AT the heart of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 is the requirement,
outlined in Section 6 of the law, that the Forest Service develop comprehensive land …

The National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA) and its regulations (36 CFR 219)
have launched a USDA Forest Service land management planning effort unprecedented …

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During the last 15 years, there has been a strong trend in the United States toward centrally
controlled long range planning for publicly owned forest resources. The first legal mandate …

Planning as a profession has come only recently to comprehensive forest resource
management. State government planning programs for forest use, management, and …

By V. Alaric Sample ore than any other federal agency to date, the USDA Forest Service has
ventured deep into the wilderness of comprehensive strategic planning to improve its …

Because ofits importance, both nationally and locally, many people have an interest in the
GWNF management plan approved by the regional forester of Region 8 of the USDA Forest …

Planning Act was to obtain" information that will aid Congress in its oversight responsibilities
and improve the accountability of agency expenditures and activities." Oversight and …

Forestry today fines itself surrounded by controversy. The United States Congress has held
special hearings on forest land practices (Subcommittee om Public Lands, 1971) and …

Since the first colonists touched the North American continent we Americans have been
ambivalent, and largely unscientific, about our attitudes and national policies toward trees …