The Bureau of Land Management's Participation in Partners Outdoors 2010
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
October 20, 2009
In Reply Refer To:
8300 (250) P
EMS TRANSMISION 10/26/2009
Instruction Memorandum No. 2010-010
Expires: 09/30/2011
To: State Directors
Attn: All Associate State Directors
All State Recreation Leads
All State Monument Managers
All State Partnership Coordinators
All State NLCS Program Leads
From: Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning
Subject: The Bureau of Land Management's Participation in Partners Outdoors 2010
DD: 11/16/2009
Program Areas: National Landscape Conservation System Division and the Division of Recreation and Visitor Services.
Purpose: This Instruction Memorandum (IM) announces the Partners Outdoors 2010 Annual Workshop scheduled for January 10 - 13, 2010, at Cavallo Point, California – The Lodge at the Golden Gate (www.cavallopoint.com) and solicits the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) participation. The BLM representatives usually include the Director and/or Deputy Director and members of the Division of Recreation and Visitor Services, Office of the National Landscape Conservation System, and each BLM State organization.
Policy/Action: Each State Director is invited to nominate one individual from his or her state to attend Partners Outdoors 2010. The Nomination Package Submission and Checklist form, Attachment 1, must be used for submitting the nomination. The package must include the nominee’s name, title, office, address, phone number, fax number, cell phone number (optional), and e-mail address, an informal head and shoulders photograph preferably taken in an outdoor setting, a brief (not to exceed one-half page) biography suitable for publication in the Workshop’s program, and whether or not the nominee has previously participated in Partners Outdoors. The package must also provide the name of the nominee’s supervisor as this information is required for completing the training form (SF-182) used in the procurement process. Attachment 1 is structured as a convenient checklist to verify that all the required information is included.
Timeframe: The nomination package must be submitted electronically by November 16, 2009, to Kevin Chesley at email: Kevin_Chesley@blm.gov.
Budget Impact: The Division of Recreation and Visitor Services (WO-250) will pay the $400 tuition fee for the Washington Office participants and one representative from each state. The tuition fee includes all materials, meals, and group transportation offered in conjunction with the Partners Outdoors 2010 Workshop. All other travel expenses are the responsibility of the participant’s home office. Planned BLM attendance is 25 employees.
Background: The Partners Outdoors program was initiated in 1992 to bring together future leaders from federal recreation-providing agencies and the recreation industry to accomplish two goals: (1) reinforce an awareness of shared customers and interdependence of the public and private sectors, and (2) encourage partnership-based actions to better serve recreation visitors to public lands. Major actions have occurred as direct outgrowths of Partners Outdoors meetings and dozens of other advances have developed as participants have maintained contact long after the formal sessions adjourned. Specific accomplishments of the Partners Outdoors program are listed in Attachment 2.
The BLM annually participates in the Partners Outdoors Workshop along with the American Recreation Coalition (ARC), the Recreation Roundtable, the National Park Service, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Federal Highway Administration.
Attachment 3 describes the theme of Partners Outdoors 2010 along with information about participation, accommodations, transportation, displays, outcomes, and attire. Using the participant list provided by the BLM, the ARC will make all initial lodging reservations. Participants should not contact the hotel about room reservations until after they are contacted by the ARC with instructions to call the hotel to finalize their room reservations by credit card.
In addition to listing the agenda and biographical information about each participant, the Partners Outdoors 2010 notebook contains literature germane to the Workshop theme. The BLM participants are encouraged to submit material for inclusion in the notebook. The submission process involves first contacting the ARC to describe the material. Upon receiving ARC approval to include the material in the partners Outdoors 2010 notebook, please provide 150 copies, three-hole punched, directly to ARC at its Washington office. Photocopied material should be printed double-sided when possible.
The preliminary program is provided in Attachment 4. All nominees will receive an updated draft agenda to help them make the necessary travel arrangements. The final agenda will be included in the participant notebook provided during onsite registration.
Manuals/Handbooks Affected: None.
Coordination: This IM was coordinated with ARC, the Recreation Roundtable, the Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning, and the Director, Office of National Landscape Conservation System and Community Partnerships.
Contact: If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kevin Chesley, Division of Recreation and Visitor Services, at 202-912-7254, or by e-mail Kevin_Chesley@blm.gov.
Signed by: Authenticated by:
Edwin L. Roberson Robert M. Williams
Assistant Director Division of IRM Governance,WO-560
Renewable Resources and Planning
4 – Attachments
1 – Partners Outdoors 2010 Nomination Package Submission and Checklist (1 p)
2 – Partners Outdoors: Partners Outdoors 2010 A Tradition of Action (2 pp)
3 – Partners Outdoors 2010: Connecting People and Parks – To Keep Both Healthy (2 pp)
4 – Partners Outdoor 2010 Preliminary Program (2 pp)