Tongass National Forest Plan Maintenance Program

Monitoring Program

Scenery

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 Forest visitors with visually appealing scenery with emphasis on areas seen along the Alaska Marine highway, State highways, major forest roads, and from popular recreation places; recognize that in other areas where landscapes are altered by management activities, the activity may visually dominate the characteristic landscape.

Monitoring Plan Question

Are the adopted scenic integrity objectives established in the Plan met?

Sampling/Reporting Period

Annual/5 Year

Evaluation Criteria

Whether the standards and guidelines associated with unit harvest and view shed disturbed are adequate to meet the scenic integrity objectives: SCENE2 II.A, B, C, D.

Data and Inventory Sources

Scenery inventory and monitoring.

Feed Back Mechanism

Evaluate management practices and change if needed; Scenery 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.