Three Forests Coalition
Steering Committee and Working Groups
STEERING COMMITTEE
Wayne Hoskisson (Sierra Club, Utah Chapter)
wyh@xmission.com
Kevin Mueller (Utah Environmental Congress)
kevin@uec-utah.org
Mary O達rien (Grand Canyon Trust)
mob@uoregon.edu
Terry Shepherd (Red Rock Forests)
terry@redrockforests.org
WORKING GROUPS AND CONTACT/FACILITATOR
[Note: The facilitator of each Working Group oversees scheduling of Working Group phone conferences, preparation of Working Group reports to Steering Committee, and appropriate communication with other Working Groups.]
Dixie/Fishlake NF Plan
[Tracks and plans Coalition participation in the Dixie/Fishlake Plan process; is submitting a Sustainable Multiple Use Alternative]
Kevin Mueller (Utah Environmental Congress)
kevin@uec-utah.org
Manti-La Sal NF Plan
[Tracks and plans strategic participation in the Manti-La Sal Plan process; is submitting a Sustainable Multiple Use Alternative]
Wayne Hoskisson (Sierra Club, Utah Chapter)
wyh@xmission.com
Dixie/Fishlake NFs Oil/Gas EIS
[Tracks and participates in the EIS process; a Final EIS will include the Coalition Alternative]
Terry Shepherd (Red Rock Forests)
terry@redrockforests.org
Dixie NF Travel Plan
[Tracks and plans strategic participation in the ORV EIS process; Draft EIS has not been developed]
Wayne Y. Hoskisson (Sierra Club, Utah Chapter)
wyh@xmission.com
Fishlake NF ORV Route EIS
[Tracks and plans Coalition participation in the ORV EIS process; has submitted a Sustainable Multiple Use Alternative; Final EIS is next step]
Tim Peterson (Great Old Broads for Wilderness)
tim@greatoldbroads.org
Fishlake NF Tushar Range Two Cattle Allotment Collaboration [formerly Tushar Range Eight-Allotment Cattle EIS]
[Tracks and participates in the EIS process; a Final EIS will include the Coalition Alternative]
Mary O達rien (Grand Canyon Trust)
mob@uoregon.edu
Manti-La Sal NF 31-Allotment Sheep Grazing Term Permit Final EIS
[Tracks and participates in the EIS process; Final EIS was withdrawn upon Coalition Appeal; second Final EIS due at end of 2006]
Mary O達rien (Grand Canyon Trust)
mob@uoregon.edu
Manti-La Sal NF Travel Plan
[Tracks and plans participation in M-LS NF travel planning processes (e.g., Moab-Monticello District]
Terry Shepherd (Red Rock Forests)
terry@redrockforests.org
Moab Face Project Manti-La Sal NF
[Addresses any of the 17 vegetation treatment projects that spin off from the Moab Face Project on the west-facing slopes of the La Sal Mountains. Multiple projects of unclear purpose]
Terry Shepherd (Red Rock Forests)
terry@redrockforests.org
"Stories" Working Group
[Develops process for recruiting, editing, and publishing on the website non-advocacy stories about the native plants, animals, ecosystem processes, geology, history, etc., of the three Forests --
what is special about the Forests]
Mary O達rien (Grand Canyon Trust)
mob@uoregon.edu
Reference Areas
[Plans for identification and designation of reference areas for all major vegetation types on all three Forests]
Mary O達rien (Grand Canyon Trust)
mob@uoregon.edu
Beaver Restoration
[Examines ecological, political, and social potential for restoring this keystone species in the Forests]
Mary O達rien (Grand Canyon Trust)
mob@uoregon.edu
Wilderness/Roadless
[Advocate for wilderness/roadless area recommendations and protections in the forest planning process; work on what will be submitted to the three Forests for their plans]
Steve Smith (The Wilderness Society)
steve_smith@tws.org
Outreach Working Group
[Develop systematic outreach to media, non-traditional groups]
Jim Catlin (Wild Utah Project)
wup@xmission.com