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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 units of the National Forest System. Click on the Planning link above to access the National Forests in Mississippi's Land Management Plan, completed in 1985, as well as plan revisions, amendments and monitoring reports.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the environmental effects of a proposed activity on National Forest or other federal lands must first be analyzed, with opportunity for public comment, before a decision is made on whether or not to undertake that activity. This section includes Projects and SOPA's.
The Forest Service manages the national forests for a number of multiple uses, including recreation, timber, wilderness, minerals, water, grazing, fish, and wildlife. Click on the link above for more information about how these resources are managed in the National Forests in Mississippi.
The Resource Management section includes information and links concerning the Travel Management Rule (MVUM, Timber Sales and Land Sales of the National Forests in Mississippi.
Geospatial data are georeferenced, or spatially explicit, digital files that can be used in a GIS (Geographic Information System). This data is utilized to enhance our abilities to project changes by comparing data and history.
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