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1. Assessment (fall 2021 - fall 2023)

• Evaluate relevant data and information on existing conditions, roles, contributions, and trends.
• Release Draft Assessments for public comment (summer 2022)
• Release Revised Assessments (fall 2023)

2. Transition from Assessment to Plan Development (winter 2023 - spring 2025)

• Transition to Mountain Planning Service Group team.
• Start natural range of variation modeling; wild and scenic river eligibility; species of conservation concern process; recreation opportunity spectrum and scenery management systems mapping; timber suitability and modeling; and wilderness inventory and evaluation.
• Collect, analyze, and integrate lidar vegetation data into modeling.
• Continue work on non-assessment but pre-planning processes and products (e.g. wilderness evaluation, preliminary description of natural range of variation, preliminary description of Recreation Opportunity Spectrum, and more).

3. Plan Development and Scoping (summer 2025 - fall 2025)

• Scope a Proposed Action (summer 2025).
• Continue working on timber suitability and monitoring.
• Collaboratively develop desired conditions and other plan components for all resources.
• Map proposed land allocations, such as geographic areas, management areas, designated areas, desired recreation opportunity spectrum settings and scenic integrity objectives.
• Identify suitability across the landscape.
• Develop a proposed plan monitoring program.

4. Develop Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Forest Plan (fall 2025 - fall 2026)

• Review public comments from scoping.
• Develop alternatives
• Analyze the effects on resources of each of the alternatives through development of an environmental impact statement.
• Release the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (fall 2026)

5. Develop Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Record of Decision (winter 2026 - fall 2027)

• Analyze and respond to public comments from the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
• Select a preferred alternative.
• Develop biological assessment on the selected alternative and consult with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Release Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Record of Decision (fall 2027)

6. Objection Process and Final Record of Decision (winter 2027)

• Objection period, review of objections, and resolution meetings
• Release final record of decision and revised plan (summer 2027)
• Begin plan implementation and monitoring.