Planning
Each National Forest and Grassland is governed by a land management plan in accordance with the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). These plans set desired conditions, objectives, standards, and guidelines for the management, protection, and use of the forest. Monitoring conditions on the forest ensures projects are done in accordance with plan direction and determines if effects have triggered a need to update or change the plan direction.
- Map 13: Management Areas
- Map 14: Geographic Areas
- Map 15: Inventory Roadless Area
- Map 16: Desired Rec Opportunity Spectrum
- Map 17: Rec Facilities Kenai
- Map 18: Rec Facilities PWS
- Map 19: Rec Facilities Copper
- Map 20: Scenic Integrity Objectives
- Map 21: Land Type Association
- Map 22: Watersheds
- Administrative Change 1 - 2020 Land Management Plan
- Administrative Change 2 – 2020 Land Management Plan
- Administrative Change 3 – 2020 Land Management Plan
- Administrative Change 4 – 2020 Land Management Plan
- Revised Land and Resource Management Direction(2002 Revised Forest Plan)
Additional Planning Documents and Features
- Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Regional Forester’s list of Species of Conservation Concern (700 KB pdf)
- Chugach National Forest Land Management Plan Interactive Map
A brief summary and StoryMap
Resource specialists in the forest used the monitoring guide to answer nine monitoring questions using 31 separate indicators to determine if current activities described in the 2020 Chugach National Forest Monitoring Plan are moving the forest toward or maintaining the desired conditions or objectives. Of the nine monitoring questions examined, we are meeting plan objectives or progressing toward our desired conditions in eight.
View the StoryMap of the Land and Resource Management Plan monitoring report.
This report supports implementation of the Chugach National Forest Land Management Plan and provides a baseline description of the presently existing character of the Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area.
The Prince William Sound (PWS) Framework is the Chugach National Forest’s (CNF) comprehensive effort to evaluate recreation in Prince William Sound.