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Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Technical Guide

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The recreation opportunity spectrum is the Forest Service’s system to define, allocate, manage, and monitor existing and desired recreation settings and opportunities. This guide provides suggested steps and tools for using the spectrum during land management planning, organized by plan revision phases, and followed by examples of project-level implementation.

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USDA Forest Service Managed National Monuments

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Admiralty Island National Monument, Tongass National Forest, AlaskaBaaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, Kaibab National ForestBears Ears National Monument, Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah (co-managed with the Bureau of Land Management)Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, Mendocino National Forest, California (co-managed with the Bureau of…
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Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

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Mount St. Helens. About This DestinationAt 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, the north face of this tall symmetrical mountain collapsed in a massive rock debris avalanche. In a few moments this slab of rock…
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Misty Fjords National Monument

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In 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed over 2,200,000 acres as the Misty Fjords National Monument. In 1980, this acreage got reduced to 2,142,243 acres but was now congressionally designated as Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness and still remains the largest wilderness area on the Tongass National Forest. Due to this designation, it is now strategically managed to continue the…
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Chimney Rock National Monument

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On Sept. 21, 2012, President Barack Obama designated the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area as America’s 103rd national monument—the seventh to be managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Covering 4,726 acres of the San Juan National Forest between Pagosa Springs and Durango, Colo., the Chimney Rock National Monument is a significant archaeological, cultural, geological and biological site.Home to…
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Dingell Act Closures

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Annual Closure SummaryJohn D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law No.116-9, Title IV (Sportsmen’s Access and Related Matters)).Section 4103 – Closure of Federal Land to Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting.Subsection (d) – ReportingThe Forest Service is required to annually publish, on a public website, a list of all areas of National Forest System (NFS)…
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