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WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GO
BACK TO EACH PANEL MEMBER AND
THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THEIR
THOUGHTS ON IMPLEMENTING
REGIONAL MITIGATION IN THE BLM.
SO LET'S START WITH KERRY
RODGERS IN D.C.
THANKS, CATHY.
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR
MITIGATION WHICH WE'VE REVIEWED
TODAY PROVIDES FOR USING THE
NEPA PROCESS TO COLLABORATIVELY
AND CREATIVELY DEVELOP
REASONABLE MITIGATION THAT WILL
ADVANCE THE BLM MISSION.
I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO TRACK
AND SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH
THIS NEW APPROACH TO INFORM ALL
OF OUR WORK GOING FORWARD ON THE
LANDSCAPE SCALE.
THANKS FOR ATTENDING.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US,
KERRY.
GLORIA TIBBETTS, FINAL THOUGHTS.
YEAH, THIS NEW INTERIM POLICY
IS REALLY MORE OF AN INNOVATIVE
APPROACH.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BLM TO
REMAIN INNOVATIVE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD AND STAY CURRENT WITH
THE CHANGING WORLD.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO
REMEMBER THOUGH IS WE TRY TO
INNOVATE WITH NEW APPROACHES TO
MITIGATION IS TO ENSURE THAT
THEY'RE BOTH REASONABLE AND
RELEVANT AS THE CEQ REMINDS US.
TO NOT COME UP WITH SOMETHING
THAT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF
OUTSIDE THE BOX SO FAR THAT IT
IS NOT REALISTIC.
THEN THE OTHER THING, OF COURSE
TO REMEMBER IS THAT MAKE SURE
THAT YOUR STAFF AND YOUR OFFICE
HAS THE RESOURCES AND THE
CAPACITY TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS
OF THAT MITIGATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT IF WE'RE COMING
UP WITH NEW IDEAS THAT WE MAKE
SURE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN
THE END.
THANKS, GLORIA.
HOW ABOUT MIKE?
MIKE DWYER?
I GUESS TWO QUICK THINGS.
I THINK ONE THING WE EXPERIENCE
IN DRY LAKE WAS WHEN WE INVITED
IN STAKEHOLDERS TO BE PART OF
THE PROCESS, I THINK WE WERE ALL
A LITTLE SURPRISED WE HAD 80
PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE FIRST
MEETING.
REPRESENTING LOTS OF PARTNERS
AND NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
AND A LOT OF THEM STAYED WITH US
THE WHOLE WAY AND REALLY, AS I
MENTIONED, THEY GAVE US... THEY
WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
PROCESS.
IT WAS REALLY FUN AND
INTERESTING AND A PLEASURE TO
WORK WITH ALL OF THOSE
STAKEHOLDERS.
THE OTHER IS I THINK THIS... AS
I MENTIONED, THIS WHOLE PROCESS
MOVES US JUST A LITTLE CLOSER TO
ACHIEVING OUR MULTIPLE USE
MANDATE OF MAKING USE OF
RESOURCE BUT DOING IT IN A WAY
AS NEIL MENTIONED, THAT'S
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND
DOESN'T PERMANENTLY IMPAIR THE
PRODUCTIVITY OF THE LAND.
THANKS, MIKE.
AND FINALLY, JIM PERRY.
WELL, BUILD A ROAD, RE-CLAIM
A ROAD.
A LOT OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE
WITH IMPLEMENTING OFFSITE
MITIGATION.
HECK, I WAS DOING THIS OVER 13
YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN THE
FIELD.
SO WHAT THE CHANGE IS WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO BUILD A ROAD,
RE-CLAIM A LANDSCAPE.
OKAY.
THINK MORE BROADLY.
THINK BIG PICTURE.
ANTICIPATE, PREPLAN SO WE'RE NOT
HOLDING UP THE PERMITTING
PROCESS.
IT SHOULD BE ROUTINE.
THERE ARE SO MANY LESSONS
LEARNED OUT THERE.
WE HEARD ABOUT DRY LAKE.
THERE'S MANY OTHER LESSONS
LEARNED.
I'VE RECEIVED A LOT FROM YOU.
WE'LL PUT IT UP ON THE PLANNING
SHARE POINT.
WE'RE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
YOUR EDITS TO THE REGIONAL
MITIGATION MANUAL IN ADDITION TO
EXAMPLES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ATTENDING TODAY.
THANKS, JIM.
AND AS WITH OUR OTHER PLANNING
NEPA FORUM BROADCASTS, THIS
PROGRAM WILL BE POSTED TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTER WEB
SITE THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT SIX
TIMES AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY BOOKMARKED THE LINK, THE
EASIEST WAY TO FIND IT IS TO DO
AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR NTC KRC
MITIGATION AND IT WILL BE POSTED
THERE.
OUR NEXT BROADCAST, LIKE I
MENTIONED EARLIER, WILL BE ON
ONSITE MITIGATION ON JANUARY 30,
2014 IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.
I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US
FOR THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON
ONSITE MITIGATION, PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO SEND THEM TO ME ANY TIME
AND WE'LL ANSWER THEM IN
JANUARY.
IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED, THIS IS
FOR THE BLM FOLKS.
IF YOU REGISTERED IN DOI LEARN
FOR THIS BROADCAST, YOU'LL GET
AN EVALUATION E-MAIL FROM
METRICS THAT MATTERS TO LET US
KNOW HOW WE DIDIUS... DID
BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS ARE
HELPING US.
THE MORE DETAILED AND SPECIFIC
YOU ARE, THE BETTER WE CAN
RESPOND.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JIM PERRY,
MIKE DWYER, GLORIA TIBBETTS,
KERRY RODGERS, GORDON TOEVS AND
NEIL KORNZE FOR PARTICIPATING
TODAY AND TO OUR LARGER DESIGN
TEAM FOR HELPING US CRAFT THIS
PROGRAM AND THANKS ESPECIALLY TO
YOU, OUT THERE, THE AUDIENCE FOR
WATCHING, LISTENING, LEARNING
ABOUT APPLYING A REGIONAL
APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING OFFSITE
MITIGATION FOR BLM PROJECTS.
THANKS A LOT.
SO LONG.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.