Sources of Information for Assessing Land Status and Ownership,

Use and Access Patterns

This page contains links referred to from Forest Service Handbook FSH 1909.12, Chapter 10 – The Assessment, Section 13.9. Direction for conducting an assessment for a plan, plan revision or plan amendment is contained in that handbook. This page contains links to additional information resources and will be updated periodically.

Land Status and Ownership, Use, and Access Patterns

Forest Service information resources include:

1. Infra lands database of NRM.
2. Automated Lands Project (ALP).
3. Lands Status Records System (LSRS).
4. Transportation atlas, records, and analysis.
5. Travel management plans.
6. Motor vehicle use maps.
7. The Economic Profile System-Human Dimensions Toolkit government and land use reports created under a contract and owned by the Service (see Headwaters Economics: EPS-HDT: SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILES).
8. GIS layers of land ownership, status, use or access; and
9. Information from the Resources Planning Act assessment.

External information sources include:

1. Plans, reports, or other information from Indian Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs, states, counties, or other local governments on land ownership, status and use, access, or transportation. This may include spatial data or maps maintained by these governments.
2. Relevant analysis or information offered for consideration by the public about land ownership, status and use, access or transportation.