This is a very important meeting and should be set up as soon as possible. Commission Staff will call Bob Nellen regarding this issue. She described a process that The Nature Conservancy uses for conservation planning called the 5S Process. She explained it as a process that results in a plan using a set of guiding principles to make strategic, science based conservation and management decisions. Ms. Greene stated that the whole process is based on underlying logic.
Stresses have to be alleviated to enhance the health of the system.
After Ms. Greene's presentation, she was asked by John Black whether or not this process has been used on Long Island, she said that it has not. Larry Ferrandiz asked whether the process would be used esthetically or scientifically within the pine barrens area. Ms. Greene explain that this process does not address custodial needs as well as scientific needs and can be used either way. Larry Hynes gave the update for this month. Captain Rich Settino has been put in charge of the program and is eager to get started.