Carl Rountree, Assistant Director Chris McAlear, Deputy Assistant Director

National 15-Year Strategy & Implementation Plan Budget Planning and Allocation Budget Justifications State 3-Year Strategies & Implementation Plans Manager’s Report On-the-ground Accomplishments

Organized around 4 Themes 1.Conserve, Protect, Restore 2.Collaborative Management 3.Raising Public Awareness 4.Commitment to Conservation

Policy Development and Implementation (Goal 1A) Science (Goals 1B,1C,1D) On-the-ground Actions (Goals 1A through 1F) Management across Boundaries (Goal 2A) Conservation Values in Land Use Planning & Project Review (Goal 2A) Community Based Recreation & Tourism (Goal 2D) Communication and Outreach (Goal 3A) Partnerships and Volunteers (Goal 3B,3C,3D) Veterans and Youth Engagement and Employment (Goal 3B,3C,3D, 3E) Internal Communication (Goal 4A) Policy Coordination (Goal 4B) National and State Strategy Integration (Goal 4C) Conserve, Protect, Restore Collaborative Management Raising Public Awareness Commitment to Conservation Theme 1Theme 2Theme 3Theme 4 N ATIONAL I MPLEMENTATION P LAN FY

Policy Development and Implementation  10 Manuals and supplemental guidance  Develop curricula (FY ) On the Ground Actions  Develop NM/NCA Assessment Tools  Effective Performance Measures 5

Science  Science Grant Program (FY2013 and continuing)  Unit Science Plans  Assessment, Inventory, & Monitoring (AIM) 6

Management Across Boundaries: Regional landscape initiatives  BLM’s draft Climate Change Strategy  Sage Grouse Plan Amendments (ongoing)  Wilderness Monitoring (ongoing)  LWCF Acquisitions 7

Conservation Values in Land Use Planning and Project Review  Integration of policy into proposed land use plans and environmental analysis (NEPA) for projects  More thorough review of RMPs and NEPA  Landscape scale approach to land use planning  NM/NCA RMP development 8

Community Based Recreation and Tourism  GSENM Tourism Projects  Facilitate responsible recreation use  Enhance understanding of economic benefits of National Conservation Lands 9

Communication and Outreach  50 th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act  Oh Ranger! publication featuring BLM-CA  Making better use of technology: webinars and Social Media (e.g. Tumblr, Pinterest, Yonder) 10

Partnerships and Volunteers  BLM’s National Partnership Strategy (Jan. 2014)  Greater use of partnerships; increased volunteer engagement  Liability Guidance for Volunteers and Partners 11

Veteran Engagement and Employment  Sierra Club Mission Outdoors MOU  Veterans Action Plan development  SCA Field School development 12

Youth Engagement and Employment  National Education, Interpretation, and Youth Engagement Strategy and Implementation Plan  Junior Explorer booklet series; Hands-on-the Lands program at conservation units  21 st Century Conservation Service Corps 13

Internal Communication Plan  Enhance internal communication through training, detail opportunities, and employee orientation  Internal and external meetings and conferences Policy Coordination  Foster interdisciplinary manual development National and State Strategy Implementation  Use National and State Strategies/Implementation Plans to inform budget development 14

“…the future is the path ahead, and the present is the choice of the path we take.” ~ Anonymous

 Policy Curricula development & Training  Science Integration & Enhancement  BLM Director’s Report  Citizen Science Initiative

 Conservation Land Assessments  Planning 2.0 – Landscape-Scale Planning  Regional/Off-Site Mitigation  Tourism/Closer Community Involvement

 Visual Identity Project – “Similar Look & Feel”  Conservation Lands Poster Series

 Delegated Authority Policy  Stable NM/NCA staffing  Greater, More Aggressive In-Reach

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