Meeting #3: November 2 - 3, 2016

The third Advisory Council meeting will be Wednesday, November 2, and Thursday, November 3, 2016, from 8:30am to 5pm MDT. 

Location:  Grouse Mountain Lodge 2 Fairway Drive Whitefish, Montana 59937

GPS Coordinates: Latitude 48°24'31.9"N, Longitude 114°21'36.3"W

The purpose of this meeting is to provide advice and/or recommendations on:

1. the Nature and Purposes of the PNNST, including trail uses;
2. objectives and practices to be observed in the management of the PNNST;
3. a plan for signing and marking the PNNST; and
4. potential interpretive themes and strategies for youth and community engagement on the PNNST.

Advisory Council Meeting # 3 Notes (.pdf)

Advisory Council Meeting #3 Agenda

• News Release: Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council to Meet in Whitefish, Montana Oct 21, 2016  

Supplemental materials

• Nature and purposes:
  • Subcommittee’s recommendation for nature and purposes (PDF)
  • Photos of group flip chart notes from meeting 2: These are photos of the notes taken from four breakout groups discussing some of the things they thought were important to try to capture in the nature and purposes. (View photos in online album)
  • Email from Council member David Kennedy (unable to attend meeting) re:  nature and purposes
• Sample Desired Conditions
• Interpretive planning
  • Examples of significance and themes
  • Examples of statements of significance
  • Examples of intangibles associated with significance statements
• Signing and marking the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail