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Planning
Planning refers to the development, amendment and monitoring of our Land and Resource Management Plan, otherwise known as our "Forest Plan". Thank you for your interest in the Hiawatha National Forest Plan. This is the page where you will find links regarding the Forest Plan.
2016 Forest Plan Monitoring Program Changes
The following information explains recent changes to the Forest's Monitoring Program:
- Public Notification Letter
- Public Input Summary
- Revised Monitoring Questions and Indicators after Public Input
- Revised Forest Plan Chapter 4
Other Administrative Changes
- 2022 Raco Institutional Control and Impaired Lands Project and 2021 Raco Preliminary EA
- 2021 Land Suitability and Land Adjustment Project
- 2019 Trail Mileage Limits Project
2006 Forest Plan
The Hiawatha National Forest published its Notice of Intent to revise its Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) in September 2003. The draft Forest Plan Revision documents were published in March 2005 and the final documents were released in May 2006.
The Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2006 and a legal notice was published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on May 22, 2006.
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2006 Forest Plan
The final Forest Plan Revision documents can be accessed. They have been converted to a PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader to open these documents.
Forest Plan Monitoring Reports
The 1987 Forest Plan requires that Monitoring and Evaluation be completed each year. The purpose of this is to determine how the Forest is doing in meeting the goals outlined in the Forest Plan.
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