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DCCUIIENT HESLNE
06491 - [B1946977]
The National Forests: Better Planning beded Tc Ibprcve Fesource
Management. CED-78-133; B-125053. July 12, 1978. 35 pp.
Report to Secretary, Department of Agriculture; by Henry
Eschweqe, Director, Ccmaunity and Eccnchic Development riv.
I, sue Area: Materials (1800) ; Land Use Plar.ning and Control:
Land Planning Programs (2305) ;Land Use Planning apd Ccntrol:
Management of Federal Lands and Bclatcd Resources: (23CE).
Contact: Community &nd Economic Develckment Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Conservation and Land Management (302,
Organization Concerned: Forest Service.
Congressional Helevance: House aommittee on Agriculture; Senate
Committee on A.qiculture, NItriticE, and Forestry.
Authority: multiple Use and Susta'.ned lield Act of 1960 416
U.S.C. 528). Naticnal Environmental Policy Act cf 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321). National Forest Management Act of 191t (lb
U.S.C. ltCO). Forest and Rangeland Renewable Bescurces
Planninq Act oi 1974, as amended.
The Department of Agriculture's forest Sirvicels
planning efforts have evolved over many years from single
resource plans to multiple resource mana-jement plans that
consider all forest resources. Findinqs/Ccnclusions: Wnile some
individual regions and forests have made considerable progress
in multiple resource land use planning, overpil prccress has
been slow and problems have been encountered. Becent legislation
requires the Forest Service to develop and implement a
comprehensive, integrated land management x4anning system ty
1985. Requlations to implement ths planning system must te
issued by October 1978. Recommendations: The forest Service
should identify specifically how many planning levels the new
system will have and give priority tc completing highe r level
plans first; specify the role of the various types ct existing
plans in the new planning system; standardize the terminology,
format, and timeframe to be covered by land management plans and
establish national standards to measure quality of flans;
provide direction and quidance to field planners on how to
obtain and utiliz- public input in the planning process and
stress the need for early and extensive coordination with other
Forest Service planning units and with State ard local
governments and other Federal agencies; establish zinimum
standards for data needed at each ?artning level; develop a
system to monitor implementation of land management plans;
establish fiscal and management contrcl over planning by
formalizing procedures for determining costs of and funding
arrangements for planning; and adopt measures to provide
incentives to facilitate recruitment and retention cf qualitied
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