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  2. Forest Plan RevisionInyo National ForestMarch 11 and 13, 2013

  3. Meeting Goals • Review the forest plan revision process • Gather information on: • Current forest conditions • Trends in conditions • Drivers of forest change

  4. What is a Forest Plan? • Required for all national forests/grasslands • Provides broad, integrated management direction • Programmatic, not site-specific • Ten to fifteen year planning period • All uses of the forest need to conform with plan direction

  5. The Inyo’s Forest Plan • Inyo’s Forest Plan was completed in 1988; multiple amendments • Established management direction for forest resources such as wildlife, recreation, and timber • Delineated geographic management areas and prescriptions • All forest projects and activities need to conform with 1988 plan direction

  6. Why is the Plan being revised? • A lot has changed since 1988! • Need to develop improved management direction based on new information and changing conditions • Use results of 24 years of project implementation, other information • Carry forward management direction that is still effective / valid; revise what is not

  7. What will the revised Plan include? • Five required plan components: • Desired Conditions • Objectives • Suitability of Uses • Standards • Guidelines • Other plan content such as: • Distinctive Roles and Contributions • Management Areas - Zones - Geographic Areas • Recommended Areas (e.g., Wilderness, Wild & Scenic Rivers) • Priority Watersheds • Monitoring Program

  8. What won’t the Plan include? • Site-specific decisions or actions, such as: • Construct 5 miles of new trail from Bluebird Lake to Feather Falls • Close Road #12S34 to motor vehicle use from April 1 – June 1 each year • Conduct forest thinning on 125 acres immediately adjacent to the community of Forest Hill

  9. Three Phases to Revise a Forest Plan Assessment Plan Revision Monitoring

  10. Multi-year process

  11. First Phase: Assessment

  12. Assessment Report • What is an assessment? • Provides a source of information and context for plan revision • To be conducted rapidly, using readily available information and existing data • Identify knowledge or information gaps • Conducted at two scales: forest-level and bioregional • Draft Bioregional assessment to be available May 2013, final by August 2013 • Draft Forest-level assessment by October 2013, final by December 2013

  13. Assessment Topic Papers • Resource “topic paper” chapters will form the foundation of the Inyo NF Assessment Report

  14. Next Steps • Spring 2013: Gather information on resource conditions and trends; prepare topic papers for the assessment. • Follow-up meeting/webinar April 4th, 2 - 4 pm and 5 – 7 pm • Initial input on content of assessment topic papers due April 5th • Public review of draft topic papers May-June (with some chapters available even sooner) • October 2013: Draft Assessment Report released for public review • December 2013: Final Assessment Report published • Winter 2013: Initiate NEPA, identify need for change in current management direction.

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