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context for speaker. MODERN ISSUES REQUIRE A NEW APPROACH Social: Health & Wellness and Connections of our Citizens to Forests Environmental: Natural & Cultural Resource Protection Economic: Community Economic Stability & Employment and Agency Fiscal Sustainability.

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  2. MODERN ISSUES REQUIRE A NEW APPROACH • Social: Health & Wellness and Connections of our Citizens to Forests • Environmental: Natural & Cultural Resource Protection • Economic: Community Economic Stability & Employment and Agency Fiscal Sustainability

  3. “Perhaps the rebuilding of body and spirit is the greatest service derivable from our forests, for what worth are material things if we lose the character and quality of people that are the soul of America?” Arthur Carhart.

  4. Connect people with their natural and cultural heritage • Promote healthy lifestyles • Recognize interconnections of sustainability • Cultivate community engagement • Manage national forest and grasslands as part of a larger landscape • Integrate recreation more deeply into Forest Service mission

  5. Restore and Adapt Settings • Implement Green Operations • Enhance Communities • Invest in Special Places • Forge Strategic Partnerships • Promote Citizen Stewardship • Know our Visitors, Community Stakeholders and Other Recreation Providers • Provide the Right Information • Develop a Sustainable Financial Foundation • Develop Our Workforce

  6. Restore and Adapt Settings • Implement Green Operations

  7. Enhance Communities • Invest in Special Places

  8. Forge Strategic Partnerships • Promote Citizen Stewardship

  9. Know our Visitors, Community Stakeholders and Other Recreation Providers • Provide the Right Information • Develop a Sustainable Financial Foundation • Develop Our Workforce

  10. APPROACH TO FOREST AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT • Community Focus & Collaborative Approach • Guiding Philosophy is Core Principles • Foundation in Focus Areas • Connections through RecLink

  11. WORKING ACROSS LANDSCAPES IS POWERFUL • Forest Service can be part of a larger solution, share challenges and resources with partners • COLLABORATION IS ORGANIC • Formed at local level and can be built upon existing community efforts

  12. POSSIBLITIES VS. CONSTRAINTS • Perspective results in surprising energy and outcomes for all parties • ENERGY SURROUNDING PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES • Staff involved see benefits of collaboration and outcomes that have resulted

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