1. Welcome, Introductions, Minutes - Howard Johnson opened the meeting at 9:40 a.m. and introduced Rose Judd-Murray, new UACD Zone 2 Coordinator, Cheryl Decker (representing the Millard County Commissioners), and Lars Rasmussen. For the benefit of everyone, Bill Hopkin provided an overview of what the GLCI is, its mission, and its objectives. Roger Banner read the minutes of the August 24, 2000 meeting. Bill Hopkin moved, Al Dustin seconded that the minutes be accepted as read.  The motion passed.   Carryover from the last meeting:
.    Al Dustin reported that he had talked to Bonnie Young and she agreed to serve on the Business/Fiscal-Internal         Operations/Resource Development committee.
.    Roger Banner will prepare and send thank-you letter to Tim Munns.
.    Rose Judd-Murray will contact Cyndy Holz and request that she send a letter on behalf of the Bonneville RC&D's Board of Trustees to the GLCI formally asking the group to become a partner on projects such as the Weber River Watershed and the Goshute grazing effort.  GLCI's role would be to provide support and technical assistance.  Rose will also ask Cyndy to develop a draft Memorandum of Understanding to cover the partnership.
.    Roger will place Bob Clark, Weber River Watershed Coordinator on the mailing list so that he will get future meeting agendas and notes, etc.
.    Kathy Anderson met with Dr. Steve Daniels, Western Rural Development Center on October 4.  A summary of that meeting follows below.
.    Great Basin Grazing Management Demonstration Proposal letter of support.  See Jake Jacobson's update below.

2. Report on Demonstration Projects - Larry Ellicott, Al Dustin, Bonnie Young - We received 11 applications with a total of dollar request of $37,690.  One person submitted two applications and was asked to select one of the two for funding.  There was some concern expressed by committee members that some of the projects proposed were more along the line of simply resource development rather than creative and innovative demonstration projects that would have educational value for landowners.  A decision will be made on funding projects with these concerns in mind and with consultation with technical advisors.  Successful applicants will receive 25% of the project award up-front and the remainder of the funding will be on a reimbursable basis.

3. National Riparian Team Update - Larry Ellicott-  During the week of October 16, Larry Ellicott attended a workshop in Prineville, Oregon, hosted by the National Riparian Team.  The session addressed the Proper Functioning Condition assessment process as well as an overview of consensus-building skills.
.    Bonneville RC&D would like to host the NRT relative to PFC assessment on the Weber Watershed.  Rose will follow up with Cyndy Holz to get information on this effort.
.    Kathy reported that she had talked to the Team when they were in Park City last month about coming back to Utah to do a PFC assessment somewhere in Utah under the sponsorship of the GLCI.  This effort could be combined with the one proposed by Bonneville RC&D.

4. Great Basin Grazing Management Demonstration Proposal Update - Jake Jacobson -  Jake will draft a letter of support on behalf of the GLCI for Steve Rich's proposal for developing some large scale grazing management demonstration projects.
.     Jake reported that he, Commissioner Cary Peterson, Gordon Younker, George Burbidge and Kathy met with BLM State Director Sally Wisely and George Ramey to brief them on the GLCI and invite BLM to participate in the group.  Sally appointed George to serve as their representative.  Roger moved and Bill seconded that Jake draft a letter to Sally confirming her appointment of George Ramey as the GLCI representative and asking that she appoint Glen Carpenter as an interim representative until George is well enough to participate.  Motion passed.

5. Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) & Women in Agriculture - Kathy Anderson -  Kathy reported that she met with Dr. Steve Daniels, Director of the WRDC in Logan, UT on October 4.  The Center is not a source of funding in and of itself, but rather serves as a facilitator of scholarship, discussion, and projects that enhance quality of life in the west.  During the meeting Steve introduced Kathy to Dr. Rick Krannick, Professor of Sociology and Forest Resources.  Rick recently received a large grant to fund a rural communities research study (see attachment for a summary).  He would like to brief the GLCI about the project at their next meeting.  Kathy will invite Rick to the Brigham City meeting.
.    Women In Agriculture Conference.  Kathy handed out a short summary of the Conference that is to take place in Provo, UT, January 31-February 2, 2001.  "The goal is to provide education and assistance to ensure sustainability on the rural farms of Utah and the surrounding states."  Rose will follow up with Marlene Berger, Utah State University Extension who is planning the conference to obtain additional details.

