Participants understand their agency's planning process to develop programmatic direction and associated NEPA requirements. Participants know how to develop desired conditions, standards, and monitoring indicators. The basic relationship between planning documents and processes can be explained. Participants understand how planning helps translate the intent of the Wilderness Act into direction for a specific area. Participants can assess public involvement needs and are able to create an environment for meaningful public involvement that leads to public acceptance of management direction.
Participants can define commonly used terms so that concepts can be communicated.