Planning

The Sawtooth National Forest was last revised and published in 2012.

• Table of Contents
• Chapter I – Introduction
• Chapter II –  Analysis of the Management Situation Summary
• Chapter III – Introduction, Desired Conditions, and Forest-wide Management Direction
  • Management Area Description & Direction
    • Management Area 1 - Sawtooth NRA and Sawtooth Wilderness
    • Management Area 2 - Upper Salmon River Valley
    • Management Area 3 - East Fork Salmon River/White Clouds
    • Management Area 4 - Big Wood River
    • Management Area 5 - Little Wood River
    • Management Area 6 - Upper South Fork Boise River
    • Management Area 7 - Little Smoky Creek
    • Management Area 8 - Middle South Fork Boise River
    • Management Area 9 - Lime Creek
    • Management Area 10 - Soldier Creek/Willow Creek
    • Management Area 11 - Rock Creek
    • Management Area 12 - Cottonwood Creek
    • Management Area 13- Trapper Creek/Goose Creek
    • Management Area 14 - Shoshone Creek
    • Management Area 15 - Albion Mountains
    • Management Area 16 - Howell Creek
    • Management Area 17 - Independence Lakes
    • Management Area 18 - Raft River
    • Management Area 19 - Black Pine
    • Management Area 20 - Sublett
    • Management Area 21 - Hemingway-Boulders and Cecil D Andrus White Clouds Wilderness Areas
• Chapter IV –  Implementation Direction
• Appendices
  • Table of Contents
  • Appendix A - Vegetation
    • Vegetation Restoration Map - North
    • Vegetation Restoration Map - South
  • Appendix B - Soil, Water, Riparian and Aquatic Resources
  • Appendix C - Botanical Resources
  • Appendix D - Wild and Scenic Rivers
  • Appendix E - Persistent Snow Map and Terrestrial Wildlife Resources
  • Appendix F - Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
  • Appendix G - Land Capability Groups
  • Appendix H - Legal Framework
  • Appendix I - Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Wilderness
  • Appendix J - Glossary

In July 2003, the Boise, Payette and Sawtooth National Forests issued Records of Decision for revised Forest Plans. Assessments supporting the 2003 Forest Plan revision identified more wildlife habitat areas in need of restoration for a variety of species within each planning unit than could be moved toward desired conditions by natural processes or management activities within the 10- to 15-year planning period. As a result, the 2003 Forest Plans for the all three forests identified that maintaining and restoring habitats for species of concern should be prioritized based upon the greatest risks to the persistence of certain species. To address this need, each Forest Plan included a wildlife objective, WIOB03, to prioritize wildlife habitat to be restored at a mid- or Forest-scale, using information from sources such as species habitat models and fine scale analyses. The Forest Plan Amendment, 2011 Wildlife Conservation Strategy Phase 1: Forested Biological Community is the first of four planned amendments to address wildlife objective WIOB03.

• Cover Letter
• Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact
• Legal Notice
• Volume 1 - EA and Decision
• Volume 2 - Appendices
  • Appendix 1 - Conservation Concepts
  • Appendix 2 - Proposed Forest Plan Amendments
  • Appendix 3 - Maps
    • Map 1 - North 2003 Forest Plan
    • Map 2 - South 2003 Forest Plan
    • Map 3 - North Forested Fire Regimes
    • Map 4 - South Forested Fire Regimes
    • Map 5 - North Source Environment Restoration Strategy
    • Map 6 - North Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat/Restoration Strategy
    • Map 7 - South Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat/Restoration Strategy
    • Map 8 - Fire Plan Communities and Wildland/Urban Interface Analysis Areas 2009
  • Appendix 4 - Analysis Process for Forested   Vegetation
  • Appendix 5 - Resources Not Evaluated in Detail
  • Appendix 6 -Summary of the Addendum to the 2003 Sawtooth National Forest Plan Biological Assessment and Biological Evaluation
  • Appendix 7 - Response to Comments on the Environmental Assessment Notice and Comment Period: February 10-March 11, 2012

• Summary
• Chapter I  –  Purpose & Need
  • Changes to Chapter I between Draft and Final EIS  
• Chapter II – Alternatives Considered
  • Changes to Chapter II between Draft and Final EIS   
• Chapter III Affected Environment & Environmental Consequences  
  • Changes to Chapter III between Draft & Final EIS  
  • Introduction
  • Air Quality & Smoke Management  
  • Soil, Water, Riparian & Aquatic Resources
  • Vegetation Diversity
  • Vegetation Hazard   
  • Botanical Resources - TEPS Plants
  • Non-Native Plants   
  • Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat & Species    
  • Fire Management
  • Rangeland Resources  
  • Timberland Resources
  • Recreation   
  • Scenic Environment
  • Cultural Resources
  • Tribal Rights & Interests
  • Roads
  • Inventoried Roadless Areas
  • Wilderness
  • Wild & Scenic Rivers
  • Socio-economic Environment
  • Resource Commitments
• Chapter IV  –  List of Preparers  
  • Changes to Chapter IV between Draft and Final EIS  
• Appendix A – Public Involvement
• Appendix A – Response to Comments
• Appendix B – Analysis Processes
• Appendix C – Roadless Area Re-evaluation
• Appendix C – Boise NF Inventoried Roadless Areas
• Appendix C – Payette NF Inventoried Roadless Areas
• Appendix C – Sawtooth NF Inventoried Roadless Areas
• Appendix D – American Indian Background
• Appendix E – Determining Timber Suitability
• Appendix F – Watershed, Fish & Wildlife
• Appendix G – Botanical Resources
• Appendix H – Inventoried Roadless Area Characteristics
• Appendix I – Research Natural Areas
• Appendix J – Wild & Scenic Rivers Suitability Report
• References  
• Glossary  
  • Changes to Glossary between Draft and Final EIS  
• Maps  

Management Indicator Species Capability Supplements

• Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Feb. 8, 2008
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Record of Decision

• 2022 - 2023 Monitoring Report, September 2024
• 2020 - 2021 Monitoring Report, September 2022