
	Meetings are listed from most recent to least recent from top to bottom. Please note that the documents on this website are .pdf files, and you will need Adobe® Reader® to view them. To download the free software, click here. The wild horse and combination subcommittee meeting materials have been moved to the Subcommittees page. Thursday, April 27, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda BLM Instruction Memorandum re: Managing Under Existing Plans Until New Plans are Complete OHV Monitoring Efforts Flyer Letter from John Husband to NWCOS re: Funding for NWCOS Cooperating Agencies Draft Proposal: Wildlife Habitat Fragmentation Cooperating Agencies Draft Proposal: Vermillion Basin Meeting Summary Thursday, March 30, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Presentation: NWCOS' Future Meeting Summary Thursday, February 16, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Presentation by Jeremy Casterson: Using Standards as a Systems-Level AM Approach Handout from Geoff Blakeslee: Conservation Action Planning Meeting Summary Wednesday, February 15, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Updates Options for Moving Forward Proposed NWCOS Working Groups Path Forward Meeting Summary Thursday, February 2, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Facilitator's Introductory Remarks re: Draft Community Alternative DRAFT Strawman Community Alternative Alternative Maps and Key --Key to Maps --Alternative A Map --Alternative C Map --"Package" Alternative Designations Map Chart Comparing Alternatives A and C with Draft Strawman Community Alternative CSU Presentation on Socioeconomic Analysis Meeting Summary Wednesday, February 1, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Written Update Answers to Questions Asked at the January 11-12, 2006 NWCOS Meetings Meeting Summary Thursday, January 12, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Brief Summary of Adaptive Management Ideas that NWCOS Generally Supports Handouts--Adaptive Management Framework: Considerations for the NWCOS Community Alternative Presentation by Jeremy Casterson--Adaptive Management Framework: Considerations for the NWCOS Community Alternative Presentation by Steve Light--Adaptive Management Example: Grazing and Fire Mangement NWCOS Issues for CAMNet Report from Adaptive Management/Travel Management Breakout Group Meeting Summary Wednesday, January 11, 2006: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Written Updates Handout for Discussion on Basic NWCOS Land Use Allocation Themes Meeting Summary Wednesday, December 7, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Agenda Review of NWCOS Goals and Direction Written Updates Meeting Summary Wednesday, November 30, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Written Updates Review of NWCOS Goals and Direction Worksheet for Comments on Sector Proposals Meeting Summary Wednesday, November 9, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda CSU Presentation on Socioeconomic Analysis Process Letter to NWCOS Planning Committee from John Husband in Response to Planning Committee's Letter Dated September 28, 2005 Presentation on Developing a Community Alternative Meeting Summary Wednesday, October 19, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials --Little Snake RMP: Draft Significance Criteria and Assumptions (October 14, 2005) --Worksheet for October 19 NWCOS Meeting on Assumptions and Criteria for the Impact Analysis (Word Document; RTF Document; PDF Document) Memo Summarizing the Outcomes of the Meeting Wednesday, October 12, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Attachment A: Letter from NWCOS Planning Committee to John Husband Attachment B: Proposed Schedule Attachment C: Travel Management Plan Update Attachment D: Cooperator's Update Attachment E: Booz Allen Hamilton Impact Analysis Update Attachment F: CSU Socioeconomic Analysis Update Impact Analysis Overview Documents Attachment G: Overview of an Impact Analysis Overview of Key Assumptions and Significance Criteria Examples of Significance Criteria and Assumptions from another RMP Example of an Impact Analysis from the 1980 LSFO RMP Examples of Current Impact Analyses that Booz Allen Hamilton is Currently Working on: -Jack Morrow Hills -Rawlins -Sloan Canyon Meeting Posters -Community Alternative Development Process -Key Ground Rules for NWCOS -BLM and NWCOS RMP Process Meeting Summary Tuesday, July 26, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Overview of Preliminary Alternatives for the Little Snake RMP, presented by Jeremy Casterson, BLM Meeting Summary Wednesday, June 22, 2005 NWCOS Meeting with BLM Director Kathleen Clarke Agenda Comments Presented by Vanessa Cameron, Steve Hinkemeyer, and Ann Oliver Comments Presented by Steve Bonowski Meeting Summary Wednesday, June 15, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda NWCOS Updates on Wilderness Characteristics Designations, Wild and Scenic River Study, OHV Monitoring Workgroup, Socioeconomic Subcommittee Draft RMP Overarching Goals (June 14, 2005) Proposed Schedule for Kathleen Clarke's Visit Revised Framework for the RMP and BLM Priorities NWCOS Schedule and Proposal for Change Wildlife and Grazing Goals Meeting Summary Wednesday, May 18, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda NWCOS Updates on OHV Monitoring Workgroup; Booz Allen Hamilton; Analysis of Management Situation Document; Cooperating Agencies Update; NWCOS May through July Schedule Proposed Planning Committee Changes Draft RMP Goals Document Draft Alternative Shell Document (May 19, 2005) Instruction Memorandum re: BLM Implementation of the Settlement of Utah v. Norton Regarding Wilderness Study Instruction Memorandum re: