Intergovernmental Advisory Committee
333 SW 1st
P.O. Box 3623
Portland, Oregon 97208-3623
Phone: 503-808-2165 FAX: 503-808-2163

              Memorandum

Date:     June 17, 1998

To:         Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Members (See Distribution List)

From:     Donald R. Knowles, Executive Director

Subject:  July 1998 Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Proposed Agenda

Enclosed is a proposed agenda for the July 16 Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting. Essentially, I am suggesting that you consider two agenda topics (How to improve coordination and collaboration with state, tribal, and local governments as they seek to implement management approaches that support or complement the goals of the NFP and Future IAC agendas), that you then talk among yourselves prior to the meeting, and that we spend the first two hours of the July 16 meeting agreeing on our agenda for that day.

Three goals were set for this meeting during discussion at the February 5 IAC meeting:

1. Discuss refocusing efforts of the IAC on "Integrating the NFP into the Management Landscape."
2. Review the desired relationship between the IAC and Provincial Advisory Committees.
3. Work on member-to-member relationships.

I have proposed these two agenda topics as a way to help us achieve these goals. I am asking that before the meeting, each of the three non-Federal members representing a governmental interest (i.e., the three tribal IAC representatives, the three county representatives, and the three state representatives) talk to each other and come to the July 16 meeting prepared to discuss these topics, or alternatively to offer agenda topics of their own. I've asked Linda Kucera to contact the non-Federal members and set up conference call times and lines.

Logistics reminder: the July 16 meeting will be in the Training Room at the Bonneville Dam, Oregon. The Bonneville Dam is at Exit 40 on Interstate 84, about a 45 minute drive east from Portland. The meeting will be a work session of the members, without REO staff. Additional logistical and pre-meeting material will be mailed in advance of the meeting.

If you have questions or suggestion about the meeting agenda, please contact Linda Kucera at 503-808-2179, your agency representative, or Don Knowles at 503-808-2166.

Enclosure

cc: REO Representatives

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Date: June 17, 1998

Subject: Proposed Agenda Items for the July 16 IAC Meeting

Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Distribution List

California
Mark Stanley, California Resource Agency, State Representative (Acting)
Francie Sullivan, Representative of California Counties

Oregon
Paula Burgess, Assistant to the Governor for Natural Resources, Office of the Governor
Rocky McVay, Representative of Oregon Counties

Washington
Craig Partridge, Federal Agency Liaison, State Representative
Harvey Wolden, Representative of Washington Counties

Tribes
Greg Blomstrom, Planning Forester, CA Indian Forest & Fire Management Council
Mel Moon, Commissioner, NW Indian Fisheries Commission
Gary Morishima, Technical Advisor, Intertribal Timber Council

Federal Agencies
Rosendo Trevino III, Acting Regional Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service
John D. Buffington, Western Region Chief Biologist, BRD, U.S. Geological Survey
Ken Feigner, Director, Forest and Salmon Group, Environmental Protection Agency
Thomas J. Mills, Station Director, Forest Service, PNW
Thomas Murphy, Director, Environmental Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency
Stan Speaks, Area Director, Portland Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tom Dwyer, Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
William Stelle, Jr., Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service
William Walters, Deputy Regional Director, National Park Service
Robert W. Williams, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, R-6
Elaine Zielinski, State Director, Oregon/Washington, Bureau of Land Management

California Federal Agencies
Ed Hastey, State Director, California, Bureau of Land Management (Alternate)
William Hogarth, Acting Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service (Alternate)
Ron Jaeger, Area Director, Sacramento Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Michael Spear, Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
G. Lynn Sprague, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, R-5 (Alternate)

Revised for July Meeting - 6/17/98

9:00 Review potential agenda topics, including those proposed below. The IAC will then decide how it wants to allocate the remainder of the day.

11:00 Suggestion: Discuss the two proposed topics:

1. How to improve coordination and collaboration with state, tribal, and local governments as they seek to implement management approaches that support or complement the goals of the Northwest Forest Plan.

• Build on the discussion from the NFP MOU renewal process regarding the role and expectations from provincial level teams (PACs, etc.).
• Clarify (briefly) the operations and expectations from the California IAC subcommittee.

• Based on pre-meeting discussions, the three non-Federal governmental entities (tribes, counties, and states) would suggest future IAC agenda topics. For example, the states could suggest linkages between the IAC and fish efforts; the counties may be more interested in social-economic efforts and job creation topics; and the tribes may be more interested in suggesting additional attention be given to improving consultation. Efforts will be made to agree on future topics.