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Planning

The Coconino National Forest's land and resource management plan (also known as the forest plan) was revised in 2018. A forest land and resource management plan, or Forest Plan, provides integrated, forest-wide guidance for all forest uses and activities on National Forest Lands. Amendments to, administrative changes, and monitoring reports for the revised Coconino Forest Plan are linked to from here.

2018 Coconino Forest Plan

The Coconino National Forest's management plan, revised in 2018, provides integrated, forest-wide guidance for all forest uses and activities on national forest lands for approximately the next 15 years.

The revised Forest Plan is updated with administrative changes and amendments as needed. Those updates are listed and can be accessed below; the latest version of the plan is linked here.

Coconino Forest Plan Record of Decision

Coconino Forest Plan

Forest Plan Monitoring and Evaluation

The Coconino National Forest began implementing its newly revised Forest Plan on June 26, 2018. Monitoring and evaluation are required by National Forest Management Act regulations and the 2012 Planning Rule to determine how the Forest Plan is being applied, how well the plan is working to maintain or make progress toward desired conditions, and if its management direction remains appropriate. Based upon this evaluation, recommendations may be made to change management direction or revise or amend the Forest Plan. This is intended to inform adaptive management of the Coconino National Forest.

Biennial Monitoring and Evaluation Reports (BMERs)

The purpose of the Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report is to inform the public, partners, stakeholders, other government agencies, and tribes of the completed and ongoing monitoring of forest plan implementation activities in the Coconino National Forest. The monitoring results presented in this report help the forest supervisor determine whether a change is needed in forest plan direction, plan components, or other plan content that guide management of resources in the Coconino National Forest. The Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report represents one part of the Forest Service’s overall monitoring program for this national forest. It is not a decision document. It evaluates monitoring questions and indicators presented in Chapter 5, Monitoring Strategy, of the revised Coconino Forest Plan (2018), and reports on the results of monitoring of management actions carried out in the forest.

2023 Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report for FYs 2021-2022

2021 Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report for FYs 2018-2020

Administrative Changes and Amendments to the 2018 Coconino Forest Plan

Last updated May 15th, 2025