Planning
Here you’ll find Forest-scale planning documents, including the Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan), which establishes the primary management direction for the entire forest. All projects and activities undertaken by the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest must be consistent with the Forest Plan.
Forest Plan
Please click here to view the Forest Plan pdf. In order to find portions of the Forest Plan more easily, the pdf file has been broken down into the following:
Chapter 1 - Revision Overview
Chapter 2 - Analysis of the Management Situation Summary
Chapter 3 - Forestwide Direction
Chapter 4 - Management Area Direction (entire chapter)
Chapter 4 - Bighole Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Boulder River Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Clark Fork-Flint Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Elkhorn Management Area
- Notice of Administrative Change for Elkhorn Management Area
Chapter 4 - Gravelly Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Jefferson River Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Lima Tendoy Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Madison Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Pioneer Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Tobacco Root Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Upper Clark Fork Landscape Management Area
Chapter 4 - Upper Rock Creek Landscape Management Areas
Chapter 5 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Appendix A - Scenic Resource Inventories
Appendix B - Lease Stipulations and Notices
Corrected FEIS - (19MB, Download before opening)
ROD 1 - Record of Decision - 2009
ROD 2 - Record of Decision Enacting Forest Travel Plan Management Direction - 2010
Update on Winter Motorized Use in the Mt. Jefferson Area - January 2013 (64KB)
Supplements to Corrected FEIS
2012 SEIS Winter Motorized Routes
2012 SEIS - November 2012 (6MB)
2012 Determination - November 2012
2014 SEIS Temporary Roads
2014 SEIS - September 2014 (929KB)
2014 Explanation Supporting Exclusion of Temporary Roads in OMRTD - September 2014 (180KB)
2016 SEIS Winter Motorized Areas
2016 SEIS Bighorn Sheep
Appendix C Maps (36" x 48")
Northeast (14 MB)
Northwest (13 MB)
Southeast (12 MB)
Southwest (11 MB)
Detailed Maps (36" x 48”)
Forest Plan Interim Roads and Trails Map (11 MB)
Alt 1 - Grazing Allotment (10 MB)
Alt 1 - Recommended Wilderness (9 MB)
Alt 1 - Summer Non-Motorized Allocations (15 MB)
Alt 1 - Winter Non-Motorized Allocations (9.5 MB)
Alt 1 - Wildland Fire Management Availability (9 MB)
Alt 6 - Grazing Allotments (10 MB)
Alt 6 - Key Watersheds (10 MB)
Alt 6 - Recommended Wilderness (10 MB)
Alt 6 - Wildland Fire Management Availability (10 MB)
Alt 6 Modified – Winter Recreation Allocations (10 MB)
Alt 6 Modified – Management Area Boundaries (17 MB)
GIS Data - zip files
Alt 1 through 6 - Key Watersheds (1.01 MB)
Alt 1 - Summer Recreation Allocation (2.9 MB)
Alt 1 - Winter Recreation Allocation (1.5 MB)
Alt 6 Modified - Summer Recreation Allocations, includes recommended wilderness areas (4 MB)
Alt 6 Modified - Winter Recreation Allocations
Alt 6 Modified - Roads & Trails (12 MB)
Comments on Draft SEIS
Comment Letter on DSEIS (Temporary Roads) from May 7, 2014
Comment Letter on DSEIS (Temporary Roads) from May 10, 2014
Canada Lynx
2021 BDNF Forest Plan Canada Lynx Biological Assessment
2021 BDNF Forest Plan Canada Lynx Biological Opinion
Grizzly Bear
2012 BDNF Forest Plan Biological Assessment
2013 BDNF Forest Plan Grizzly Bear Biological Opinion
2010 BDNF Forest Plan Grizzly Bear Biological Assessment
2010 BDNF Forest Plan Grizzly Bear Biological Opinion
2020 BDNF Forest Plan Grizzly Bear Biological Assessment for Livestock Grazing
2021 BDNF Forest Plan Grizzly Bear Biological Opinion for Livestock Grazing
Forest Plan Monitoring Program
Current Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report (BMER), 2021
2021 BMER, full pdf
BMER Release Letter, signed DEC21
2003
Part 1 - Beaverhead Section
Part 2 - Deerlodge Section
2002
Summary
2001
Summary
2000 - Fires of 2000
Table of Contents
Part 1 - Beaverhead Section
Part 2 - Deerlodge Section
1999 - Riparian Health
Report
- Big Hole Map
- Boulder Map
- Lower Clark Fork Map
- Elkhorn Map
- Gravelly Map
- Jefferson River Map
- Lima-Tendoy Map
- North Tobacco Root Map
- Pioneers Map
- Rock Creek Map
- Upper Clark Fork Map
1998 - Vegetation Treatment (includes aspen, conifer, sagebrush)
Report
Winter Motorized Travel Management
Montana Wilderness Study Act Areas on the BDNF
Sapphire and West Pioneer Wilderness Study Areas: This section contains the Report and Draft EIS for the Blue Joint and Sapphire Wilderness Study Areas and the Proposal and Report for the Mount Henry, Taylor-Hilgard and West Pioneer Montana Wilderness Study Areas. Additional documents specific to the Sapphire and West Pioneer WSAs only are posted along with the studies.