Consideration of Wilderness Characteristics in Land Use Plans (Excluding Alaska) Presentation on RMP Goals and Alternatives Presentation on Wilderness Character and Citizens’ Wilderness Proposals: Process for the Little Snake RMP Revision Meeting Summary Updates Since the March 16, 2005 Full NWCOS Meeting (posted 3/31/05) Booz Allen Hamilton Update BLM Update on the Wild and Scenic River Study March 16, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda NWCOS Updates on: OHV Monitoring Workgroup; Socioeconomic Workshop; Update from Booz Allen Hamilton; AMS Document; Scoping Report; Cooperating Agencies; Community Viz Software; Keystone Internship; Energy and Minerals Subcommittee; Special Designations/Lands with Wilderness Characteristics Subcommittee Background Reading on Overall Alternatives Assessment Process Draft Request for Proposals for the Socioeconomic Baseline and Analysis Meeting Summary Presentations/Handouts from the March 16, 2005 NWCOS Meeting Recreation Management: The Perspective of the Quiet Recreationist, presented by Steve Bonowski, Colorado Mountain Club Little Snake Field Office Vegetation Management: Livestock Grazing, Wild Horses, Wildlife, presented by Tim Novotny, BLM Summary: Social Outcomes of Collaboration Project, distributed by Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Colorado State University Comments on Travel Management, presented by Jeff Whilden "Stay the Trail" Advertisements "Beautiful" and "Freedom" ("Stay The Trail" is a trademark of the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition) The Economic Impacts of Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife Watching in Colorado, distributed by Brad Petch, Colorado Division of Wildlife February 16, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Note: presentations from this meeting are forthcoming Agenda NWCOS Updates on draft scoping document, OHV monitoring concept, AMS comments, and an upcoming conference on pinyon-juniper and sagebrush communities Reference Map of the Little Snake Field Office Article from Salt Lake Tribune on Price Field Office Resource Management Plan Revision Overview of BLM Method for Developing Alternatives Overview of 1989 Little Snake RMP Goals for Energy and Minerals Overview of 1989 Little Snake RMP Goals for Areas of Special Designations, Including Lands with Wilderness Characteristics Overview of Wild and Scenic River Study Addition to the meeting summary from the October 19, 2004 conference call re: socioeconomic workshop Meeting Summary Presentations/Handouts from the February 16, 2005 NWCOS Meeting Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario, presented by Fred Conrath, BLM A Passion for Natural Gas...and Energy Policy, presented by Fred Julander, Julander Energy Company Materials from Overview of Areas of Special Designation, Including Lands with Wilderness Characteristics, presented by Rob Schmitzer, BLM Materials from a Community Viewpoint on Areas of Special Designation, Including Lands with Wilderness Characteristics, distributed by Suzanne Jones, The Wilderness Society January 25, 2005: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Updates on the scoping meetings, fire management plan, cooperator’s meetings, and the NWCOS handout policy DRAFT NWCOS Scoping Comments NWCOS January - June 2005 Proposed Workplan NWCOS Workplan Power Point Slides Reference Map of the Little Snake Field Office Meeting Summary December 21, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda NWCOS New Member Cover Letter Calendar of Upcoming Events (revised 12/16/04) Overview of Formal Scoping Process and NWCOS Visioning Process (revised) Economic/Effects Impact Analysis Document Consolidated NWCOS RMP Scoping Issues and Opportunities Overview of what an RMP-Level Decision is Pre-scoping Letter to BLM re: Wilderness Meeting Summary December 7, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Overview of Formal Scoping Process and NWCOS Visioning Process Calendar of Upcoming Events (as of 12/2/04) Summary of NWCOS RMP Issues Survey Meeting Summary September 23, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Role of NWCOS in the Analysis of the Management Situation (AMS) Proposed Role of NWCOS in the RMP Scoping Process Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) Reference Document Participation and Communication Subcommittee Meeting Summary Meeting Summary August 25, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Final NWCOS Protocols NWCOS Collaboration Strategy NWCOS Process Evaluation Summary Adaptive Management Handout from Colorado State University (CSU) Meeting Summary August 18, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Updated NWCOS Task Chart NWCOS Role in RMP Presentation Meeting Summary July 26, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Updated NWCOS Task Chart NWCOS Role in RMP Process (revised) Meeting Summary June 28, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Updated NWCOS Task Chart FACA Subcommittee Meeting Summary Dana Bishop's (CSU) Research Proposal NWCOS Role in RMP Process Participation and Communication Subcommittee Summary 4 Examples of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Cooperating Agencies MOU Example 1 MOU Example 2 MOU Example 3 MOU Example 4 Meeting Summary June 22, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Evaluation Criteria for Little Snake RMP Updated NWCOS Task Chart Meeting Summary June 8, 2004: Full NWCOS Meeting Materials Agenda Contractor Summary FACA Update NWCOS Task Chart Meeting Summary For information regarding NWCOS meetings that occurred prior to June 8, 2004, please contact Jeff Comstock at (970) 826-3400 or Jeremy Casterson at (970) 826-5071 or email Jeremy by clicking here.