Planning

Land Management Plans serve four primary functions:

Create continuity of purpose by establishing an integrated vision for the plan area that endures through leadership and staff changes by laying out desired conditions and strategies to achieve them;
Set the context for how the plan’s vision fits into larger physical, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic landscapes;
Create operational rules and regulations, similar to an operating manual, for activities in the plan area; and
Establish a process for evaluating progress and changing approaches as necessary.

Forest Management Plans

Our Forest currently operates under two plans: the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Challis National Forest, published in 1987, and the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Salmon National Forest, published in 1988. These two forests were consolidated in 1998.