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Memorandum

Date:

July 13, 2004

To:

Regional Interagency Executive Committee (see attached distribution list)

From:

/s/Anne Badgley, Executive Director

Subject:

REGIONAL INTERAGENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA & PREWORK – 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – July 21, 2004

 

Enclosed please find a proposed agenda and pre-work for the July 21, 2004 Regional Interagency Executive Committee (RIEC) breakfast meeting which will be held in the Florence Events Center, in Florence, Oregon. The breakfast meeting will be held in conference rooms 4 and 5 at 7:00 a.m. and followed by the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee meeting at 8:00 a.m. Cost for the catered breakfast, including gratuity, will be $10.00 (please bring exact change).

Primary topics to be discussed at this meeting include:

If you have any questions regarding this material, please contact your REO Representative, Kath Collier (503-808-2179), or me (503-808-2165). I look forward to seeing you at this meeting.

Enclosures:

1 – July Agenda and Pre-Work Materials (2pp)

cc: Presenters, REO Staff

1968/kc

 

Distribution List for RIEC

Dave Allen, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Terry Rabot, US Fish & Wildlife Service (Alt)
Elaine M. Brong, Bureau of Land Management
Mike Mottice, Bureau of Land Management (Alt)
Jon Jarvis, National Park Service
Rory Westberg, National Park Service (Alt)
Linda Goodman, Forest Service
Jim Golden, Forest Service (Alt)
Bob Graham, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Dianne Guidry, Natural Resources Conservation Service (Alt)
Col. Richard W. Hobernicht, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Curt Loop, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Alt)
Anne Kinsinger, USGS Western Region
Dave Busch, USGS/REO (Alt)
Robert Lohn, NOAA Fisheries
Mike Crouse, NOAA Fisheries (Alt)
Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, Western Ecology Division, EPA
Dan McKenzie, Western Ecology Division, EPA (Alt)

Dave Powers, Environmental Protection Agency
Dan Opalski, Environmental Protection Agency (Alt)
Stan M. Speaks, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Alex Whistler, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Alt)
Tom Quigley, Pacific Northwest Station, Forest Service
Cindi West, Pacific Northwest Station, Forest Service (Alt)

California Federal Executives

Kent Connaughton, Forest Service
Kathy Anderson, Forest Service (Alt)
Steve Thompson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
John Engbring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Alt)
Phil Detrich, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Alt)
Michael Pool, Bureau of Land Management
Paul Roush, Bureau of Land Management (Alt)
Jim Sedell, Pacific Southwest Station, Forest Service
Garland Mason, Pacific Southwest Station, Forest Service (Alt) 

Regional Interagency Executive Committee

July 21, 2004 Agenda

Florence Events Center, Conference Rooms 4 & 5

Time

Topics

Purpose

Presenter

7:00 a.m.

Welcome

  • Introductions
  • Agenda Review

 

House- keeping

Linda Goodman
Facilitator

7:10

BLM Plan Revisions

Update

Elaine Brong

7:25

Use of New Information in a Biological Opinion

Overview

Dave Allen (FWS)

7:40

Review of the IAC Field Trip

Update/ Discussion

Anne Badgley

7:45

Closing

  • Future meeting dates & topics

Update
Feedback

Facilitator

7:50

Adjourn

    

 

2

AGENDA TOPIC OVERVIEWS

Topic: UPDATE ON BLM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN REVISIONS

Presenter/Sponsor: Elaine Brong, BLM

REO Contact: Debbie Pietrzak (BLM)

Issue Statement: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon is beginning a process to revise resource management plans (RMPs) within the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) area.

Background: The BLM is beginning a process to revise RMPs for the six districts in western Oregon covered by the NWFP. Plan revisions for the Coos Bay, Eugene, Medford, Roseburg, Salem, and Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview District are scheduled concurrently. A brief overview of the following topics will be presented:

  • Status of the eighth year RMP evaluations
  • Draft RMP revision schedule
  • Opportunities to be a cooperator during the RMP revision process
  • Potential models for use in development of RMP landscape objectives

Additional, detailed information regarding the RMP revision process is scheduled for presentation to the RIEC later this year.

Action Required: [ X ] Information

Topic: USE OF NEW INFORMATION IN A BIOLOGICAL OPINION

Presenter/Sponsor: Dave Allen, FWS

REO Contact: Jay Watson (FWS Rep)

Issue Statement: New and updated biological and management information is being compiled for the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Northern Spotted Owl and Marbled Murrelet 5-year status reviews. This information will be used to ensure that the designations under the Endangered Species Act are accurate.

Action Required: [ X ] Information

Topic: REVIEW OF IAC FIELD TRIP

Presenter/Sponsor: Anne Badgley, REO

Issue Statement: This time was set aside for committee members to review and discuss the field trip. Members may want to consider strategies to employ for future field trips, should they be desired.

Action Required: [ X ] Discussion and Assignments as needed