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PROJECT MILESTONES
 May-June
1997
Issues and Stakeholder Identification
Initial meetings were held in Minnesota to confer with a diversity
of stakeholder groups to receive input concerning key issues and goals
for the future in relationship to land use planning. Surveys
were sent to individual member counties to obtain information about
county visions and important issues and questions for each county.
 July-September
1997
Data Gathering & Analysis
Data were gathered from county, regional, state, and national sources.
Data categories include: acreage, bedrock, demography, drainage, endangered
species, land ownership, land use, mining, pollution, soils, timber,
topography, vegetation, water plan, wetlands designation, parks, wildlife
habitat. Data quality and data gaps were identified.
 October-November
1997
Northern Minnesota Conference on Land Use Planning Issues & Processes -
Ruttger’s Sugar Lake Lodge, November 21 & 22, 1997
The conference is
designed for government decision makers, managers, business people,
farmers, foresters, environmentalists, hunters, fishermen, and others
who use and care about how the natural resources of northern Minnesota
will be managed in the future. An open
meeting is scheduled for November
22, 1997 at 7:00 pm at the Sugar Lake Lodge.
 December
1997-February 1998
Develop Roadmap-Draft 1
The roadmap will diagram in a "graphic schematic" the
steps and procedures necessary to establish a planning decision making
process that will have scientific credibility, stakeholder credibility,
employ the most efficient means of data collection, analysis, GIS development
and other necessary planning tools, address key regional issues, and
meet the practical needs of local decision makers.
March-May
1998
Roadmap-Final Draft & Presentation
Based on input from reviewers and any additional data that have
been gathered and analyzed, the roadmap will be revised and updated.
Meetings will be held in Minnesota with NCLUCB members and stakeholder
groups to examine the roadmap that has been developed.
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