Planning Rule 101
The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 requires every national forest or grassland managed by the Forest Service to develop and maintain an effective Land Management Plan (also known as a Forest Plan). The process for the development and revision of plans, along with the required content of plans, is outlined in planning regulations, often referred to as the planning rule (the 2012…
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Planning Rule Overview
The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) requires the Forest Service to develop land management plans to guide management of the 154 national forests, 20 grasslands, and 1 prairie that comprise the 193 million acre National Forest System. The NFMA required the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a planning rule ‘‘under the principles of the Multiple Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, that…
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Laws and Regulations
Title 16: United States Code titled Conservation covers a wide range of law governing how the Forest Service and other agencies manage public lands.Chapter 2: National ForestsChapter 3: Restoration managementChapter 4: Protection of TimberChapter 3: Forests, Forest Service, Restoration, ManagementChapter 36: Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources PlanningChapter 41: Cooperative Forestry…