Land & Resource Management

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• Projects for the National Forests in Florida

National Forests in Florida, Land and Resource Management Plan

Land and Resource Management Plan (1999)

The Forest Plan provides guidance for the overall management of the National Forests in Florida for 10 - 15 years. The Forest Plan is a framework for decision-making, not a list of specific projects. Land use determinations, management practices, goals, objectives, standards, and guidelines are elements of the Forest Plan's management directions. The Forest Plan also contains monitoring strategies to provide for an adaptive approach to management where adjustments can be made as we learn from implementing the Plan's direction.

• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Forestwide Desired Future Conditions, Goals, and Objectives
• Chapter 3 - Forestwide Standards and Guidelines
• Chapter 4 - Management Area Goals, Desired Future Conditions, Standards, and Guidelines
• Chapter 5 - Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Implementation
• Glossary
• Appendix A - Access Maps (Removed by Amendment #5)
• Appendix B - Lands Suitable for Timber Production
• Appendix C - Invasive Plants
• Appendix D - Landtype Associations
• Appendix E - Monitoring Tasks
• Appendix F - Summary of Allocations, Outputs, and Budget 1999 Record of Decision

Forest Plan Amendments

Forest Plans are designed to be modified when needed. Changes may be identified from a variety of sources such as annual monitoring and evaluation, changed environmental conditions, or social issues. When a needed change to the Land and Resource Management Plan is identified, it is analyzed to determine if the change constitutes a significant or non-significant amendment, and the appropriate documentation is prepared.

• Forest Plan Amendment #1 (Decision Notice)
• Forest Plan Amendment #2 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #2 (Replacement Pages)   Appeal Modification Letter for Amendment #2
• Forest Plan Amendment #3 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #3 (Replacement Pages)
• Forest Plan Amendment #4 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #4 (Replacement Pages)
• Forest Plan Amendment #5 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #5 (Replacement Pages)
• Forest Plan Amendment #6 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #6 (Replacement Pages)
• Forest Plan Amendment #7 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #7 (Replacement Pages)
• Forest Plan Amendment #8 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #8 (Replacement Pages)
• Forest Plan Amendment #9 (Decision Notice)   Forest Plan Amendment #9 (Replacement Pages)

October 2010 - Amendment 9 cover letter and Environmental Analysis Report

Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Reports

Monitoring, evaluation and research are the heart of "Adoptive Management" and are the quality control mechanisms for the Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the National Forests in Florida (Forest Plan). At intervals established in the Forest Plan, implementation shall be evaluated on a sample basis to determine how well objectives have been met and how closely management standards have been applied. Based on this evaluation, the Forest Supervisor can make changes in management direction, revisions or amendments to the Forest Plan as are deemed necessary.

Implementation of the Forest Plan began in June 1999. The 2001 Monitoring and Evaluation Report documents the results of monitoring how well goals and objectives in the Forest Plan have been met and how closely management standards have been applied in FY 2001, the second full year of implementation (October 2000 - September 2001). The 2002 Monitoring and Evaluation Report covers the third year of implementation and the 2003 report covers the fourth year of implementation.

• 2009 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 1.6mb)
• 2008 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 1.28mb)
• 2007 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 1.22mb)
• 2006 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 1.03mb)
• 2005 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 1.34mb)
• 2004 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 539kb)
• 2003 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 1.28mb)
• 2002 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 2.64mb)
• 2001 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf 2.76mb)

Current and past Schedule of Proposed Actions for the National Forests in Florida Ranger Districts and Supervisors Office are available online.