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Indicator: 1
[Output]
Measurements in/of Recommendations Made
Relationships: Department of the Interior - Narrower_Than
Other Information:
Boise District Resource Advisory Council
| Type |
Target |
Actual |
| StartDate |
2010-10-01 |
2010-10-01 |
| EndDate |
2011-09-30 |
2011-09-30 |
| Number |
n/a |
122 |
| Description |
Unspecified |
The Boise RAC provided 50 recommendations in FY 2011. There were several that were received during each of the quarterly meetings
that were not conveyed formally, during discussions with decision makers, as well as formal recommendations. At the first
meeting on 02-03-2011, ten recommendations and 13 Action Items, resulting from the February 1-2 Symposium, were forwarded
to BLM, addressing the area for a pilot project east of Boise. They include: development of fuel breaks; use of the full suite
of fuel reduction tools including targeted grazing; after fuel breaks are established, begin to restore the sagebrush community;
establish the project as a showcase for fuels reductions and vegetation manipulation techniques for use throughout the District,
Idaho and the Great Basin; undertake an educational campaign to garner public support for the project; begin monitoring and
adaptive management protocols to determine and document the effectiveness of the efforts, and to safeguard other resource
values such as LEPA habitat and wildlife winter range; other areas within the Four Rivers Field Office should be authorized
for development of fuel/fire management projects; and the RAC sees the ongoing decline in resource values as requiring urgent
response, seeking on-the-ground changes within two years. At the March 2011 meeting, a series of recommendations from the
Payette River System Working Group were endorsed by the full The Boise RAC provided 50 recommendations in FY 2011. There were
several that were received during each of the quarterly meetings that were not conveyed formally, but during informal discussions
with BLM decision makers. At the February meeting, ten recommendations and 13 action items were suggested by the RAC. One
recommendation was a result if the Fire Symposium. This suggestion related to the area for a pilot project east of Boise.
The other recommendations include: development of fuel breaks; use of the full suite of fuel reduction tools including targeted
grazing; the establishment of after fuel breaks to begin to restore the sagebrush community; the establishment of a project
as a showcase for fuels reductions and vegetation manipulation techniques for use throughout the District, Idaho, and the
Great Basin, which includes the pursuit of an educational campaign to garner public support for the project; the institution
of monitoring and adaptive management protocols to determine and document the effectiveness of efforts to safeguard other
resource values such as Lepa habitat and wildlife winter range. Other recommendations include authorizing other areas within
the BLM’s Four Rivers Field Office to develop fuel/fire management projects and raising the urgency of the ongoing decline
in resource values. The RAC is seeking on-the-ground changes within two years. At the March meeting, a series of recommendations
from the Payette River System Working Group were endorsed by the full RAC and forwarded to the BLM and U.S. Forest Service
(USFS) on how annual proceeds are spent from fee collection by the USFS for improvements to amenities along the river system.
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