What is being done to preserve the economic viability of small communities, especially timber-dependent communities? What efforts are planned to inform and involve those people?
163. Lewiston, ID: What is being done to preserve the economic viability of small communities? Logging and mining is on the decrease and recreation is not taking up the slack. 164. Coeur d’Alene, ID: The small timber-dependent communities and the associated rural residents are going to be the most severely and adversely impacted populations. What specific efforts are planned to inform and involve these people? Answer: Objective HU-O6 in Table 3-5 recognizes “areas of economic vulnerability” by emphasizing customary economic uses in these areas. The intent is to help sustain these areas through the transition to a less dependent (more resilient) condition. At a minimum, those communities identified as “isolated timber-dependent communities” in chapter 4 (table 4-58) are targeted. Objective HU-O3 calls for producing a mix of goods and services, which can be used to generate economic activity and fulfill other social and cultural needs. And HU-O7 and HU-O8 address how the Forest Service a
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