A Working Meeting - Interagency Management

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AGENDA

8:00 am Welcome Introductions, housekeeping, Welsh-Ryan- review session goals and Partridge agenda. 8:30 Wilderness Act Wilderness facts, history of Tom Carlson - History and wilderness, common roots of Arthur Carhart Background. wilderness and F&W National State Laws. management. State laws or Wilderness policy affecting fish and game Training Center mgt in wilderness Fred Partridge 9:30 Idaho Wilderness Broad look at Wilderness in R-1 Idaho, what's there and where R-4 do the areas fall as far as FS IDFG Rep regions, forests and IDFG regions 10:00 Break 10:30 IAFWA MOU Review content and history of Larry Peterman, the IAFWA guidelines Montana Fish and History and practice of Game implementing MOU. -IAFWA MOU -IDFG. Agency mission and key policy. Idaho Fish and Game perspective on wilderness. 11:30 Minimum What's the context, what's the Chris Ryan Requirement law? Presentation of the Randy Welsh Analysis Wilderness Act, ESA, State laws, and other applicable laws. What is clear? Where are the gray areas

12:00 Lunch A sack lunch will be provided Noon by IDFG. 1:00 What do we agree Open discussion about IAFWA All on? MOU. Points that have worked well in the past. 1:15 What do we not Brainstorm problems areas. All agree on? How to What are the disagreements? get to success. Separate into groups to discuss issues. 1:45 Practice makes Small group sessions to explore All perfect - exploring areas of concern. Propose local "hot" issues actions for consideration. (10 max each group), each group addresses one of the issues, ID areas of agreement/disagreement, develop method to resolve areas of disagreement, whole group re-convenes, issue presenters reports back to main group on progress made.

2:30 Break 2:45 Practice makes Small group sessions to explore All perfect - exploring areas of concern. Propose local "hot" issues actions for consideration. (10 (cont’d) max each group), each group addresses one of the issues, ID areas of agreement/disagreement, develop method to resolve areas of disagreement, whole group re-convenes, issue presenters reports back to main group on progress made.

3:00 SmallGroup 10-15 minutes of presentation Each Group Response and discussion for each group 4:00 Where to go from Personal Commitment to make Agency Leader here? it work. Panel of agency panel: leaders make specific Virgil Moore commitment on how they will Mark Madrid implement better collaboration between agencies. 4:45 Wrap-up and Commitment for each All inspirational send- participant on one item they off will accomplish to develop better working relations between agencies, or a cooperative project. 5:00 Adjourn