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Show How are scoping comments addressed and considered in the development of these alternatives? This knowledge would be helpful in participating effectively in this planning process. Scoping comments were incorporated in the SCCT where possible ( see newsletter for the brief summary). Not all scoping comments were put into alternatives. However comments were summarized into one document. All scoping comments have received consideration. The public needs to know how the state views this resource in the long- term. What is the balance between economic potential and biological productivity? The planning process is offered in context with the statutory direction. See the SCCT section in this plan. Our planning horizon deals with a ten- year time frame. The management options were severely limited and are confusing without an adequate context and management philosophy. The management objective should be to manage this ecosystem, to first optimize the biological productivity and allow for sustainable use of the lake's resources. The planning purposes are discussed in the " Introduction" section of this document. If the goal is to " strive for sustainable resource management of the lake," then the biological productivity should be used as the limiting factor. These are lands held in the public trust. This doctrine does not mandate that managers make money from the lake or try to accommodate everyone. Isn't this the distinction between sovereign land and school trust lands? The " trust duty" receives consideration throughout the planning document. This general planning document is not the place to resolve some of these issues ( BRMBR expansion, acquiring water rights for Locomotive Springs WMA). The planning team disagrees. The planning team considered all scoping comments regardless of the specificity of the concern. The functional link among water quality, water chemistry, hydrology, changing lake levels, topography and biological systems is the ecosystem itself The planning team should tie all of these disciplines back together to reconnect all of these dynamic processes that form the basis of this astonishingly rich and biologically productive ecosystem. Research is underway to understand some of these relationships. Findings will be incorporated to improve management. Further research will answer more questions. The final GSL CMP statement will attempt to integrate all planning segments. 333 |