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Forest
Service Plan Revision
(Excerpts
taken from the Big Horn National Forest Web Site)
Just
what is a Forest Plan?
A
Forest Plan is an overall guide for everything that happens on a
National Forest. It is based on science, law, and input from citizens
like you. In a Plan, we provide the direction to achieve the multiple
uses you enjoy and fulfill our mission: To care for the land and serve
the people.
How
does a Plan work?
A
Forest Plan is based on Management Areas. Management Areas
are portions of the National Forest that emphasize certain management
activities, such as wilderness, wildlife habitat, or forest products. A
Plan also establishes standards and guidelines that limit
or prohibit some activities. For example, in a Plan, you may find
standards that limit activities near streams.
Standard plan revision phases have
generally been agreed to by planners in the Rocky Mountain Region. These
phases are:
Plan Implementation and Maintenance
Current Forest Plan
Forest Plan Amendments
Annual
Monitoring Reports
Summary
of Monitoring Issues
Other Assessments
Phase I - Preparation
Notice
of Intent
Analysis
of the Management Situation
Pre-Revision
Update for
February, 1999
Update for February,
2000
Update for November,
2000 and
Forest Plan Revision Newsletters
Existing Condition Assessment
The purpose
of these existing condition assessments, compiled at the forest-wide and
watershed scales, is to provide existing condition information for use
in the alternative development process.
These assessments may be changed as new information becomes
available.
Forest
Wide Assessment
Geographic
Area Assessments
State Assessments
Timber
Supply and Demand (in Acrobat format)
Scoping
Meetings
Issue
Summary from scoping meetings and other contacts
Issue
Disposition from various sources.
There are two documents produced during the
first phase. These documents are:
Purpose
and Need and Planning Criteria (in Acrobat format)
Analysis
of the Management Situation
Phase II - Draft NEPA
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USDA
Forest Service Strategic Plan
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What's
Broken
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Draft Forest Plan
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Preface/Introduction
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Chapter 1 -
Forest-wide Direction
Draft
Goals, Objectives and Strategies (in Acrobat format)
Draft
Standards and Guidelines (in Acrobat format)
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Chapter 2 - Geographic Area
Direction
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Chapter 3 - Management Area
Direction
Draft
Management Area Standards and Guidelines
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Chapter 4 - Monitoring and
Evaluation
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Appendices
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Chapter 1 - Purpose
and Need for Action
Chapter 2 - Description
of Alternatives
Chapter 3 - Existing Condition and Environmental Consequences
Phase III - Final NEPA and Decision.
Bighorn
Plan Revision Schedule
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Date
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Action
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Comments
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November 1999
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Notice of Intent
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The notice of intent
to revise the Bighorn National Forest Plan initiates the Revision
process. The NOI was published in the Federal Register on November
10, 1999.
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October 2000
-January 2001
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Public Meetings
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A series of public
meetings were held in six locations: Buffalo, Sheridan, Gillette,
Lovell, Worland and Greybull. Public input helps define the
revision issues.
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July & August 2001
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Field Trips
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Two public field
trips to Meadowlark Lake on the south end of the mountains and
Burgess Junction on the north end.
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January
2003
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Public Meetings
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Meetings planned to
discuss potential alternatives.
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inter/Summer 2003
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Analyzing of
Alternatives
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The ID team analyzes
the effects implementing each Alternative would have on resources
in the forest.
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November/
December 2003
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DEIS
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The analysis of the
effects of implementing each Alternative is published in a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The DEIS is accompanied by
the release of the Draft Revised Forest Plan (DRFP), which
identifies the BNF preferred alternative. A 90 day public comment
period follows the release of the DEIS and the DRFP.
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Winter 2004
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Public Meetings
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The Bighorn NF hosts
public meetings and solicits comments on the DEIS and DRFP.
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Winter 2005
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Final EIS/Final
Revised Plan
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The Final EIS and
the Final Revised Forest Plan are published with the Record of
Decision. The FEIS is similar to DEIS but incorporates additional
information based on the review of the DEIS.
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State
of Wyoming
Bill Haagenson
Wyoming State Forestry
600 Veterans Lane
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834
307-684-2752- Phone
bhaage@state.wy.us
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Johnson
County
Marilyn Connolly
County Commissioner
76 North Main
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834
307-684-7555 - Phone
307-684-5146 - Fax
jococomm@vcn.com
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Washakie
County
Terry Wolf, County Commissioner
P.O. Box 260
Worland, WY 82401
307-347-6491 - Phone
307-347-9366 - Fax
wolftd@direcway.com |
Big
Horn County
Keith Grant, County Commissioner
1400 Road 11
Lovell, WY 82431
307-548-7773 - Phone
307-548-7521- Fax
rimrock@tctwest.net
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Sheridan
County
Larry Durante, County Commissioner
224 S. Main, Suite B1
Sheridan, WY 82801
307-674-6722
bocc@sheridancounty.com |
Shoshone,
South Big Horn and
Washakie County Conservation Districts
Earl Jensen
427 1st Ave. S
Greybull, WY 82426
307-765-2067 - Phone
307-765-9243 - Fax
earljensen@tctwest.new
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Sheridan
County Conservation District
Roger Wilson
307-674-8027 - Phone
307-672-0052 - Fax
rwilson@wyoming.com |
Lake
DeSmet and Powder
River Conservation Districts
John D. Pearson
P.O. Box 696
Buffalo, WY 82834
307-684-9556 - Phone
307-684-5972 - Fax
pearson@trib.com
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