Governor's Upper Yellowstone River Task Force
August 20, 2002 Meeting Agenda
7:00 pm

Yellowstone Inn, 1515 W. Park
Livingston, Montana

I            Introductions

II           Review previous minutes from July 23, 2002 meeting

III          Financial Updates
              Grant Spending Report

IV          Decision-Making Processes / Formulating Management Recommendations

  1. Review of Task Force-approved Consensus Decision-Making Process (Steps 1 – 4)
  2. Subcommittee’s List: Task Force Issues, and Competing Values & Uses  (Michelle Goodwine, Bob Wiltshire, Ellen Woodbury)           
    How do these fit under Task Force purpose/goals?
  3. Subcommittee’s Standardized Questions (for research team formal presentations)  (Roy Aserlind, Doug Ensign, Terri Marceron, Jim Woodhull)
    Are additional questions needed for the integrated research discussions.
  4. Additional Processes to be discussed (?)
    Integration of Science
    Recommendation Development

V         TAC Issues

            Format for reports and presentations

VI        Outreach and Education Activities Updates
            Christie Todd Whitman tour, August 7
            Federation of Fly Fishers, August 10
            Park City Utah Summer Tour, August 14 & 15

           September 18, 2002:  2nd Socio-Economic Public Meeting
           7:00 pm, Yellowstone Inn;  EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!
           Educational Packages:  permitting, SAMP, others (?)

VII      Schedule Next Task Force Meetings

            Next Task Force meetings:
            September 19, 2002, Thursday—Presentation #1. Watershed Land Use
           Assessment
           October 2002—Presentation #2.  Socio-Economic Assessment
           November 2002—Presentation #3. Hydrology/Hydraulics Study
           December 2002—Presentation #4.  Geomorphology Study

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