West Pioneers Wilderness Study Area
1980 Mount Henry, Taylor-Hilgard, and West Pioneer Study Report and Environmental Statement (52 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Alternative A Map (6 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Alternative B Map (6 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Alternative C Map (5 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Alternative D Map (7 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Alternative E Map (7 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Range Resource Map (6 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Recreation Resource Map (5 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Timber Resource Map (6 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Wilderness Suitability Resource Map (5 MB)
1980 West Pioneer Wildlife Resource Map (6 MB)
2003 West Pioneer WSA Wilderness Characteristics Assessment (97 KB)
2009 West Pioneer Inventoried Roadless Area - Wilderness Character Evaluation (324 KB)
Sapphire Wilderness Study Area
1985 Report and Draft EIS, Blue Joint and Sapphire Montana WSA Areas (2 MB)
2006 Sapphire Wilderness Study Area Wilderness Characteristics Assessment (807 KB)
2009 Sapphire Inventoried Roadless Area - Wilderness Character Evaluation (129 KB)
Landscape and Watershed Assessments
Wise River Ranger District
2012 Seymour, Sullivan, and Deep Creeks Watershed Assessment
Butte and Wise River Ranger Districts
2009 Fleecer Mountains Watershed Assessment
App B Fleecer TAP Road Ratings
App B Fleecer TAP Trail Ratings
App B Fleecer Supplement Price Powder
Maps
Maps 1 to 12
Maps 26 to 36 and 38 to 40
Dillon Ranger District
2008 Birch Willow Lost Watershed Assessment
Appendix A (2 MB)
Map 2. Hydrologic Unit Boundaries (2.3 MB)
Map 3. Dominant Vegetation (5 MB)
Map 5. Insect and Disease Infestations (38 MB)
Map 6. Vegetation Communities at Risk (1.8 MB)
Map 7. Change in Aspen (4.3 MB)
Map 8. Change in Mountain Mahogany (4.3 MB)
Map 9. Change in Sagebrush Steppe & Grasslands (4.3 MB)
Map 10. Fire Regime Condition Class
Map 12. Activity Fuels (1 MB)
Map 13. Roads and Trails (1 MB)
Map 14. Structures and Residences
Map 15. Timber Management Allocations (39 MB)
Map 16. Opportunities – Aspen (38 MB)
Map 17. Opportunities - Sagebrush/Grasslands (38 MB)
Map 18. Opportunities – Natural Barriers (38 MB)
Map 19. Opportunities – Protection (38 MB)
Map 20. Opportunities – Road and Trail Management (5 MB)
Pintler Ranger District
2008 East Deerlodge Valley Landscape Assessment
Report
Cover and Table of contents
Section I - Introduction
Section IIA - Soils and Geology
Section IIB - Watershed Health and Aquatic Habitats Part 1 (1.3 MB)
Section IIB - Watershed Health and Aquatic Habitats Part 2 (1.4 MB)
Section IIB - Watershed Health and Aquatic Habitats Part 3 (1.4 MB)
Section IIC - Vegetation (1.2 MB)
Section IID - Wildlife
Section IIE - Cultural Resources and Human Uses
Section III - Gap Between Existing and Desired Condition, Section IV - Management Opportunities, References
Appendix 1: Maps
Figure IA-1: 1987 Deerlodge Forest Plan Management Areas and Inventoried Roadless Areas (3 MB)
Figure IA-2: EDLV Landscape Location and 5th Code Watersheds (1.7 MB)
Figure IA-3: GAP Land Cover Classification (2.3 MB)
Figure IIA-1: Geologic Map and Landslide Deposits (1.8 MB)
Figure IIA-2: Abandoned Mines (MBMG) and Priority Abandoned Mines (DEQ) (1.8 MB)
Figure IIA-3: SSURGO/NASIS Off-Road/Off-Trail Potential Erosion Hazard (Dominant Condition) (3 MB)
Figure IIA-4: SSURGO/NASIS Potential Fire Damage Hazard (Dominant Condition) (3 MB)
