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Forest Plan Revision
The Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests have combined efforts to revise their respective land and resource management plans (forest plans). Welcome to the Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle Zone (KIPZ) website!
Need for Change
Forest plan revision is based on a "need for change". The need for change approach analyzes the full forest plans, but only proposed changes where adjustments are necessary. Monitoring and evaluation of implementation of the current forest plans has helped identify management concerns, new issues, new information and better ways to achieve land management goals and objectives.
Draft Revised Plans
Draft plans and accompanying Draft Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS) were released January 3, 2012. Select here to read the news releases in the Newsroom.
The documents, maps, open house schedules and commenting information for each Forest are available here:
Additional information about commenting on each Forests' draft plan can be found here and on the left hand Public Comment link.
Objection Process
As stated in our Notice of Intent to Revise our Forest Plans, the KIPZ has elected to follow the objection process outlined in 36 CFR 219.32. The objection process is a predecisional administrative review process. Objections to the final plan and FEIS will be accepted only from those who have submitted written comments specific to the revised plan and EIS either during scoping or the public comment period on the draft.
More Information
More information about the KIPZ plan revision process can be found on the Timeline and About the Planning Effort links here or on the left sidebar of this page.
Thank you for your continued interest our forest plan revision efforts.
Mary Farnsworth - Idaho Panhandle Forest Supervisor
Paul Bradford - Kootenai Forest Supervisor
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