BLM LIBRARY 88031198 ORIENTATION PACKAGE FOR DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCILS A BY UNDA HANSEN 1991 K .# DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL ORIENTATION INTRODUCTION The District Advisory Council Orientation Package was designed as a training package for use with a leader. There are possibilities for adapting the package to be a self-teaching program. The package was developed as a Management and Leadership Project by Linda Hansen, Ukiah BLM District, California. The orientation package was tested with the Ukiah District's Advisory Council in March, 1990. The results were encouraging and the orientation concept was well received by the test group. Preliminaries Prior to the orientation session, the Advisory Council members were given a binder containing the following list of materials: 1. DAC Charter 2. DAC Membership 3. Bureau Mission Statement 4. Annual Report to Congress (latest edition) 5. California Annual Report 6. Opportunity and Challenge The Story of BLM , 7. Federal Advisory Committee Act 8. Copy of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) 9. FLPMA Study Guide The Council members were encouraged to read as much of the material as they could before the session because some of it is not discussed in great detail during the orientation. It was felt that all of the handout materials had relationship to understanding the Bureau and the concept of District Advisory Councils. BLM LIBRARY SC-S53, BLDG. 50 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER P. 0. BOX 25047 DENVER, CO 80225-0047 DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL ORIENTATION LESSON 1: In The Beginning INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: Participants should understand the westward movement and settlement and its effects on the patterns of Public lands. Participants should understand the purpose of the General Land Office. Be able to identify major legislative initiatives which formed and dominate the Bureau of Land Management. Understand the shift from land disposal to land conservation ethics which occurred after 1900. Basic understanding of budget process. ********************************************** Key Points and Concepts: Introduction and Welcome Historical Highlights Chronology of BLM - FLPMA - Its effect on BLM, Budget Federal Advisory Committee Act Organization of Dept. of Interior BLM Mission Statement National Advisory Council Initiatives ***************************************************************** Teaching Aids: Map of Western States - BLM Presence Video - Fractured Patterns Flip Chart - Mission Statement Organization Table Pre-Reading: Opportunity and Challenge, The Story of BLM Annual Report To Congress FLPMA Study Guide .. LONG TERM GOALS FOR THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Preamble The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Vision for the future is to carry out a land management ethic based on balancing the use of lands and resources to meet the environmental, economic development and social needs for the nation. BLM recognizes that it must manage for future generations as well as for present needs. To provide the BLM direction needed to achieve its mission as the manager of the public lands, it has been determined that the agency requires long term goals that will facilitate this. Long term is defined as the next ten year period. BLM's goals will chart the course for its management direction and activities for this period. These goals will provide direction and guidance needed for the development and implementation of land use plans and the development and execution of the budget process. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the stewardship of our public lands. It is committed to manage, protect, and improve these lands in a manner to serve the needs of the American people for all times. Management is based on the principles of multiple use and sustained yield of our nation's resources within a framework of environmental responsibility and scientific technology. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness, air science, scientific and cultural values. Multiple Use and Sustained Resource Conditions Yield BLM will improve resource BLM as ana agency will manage conditions and prevent for a sustainable variety of environmental degradation so multiple uses of the public that the national Resource lands to obtain an ecologically Lands serve as a model for sound environment and environmentally sound land use contribute to a strong economy. management Partnerships Human Resources BLM will develop partnerships BLM will employ a diverse work with public, private, and force and increase the industry groups, Native commitment to their Americans and individual professional development to volunteers to share achieve quality service and responsibility and provide management expertise and experiences for sound management of natural resources. Science and Technical Service Development BLM will strengthen research, BLM will foster a service ethic science and technical that is responsive to the development efforts to public and meets the needs for accommodate the growing public participation and emphasis on global information sharing. environmental issues and to incorporate proven We as public servants are technological developments into committed to these goals and its program practices. understand that the foundation of administration is public lav and regulation, careful stewardship of the public's financial resources and ethical individual action.