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Project Pivotal-Rig

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The Elements of the Proposed Conglomerate A Part of The Pivotal Strategy

I've provided the rationale for a complex organization for people and land, a community, a total penultimate system. The parts of that corporation Pivotal-Rig, Inc. have been listed. Herein, a link to each one is provided. (Suggestions and comments (including editorial assistance) are requested.)

Central Unit

System Central - the incubator and central administrative and support unit

Office-Based Units

1. Camps - existing camps, and new ones; youth and adult, and a Writer's Camp
2. Dogwood Inn - inns developed in present homes or those nearby
3. The Memorials Group - providing a variety of awards and memorial services
4. Pivots - an organization for everyone in the communities and all of their activities
5. Nature Folks - organization for people interested in nature (with the following units)
6. Coyote - interest in the wild dogs of the world, particularly the coyote, all aspects
7. The Owls Group - night tours, publications, research, general interests
8. Prospectors - tours, publications, web site, geology and mineral interests
9. The Plant People - plant collection, gardens, seasonal-change maps all aspects
10. The Butterfly Band - insect identification, collections, field trips; bee keeping
11. The Wildland Knowledge Base - commercial library searches on natural resources
12. The Foresters - an organization for people interested in all aspects of modern forestry
13. The Realtor Group - automated property analyses for assisting in sale or purchase
14. Outfits- design and testing of outdoor clothing
15. The Tours Group - local, regional , and international field trips, commercial tours
16. The Products Group - arranges for production and sale of products (suggested list available)
17. The Sculptors- primarily a woodcarvers' group
18. The Software Group - federal software collection, applications, and programming
19. The Safety and Security Group - rural security patrols, security equipment, safety inspections and services
20. Fire Force - landscape analyses, computer analyses, "hotshot" fire crew

Outdoor-Based Units

A major component of the proposed conglomerate is that the corporation brings certain private lands of the region under a specialized contract and uses them for profitable developments in the other interconnected units of the enterprise. These are called Pivotal Tracts and enterprises related to them and other private lands are:

21. The Forest Group - total forestry system
22.Walnut Vales - single species emphasis, walnut nutmeats and wood production
23. The Deer Group - total deer management system, guides, year-around system, damage controls
24. The Fishery - total system with ponds, lakes, wetlands, and streams divisions
25.The Raccoon Group - single species system, fur management
26. The Black Bear Group - tours, management, research system
27. The Bobcat Group - monitoring, tours, fur, organization within Nature Folks
28.The Wild Turkey Group - hunting, life-list building, total system
29. The Dog Group- shows, dog training, field trials, wild-dogs of the world interest
30. The Pest Force- vertebrate pest damage management
31. The Wildland Crew - adult good work on good projects for fun and fitness
32. Wildland Walkers - hiking and camping group
33.The Wilderness Group - using and studying ancient forests
34. Stoneworms - a trail building group
35. The Stables- pastures, rentals, trail rides, horse health, wildlife and horses
36. The Fence Group- production of specialized local fences; fencing systems
37. The Pasture and Range Group - pasture and range management systems
38. The Goats System - dairy goat total system, milk, cheese, hides, services, health
39. The Gardens Group -system of many small gardens, vegetable etc.
40. The Pivotal Geese Group - system of many goose flocks
41. The Pivotal Vineyards- vineyard land selection, plants, management, grape processing
42.The Certification Group - Smartwood certification as a sustained forest with products
43. The Trevey - a dynamic land use planning system
44. Avi- the new sport of bird watching (with golf-like courses)
45. The Rabbit Group - dispersed small rabbit raising units; centralized marketing, etc.
46. Competency - field-based performance-assurance for natural resource specialists

An enterprise to be explored for local development is The Tree Tops, an organization and activities for the sport of tree climbing.

Suggestions for improvements are welcomed.

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Last revision June 8, 2002.