Desired Outcomes

(1)    Learn about key species of interest in project areas

(2)    Review progress on the December 2015 PFC Action Plan

(3)    Discuss summer field trips and whether to hold regular meetings during months with field trips.

Agenda to Achieve Desired Outcomes

10:00 AM    Preliminaries

·  Introductions

·  Desired Outcomes/Agenda

10:15 AM    Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel, latest study and findings, Amanda Goldberg and Courtney Conway

10:45 AM    National Wild Turkey Foundation, what the organization can bring to the table, Mikel Moore

11:00 AM    eDNA monitoring, incorporating procedure into PFC’s watershed health monitoring plan, PFC members and Clayton Nalder

11:45 AM    Action Plan Review—Potential topics:

·       To what extent has PFC addressed issues identified in December 2015?

·       What work is left to be done?

·       How can the recommendation process be streamlined?  A look at revised candidate metrics.

·       Are there things that could be done to help committees work more efficiently and effectively? 

12:00 PM    Brown bag lunch

12:30 PM    Action Plan Review continued

1:30 PM       Break

1:45 PM       Updates and news

·       Huckleberry EIS and CE, Kim Pierson, 5 minutes

·       Summer field trips, 15 minutes

·       Land Use Allocation Committee, 10 minutes

§  Letter to the Regional Office about FS support for collaboratives (from last time)

·       Rick, Kim, and Amie, highlights of the National Restoration Conference? 30 min

·       Feedback on PFC business processes (15 minutes)

3:00 PM       Adjourn

References for the Meeting

·       Action Plan from December 2015 meeting http://www.payetteforestcoalition.org/administrativedocuments.html (Action Plan: PFC Performance Improvement)