The goal of the decision-making process is two-fold: Achieve some desired objective(s) and avoid negative, unintended consequences. Using the Rational-Iterative decision-making process is one method of achieving this goal. The first step in this process is to the roles of the individuals involved in the process. These roles are:

• Process Managers
• Decision makers
• Analysts
• Stake holders
• Forest Managers

Depending on the scale of the decision to be made individuals may be part of one or more of these groups. For the Satsop Forest Management Plan the following groups have been determined:

 

Process Mangers

• Kevin Ceder, Forest Technology Specialist, Rural Technonogy Initiative, College of Forest Resources (CFR), University of Washington (UW)
• Chad Oliver, Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
• Jerry Smith, Columbia-Pacific Resource Conservation & Economic Development District
• Jim Walls, Columbia-Pacific Resource Conservation & Economic Development District

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Decision makers

• Public Development Authority (PDA): Liaison, Diana Ellison
• Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife: Liaisons, Curt Leigh and Sue Patnude

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Analysts

• Chad Oliver (forest stand dynamics specialty), Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (CFR,UW)
• John Marzluff (wildlife specialty), Assistant Professor of Wildlife (CFR,UW)
• David Manuwal (wildlife specialty), Professor of Wildlife (CFR, UW)
• Bruce Lippke (economics specialty) Professor of Forest Economics (CFR, UW)
• Jim McCarter (silviculture and computer specialty), Research Associate in Silviculture (CFR, UW)
• Kevin Ceder, Research Assistant in Silviculture (CFR, UW)
• John Withey, Wildlife Research Fellow (CFR, UW)
• Janet Strong, Grays Harbor citizen
• Curt Leigh, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Sue Patnude, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Ken Risenhoover, Wildlife and Fisheries, Port Blakely Tree Farm
• Laura Schinnell, Northwest Energy
• Tim Cullinan, Audubon Society

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Stockholders

• Dennis Robinson, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Don Samuelson, Grays Harbor College, Timber, Fish & Wildlife Program
• Janet Strong
• Diane Ellison, Satsop Public Development Authority, Non-industrial forest landowner
• Steve Webster, Washington State University Cooperative Extension
• Jerrie Eaton, Tree Farm Association
• Karen Knutzen, Grays Harbor Audubon Society
• Ken Risenhoover
• Laura Schinnell
• Nancy Peckman, Weyerhaueser Company
• Max Stocks, Quinualt Indian Nation
• Sue Patnude
• Tim Cullinan
• Curt Leigh
• Jim Walls

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Forest Managers

• Forest managers will be determined at a later date

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Updated April 4, 2002 by Kevin "thujaman" Ceder