Forest Service Transportation Planning Process

1. Forest Service Transportation Planning Process Anthony Erba National Land Management Planning Specialist Ecosystem Management Coordination USDA Forest Service, Washington DC

2. Objectives In Transportation Planning Coordination • Ensure Seamless Transportation is Developed • Better Serve Communities and Forest Visitors • Determine the Forest Service’s contribution to travel needs • Better Coordinated Projects • Help align the “visions” from various partners

3. or or Non-Forest Highway Funded Projects FHWA/FTA Approve STIP Environmental Reviews & Approvals, Engineering, Right-of-Way, Utilities Construction/Procurement Operation & Maintenance Transportation Planning In The Forest Service Plans Metropolitan Transportation Plan Statewide Transportation Plan Land Management Plan (LMP) Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Forest Highway Transportation Improvement Programs (FH TIPs) Programs Project Development

4. STEP 1Long-Range Planning • Know Your Existing System • System Inventory • NFS Unit Scale Roads Analysis • Transportation Atlas • Describe your Desired System • Focus on access needs • How is the Desired System different from the Existing System?

5. STEP 1 (cont.)NFS Unit Scale Roads Analysis • Science-based analysis • Informs management decisions for transportation systems • What is the Forest Service contribution to overall transportation needs? • Involve State and Local Partners • Involve the Public • Obtain Copy Of Current Long-Range Plan and STIP

6. STEP 1 (cont.)NFS Unit Scale Roads Analysis • Make Recommendations & Identify Opportunities to amend or revise LMPs

7. STEP 1 (cont.) LMP Revision Process • Provide early opportunities for coordination • Involve partners, agencies, public • Collaborate and participate • Address Management Issues & Opportunities • Collaborate on amending/revising LMP • Use Scenario Planning to develop desired conditions • Describe “strategy” to achieve desired conditions • Approve Revised Forest Plan

8. STEP 1 (cont.)Watershed Analysis • Coordination to implement approved LMP • Use Roads Analysis Process • Watershed Scale • Use Other Existing Large-Scale Landscape Analysis • Continue involving State and Local Partners • Make use of collaborative capacity • Verify Current State STIPs and Metropolitan TIPs • Meet with Partners to Discuss Items That Will Affect Them

9. or or Non-Forest Highway Funded Projects FHWA/FTA Approve STIP Environmental Reviews & Approvals, Engineering, Right-of-Way, Utilities Operation & Maintenance Construction/Procurement STEP 2 Program Implementation Metropolitan Transportation Plan Statewide Transportation Plan Forest Plan Plans Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Forest Highway Transportation Improvement Programs (FH TIPs) Programs Project Development

10. or or Non-Forest Highway Funded Projects FHWA/FTA Approve STIP Environmental Reviews & Approvals, Engineering, Right-of-Way, Utilities Construction/Procurement Operation & Maintenance Step 3 – Project Development and Beyond Plans Metropolitan Transportation Plan Statewide Transportation Plan Land Management Plan (LMP) Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Forest Highway Transportation Improvement Programs (FH TIPs) Programs Project Development

11. If You Got Nothing Else, Hopefully You Got This… • Get Involved Early • Get Involved Often • Build Partnerships • Focus On The Vision