Planning

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Ouachita National Forest Plan

The Revised Forest Plan was completed in 2005. The release is the culmination of three years work, including extensive public involvement, to revise the Forest's previous plan. The new plan provides guidance for managing more than 1.8 million acres of the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

• Revised Forest Plan
• Final Environment Impact Statement (FEIS)
  • NOTICE: Minor corrections have been made to the Final Environmental Impact Statement since it was published in September 2005. These corrections are identified in the Errata Sheets posted below.
• Map of Management Areas
• Errata Sheets 1 and 2

Forest Plan Amendments and Administrative Changes

• Amendments
• Administrative Changes
  • American Burying Beetle Administrative Change (January 2015)
    • Administrative Change Letter
  • 2012 Planning Rule- Monitoring Administrative Change (May 2016)
    • Administrative Change Letter
    • Scoping Letter
  • Scenery Protection Administrative Change (August 2018)
    • Proposed Change
    • Administrative Change Letter

Forest Monitoring Plan and Reports

• Current Monitoring Plan
• Monitoring Reports
  • FY 2017
  • FY 2016 with Ten Year Plan Review
  • FY 2015
  • FY 2014
  • FY 12-13 with Evaluation Report
  • FY 2011
  • FY 2010 with Five Year Plan Review
  • FY 2009
  • FY 2008
  • FY 2007
  • FY 2006
  • FY 2005
• Other Reports
  • Northern Long-Eared Bat (NLEB) Biological Assessment
  • NLEB Final Determination
  • NLEB Interim Conference Report
  • NLEB USDI FWS Concurrence Letter
  • FY 2008 LeFlore County, Oklahoma Report
  • Management Indicator Species Summary (November 2008)
  • FY 2009 Wilderness Air Quality Monitoring Plan
  • Ozark-Ouachita Highlands Assessment