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PSW Region Wild and Scenic Rivers Management and Section 7 Workshop
12:00 pm October 28 to 12:00 pm, October 30, 2014
Instructors
Mollie Chaudet and Jackie Diedrich
Training Objectives
The goal of this 16-hour course is to increase participants’ understanding of the protection requirements associated with managing a designated wild and scenic river (WSR) and evaluating water resources projects under Section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Act). Specifically, the course will increase participants’ knowledge in:
- The provisions of the Act that guide management
- Contents of a comprehensive river management plan (CRMP)
- Application of the protect and enhance mandate of Section 10(a)
- Process for evaluating a water resources project under Section 7(a)
Who would benefit from participating in this training?
- Agency staff and leadership with responsibility to manage a WSR.
- Other key resource staff whose programs contribute to monitoring and protection of values (e.g., fisheries, hydrology, archaeology), or who propose or implement projects within WSR corridors.
- Environmental analysis team leaders, members and writer-editors responsible for preparation of a CRMP and/or WSR-related resource activities.
Cost
- There is no charge for this training.
- The workshop is open to staff of federal agencies and the State of California.
- For additional information, please contact Christina Boston, USFS PSW Region Wilderness and WSRs Program Leader ([email protected] or 707-562-8837).
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