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Thanks for the interesting post Dean, here’s my two cents on the dialogue…
The ‘loose-leaf notebook’ idea touches on a number of issues, the first being that of planning scales. In a simplified view we aspire to at least three different planning scales right now for refuges: broad (landscape), medium (CCP – depending on the unit size), and site-specific (step-down plans). In a perfect world, each would have the mechanisms in place for dedicated planning efforts and the resulting documents would guide actions at that given scale – and nestle agreeably with the others. The challenges become providing that structure as the Service’s approach to planning evolves, and dedicating sufficient resources to each planning effort.
The ‘loose-leaf notebook’ concept also touches on the issue of planning cycle length. A part of me believes that the adaptive planning model makes it limiting to specify the number of years between planning efforts; the other part of me knows that without a deadline it is easy to put off the planning indefinitely or leave the products incomplete. The challenge is again to find the appropriate balance of structure.
A third issue that arises in the ‘loose-leaf notebook’ concept is that of archiving refuge information resources. I am amazed at how much amazing information (plans, research, surveys, narratives, and so forth) is created over the years for refuges. It would be highly beneficial to better catalog, organize, and provide access to these resources. I am encouraged that this is one of the intentions of the new Natural Resources Program Center in Fort Collins.
In reply to - Dean Granholm posted an update in the group Planning (Recommendation 1) : Recently, I reviewed the Planning Implementation Team’s final work plan. I was happy to see many of the deliverables focused on planning versus plans. Too often the emphasis has been on the CCP. This obscures the conversation. The plan is the product that documents the planning [...] · View -
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