Forest Plan Revision: Potential Wilderness Evaluation Drafts & Archive

Final Potential Wilderness Area Evaluation Report and Final Wilderness Need Evaluation
 

Potential Wilderness Frequently Asked Questions, August 2010 (79kb .pdf)
 

Draft Potential Wilderness Area Evaluation Report February 2011 (766kb .pdf)

• As part of the Forest Plan revision process, the Forest Service must evaluate all lands possessing wilderness characteristics for potential recommendation to Congress for designation as wilderness. This report describes the process for evaluating areas and provides summary information about the 15 potential wilderness areas that were carried forward through the evaluation process.
   

Draft Coconino National Forest Wilderness Need Evaluation February 2011 (280kb .pdf)

• This report provides more detail information about the wilderness need assessment portion of the potential wilderness evaluation and identifies the level of need for additional wilderness on the Coconino National Forest and in the U.S. Forest Service's Southwest Region.

Draft potential Wilderness Evaluation Inventory and Capability Results: January 9, 2009 (31.25MB .pdf file - Right click and choose "Save Target As" to download this file)

• How to use the above GeoPDF document (255kb .pdf file)
• Potential Wilderness Evaluation Process: January 9, 2009 (177kb .pdf file)
• Response to Feedback (26kb .pdf)
   

Grazing Guidelines for Wilderness (27kb .pdf)
 

Grazing Management within Wilderness (67kb .pdf)