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Each national forest and grassland is governed by a management plan in accordance with the National Forest Management Act. These plans set management, protection and land use goals and guidelines. Monitoring conditions on a national forest or grassland ensures projects are done in accordance with forest plan direction and determines effects that might require a change in management.
These are documents related to the Shawnee National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan).
The Shawnee NF has amended Chapter 6 of the Forest Plan - Implementation, Monitoring and Evalution to comply with the U.S. Forest Service 2012 planning rule .
This report documents the results of monitoring activities that occurred from fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2023 on the Shawnee National Forest.
This report includes monitoring results and conclusions associated with the 2006 Shawnee National Forest Land Management Plan for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (Table 1). In some cases, monitoring data from previous years is included to provide more of a baseline context for trend analysis.
