National Forest Management Act (NFMA): Final rule describes the National Forest System land management planning framework

In 2005 the Bush administration's Forest Service proposed that all forest plans would be produced under a ''Categorical Exclusion'' from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The Forest Service proposed that all forest plans ("Land and Resource Management Plans") would be produced under a "Categorical Exclusion" from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This astounding proposal is based on the claim that new forest plans will be merely "aspirational," with no standards, no sitespecific decisions, no commitments, and thus no significant environmental consequences.

The National Forest Management Act (NFMA): National Forest System Land Management Planning document - Federal Register Rules and Regulations 1/5/05 (PDF)

A brief anaylsis of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) Regulations by The Wilderness Society 12/22/04 (PDF)

The nonprofit environmental law firm, WildLaw, prepared this white paper on the changes and requirements of the new rules and on possible legal strategies for protecting public lands under these new rules.

Review of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) Regulations 1/05 (PDF)


 

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