Public Input

Technical Report

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The Southern Forest Futures Project is committed to conducting an open process that engages and is responsive to its stakeholders and the public in general. While the assessment will be grounded in science and its reports evaluated through peer review by experts, the questions we seek to answer and the methods we use to get there must also bear the test of public scrutiny and engagement.

 

For public input to work, we need to make the process as transparent as possible and will do so through several means:

• web site - we will post planning documents, public input, methods, datasets, and both draft and final reports
• online comment form - the web site contains a short briefing followed by a comment form to directly collect your input
• email - we will send periodic updates to those who wish to be kept informed this way
• public meetings - during the initial problem formulation phase and several times during the analysis phase we will hold public meetings

The initial set of public meetings will be at the following dates and cities. The itinerary for the meetings follows that list. Note that the Webcast meetings will start at 7 PM EST, 6 PM CST. Other details on the Webcast meetings will be available soon.

Sub-Regional Meetings Schedule

Meeting Location	Sub-Region	Date
Baton Rouge, LA	C Plain/ MS Valley	Jan 29
Stoneville, MS	C Plain/ MS Valley	Jan 30
Gainesville, FL	Coastal Plain	Feb 7
Charleston, SC	Coastal Plain	Feb 8
College Station,TX	Mid-South	Feb 11
Stillwater, OK	Mid-South	Feb 12
Little Rock, AR	M-South/MS Valley	Feb 13
Lexington, KY	Apps/Cumberland	Feb. 19
Nashville, TN	Apps/Cumberland	Feb. 21
Raleigh, NC	Piedmont/C Plain	Feb 25
Blacksburg, VA	Apps Cumberland	Feb 26
Asheville, NC	Apps/Cumberland	Feb 27
Athens, GA	Piedmont/C Plain	Mar 6
Auburn, AL	Piedmont/C Plain	Mar 7
Puerto Rico/VI	The Islands	tbd
Webinar Sessions	All	Apr 8 7 pm EST
		April 16 2 pm EST
		April 16 7 pm EST

 

Agenda

1:00 pm	Introductions and Expectations for the Meeting
1:15 pm	Overview of the Southern Forest Futures Project
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 - 4:45 pm	Breakout groups for discussion "What forces of change are likely to influence the future of the forests in the South?" "What values and services are likely to be affected by these forces of change in this sub-region and should be addressed in this project?"
4:45 pm	Summary and Closeout
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Webinar meetings will broadly follow this sequence but will occur at different times.

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