This project involves partnering with agencies and placer miners to CO-produce, coordinate, and maintain a placermining resource network to facilitate information sharing and understanding and use…

This project involves partnering with agencies and placer miners to CO-produce, coordinate, and maintain a placermining resource network to facilitate information sharing and understanding and use of products, tools, and bestmanagement practices to minimize impacts on USFWS trust resources related to placer mining operations in alaska.specific objectives, outcomes and products are as follows:objective 1: build and maintain a network of agency personnel, consultants, placer miners, mining organizations, and other interested entities or members of the public.methods 2: conduct interviews, surveys, meetings and other information gathering activities to gather input andsuggestions for the placer mining resource network.outcome 1: established network for communication and information/tools sharing that is useful and used by placerminers, mining organizations, agency personnel.objective 2: CO-develop and implement a communication and outreach strategy and products for engaging andbenefitting pmrn participants. The communication strategy will be based on identified needs of placer miners andagency personnel.methods 2: using information gathered for objective 1, design a communication strategy and products identified asdesired by placer miners and agency personnel.outcome 2: communication strategy based on input from placer miners and agency personnel. Pending input fromplacer miners and agency personnel, communication and outreach productions could include (1) an interactiveinternet-based platform for placer mining information sharing among agencies, miners, and other interestedstakeholders; (2) alternative communication channels and methods (e.g., hard copy materials, presentations, newsletters, in-person trainings) to reach placer miners that do not have or use internet-based options; and (3)training programs.objective 3: provide continual opportunities for placer miners and agencies to provide input on and evaluate theplacer mining resource network.methods 3: design and coordinate various options for input gathering and dialogue per the interests of placerminers and agency personnel. With input from participants, develop specific evaluation criteria to assess andimprove the placer miner resource network.outcome 3: using input from interviews and a survey of placer miners, provide specific and diverse opportunitiesfor placer miners and agency personnel to provide input to help evaluate and improve communication methods, toolsand products developed to serve and benefit participants in the network. Possibilities include periodic inperson/virtual meetings, on-line suggestion box, periodic check-in surveys or interviews, analytics for any webbasedplatform that may be developed.