Thank you for visiting the Coronado National Forest's Plan Revision website.
We are in the process of revising our current Forest Plan and hope that these pages provide the information necessary to understand the process, access important documents, and find out how to participate in the revision process.
What is a Forest Plan?
The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 (.pdf, 60 KB) required every national forest to develop a Forest Plan and periodically revise the Plan. Today, these plans provide broad direction for managing natural resources for the American people. Plans are programmatic in nature, meaning they cover a large geographic area, and their management direction is broad in scope. In addition, every forest plan must be consistent with environmental laws and regulations such as the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act.
Why does the Forest Plan need to be Revised?
The current Coronado National Forest plan (.pdf, 1.43 MB) was originally developed in 1986, over 20 years ago. Since then, there have been many social and resource changes. Scientific information and methodology have evolved. A few of these changes were addressed in amendments to the original Forest Plan; many others have not been formally recognized or incorporated.
The current Coronado Plan provides a solid foundation for forest management. Instead of starting over and developing a new plan from scratch, the planning team will determine what is working in the existing plan - those parts will be retained. New information will be incorporated and existing direction that isn't working will be changed.
NEW UPDATE...
Want to see the latest Forest Plan Draft? View or download it from here. (3.52mb pdf)
Your Participation is Welcome!
Public participation promotes better decisions and a greater understanding of those decisions. Please see the Contact Us page for more information.
Planning Process and Timeline
Follow the revision process from start to finish with our timeline of events. More>>
Revision Team Organization
A "Core Team" will be dedicated to the plan revision process; however, a constellation of other teams comprised of specialists and managers will provide professional analysis and oversight. More>>
Public Participation/Contact Us
Learn how to get involved in Forest Plan Revision. Your participation is crucial. Please contact us. More>>
Documents
Read the most recently released documents or peruse our archive of essential references. More>>
Maps
View interactive or static maps. Data layer downloads are available for those who would like to produce their own maps or conduct their own GIS analysis. More>>
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