Manti-La Sal National Forest

The Forest Plan provides management direction for the many multiple uses of a national forest. Some of those multiple uses include: outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, fish and wildlife, minerals, wilderness, and cultural resources. The forest resources are to be used in a sustainable manner to provide a variety of products and use opportunities for current and future generations.

The passage of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) began a new era in the Forest Service in which most of the activities management by the agency are governed through National Forest Land and Resource Management Plans. Under the mantle of the Forest Service mission to "sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations," forest plans are the primary documents that define how individual forests and grasslands will be managed to achieve this mission. The process of revising or amending a forest plan is only one step in a continuous adaptive management process that includes assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

The Manti-La Sal Forest National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan was approved in November of 1986. Since that time eighteen amendments to the plan have been approved.

Manti-La Sal Forest Plan (1986)
Forest Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Report (1987-2000)