Planning

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Forest Plan Monitoring Program Changes

• Public Notification Letter  |  4/28/16
• Summary of Monitoring Changes
• Comments and Responses
• Forest Plan Chapter 4: Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitoring and Evaluation Report Fiscal Years 2018-2023

2004 Chippewa National Forest Plan

The Forest Plan guides all natural resource management activities for the Chippewa National Forest. It describes desired resource conditions, resource management practices, levels of resource production and management, and the availability of suitable land for resource management. (Forest plans are also referred to as ”land and resource management plans”.)

The purpose of the Forest Plan is to provide management direction to ensure that ecosystems are capable of providing a sustainable flow of beneficial goods and services to the public. More specifically it establishes:

How the Forest should look if the Forest Plan is successfully implemented (Goals and Desired Conditions)

• Measurable, planned results that contribute to reaching the desired conditions (Objectives)
• Required action or resource status designed to meet the desired conditions and objectives (Standards)
• Preferable action used to reach desired conditions and objectives (Guidelines)
• Management Direction that is applicable forest-wide
• Management direction that is applicable only to specific management areas
• Management direction that is applicable only to specific landscape ecosystems
• Monitoring and evaluation requirements
• Designation of land as suitable or not suitable for timber production and other resource management activities

Chippewa National Forest Plan

• Preface.pdf

• Table of Contents

• List of Tables

• 4-Front-List of Figures.pdf

• Abbreviations

• Chapter_1_Intro

  - Introduction - Discusses the general purpose of the Forest Plan, the Forest Plan revision process, the relationship of the Plan to the other documents, and direction for implementing the Plan. This includes definitions of desired conditions, objectives, standards, and guidelines.

• Chapter_2

   - Forest-wide Management Direction - Presents management direction for the Forest as a whole. This chapter is organized by resource. It then lists objectives for landscape ecosystems for forest type, age-class distribution, patch size, and within stand diversity.

• Chapter_3

   - Management Area Direction - Presents management direction for specific Management Areas. This chapter provides desired conditions, objectives, standards, and guidelines.

• Chapter_4_Monitoring

   - Monitoring and Evaluation - Presents a plan for monitoring and evaluating the effects of management practices.

• Chapter_5

  - Agencies Consulted and Other EIS Recipients.

• Appendix_A

   - Summary of the Analysis of the Management Situation - Summarizes ecological, social, and economic conditions on the Forest.

• Appendix_B

  - Minnesota National Forest ROS Mapping Criteria - Describes the characterizations of each Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) class.

• Appendix_C

   - Wildlife Information - Lists the age group and forest types that make up management indicator habitats.

• Appendix_D

   - Proposed and Probable Practices, Goods Produced, and Other Information - Displays an estimate of the goods and services provided, the proposed and probable management practices expected, and other information including land classification.

• Appendix_E

  - Canada Lynx - Provides additional information on Canada Lynx management

• Glossary

   - Provides definitions of key terms.