Tongass National Forest Plan Maintenance Program

Monitoring Program

Heritage Resources

Forest Plan Objectives and Monitoring Plan Questions

The following objectives, monitoring questions, evaluation criteria, and adaptive feedback mechanisms are identified in Table 6-1 of the 2008 Forest Plan.

Objective

Identify, evaluate, preserve, protect, and enhance heritage resources through application of Forest guidance and on a project-specific basis pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), as amended, as well as other relevant acts and implementing regulations (for example, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act).

Monitoring Plan Question

Are (1) project clearance/inventory, (2) project implementation, (3) mitigation, and (4) enhancement completed in accordance with the requirements and regulations for heritage resources?

Sampling/Reporting Period

Annual/5 Year

Evaluation Criteria

Compliance of activities with Heritage Resource Standards and Guidelines: HSS I, II, III, VI.

Data and Inventory Sources

Heritage inventory and monitoring

Feed Back Mechanism

Evaluate management practices and change, if needed; Forest Plan Heritage and Sacred Sites Standards and Guidelines

Inventory and Monitoring Data and Reports

This section is a location where resource-specific inventory and monitoring data and reports can be stored and made available for review by Forest Service and other participating agencies, as well as interested members of the public.

Procedures and Tools

The Procedures and Tools subsection of this web site provides information on important procedures and tools used in Forest Plan implementation. These procedures and tools are provided on this web site to help ensure that they are applied in an accurate and consistent manner.