Revised Land & Resource Management Plan 2005
Appendix A Forest Plan Implementation
Appendix B Oil and Gas Leasing Stipulations
Map – Note: This file is very large and may take time to display on, or load to, your PC. This map was designed for viewing on the web using Acrobat’s functionality to zoom and/or move about the page. Printing in black and white, or at a size smaller than the original design layout (36 inches wide by 42 inches tall), may yield undesirable results
How to Print a Field Version of the Forest Plan (pages will fit in a 8.5 x 5.5 3-ring binder)
Administrative Change - #4
Administrative Change #4 Cover Letter
Chapter 4 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Chapter 4 - Monitoring and Evaluation, appendix A comments and responses
Administrative Change - #2
Administrative Change #2 Cover Letter
FEIS Chapter 3 - Heritage Resources
FEIS Chapter 3 - Soils Resources
Administrative Change - #1
Errata #2 February 2006 - August 2007
Errata #2 Replacement pages
Final EIS, Appendix B, page B-10
Errata #1 Replacement pages
Revised Plan Ch 1, Table 1-12, pp. 1-47 to 1-50
Revised Plan Ch 4, Monitoring Strategy Table, pp. 4-7 to 4-34
Northern Rockies Lynx Amendment
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The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are proposing to amend land management plans for 18 national forests (including the Bighorn National Forest) and four BLM units in the northern Rocky Mountains to include measures to conserve Canada lynx. Informational meetings were held in 21 communities during fall 2001. The agencies received about 2000 comments during the 90-day comment period ending Dec 10, 2001. Another round of public meetings and comment will follow the release of a Draft EIS in August or September 2003. A decision is expected in 2004.
Just over two years ago, under authority of the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Canada lynx as a threatened in 14 northern states. They concluded that the chief threat to the lynx in the contiguous United States is the lack of guidance in federal land management plans. The Forest Service and BLM reached a similar conclusion in its biological assessment for 57 forest plans and 56 land use plans.
The Bighorn National Forest historically had lynx and some recent sightings have occurred. It is unknown if the forest had a self-sustaining population historically. Results of three years of hair-snare surveys failed to detect lynx on the northern end of the forest. The forest manages habitat for lynx by considering current guidelines applied to lynx habitat identified in this map.
