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<br />Why Change the Current Forest Plan? <br /> <br />Reguuhons reqwre foreSI pun revl~lon every 10 to 15 <br />yeus, and our expenence III unplementUlg the <br />il.lcdlCl.flc now plan and monilOnng ItS effects <br />indICales a need 10 c1ullge nUlugem{'1lI direClioll, <br />&\'eol other sources 1lJ,\T also highlighted Ihe Ilet'd <br />for changes 10 the CUIT{'lU ForC$! Plan, IIlcluulllg Ihe <br />followlllg: <br /> <br />. Public Ul\'olv{'melll wlllch Ius Identified new <br />1llfonn:l!Ion and public values. <br /> <br />. il.lollitonng and sClcmdic r{'search \\"llIch 1m <br />iUl'nufied new IllfOrnUIl<.JI1 and knowled,,::e <br />,l{:l.UlL'tl. <br /> <br />. Foresl plan mtplemcl1ouon \\"Iuch has Ilk11ufied <br />f1l:.11Uh>t:Ill<:nt concents to find bcm.'C wars for <br />accomplLSlung dcsm:d conditions. <br /> <br />Since the ~{e{hcll1e Bow Plan \\"35 approved III 1985, <br />the For{'~t Sen'ice has adopled a Ill'W J.,Rl'nda. 'nus <br />new approach, A NalUral Rl'wurce Agenda for lhe <br />21st Ct'Ilrury, \nlllX' Ihl' foulldatlon for naliona1 <br />forest llunag{'lllelllllllo du.' 21st ({'nrury. There arc <br />four key areas 1Il Ihe !H'\\' agenda: <br /> <br />I. \,\'au:rshed Iwalth and restoration. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Sust:lllublc forest ecosplclll llun.agl'l1lenl. <br />Forest roads. <br />R{'(r{'atloll. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />The (Jon'nunent Pl'rfornunce :lnd Results Act <br />(GPRA), passed In 1993, :llso Impacts die tI.{cdlCllIe <br />Bow forest plan re\'1sI0n. 'l1us ;ICl dlrecls lilt' <br />prcpantlon of pefl(xhc stntl'gic plans by fl..'d{'ral <br />agencies and centns around Ill(: f{)lIowin~ three goals: <br />t, Ensunng sustauuble ecosp.tellls. <br />., Prondlllg muhip1c belle fils for people wHlun <br />III{' cap:lbilH1l's of ecosyslems, <br />3. En.~unl1~ organu:l.tiOlul cffl'Ctiveness. <br /> <br />Preparation of the Plan and EIS <br /> <br />'1l1e ennronmenl:ll an:llysls, ennronT11entallmpact <br />st:ltement. and rcnsed Forl,'st Plan \nll be conductctl <br />and prepared by an IIll{'fdISClpllllar~.. lC':lm, 'Ille tc:l.m <br />has already de\'e1oped an Imtw list of forest\nde <br />stllldards and gtJldelmes; tdenl1tied 32 pOSSible <br />nUlugel1leot :lrC':lS; :lnd dC\'c!opl'd the COITl>sponding <br />nurugt'llwllt area themes, setlmgs, deSired condition <br />statemetllS, and m.11l:l.j..,"r('11\ent arC':l-specllic standards <br />and gtJlllelllles. lllese \nll be used to develop <br />altem311\'es 10 the proposed actlon for Ihe rc-nscd <br />Forest 1>l..1n. TillS nut{'culls 3\':ul3ble at me :-,tcdlCllle <br />Bow ~:ltlOlul Forest hc:ldqu:lrtl'rs, and on the <br />IllIemel. <br /> <br />Proposed Action <br />The rensed Forest Pl3n Will concentnte on deslfed <br />conditions of the resource :lnd the outcomes of <br />nUlugel1lellt aCllll1lS and \\'1l1mclude a mOlUlOrulg <br />strate~' 10 lllC':lsure how effecli\'c:Iy the Plan meets <br />stated goals :lud objCctl\"es, <br />The followllIg SIX re\.islOn topICS arc the result of our <br />re\'lew of annual Foresl Plan mOl1ltorlllg ({-ports and <br />regulations, lIlten1.31 Forest S('rnCl' diSCUSSions, and <br />discussions with the public; <br />. BioloR'cal Dlversll)' <br />. Timber SUllabl1ty :lnd !\{:UUh'CllK'nt of Forested <br />unds <br />. RCCrCll10n OpponunitK'S <br />. RO:Id1ess Area AlIoc:uioll and i-.bn..'g....nlCnt <br />. \,\'ud and Sccmc Rlvcrs <br />. Oil and G3-~ I.A":J.slllg <br />The currcnt nurugemellt dirccl1on, nred for c1l:lnge, <br />:lnd proposed action for each of the re\'lStOll topics <br />follow, <br /> <br /> <br />Biological Diversity <br /> <br />Current direction IS <br />lIlll'ndnI fO produce <br />dln-rse. wdl.dlstnbuted <br />hablf:lfS :lnd snull <br />\'cgct:ltlon ruches with :l <br />Il1gh percenl:lj:;(' of edge <br />h:lbit3tS. N:ltunl <br />dlsrurb3ncc processes arc genl'nlly controlled or <br />suppressed. <br /> <br />The current plan's elllplusls Oil \':lnous f)lles of <br />lubluts :lnd the suppression of lutural disturbance <br />(such as fire, msects :lud disease) has g<'llefated <br />conC{'ms :Ibout conllnucd sust:lmabllilY of foresled <br />ecosystems. TIle Rensed Plan willmcorpof:l.Ie the <br />latest scientific mform.1tlon Oil land nurugemem. <br />particularly m(' pnnClples of l'Cosptcm nunagcmcnt. <br />g-lnc pr(lposed :lCllon \nll mcrcase lhl' acrc:tge where <br />n:ltural disturbance e\Tnts arc talented. mcrease the <br />size of p:ltches on the Iandsc:l.P<', and prO\;de <br />Ulcr{'3scd acreage :lnd larger blocks of Iare <br />succession31 fublt:lts by: <br /> <br />. Alloc:ltltlg m\'entoncd roadlcss a(('as to <br />prescnptlons \\"Ith an emplusls on late <br />successlOtut foresls 3nd n.lIur.a1 disturbance <br />processes. <br /> <br />1 <br />