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Draft Approach for Managing Forested Watershed Lands <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />foundation for prioritizing our forested land for management and for developing the <br />Forest Stewardship Plans. <br />2. Prioritize Forested Stands for Management – Based on the guiding principles, OWASA <br />would prioritize its forested stands for management. <br />3. Evaluate 2010 Forest Stewardship Plan for highest priority forested stands against the <br />guiding principles. This evaluation would be done in the priority order established in the <br />second step. Staff proposes beginning this evaluation with approximately the top 10 <br />percent of forested stands. <br />4. Update the Forest Stewardship Plans for the prioritized forested stands as needed to <br />align with the guiding principles in priority order. <br />5. Adopt Forest Stewardship Plans for the prioritized forested stands. <br />6. Implement Final Plans – Each Plan would be implemented based on information <br />included in the final Plan. <br /> <br />Proposed Next Steps <br /> <br />Staff suggests the following next steps: <br /> <br />1. Staff modifies the framework based on NRTS Committee feedback. <br />2. Staff and the Committee present the framework to the Board of Directors for <br />concurrence; at this meeting the Board should also provide guidance to staff on whether <br />they would like the full Board or a Committee to review a draft CEP. <br />3. Staff draft a CEP and show opportunities for community engagement in the various <br />components of the draft framework and bring this to the Board or a Committee for <br />discussion as directed in Step 2. <br /> <br />