Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 14.11.1996

Land and Resource Management Planning

After nearly 20 years experience in forest planning under the National Forest Management Act, many of the Forest Service's planning and analytical needs have changed. Some of the planning direction issued in the Forest Service Manual and Forest Service Handbook to guide agency employees has become out-of-date, overly prescriptive, and/or burdensome. Therefore, the Forest Service has found it necessary to issue certain amendments to Forest Service Manual Chapter 1920, Land and Resource Management Planning; chapter 3 of Forest Service Handbook 1909.12, Land and Resource Management Planning; and chapter 40 of Forest Service Handbook 2409.13, Timber Resource Planning Handbook. There was an immediate need to issue these amendments because numerous national forests have begun or will soon begin revising their initial forest plans and because there is a need to have consistent interpretation and application of the direction by Regional and Forest- level personnel. The Forest Service welcomes public comment on these amendments and will take comments under advisement to determine if any further revisions are needed.