Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Linda Starr on August 7, 2020
Gila National Forest Revision Plan
April 13, 2020 – April 14, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 2 |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 8 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: Sierra Club of Rio Grande Valley, The Wilderness Society, NM Wild
Landscape/area: Gila National Forest (2658322 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Advocacy actions (3 letters/postcards)
Short Description of Activity
This activity took place over two days because we prepared our comments using Google Docs and tried to get together for co-editing and review before sending out our own comments as well as comments from our Broadband. We also reviewed the webinars to check our facts. Then there was the time it took to write, organize our ideas and file our report to the Gila National Forest website.
Reflection/Evaluation
It went amazingly well to get it done and find agreement and met the goals of sending our letters in by deadline. This is a delightful area to write about but there are so many factors to consider on a forest revision plan that included wilderness and wild and scenic river recommendations. Susan and I worked together again for our comments on the Lincoln National Forest later.