Planning

Each National Forest is governed by a management plan in accordance with the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). These plans set management, protection and use goals and guidelines. Monitoring conditions on a forest ensures projects follow plan direction and determines effects, which might require management change.

Planning involves reviewing project documents and monitoring conditions to ensure projects are done in accordance with plan direction and to determine any effects that might require a change in management.

You can find out about current forest planning efforts at the individual forest websites. Completed plans are also available for viewing. Select the forest you are interested in from the list below.

• Chugach National Forest
• Tongass National Forest

Policy and Reports Page

Programmatic Agreements

• Heritage Program Management on National Forests in the State of Alaska

Proposed Regional Supplement to FS Manual on Mining in Admiralty Island and Misty Fjords National Monuments

• U.S. Forest Service Draft Changes to Documents that Guide Mining in Admiralty and Misty Fiords National Monuments
• Letter to the Stakeholders
• Public Review for the Draft R10 Supplement
• Preamble: Explanation of Proposed Alaska Region Supplement to Forest Service Manual 2800 Zero Code Mining Operations within Misty Fiords and Admiralty Island National Monuments
• Appendices 1-6 to the Preamble

• Policy & Law

• Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
• Best Management Practices
• Coastal Management MOU
• Memorial Placement Policy
• Public Land Laws Affecting National Forests in Alaska  

• Ecology Reports

• Chugach National Forest

• Preliminary Classification of Forest Vegetation of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - 08-1990
• Plant Community Types of the Chugach National Forest: Southcentral Alaska - 11-1999
• Phytosociology and Succession on Earthquake Uplifted Coastal Wetlands, Copper River Delta, Alaska - 05-1995
• Classification of Community Types, Successional Sequences - Copper River Delta - 03-2000

• Tongass National Forest

• Forest Plant Association Management Guide - Chatham Area - 03-1995
• Preliminary Forest Plant Associations of the Stikine Area - No Date
• Forest Plant Association Management Guide - Ketchikan Area - 12-1992
• Stikine River and Delta Landcover Classification - 12-2009
• Non-Forested Plant Associations of the Stikine-Taku River Valleys and Stikine River Delta Ecological Subsections in Southeastern Alaska - 6-2010