Table of Contents Part I

Projects & Plans - Land Management Plan

Table of Contents
Part I

Introduction

Introduction
Organization of the Forest Plan
Purpose of the Forest Plan and Adaptive Management Framework

Vision, Forest Niche, and Management Challenges

General Location
Vision
Forest Niche
Management Challenges
Urbanization
Fire
Wildlife and Plants

Strategic Goals

Government Performance and Results Act Priority National Goals
Forest Goals and Desired Conditions
Community Protection

Goal 1.1 - Improve the ability of southern California communities to limit loss of life and property and recover from the high intensity wildland fires that are a natural part of this state's ecosystem

Restoration of Forest Health

Goal: 1.2 - Restore forest health where alteration of natural fire regimes have put human and natural resource values at risk
Fire Regime I (0-35 years - low severity)
Fire Regime II (0-35 years - stand-replacement)
Fire Regime III (35-100+ years - mixed severity fires)
Fire Regime IV (35-100+ years - stand-replacement)
Fire Regime V (200+ years - stand-replacement)

Invasive Species

Goal 2.1 - Reverse the trend of increasing loss of natural resource values due to invasive species

Managed Recreation in a Natural Setting

Goal 3.1 - Provide for Public Use and Natural Resource Protection

Wilderness

Goal 3.2 - Retain a Natural Evolving Character within Wilderness

Energy and Minerals Production

Goal 4.1a - Administer Minerals and Energy Resource Development while protecting ecosystem health
Goal 4.1b - Administer Renewable Energy Resource developments while protecting ecosystem health

Watershed Function

Goal 5.1 - Improve watershed conditions through cooperative management

Riparian Condition

Goal 5.2 - Improve riparian conditions

Rangeland Condition

Goal 6.1 - Move toward improved rangeland conditions as indicated by key range sites

Biological Resource Condition

Goal 6.2 - Provide ecological conditions to sustain viable populations of native and desired nonnative species

Natural Areas in an Urban Context

Goal 7.1 - Retain natural areas as a core for a regional network while focusing the built environment into the minimum land area needed to support growing public needs

Appendix A. Government Performance and Results Act Priority National Goals

National Strategic Plan Goal 1 - Reduce the risk from catastrophic wildland fire
National Strategic Plan Goal 2 - Reduce the impacts from invasive species
National Strategic Plan Goal 3 - Provide outdoor recreation opportunities
National Strategic Plan Goal 4 - Help meet energy resource needs
National Strategic Plan Goal 5 - Improve watershed condition
National Strategic Plan Goal 6 - Mission related work in addition to that which supports the agency goals

Tables and Figures

Figure 1 - The Three Parts of a Plan in the Adaptive Cycle
Figure 2 - Historic and current percentages of tree species in mixed-conifer forests
Figure 3 - Current and historic distributions of fire-return intervals for montane mixed-conifer forests
Table 1-1 - Ownership Complexity

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