Allegheny National Forest
 

Land & Resources Management

 

This section includes forest planning, current projects, information about resource management, and available geospatial data.

Here is how we organized our information.

Planning: Generally it is planning at a broad scale, either at the Regional, Forest, or Landscape (Watershed) level. Assessments identify existing condition, risks, opportunities, and desired future condition. The end product does not require a NEPA decision, but is information that feeds into Project analysis. The Allegheny Forest Plan establishes the primary management direction for the entire forest, providing a framework for what we do and where we do it. All other plans tier to the Forest Plan.

Projects: Projects are proposed actions that are analyzed through the NEPA process (EIS, EA, or CE) that involve analyzing different alternatives to the proposed action, requires public notice and comment, and result in a NEPA decision (ROD, DN, or DM) which subject to an administrative appeals process, and ultimately is implemented on the ground.

Resources Management: In this 3-phase process, this section includes information about actions resulting from the forest’s plans and projects. An example might be the restoration of a stream or a prescribed burn for wildlife purposes.
 

Project Spotlights

Pine Bear

The 10,055-acre Pine Bear project area is located in the southeastern portion of the Marienville Ranger District, southeast of Sackett, Pennsylvania. The project area lies within the Bear Creek (6th Level) watershed. Bear Creek is classified as a high quality cold water fishery. The majority of the project area supports Allegheny and upland hardwood forest types. Vegetation management has occurred in the past with Mortality I (1995) and East Side (Bunts Run Timber Sale) (2000) being the most recent projects in the area. The project area includes part of the Sackett oil field and recent OGD has occurred on both sides of Township Road 458 south of Sackett.

 

Morrison Run

The Morrison Run project area is in the northern portion of the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) on the Bradford Ranger District. It is roughly defined by the Allegheny Reservoir to the west, north, and south, and private land to the east. The overall purpose of the Morrison Run project is to conduct management activities that will achieve the goals and objectives of the ANF Land and Resource Management Plan (subsequently referred to as Forest Plan) (USDA-FS 2007). Specifically, the proposed actions have been designed to contribute to the desired conditions of MA 2.2, MA 3.0, and MA 7.1 (USDA-FS 2007, p. 26).


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