6. Weber Watershed Project - Bill Hopkin - A new coordinator has been selected for the project.  His name is Bob Clark.  Bob is a retired NRCS employee who was one of the main players for the Little Bear River Watershed Project.  Bob will work out of the SCD Office in Morgan as an employee of the Bonneville Resource Conservation  & Development (RC&D) Council.

7. Grant Writing Workshop - Wayne Urie and Kathy Anderson will be attending the Grant Writing Seminar at Snowbird next week.

8. Seed Warehouse - John Fairchild was unable to attend the meeting for this update.

9. Tonto National Forest Grazing Project - Bill Hopkin reported that Forest Service personnel from the Tonto National Forest visited Deseret Land & Livestock for a couple of days to learn more about the DL&L approach to management.  The activity was related to work Steve Rich and Tommie Martin are doing in Arizona and intended to improve understanding and communication by FS personnel.  Some of the FS personnel were warm to working with ranchers while others were cool to it.

10. Other Officer and Committee Reports - Education, Logo, Etc. - Kim Chapman - has started to work on the text portion of the brochure.  We need to select a DBA and develop a symbol for the logo.  These items will include/represent our goals, what we are, general information about the coalition, etc.  The brochure will be used to inform people about grazing lands in Utah.  Kim would like to have a formatted draft version of the brochure for the February meeting.  He will work on a draft mission statement for the December meeting.  Kim was also given the assignment to develop a newsletter.
.    Bill Hopkin - Tony Stanworth has agreed to come up with some key words for the logo.  Bill cautioned the group not to rush into developing the brochure until we're sure what we want it to contain.

Mailing List - Roger Banner
.    Roger handed out draft "Active", "Board of Trustees", and "General" mailing lists and asked that members review the lists for accuracy.  Please let Roger know of any corrections or omissions.

11. Meeting Schedule - NOTICE: we will meet December 14, 2000, in Brigham City @ 9:30 a.m.  Chairman Howard Johnson adjourned the meting at 11:07 a.m. and the group began a tour of projects in the area.  A picnic lunch was arranged by Lars Rasmussen and hosted by the two local SCD Boards.

            Summary of the USU/Texas A&M Rural Communities Research Study
To be conducted by:  Dr. Rick Krannick, Professor of Sociology and Forest Resources,
                           Utah State University and Dr. Urs Kreuter, Texas A&M

.    The pilot portion of the study will be funded by the Rural Development area of the USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants program.
.    Focus of the study:  factors that influence rangeland management practices and land use decision-making in rural areas of a predominately private-land state (Texas) and public-land state (Utah).
.    During the summer of 2001 they will be conducting a mail survey of landowners to assess how land management practices may be changing, what factors and pressures are having impact on land management decisions, and what implications those changes may have for the broader community context in which these individuals exist.
.    Issues to be addressed include:  relationships betwen land management orientations/practices and things like private property rights orientations; the influence of population growth and land development pressures on land management activities and plans; and landowner responses to environmental objectives that may influence land management practices.  They also may examine how current and potential shifts in the structure of ranching operations and land management practices relate to and potentially influence the viability of rural communities.
.    Prior to developing the survey they want to develop some additional perspectives and insight about these issues through the eyes of rangeland owners and operators.  To do this they plan to conduct about 15 "key informant" interviews in November-December in each state with individuals who are actively engaged in and/or very knowledgeable about rangeland use and management, factors influencing shifts in ranching operation patterns, etc.

Please send notices of events and calendar items to Jerry Chatterton to be placed on our web page. His email address is: njchatt@cc.usu.edu.