I keep doing Work. It’s amazing! The Monday we got back from trek, the URR Forestry Dept. had a QUARTERLY PLANNING MEETING!! (I hate all caps, but this was amazing and I’m so excited about it that I had to emphasize it.)
The Regional Forestry Head (RFH) is new in Basse, and wants to work on Community Forests and the other forestry directives. The URR also got about 8 brand new forest scouts out of the forestry school. These guys are young and excited about being foresters.
Monday morning the RFH just decided to have a planning meeting. The quarter was already half over, but better late from never. With the two area heads (Kemo and Sisawo) we reviewed the Community Forest procedures. Each of the scouts made a plan for their area and presented it to the group. It was great!
I think this is a great opportunity to guide the URR Forestry department through the implementation of the national forestry plan. The plan is large and can be complex. It’s very difficult to take sweeping directives and turn them into day-to-day actions. We’ll be taking the big picture ideas in the quarterly plans, and breaking it down by months and weeks into specific tasks to complete.
I’m really excited because there is so much potential for the URR Forestry Department to be the best department in The Gambia.
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