Inyo National Forest Plan Revision Updates

The U.S. Forest Service recently completed an update to its Forest Planning Rule.  The Inyo National Forest has been selected as one of the first national forests to make use of the new Forest Planning Rule, as it begins the process of implementing a new Inyo National Forest Management Plan in 2012.  

Currently, the Inyo National Forest operates under the 1988 Inyo National Forest Manangement Plan, which is based on the U.S. Forest Service's 1982 Land & Resource Managment Plan (LRMP), and which has been amended numerous times over the years.  Forest Service staff report that the upcoming new Inyo National Forest Managment Plan will be tailored to comply with both the 1982 LRMP as well as the new 2012 Forest Planning Rule, in order that the new Inyo National Forest Management Plan could be implemented even if - as has been the case in the past - the new 2012 Forest Planning Rule should go into litigation. 

• Bio-Regional Topic Papers
  • livingassessment.wikispaces.com  (NOTE: The Topic Papers are avialable for editing through June 30, 2013.)
  • ourforestplace.ning.com

• Science Synthesis:  Science Synthesis to Support Land & Resource Management Plan Revision in the Sierra Nevada & Southern Cascades, Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, January 2013

• Collaboration & Communication Plan:  Inyo National Forest Plan Revision Collaboration & Communication Plan, January 2013

• Board of Supervisors Agenda Request Forms:
  • BOS Agenda Request for March 26, 2013
  • BOS Agenda Request for December 4, 2012
  • BOS Agenda Request for October 16, 2012
  • BOS Agenda Request for June 19, 2012
  • BOS Agenda Request for April 17, 2012
  • BOS Agenda Request for March 20, 2012
  • BOS Agenda Request for February 28, 2012
  • BOS Agenda Request for February 14, 2012

• Planning Commission Packets
  • Planning Commission Packet (5-22-2013)
  • Planning Commission Packet (3-27-2013)

• Various Correspondence:
• December 11, 2012, Letter from the BOS to Inyo National Forest Chief Tom Tidwell ("Science Synthesis")
• December 11, 2012, Letter from the BOS to Inyo National Forest Supervisor Ed Armenta ("Collaboration & Communication Plan")
• June 19, 2012, Letter from the BOS to Inyo National Forest Supervisor Ed Armenta ("Inyo National Forest Plan Update/Revision")

• U.S. Forest Service's New Land Managment Planning Rule (2012)

• Existing Inyo National Forest Management Plan (1988)