Medicine Bow Routt National Forests And Thunder Basin National

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Medicine Bow- Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National
Grassland
Susbainability Operations Team Charter
May 2006-2008.
The purpose of this document is to charter the Sustainable Operations
Team for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin
National Grassland (MBR).
The Sustainable Operations Team will be composed of Priscilla Foster,
Melissa Miller, Mike Ross, and Mike Wheeler. Team members will serve
for one year at a time and be expected to spend not more than one day
a month on sustainable operations activities. This team will remain in
effect until October 1, 2008. At that time the Forest Supervisor will
decide if the team should be re-chartered.
Sustainable operations practices are those practices, which increase
the environmental stewardship of day-to-day operational decisions such
as water and energy conservation, fleet and transportation management,
and waste prevention and recycling. The Team will concentrate on
promoting cost-effective energy and resource-efficient day to day
operations which support the land management activities of MBR. The
role of the Team will include:
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Selecting within their number a chair to organize meetings and to
serve as liaison with the FLT.
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Recommending short term and long term sustainability goals for the
Forest. Making recommendations to the Forest Supervisor and FLT to
meet Forest sustainable operations goals.
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Maintaining the Forest Sustainable Operations web-page including
the suggestions page with suggested, approved and accomplished
actions.
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Providing information and technical guidance to the Forest units
on matters related to sustainable operations.
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Serving as a forum for exchange of information and ideas between
Forest units about sustainable operations.
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Developing a Forest-wide baseline from which resource impacts
would be reduced.
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Developing a strategy for identify transportation issues on the
Forest and potential solutions.
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Develop a program that fosters the use of environmentally friendly
products, from procurement of products to their use, application,
and disposal.
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Develop employee, visitor and community education information
products to communicate sustainable operations principles and
goals.
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Implement waste stream reduction (recycling, composting, etc) and
pollution prevention activities.
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Developing monitoring, inventory and assessment protocols for
operational activities.
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Maintain a record of Forest sustainable operations activities to
facilitate upward reporting.
The Sustainable Operations Team will seek to better the understanding
of the interrelationship between energy use, economics, and
environmental impacts and, through leadership and example, work to
educate and guide others connected to Forest Service operations in
reducing expenditures, while simultaneously advancing the principles
of sustainability.
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Forest Supervisor Date