In addition to the panel and group discussion, workshop attendees were asked to record in writing answers to one of the following questions:

- 1. How did you find BASI?
- 2. Do you have suggestions as to how to support BASI needs of the forest planning process?

We received a total of 40 responses, with roughly half answering each question.

The most common responses concerning how participants found BASI referred to research stations (e.g., science synthesis documents), online clearinghouses for scientific information (e.g., JSTOR, Web of Science, TreeSearch, Google Scholar), individuals (e.g., resource specialists, experts at universities, agencies, etc.), and public input. Other unique responses included the Forest Service Library, local and tribal governments, climate vulnerability assessments, and, more generally, scientific literature.

When asked how to support BASI needs of the forest planning process, participants responded most frequently by emphasizing the need to better share BASI among those engaged in forest planning, through methods such as citation software programs (e.g., EndNote) and science synthesis documents. Also common among responses was the suggestion to provide opportunities to build relationships with those that may have knowledge of BASI, such as research station and state agency experts. Other suggestions included gaining WO support for staff positions focused on collecting BASI, facilitating ways for units to share their BASI with the public to increase transparency, and hiring more social scientists and economists to support BASI-related needs.

There was some noteworthy overlap in question responses. Some commonalities included:

- • use of science syntheses to find BASI and the suggestion to complete science • use of science syntheses to find BASI and the suggestion to complete science syntheses, likely before the assessment phase, to support BASI needs of forest planning.
- • importance of relationships and specific individuals (resource specialists and • importance of relationships and specific individuals (resource specialists and individual experts) to both find BASI and to support BASI needs.

### 3.4 Plan Components

Plan components guide future management decisions and include desired conditions, objectives, standards and guidelines, and suitable uses. See §219.7 for more information on plan components. The group had a discussion on how to build integrated plan components, which can be defined as components addressing multiple resource concerns or areas. This began with small group discussion around four planning topics: fire, sustainable recreation, social and economic sustainability, and wildlife. The goal was to then look at how components might overlap or conflict when the entire group returned for discussion.

The sustainable recreation break-out session discussion focused on how to integrate desired conditions with other topics such as wildlife. In the wildlife meeting, an individual introduced a matrix that could be used as a tool for building plan components; it outlined necessary ecological conditions for SCCs and plan components to address these conditions. The fire group discussed a unique approach adopted by Region 5 to develop fire management zones. Using a risk assessment modeling approach with the help of an outside contractor, the Region sought to objectively quantify fire risk recognizing the probability of ignition, flame lengths, and intensity. The goal was to quantitatively identify where fire may be used, or managed less intensely, for