Lassen and Modoc National Forests Science Synthesis

Northeastern California Plateaus Bioregion Science Synthesis

The Northeastern California Plateaus Science Synthesis compiles the best available science from the past thirty years, and was developed by Rocky Mountain and Pacific Southwest Research Station scientists. The Synthesis reviews over 800 scientific papers on the ecology, status and trends, and socioeconomic issues across this region, comprised of dry pine forests, sagebrush and other unique habitats. Together with two previous science syntheses that cover the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades and the Northwest Forest Plan area, the Forest Service and its partners now have available a strong scientific foundation to inform future land management planning and resource management.

• Northeastern California Plateaus Bioregion Science Synthesis (PDF)

What happens next?

Please review the Northeastern California Plateaus Bioregion Science Synthesis (PDF) in preparation for the next steps of forest plan revision, though it remains unknown when that effort will occur. 

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