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NFMA Planning Rule Background Information

December 15, 2016 Amendment to the 2012 Planning Rule

2012 Planning Rule

2012 Planning Rule Archives

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.

The National Forest Management Act of 1976

1974 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act

Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act

1982 Planning Rule

2000 Planning Rule as Amended in 2009

2000 Planning Rule as Amended in 2004

2000 Planning Rule as Published in the Federal Register in 2000

2004 Interpretative Rule

2003 Amendment to the 2000 Rule

2002 Amendment to the 2000 Rule

2001 Interpretive Rule

July 15, 2009 Compliance with Court Order Memorandum

District Court Decision in Citizens for Better Forestry v. USDA, No. C 08-1927 CW (N.D. Cal. June 30, 2009)

The 2005 NFMA Planning Rule

The 2008 NFMA Planning Rule

Committee of Scientist's Report (March 1999)

2002 Proposed Planning Rule (December 2002)

Comparison of 2000 Rule and 1982 Rule

Chronology of NFMA Planning Regulations

Decisions Overview of Forest Planning and Project Decisionmaking (OGC, June 2002)