Figure IIA-5: SSURGO/NASIS On-Road/on-Trail Potential Erosion Hazard (Dominant Condition) (3 MB)
Figure IIB-1: Surface Water Sampling Locations, TMDL Listed Streams and DEQ Priority Abandoned Mines (1.8 MB)
Figure IIB-2: Rosgen Level II Stream Classification (1.8 MB)
Figure IIB-3: 2002 Hansen Lotic Wetland Assessment and 1997/1998 PFC Assessment (1.8 MB)
Figure IIB-4: Riparian Impacts – Invasive Weeds 2002 Hansen Lotic Wetland Assessment (2 MB)
Figure IIB-5: Riparian Impacts – Grazing 2002 Hansen Lotic Wetland Assessment (2 MB)
Figure IIB-6: Riparian Impacts – Sediment Delivery 2002 Hansen Lotic Wetland Assessment (2 MB)
Figure IIB-7: Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Populations and Inventoried Culverts (2.7 MB)
Figure IIC-1: Timber Stands (BDNF Photo Interpretation Circa Mid-1980’s) (2.7 MB)
Figure IIC-2: Aerial Disease Survey – Forest Insect Damage 1999-2006 (3 MB)
Figure IIC-3: Forest Insect Host Tree Extent and Insect Damage 1999-2006 (2.6 MB)
Figure IIC-4: Timber Harvest
Figure IIC-5: Fire History and Type (2.7 MB)
Figure IIC-6: Stand-Level Fire Regime Condition Class (3 MB)
Figure IIC-7: CWPP Fire Mitigation Priority Ranking (2.7 MB)
Figure IIC-8: Knapweed Inventories (3 MB)
Figure IIC-9: Leafy Spurge Inventories (3 MB)
Figure IIC-10: Grazing Allotments (3 MB)
Figure IIC-11: Fire Regime Group and Burn Units (2 MB)
Figure IID-1: Elk Habitat (RMEF, 1999) and 1987 Deerlodge Forest Plan Management Areas (3 MB)
Figure IID-2: Mule Deer Habitat (FWP, 2004b) and 1987 Deerlodge Forest Plan Management Areas (3.5 MB)
Figure IID-3: White-Tailed Deer Density (FWP, 1996) (3 MB)
Figure IID-4: Moose Habitat (FWP, 2001) and 1987 Deerlodge Forest Plan Management Areas (3.6 MB)
Figure IID-5: Pronghorn Habitat (FWP, 2002) and 1987 Deerlodge Forest Plan Management Areas (3 MB)
Figure IIE-1: Travel System, Road/Trail Density and Inventoried Roadless Areas (3 MB)
Figure IIE-2: Summer Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) Classification (3 MB)
Figure IIE-3: Winter Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) Classification (3 MB)
Figure IIE-4: Hunting Recreation Opportunity Geographic Areas (2.5 MB)
Appendix 2: WRC Stream Flow Measurements
Appendix 3: Stream Impairments (KirK Environmental, 2003)
Appendix 4: Hansen Lotic Wetland Assessment of BDNF Lands
Appendix 5: Annual Acreage of BDNF Affected by Forest Insects 2004-2006 Categorized by Management Area
Appendix 6: Burn Units, page one
2007 West Fork Rock Creek Watershed Assessment
Watershed Assessment
Maps
Map 1. Location of West Fork Rock Creek
Map 2. Ownership (4 mb)
Map 3. 6th code Hydrologic Unit Code watershed boundaries (4 mb)
Map 4. Deerlodge Forest Plan Management Areas (4 mb)
Map 5. Recreation sites and trails (1 mb)
Map 6. Landtype Associations
Map 7. Stream Function (4 mb)
Map 8. Fish distribution by species (4 mb)
Map 9. Vegetation cover types (4 mb)
Map 10. Insect Infestations (3 mb)
Map 11. Past Timber Harvest (4 mb)
Map 12. West Fork Buttes Special Interest Are (4 mb)
Map 13. Noxious Weed Locations
Map 14. Secure Wildlife Blocks (4 mb)
Map 15. Winter Range (4 mb)
Map 16. Road Locations (2 mb)
Map 17. Road Density (4 mb)
Map 18. Grazing Allotments and Pastures
Map 19. Grazing Allotments Affected by the 1999 USFWS Biological Opinion on Bull Trout
Map 20. Designated Monitoring Areas
Map 21. Fire Groups by Severity Class (4 mb)
Map 22. Middle Fork and Signal Rock Fires by Intensity (4 mb)
Map 23. Weed Spraying Accomplishments 2006 (4 mb)
Map 24. Road BMP Accomplishments 2006 (4 mb)