Organized by Rights and Resources Initiative" the United States Forest Service and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation" this meeting was designed to better prepare and inform forest agency officials and civil society organizations to the challenges of forest regulations. It exposed participants to a successful and innovative regulatory model which includes stakeholders and respects inpidual and collective property rights. It promoted improved information sharing among the participants through frank and open dialogue in a small group setting through discussion of broader challenges facing forest agencies.

The tour began in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest with an orientation on the legal and administrative structure and in-depth reviews of Montana’s Best Management Practice system (BMP). The workshop included several field trips to harvesting operations" where particpants learned how logging operations are audited through BMP monitoring in practice" and to tribal lands to understand how federal" state and tribal jurisdictions interact" among other sites.

This year" the meeting brought together participants from countries currently carrying out forest or tenure reforms" such as Bolivia" Brazil" Cameroon" Laos" Liberia" Nepal and Peru. 

          

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Resources:

• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Map of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
• Synopsis

 Presentations:

• Sally Collins & Andy White - Rethinking Forest Regulations: Overview and Introduction
• Angela Mallon - Promoting Stewardship on Family Forest Lands in Montana
• Bob Harrington - Regulation of State and Private Forests in Montana
• Bryan Lorengo - This profession we call Logging
• Gordy Sanders & Roger Ziesak - Rethinking Forest Regulations: Montana's Forestry Best Management Practices
• Gary Burnett - Blackfoot Challenge Part I" Part II" Part III
• Sonya Germann - Forested State Trust Lands: A Geographic Manifestation of Democracy

In the Press:

• Rob Chaney of the Missoulian - International foresters visit Flathead Reservation to study tribes' example