Forest Plan Revision: Revised Drafts

March 2017 Proposed Revised Plan

Note: Public comments are now closed. We are currently working towards the final release of the plan projected for September 2017.

 

May 2016 Proposed Revised Plan

The proposed revised plan is a incorporates changes in response to comments received during the 90-day comment period held in 2013-4.

Note: Public comments are now closed as we prepare the final environmental impact statement and required consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the process of working towards the final release of the plan projected for June 2017.

The proposed revised plan is now referred to as Alternative B (modified) in the environmental impact statement. This alternative was adjusted based on comments received during the 90-day comment period on the draft environmental impact statement. The adjustments were designed to address specific comments, to remove or integrate duplicative plan language, to clarify or elaborate on plan language, and to add new plan language. Alternative C and D share the structure of the proposed revised plan and many of its components. The adjustments to the proposed revised plan also apply to the shared structure and plan components in alternatives C and D.

Proposed revised Final Land and Resource Management Plan - May 2016 (3.9 MB PDF)

Appendix A: Maps (13 MB PDF)

 

Minor adjustments were also made to Alternative C. Most of these adjustments involved changing the names of some management areas and providing more detail on how the old growth direction retained from the current Forest Plan would be incorporated into the structure of the proposed revised plan.

Alternative C (540 kB PDF)

 

The following document contains the responses to the comments submitted during the open comment period.

Response to Comments on the Forest Plan Revision (6.3 MB PDF)

 

February/March 2011 Revised Draft Plan

The version of the draft revised plan below considered the relevant guidance in the Current Forest Plan, public involvement from the November/December 2010 draft plan release, and further internal discussions. Elements of the revised draft plan were discussed at the public meetings held in March 2011. The documents below were not final and have since been superceded by the more recent documents that are currently under developement.

Please note that this draft is no longer available for public input - the Proposed Action and Alternatives are forthcoming.

Full Document - 2011 Draft Revised Forest Plan (9.71 MB PDF)
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Draft Revised Forest Plan in smaller pieces:

User's Guide/Comment Sheet (149 kB PDF)

 

November/December 2010 Draft Plan Language

Below please find draft language for both recreation and ecology-related topics made available at the November 2010 public meetings.

Recreation

Map of Social Divisions of the Coconino NF – Use this map to identify area-specific comments. The Forest has not yet determined how it will be using management areas in the Plan. You are welcome to provide suggestions of how these areas are different from each other to assist in that process.

Ecology

Vegetation Types

Map of Alpine Tundra, Spruce Fir, Mixed Conifer, Ponderosa Pine

Map of High Elevation Grasslands (Montane Subalpine Grassland and Great Basin Grassland)

Map of Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper

Map of Semi-desert Grassland, Desert Communities

Map of Water and Riparian (Aquatic riparian ecosystems, Wetland Cienega, Springs)

If you have additional questions or concerns, you may call 928-527-3600 and ask for someone on the forest plan revision team or send an email to Coconino_national_forest_plan_revision_team@fs.fed.us.

Thank you for your interest!



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