The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) as amended by the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) establishes a process for developing, amending and revising land management plans for National Forests. See the following section for information about the Chugach National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan and other planning processes.
Before projects can be implemented on the National Forest, environmental effects must be analyzed and disclosed to the public. Scoping, an early and open process to involve other agencies and the public in identifying significant issues associated with a proposal, is an integral part of the environmental analysis. The following section includes a Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) that provides the status of various project environmental analyses in the Chugach National Forest.
The Forest Service manages National Forest System lands to provide goods and services while protecting ecosystems of the forest. The following section highlights some of the important resources of the Chugach National Forest and how they are being managed.
The Chugach National Forest is proposing to amend the 2002 Revised Land and Resource Management Plan (RLRMP). This non-significant amendment would remove three aquatic Management Indicator Species (MIS) and add an an aquatic habitat monitoring question.
