The Forest Future Technical Steering Committee held a 30 day comment period for the Forest Futures Visioning Process Draft Recommendations. The comment period closed on February 22. People were afforded several ways to provide their input. These included:
- Participation in five public forums where small group discussions were held and notes were taken by facilitators.
- Comment cards collected at the public forums.
- Comments sent by email and US mail to the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration.
- Completion of an online survey administered by the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration
Below are links to the results of comments received by all of these methods. These have been collected and compiled by the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration.
Comments received to the FFVP email address in chronological order:
January 22 - January 24, 2010
January 25 - January 29, 2010
January 29 - February 8, 2010
February 9 - February 13, 2010 (2mb)
February 14 - February 16, 2010 (2mb)
February 16 - February 18, 2010 (1mb)
February 19, 2010 (1.5mb)
February 20, 2010 (4mb)
February 21, 2010
February 22, 2010(1mb) Part 2(1mb) Part 3(2mb) Part 4(4mb)
Part 5(1mb)
DCR Comment Letter
Comments received by US mail:
List of individual letters received by US mail - not yet final
Form letter and list of signers
January 29 - February 4, 2010
February 6 - February 10, 2010
February 11, 2010
February 12 - February 16, 2010
February 18 - February 20, 2010
Comment cards handed in at Public Forums
Index Cards
Notes from public forums: (Note email and contact information has been redacted due to complaints about unsolicited email contact by some individuals)
Public Forum Attendees List
Comments from Westborough Forum
Comments from Pittsfield Forum
Comments from North Adams Forum
Comments from Amherst Forum
Comments from Taunton Forum
Notes from Amherst Forum where individuals spoke to the full audience
Results of the online survey
Summary of Responses of Online Survey
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