Planning
Land Management Planning
Generally it is planning at a broad scale, either at the Regional, Forest, or Landscape (Watershed) level. Assessments identify existing condition, risks, opportunities, and desired future condition. The end product does not require a NEPA decision, but is information that feeds into Project analysis.
Quick Links
- Schedule Of Proposed Actions
- Objection Responses: Eldorado National Forest
- Forest Service NEPA Procedures and Guidance
- Citizen's Guide to NEPA
Key Contacts
Environmental Coordinator
Susan Durham
100 Forni Road
Placerville, CA 95667
susan.durham@usda.gov
Eldorado National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP)
The Eldorado National Forest's Land Management Plan, completed in 1989, establishes the primary management direction for the entire forest, providing a framework for what we do and where we do it. All other plans tier to this Forest Plan.
Purpose
The purpose of the Forest Plan is to direct the management of the Eldorado National Forest. The Plan proscribes compatible sets of Forest practices for the land and resources. Acres are assigned to different resource uses, and targets are set for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Environmental protection is gained by applying the management requirements to the approved Forest activities. The Plan also meets legal requirements and deals with local, state, and national issues. To accomplish its purpose, the Plan:
- Names Forest's long-range goals and objectives for a 10 year period;
- Schedules the location and occurrence of forest practices by management areas;
- Establishes Standards and Guidelines for forest practices; and
- Ties management activities directly to the Forest Service budgeting system, linking them with periodic assessments and programs developed at the national level under the Forest and Rangeland Resources Planning Act.
1989 Document
The documents below are scanned images of the 1989 document compiled into a PDF document and therefore cannot be read be electronic readers
- Record of Decision (9M)
- Land and Resource Management Plan (entire document not including the map. (18.5 M, pdf)
- Map (2.9 M, pdf)
Forest Plan Amendments
This amendment modified Management Practice 1 in Management Area 13 and allowed for issuing new permits to recreation residence owners in 1991. A hard copy of the Environmental Assessment (EA) is on file in the Supervisor’s Office as it predates the current electronic documentation system.
March 1993 - Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) on Future Use of the Echo Summit Ski Area Site. Amended the Forest Plan Management Emphasis and Description for Management Area 11 to provide for Developed Winter Sports Sites that do not include downhill skiing.
November 1998 - Desolation Wilderness Management Guidelines - Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD), established management areas and Standards & Guidelines specifically for Desolation Wilderness within the Forest Plan umbrella consistent with the Wilderness Act of 1964.
March 2000 - Mokelumne Wilderness Management Guidelines - Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD), established Management Areas and Standards & Guidelines specifically for the Mokelumne Wilderness within the Forest Plan umbrella consistent with the Wilderness Act of 1964.
January 2001 - Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (SNFPA). The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) amended eleven Sierra Nevada Forest Plans, including the Eldorado National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP). It was found not sufficient, and this amendment was replaced by the January 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment.
January 2001 - Iron Mountain Ski Area Non-Significant Amendment to the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) Environmental Assessment. Removed Iron Mountain Ski Area’s designations as an “Existing Winter Sport Site” and “Potential Winter Sports Site” (Management Areas 11 and 12) from the Eldorado National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) and re-designated the area as “Roaded Natural High Country” (Management Area 8).
January 2004 - Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (SNFPA). The Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) amended eleven Sierra Nevada Forest Plans, including the Eldorado National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP).
July 2005 - Snow Canyon Research Natural Area Designation. The Environmental Assessment (EA) Decision Notice Established the Snow Canyon Research Natural Area as recommended in the 1989 Eldorado National Forest Plan.
December 2007 - Management Indicator Species (MIS) Amendment. Amended the Management Indicator Species species and habitat indicators for 10 National Forests, including the Eldorado National Forest.
March 2008 - Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the Travel Management decision. This Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was litigated and a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was prepared to address 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (SNFPA) Standards & Guidelines #100 pertaining to meadows.
November 2008 - Sierra-at-Tahoe Huckleberry Expansion. The Environmental Assessment (EA) Decision Notice expanded the special use area for Sierra-at-Tahoe ski area into Huckleberry Canyon in conformance with the intent of Forest Plan Management Area 12, Potential Winter Sports Areas, to become Management Area 11, Existing Winter Sports Areas when recreation demand increased for winter sports use.
March 2012 - Kirkwood Power Line Reliability Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Two Forest Plan Amendments corrected inconsistencies in the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP):
- Management Area 4, specific to the Mokelumne Archeological District, recognizes pre-existing travel and utility corridors, and allows new utilities or transportation facilities to utilize existing corridors; consistent with other Standards & Guidelines for the Mokelumne Archeological District. This amendment is consistent with other Management Practices that apply to Management Area 4, where Standards & Guidelines specific to the Mokelumne Archeological District are included to recognize existing developments in this large and diverse area (LRMP pp. 4-143, 4-144, 4-146).
- Management Area 20 is the Visual Quality Objective Foreground Retention management area. However, Management Area 20 generally includes areas close to well-travelled roads and other public facilities. The amended Standards & Guidelines corrected the original Management Practice 15 for Management Area 20 to recognize that there are places within Management Area 20 that only meet the “partial retention” standard. The amended Standards & Guidelines captures the original intent to allow some places in Management Area 20 to be below the retention level.
April 2017 – Camp Silverado Recreation Site Development Project. The Environmental Assessment (EA) Decision Notice amended the Forest Plan to change the designation of the Camp Silverado facility from Management Area #13 (Private Sector Recreation) which emphasized the facility be managed as a developed recreation site authorized under a Special Use Permit, to Management Area #9 (Existing Recreation), to be managed as an existing USDA-FS developed recreation site.
June 2020 - Amendment of Eldorado National Forest Land Resource Management Plan Pertaining to Lands Donated by PG&E - The Decision Memo added goals to the Forest Plan for three parcels of land (Cole Creek, North Fork of the Mokelumne River, and Blue Creek/Deer Creek) to be conserved in perpetuity for beneficial public values including outdoor recreation, sustainable forestry, biological and cultural resource protection, and grazing enhancement (where applicable: the Blue Creek/Deer Creek Parcel lands are not used for grazing).