Five Easy Steps to Help You Influence National Forest Policy in the Sierra Nevada and the Modoc Plateau
Become informed. Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) encourages you to read Restoring Our Forest Legacy: Blueprint for Sierra Nevada National Forests. In addition, click here to link directly to other documents and web sites with useful information about Sierra Nevada public lands.
Review and comment on the Forest Service's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/sncf/) for the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. The U.S. Forest Service released the Draft EIS for public comment on May 5, 2000. Deadline for public comment is August 11, 2000. Click here for more information about how to comment on the Draft EIS.
Get networked so you can easily learn about late-breaking developments affecting public lands in the Sierra Nevada and the Modoc Plateau. Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) offers a subscribers email service that will provide updates each month, beginning in May 2000, about significant events and opportunities affecting national forests in the Sierra bioregion. Click here to REGISTER for this free email service.
Make your voice heard by participating as much as possible in public meetings, hearings, and workshops sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and other government agencies. A list of these events will be posted here and updated periodically.
Here's the USFS master list for public meetings.
This one is perhaps the most important. It is about effective communication and the development of positive relationships with those you hope to influence.
- Ensure that your voice is a constructive one.
- Remember that an enormous diversity of opinions exists.
- Treat others with respect.
- Listen. Let everyone have his or her say.
- Gather information from credible sources.
- Be a stickler for the facts and always search for the truth in every situation and circumstance.
- Do not let your emotions or your opinions affect your ability to treat others with honesty, integrity, and dignity.
- With all of this in mind, seek what is right and do not be afraid to speak from your heart.
