Land & Resources Management

The first Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report for the Revised Coconino Forest Plan is now complete and available for review. This report covers the first three years of plan implementation, fiscal years 2018 through 2020, and presents the results of the monitoring required by the forest plan monitoring strategy during this period. Required by the 2012 Planning Rule (36 C.F.R. §219.12), biennial monitoring evaluation reports document whether a change to the plan or change to the monitoring program is warranted based on new information, whether a new assessment may be needed, or whether there is no need for change at that time. This first monitoring report is being published two years after the Forest Plan's monitoring strategy was transitioned to focal species, an administrative change made in 2019.

The Coconino National Forest's Forest, Land, and Resource Management Plan, generally known as the Forest Plan, defines the direction for managing the Forest. The Forest Plan provides for integrated multiple-use and sustained-yield of goods and services from the Forest in a way that maximizes the long-term net public benefits in an environmentally sounds manner. The current plan was put into place in 2018.
Forest Plan Revision: The Coconino National Forest recently completed the revision of its 1987 Forest Plan. Learn about Coconino National Forest's work to revise its Forest Plan and read the 2018 Forest plan, the Record of Decision and the Final Environmental Impact Statement.

Information about the background, planning, and implementation of the Travel Management Rule. Forest Service announced final travel management regulations governing OHVs and other motor vehicle use on national forests and grasslands in 2005. Under these rules, National Forests are required to restrict OHV travel to "designated roads-and-trails."
In response to the Travel Management Rule, the Coconino National Forest has designated a system of roads and trails, which identifies where you are allowed to drive a motor vehicle on the National Forest. Designated routes and areas are shown on the Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM).

Published documents and notices for the Coconino National Forest including Environmental Assessments, Decision Notices, Findings of No Significant Impact, Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements, and Records of Decision.

The Forest Service has managed wildland fire for more than 100 years. But how we do it - why, when, and where we do it - has changed.

Annual Operating Instructions and other documents for the Coconino National Forest's grazing allotments.

Logging and thinning operations are just one set of the tools in our toolbox to help restore the forest and reduce fuels. Multiple logging projects take place across the forest throughout the year.

Forest Orders detailing active restrictions and closures throughout the Coconino National Forest. Roads, areas, and uses may be restricted or closed to protect human safety, wildlife, or forest resources.

Learn about archaeology, botany, wildlife, fisheries, forest health, minerals, and more.

Alerts & Warnings

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