Forest Plan Monitoring Program – The forest plan monitoring program is a requirement of the National Forest Management Act implementing regulations at 36 CRF 219.12 and enables the responsible to determine if changes may be needed to the Forest Plan.

The monitoring program sets out monitoring questions and indicators and is coordinated and integrated with relevant broader-scale monitoring strategies. Broader-scale monitoring strategies address forest plan monitoring questions best answered a scale broader than one plan area. Visit Southern Region Planning website for the updated Regional Broad Management Strategy.

In accordance with 36 CFR 219.12(d)(1), “The responsible official “shall conduct a biennial evaluation of new information gathered through the plan monitoring program and relevant information from the broader-scale monitoring strategy, and shall issue a written report of the evaluation and make it available to the public.”

The following Biennial Monitoring Reports are available for download. These reports are in Portable Document Format (*, pdf - see note below).

• Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report for the NFs in Alabama FY 20 & 21
• Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report-FY18 and FY19
• Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report Archives located here. 

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