Decision public outreach projects

Projects

Giant Sequoia National Monument outreach, California, Summer 2008 - Winter 2011

InfoHarvest, working with Fox Mediation is providing public engagement support for the Giant Sequoia National Monument management plan revision..

• Report: With Carie Fox, wrote and submitted to USIECR the collaboration Report Face-to-Face and Internet Collaboration for the Giant Sequoia National Monument in Summer 2011. Awaiting for go-ahead to post it.
• DEIS: Created the Value and Interests-based Explorer to engage citizens in exploring the Draft EIS that was published for comment in the Fall of 2010.
• Scoping: provided a test drive the Value and Interests-based Explorer at gsnmvibe.ecr.gov.

• Pre-scoping: provided an innovative, context-centric comment gathering web application for the pre-scoping phase of the

Background documents on MCDS and Comment Analysis in Public Outreach

• Introduction to MCDS Part 1 A short video on creating a decision framework (link to a new page with a short video)
• An introduction to using MCDS in ECR ECR MCDS Final.pdf (PDF 3.2 MB Right click link to save it)
• Public Comment as a learning System Comment Analysis DOI Conf 2010 final.pdf (PDF 2.13 MB Right click link to save it)
• Collaborative Comment Analysis for NEPA projects NAEP comment analysis v1.pdf (PDF 0.2 MB Right click link to save it)
• Lessons learnt analysis of technology and public engagement in WOPR project WOPR (web) report.pdf (PDF 1.34MB Right click to save it}

Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan Revision support, South West US, Spring 2008 - Fall 2010

InfoHarvest supported the Redlands Institute in providing threats-based spatial decision support for the Desert Tortoise Recovery plan revision . The work was performed in partnership with the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution for the Desert Tortoise Recovery Office.

Western Oregon Forest Plan Revision outreach, Oregon, Fall 2006 - Winter 2008

InfoHarvest co-founded the Daylight Decision consortium with Fox Mediation to provide an innovative public outreach approach for the DEIS comment stage of the Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR). The work was done in partnership with the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution for the Oregon State Office of the Bureau of Land management.

CCWES Service District#1 Wastewater Treatment plant siting, Oregon, Summer 2006

InfoHarvest first teamed with Fox Mediation to engage the public in a wastewater treatment plant site selection decision. The work was done for the Water Environmental Services division of Clackamas County, Oregon.