In Reply To: 8300 (924.2) P EMAIL TRANSMISSION – 3/17/06 Information Bulletin No. MT-2006-034 To: State Management Team From: Deputy State Director, Division of Resources Subject: Recreation/Wilderness Workshop DD: 3/24/06 The Montana/Dakota’s BLM will hold a Recreation/Wilderness Workshop on March 29-31, 2006, in Billings, at the Montana State Office (MSO), in the main conference room (side B). The workshop will start at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 29, and conclude at 12 noon on Friday, March 31, allowing Tuesday and Friday for travel days. Thursday, March 30, the Engineering Workshop will join the Recreation Workshop (sides A and B) to share training information. The primary objective for holding the workshop is in support of benefit-based planning, 1232 fee program, recreation site conditions assessment, travel management, and wilderness study area (WSA) management and monitoring. The first day will focus on WSA IMP training from the Carhart Center, a program on visual resource management, GIS technology, and FAMS systems training provided by the engineering staff for travel management, and a session on the fee audit. The second day will start off with a session from the (WO-250) Recreation Lead, a guest speaker from (WO-250) on the Land and Water Conservation Fund program, and the remaining sessions will be shared with both engineering and recreation staffs with recreation condition assessment and sign training. The third day is devoted to training sessions in the morning for using the RMIS software and Tread Lightly programs. All managers, recreation and park managers, and other staff involved in assisting the recreation program are encouraged to attend. By March 24, 2006, if you have not already done so, please confirm with Chris Miller, if you will participate in the workshop so that a notebook and materials are available for each participant. As a reminder, travel and per diem should be covered by your home office and each attendee should make their own lodging arrangements. There are 15 rooms reserved under “BLM–Recreation-Wilderness” at the Hampton Inn (406-248-4949). Several other motels are within walking distance of the MSO; contact Chris if you need a list of them. You may contact Chris at 406-896-5038 if you have any questions or need further information about the workshop. Signed by: Randy D. Heuscher, Acting DSD, Division of Resources Authenticated by: Kathy Iszler, Staff Assistant (MT-924) 1 Attachment 1-Agenda (3 pp in its entirety) Distribution w/Attm. AFM, Havre FS – 1 AFM, Glasgow FS – 1 |
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