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Record of Decision

Record of Decision

I. The Decision

II. Rationale For Decision

III. Public Involvement and Public Comment

IV. Application of Decision

V. Alternatives Considered

VI. Means to Avoid Environmental Harm

VII. Findings Related To Other Requirements

VIII. Implementation

IX. Appeal Rights

X. Contact Persons

Appendix A: Management Direction

Appendix B: Glossary

SEIS Volume 1

SEIS Volume 2

SNFPA Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

January 2004

Record of Decision

IV. Application of Decision

Application to Land and Resource Management Plans

This decision amends existing national forest land and resource management plans by establishing:

  • Management direction and goals;
  • Land Allocations
  • Desired future conditions expected over the next 50 to 100 years;
  • Standards and guidelines to be used in designing and implementing future management actions;
  • A strategy for inventory, monitoring, and research to support adaptive management.

This management direction is described in the ROD, Appendix A, and is incorporated into the existing land and resource management plans for the Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Tahoe, Eldorado, Stanislaus, Sequoia, Sierra, and Inyo National Forests of California, and that portion of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest that is in the Sierra Nevada. This ROD replaces, in its entirety, the SNFPA ROD of January 2001.

This decision does not change the capable, available and suitable (CAS) lands determination made in forest plans. This decision does not schedule any regulated timber harvest from these lands. Scheduling of regulated timber harvest and its associated Allowable Sale Quantity (ASQ) will be addressed as part of forest plan revisions. The schedule for forest plan revision is available on the web at http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/em/nfma/index2.htm.

USDA Forest Service · Pacific Southwest Region
Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment