Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on September 30, 2019
Cibola NF Plan Revision public meeting – Mountainair RD
August 27, 2019
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0.5 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 5 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 11 |
Key Issue: Landscape-level Planning
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: Forest Service Personnel, SWCD, Land Grant members and Tribal members, etc.
Landscape/area: Cibola National Forest (1616435 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Meeting to go over forest plan maps and documents to learn how to effectively comment and advocate for wilderness and healthy public lands. I also spent about 40 minutes talking to one of our Senator’s field representatives about forest wide wilderness possibilities, and why recommended wilderness was the best alternative for protection of the land, wildlife, and watershed.
Reflection/Evaluation
I feel like the time I spent talking to the Sentaor’s field rep. and the two recreation specialists for the Cibola NF was the most useful part of the evening. The Rec specialists were very helpful on how to make my comments about special management areas substantive, and the forest hydrologist and soils specialist was also very useful.