Plan Revision: Regional Guidance

The guidance documents below were developed by the Southwestern Regional Office Revision Team to provide regional consistency for land management plan revisions using the 1982 provisions. (The Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Coronado, Kaibab, and Prescott National Forests are currently in plan revision under the 1982 Planning Rule provisions; and the Cibola Grasslands just completed revision under this Planning Rule.) Local variation, specific to each planning effort is allowed, subject to consistency with best science and review by the Revision Team. The documents below are living documents that will be updated as appropriate.

Coordinating with Others

• Coordinating with Other Planning Efforts, 2/2010 (PDF, 22k)

Goals/Desired Future Conditions

• Desired Conditions Introduction, 11/2012 (PDF, 79k)
• Spruce-fir Forest, 11/2012 (PDF, 42k)
• Wet (Infrequent Fire) Mixed Conifer Forest, 11/2012 (PDF, 28k)
• Dry (Frequent Fire) Mixed Conifer Forest, 11/2012 (PDF, 29k)
• Ponderosa Pine Forest, 11/2012 (PDF, 29k)
• Ponderosa Pine - Evergreen Oak, 11/2012 (PDF, 32k)
• Pinyon-Juniper, 11/2012 (PDF, 21k)
• Regionally Consistent Guidelines (minimal set), 8/2012 (PDF, 28k)
• Vegetation Desired Condition Citations, 1/2010 (PDF, 54k)

Climate Change

• Climate Change Trends and Forest Planning, 5/2010 (PDF, 308k)

Viability and Management Indicator Species

• Viability Procedures for Use in Forest Plan Revision, 4/2010 (PDF, 52k)
• Management Indicator Species Guidance, 3/2010 (PDF, 76k)

Special Areas

• Special Area Evaluations
• Wilderness Evaluations
  • Potential Wilderness Inventory Process, October 2007 (PDF, 222k)
  • Capability Rating Criteria, 10/2007 (PDF, 21k)
  • Wilderness Needs Assessment, 10/2007 (PDF, 43k)
  • Minerals Information Related to the Evaluation of Potential Wilderness and Research Natural Areas, 4/2010 (PDF, 11k)
  • Trends in Wilderness, 5/2009 (PDF, 313k)
  • Recommending New Wilderness Areas in EIS Alternatives, 2/2010
• Research Natural Areas
  • Research Natural Area Process for Forest Plan Revision undue the 1982 Planning Rule Provisions, 2/2010 (PDF, 103k)
  • Representative Aquatic Habitats, 4/2010 (PDF, 13k)
  • Research Natural Area Potential Natural Vegetation Type Map (PDF, 179k)
  • Minerals Information Related to the Evaluation of Potential Wilderness and Research Natural Areas, 4/2010 (PDF, 11k)

Suitability

• Livestock Grazing, 1/2010 (PDF, 34k)
• Timber Suitability, December 2009 (PDF, 15k)
• Recreation Use, 4/2010 (PDF, 43k)
• Minerals Suitability, 12/2009 (PDF, 42k)
• Travel Management Suitability, 12/2009 (40k)