Planning
The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) requires the development management direction for each National Forest. This "direction" is to be expressed through goals, objectives, standards, guidelines, management prescriptions, desired future conditions, and monitoring and evaluation requirements for the forest. Projected activities, services, and rate of implementation are dependent on the annual appropriations and budgeting process. Direction is guided by the six primary decisions made in a Forest Plan.
The six decisions made in a Forest Plan are:
- Forest-wide goals and objectives
- Forest-wide standards and guidelines
- Management area delineations and associated prescriptions
- Identification of lands not suited for timber production
- Monitoring and evaluation techniques
- Recommendation for official designation of Wilderness
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Revised Forest Plans were completed in 2003 with considerable environmental analysis and public involvement. They provide broad program-level direction for management of the land and its resources. This direction is carried out in future projects. The Forest Plans do not, however, contain commitments to implement specific projects. An environmental analysis is conducted for these projects as they are proposed.
In addition to direction found in the Forest Plans, projects are also implemented through direction found in the Forest Service directive system (manuals and handbooks) and other guides.
Selected information from the 2003 Revised Forest Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement can be downloaded below. The entire document and map set can be obtained on CD-ROM by contacting:
Forest Environmental Coordinator
bethany.nickison@usda.gov
Forest Service managers make many resource management decisions, which may be subject to appeal (request to a higher authority for administrative review of a decision). Click here to open a third party website in a new browser to search US Department of Agriculture Appeals.
Recreation Site Analysis for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Uinta National Forest Recreation Facility Analysis
- Cover Page, Table of Contents and Chapter 1 - Introduction (.pdf - 3.05 Mb)
- Chapter 2 - Plan Summary (.pdf - 173 Kb)
- Chapter 3 - Recreation Sites Priority Ranking Report (.pdf - 178 Kb)
- Chapter 4 - Table of Tasks (.pdf - 199 Kb)
- Appendix (.pdf - 113 Kb)
Wasatch-Cache National Forest Recreation Facility Analysis
- Cover Page, Table of Contents and Chapter 1 - Introduction (.pdf - 1.88 Mb)
- Chapter 2 - Plan Summary (.pdf - 331 Kb)
- Chapter 3 - Recreation Sites Priority Ranking Report (.pdf - 249 Kb)
- Chapters 4 and 5 - Proposed Actions and Monitoring (.pdf - 306 Kb)
Contact:
Renee Flanagan
Public Services Group Leader
801-999-2157
renee.flanagan@usda.gov
Click this link for the Uinta Wasatch Cache SOPA
Uinta National Forest Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
2003 Forest Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, May 2003. Includes Record of Decision.
Forest Plan Amendments
1. Winter Motorized Use Forest Plan Amendment and Travel Management, August 2007
2. Wild and Scenic River Suitability Study for National Forest System Lands in Utah, November 2008
3. Western Wide Energy Corridor
4. Uinta Oil and Gas Leasing
5. Forest Plan Monitoring Realignment
Proposed update due to acquired land and law changes
Corrections to the Uinta National Forest Revised Forest Plan
- Correction No. 1: Standard ROS-2 (November 2004)
- Correction No. 2: Rangeland Capability Water Criterion, FEIS Appendix B-50 (November 2006)
- Correction No. 3: Standard M&E-10 regarding withdrawal of developed recreation and administrative sites from locatable mineral entry (November 2006)
- Correction No. 4: Guidelines WL&F-6 and Veg-7, Table 3-4, and Standard Graze-4 regarding dates for sage grouse (November 2006)
- Correction No. 5: Objective 3-2 regarding timber sale quantities (November 2006)
- Correction No. 6: Standard Timber-15 regarding timber harvest opening size (June 2010)
- Correction No. 7: Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas, Appendix D, Table D-1 (September 2010)
- Correction No. 8: Oil and Gas Leases (Amendment No.4) March 2012
- Correction No. 9: Table D-1 RHCA criteria corrected and Guideline Timber-14"
Winter Motorized Vehicle Use Opportunities
- The Travel Management Rule (TMR) of 2005 required each Forest Service unit to designate roads, trails and area open to motor vehicle use.
- Briefing Paper
- Maps
Forest Plan Monitoring
- 2020-2021 Biennial Monitoring Evaluation Report for the Uinta National Forest
2003 Wasatch-Cache Revised Forest Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Revised Forest Plan
- Final Environmental Impact Statement and Associated Maps
- Appendix A
- Appendices B-J
- Final Environment Impact Statement Summary
- Record of Decision
Forest Plan Monitoring Protocol
Amendments
- 1- Bear Hodges II Timber Sale (Standard 2.7)
- 2- Snowqualmie Water Tank and Distribution Line (Standard 3.1W)
- 3- Tony Grove-Franklin Basin Winter Recreation (Winter Recreation Map)
- 4- Millville/Logan Peak Road Relocation Project (Standard 2.7)
- 5- Wild and Scenic River Suitability Study for National Forest System Lands in Utah
- 6- Stansbury Vegetation Treatment (Standard 2.6)
- 7- Ogden City Access Road (Standard 2.6)
- 8- West-Wide Energy Corridor
- 9- Ruby Pipe
- 10- Kamas Valley Cattle Allotment
- 11- Grit Mill
- 12- Forest Plan Monitoring MIS Species
- 13- Sage-Grouse 1
- 14- Forest Plan Monitoring Realignment
- 15- Wilderness Opportunity Class
- 16- Canada Lynx update
Updates
Proposed update due to acquired land and law changes
Corrections
- Text Errata 1(.pdf - 87 Kb - November 2003)Two maps that were referenced and used in the analysis for the Revised Forest Plan but not published in the Plan. These are being added to the Revised Plan as a result of review of Appeals and discussions with appellants of the Plan. These maps are:
- Lynx Analysis(.pdf - 380 Kb - November 2003) - the Map shows primary and secondary habitat, Lynx Analysis Units, and linkage areas referenced in the Revised Forest Plan pages 4-38, 4-39, 4-42, 4-43, and in Revised Forest Plan Appendix I.
- ​Regionally Significant Wildlife Corridor(.pdf - 796 Kb - November 2003) - the Map shows the north-south linkage between large landscapes connecting forests from the northern Rocky Mountains in Canada to the southern Rocky Mountains of the United States referenced in the Revised Forest Plan page 4-70, 4-120, and 4-143
- Errata 2(.pdf - 530 Kb - July 1, 2009)
- Errata 3 (WC Correction 3, Correction Cover Letter, Posting Notice)
- Errata #4 Heber-Kamas Administrative Correction September 21, 2020
Forest Plan Monitoring