Tongass National Forest Plan Maintenance Program

Monitoring Program

Recreation

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

Provide a range of recreational opportunities consistent with public demand, emphasizing locally popular recreation places and those important to the tourism industry.

Monitoring Plan Question

1. Are areas of the Forest being managed in accordance with the prescribed Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) class in Forest-wide Standards and Guidelines?

2. Is the ROS classification consistent with public demand?

Sampling/Reporting Period

Annual/5 Year

Evaluation Criteria

Compliance with guidelines: REC3 I, II, III, Appendix I (and other standards and guidelines specific to numbers of encounters allowed in each ROS class).

Data and Inventory Sources

Recreation inventory and monitoring

Feed Back Mechanism

Evaluate management practices and change if needed; Recreation and Tourism 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.