ratings, their perceptions of recreational quality, the regional 

 supply of and demand for the type(s) of recreation characterizing 

 the segment, and other factors judged important. The specific 

 reasons for value class designation will be written down. 



A complete set of instructions will be given to the managers, 

 with clarification in person or by telephone. The attached 

 worksheet will be completed by all participating managers. 



After the worksheets are returned, project recreation staff 

 will compile them into a single worksheet for each river 

 segment. If there is substantial disagreement on criteria 

 description and value class among the managers who rated a given 

 segment, the managers may be contacted by mail or phone to 

 resolve the differences. River segments could also be assigned 

 the higher of the suggested value classes, or user group input 

 could be used. This part of the process is flexible and will 

 depend on the worksheet information received. 



If necessary, the research assistant may travel to one or more 

 of the seven Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks management 

 regions in Montana and meet with the state and federal managers. 

 At the meeting, recreation managers would review and agree by 

 concensus on where each segment rates on each of the nine 

 criteria. They would then assign each segment to one of the 

 value classes, also by concensus. The specific reasons for value 

 class assignment, along with any continuing differences of 

 opinion, would be noted. 



River recreation user groups will be involved concurrently in 

 the process. As noted in BPA's Issues Resolution Paper, formal 

 public involvement is the responsibility of BPA and the Northwest 

 Power Planning Council. However, the state will initiate user 

 group involvement at the start of the study and views this 

 involvement as an important component of the recreational 

 inventory . 



The recreation project staff will compile a list of relevant 

 user groups and knowledgable individuals (supplied by project 

 staff and/or state and federal managers). They will be asked to 

 list rivers and segments they value for recreation and to assign 

 a suggested value class to each. Along with the managers' 

 worksheets, this information will be used by project staff to 

 develop the draft list of river segments and value classes. 

 Written communications from user groups will also be sent to BPA 

 with the maps and worksheets. 



Once all worksheets have been completed and user groups' 

 comments received, a draft list of river segments and value 

 classes will be developed by project staff. This list will be 

 circulated to everyone who has participated in the inventory. 



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