Forest Plan Implementation
Forest Plan Overview
Chapter 2 – Goals and Objectives
Goals and Objectives
Chapter Contents
This chapter presents the:
- Plan’s desired conditions for the Forest
- Forest-wide goals and objectives
Forest Desired Conditions
- These are desired landscape attributes that describe the mosaic of land and resource conditions envisioned for the Forest in the future.
- They are attained through:
- - Forest-wide multiple-use goals and objectives, listed in Chapter 2
- - Cumulative achievement of the goals, objectives, and desired conditions for each of the 19 land use designations (LUDs), as listed in Chapter 3
- A set of thirteen desired landscape attributes for the Forest are described on pages 2-1 to 2-2
Forest-wide Multiple-use Goals
- Forest Plan goals are responsive to identified public issues and ecosystem service-related opportunities and collectively describe the desired conditions sought to be attained in the long run.
- Complementary LUD-specific goals are listed under the Management Prescriptions in Chapter 3
Forest-wide Multiple-use Objectives
- Management objectives are defined to help accomplish Plan goals
- Additional LUD-specific objectives are listed under the Management Prescriptions in Chapter 3
Influences on Attainment of Goals and Objectives
Full attainment of these goals and objectives can be influenced by a number of factors, such as:
- Congressional budget allocations changed circumstances
- New information relative to land management
Table of Goals and Objectives
- Forest-wide Goals and Objectives are defined in the Plan on pages 2-4 through 2-9 for 20 different resources and other categories.
- Sometimes there is more than one goal for each resource/category and often there are several objectives for individual goals.