events going on public lands in member counties, i.e. seedling planting project on Rio Grande NF in Hinsdale County
/ PLP Coordinator

FOCUS AREA: EMERGING PROJECTS/ISSUES

PROJECT/ISSUE / TASKS / RESPONSIBILITY/PARTNERS / STATUS/UPDATE
RECREATION
Funding assistance uncertain /
  • Phone call or email USFS, BLM and CPW to acknowledge and follow up on letter to PLP asking for help in convening meeting(s) with recreational user groups; propose a conference call with agency representatives to further clarify intent of request; share PLP willingness to convene 1 or 2 meetings at some future date and identify next steps
  • Make arrangements for said conference call with PLP Co-Chairs, PLP Coordinator and agency representatives
  • Follow up with Nat’l Park Service on program to assist with recreation effort – re: application due in June; and/or explore other grant opportunities to assist with this effort
/ PLP Co-Chairs
PLP Coordinator
PLP Coordinator
GMUG FOREST PLAN REVISION (FPR)
Funding assistance uncertain /
  • Contact GMUG (Scott Armentrout & Clay Speas) to explore opportunities for PLP to assist with public outreach for FPR process
  • Contact GMUG to see if GMUG wants to report on FPR process at August, 2017 quarterly PLP meeting
  • Track issues that might emerge as part of FPR process, i.e.
  • Forest health & water quality
  • Status of wildlife/big game habitat
  • Impacts of federal budget on federal/state agencies
  • Biomass
  • Other issues
/ PLP Co-Chair (HC)
PLP Co-Chair (HC)
PLP Executive
Committee

FOCUS AREA: NEW PROJECTS/ISSUES

No new projects/issues were proposed for 2017 given the limited capacity of the PLP to take on more projects or emerging issues. It was agreed that before any new project/issue was undertaken it would be referred to the full Executive Committee at a regular meeting for its review and consideration.

PLP 2017 Work Plan4