US Forest Service begins public conversation regarding revision of land management plans within the Northwest Forest Plan Amendment Area
Release Date: Mar 23, 2015
VALLEJO, California—As announced on February 18, 2015 the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) and Pacific Southwest (CA) Regions are beginning a public conversation on the process for revising forest land management plans in the Northwest Forest Plan amendment area.
To gather ideas on the revision process, share information, and outline our current thinking about a plan revision strategy, the Forest Service is holding a series of public listening sessions in California, Oregon and Washington. The California listening session will be:
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March 25, 2015 in Redding, Calif., 5:30-8:30 pm
Red Lion Hotel — Sierra/Trinity Rooms
1830 Hilltop Drive, Redding, CA, 96002
Driving Directions: http://www.redlion.com/redding/map-directions
Parking is free
The Northwest Forest Plan was created in 1994 with the intent of protecting the critical habitat of the northern spotted owl while maintaining a viable forest products industry in the Pacific Northwest. The Northwest Forest Plan amended 26 land use plans, spanning 24 million acres of Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service-managed lands in Northern California, Washington and Oregon. In California, the Plan amended land and resource management plans for the Klamath, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta-Trinity, and Six Rivers National Forests. In Oregon and Washington, the Plan amended land and resource management plans for the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Mt. Hood, Okanogan-Wenatchee, Olympic, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Willamette National Forests.
Background information on plan revision and additional information is available on these websites:
- Region 6 (Oregon and Washington) http://www.fs.usda.gov/r6/
- Region 5 (California) http://www.fs.usda.gov/r5/
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