Our Approach: Developing the Assessment & Strategy
- Assemble and review relevant literature/documents to integrate, build upon, and complement other state natural resource assessments and plans
- Constantly improve Web site to facilitate stakeholder exchange
- Identify and collect contact information for stakeholders representing Forestry Groups; Governmental Departments; and Non-Government and Non-Profit Organizations
- Survey stakeholders (using Survey Monkey)
- Organize public meetings/stakeholder input sessions (4 meetings in different locations) to refine issues to be addressed in the Assessment
- Conduct GIS overlay analysis reflective of feedback on Indiana forest issues
- Use the forest issues as a framework to internally draft the Assessment
- Draft Assessment and share with stakeholders for input
- Incorporate stakeholder review comments
- Survey stakeholders regarding strategy development
- Organize public meeting to refine statewide strategy
- Incorporate stakeholder comments on draft Strategy
- Release final statewide strategy (June, 2010)
For more information or to comment on Statewide Forest Resource Assessment & Strategy development, please email stateassessment@dnr.in.gov.