Wildlife Panel Forum Discussion
We know that many of you were unable to attend the Forest Plan Forum. Those who did attend had a great time discussing a variety of topics related to forest management. It was a very informative event. We hope that we can continue the discussions that the Forum stimulated in this online forum. I am creating a blog area for each panel.
We hope you will continue the open discussion from the Wildlife Panel here.
The wildlife panel for the Forum was Bruce Bonebrake, Greg McGregor, Steve Flinders, Wayne Hoskisson. Topics that were on the table for the panel included T&E, Species of Interest, Species of Concern, hunting, combined forage pressure (wildlife & domestic livestock), restoration/introduction, etc..
Each panelist shared their particular point of view prior to the general discussion. We hope that the panelists will take a few minutes and post a comment sharing their perspective with the broader blog community (many of which were unable to attend the Forum).
Questions posed to the panel from the other participants fell into the following topic areas:
• Management for the future, for historical conditions, or something else?
• Beaver management.
• Role of citizen panels.
• Partnerships for improving habitat.
• Surrogate species for each major habitat.