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Planning Rule Text Reviewed at Fourth National Roundtable

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Proposed text for a new Forest Service planning rule was shown to the public at a Fourth National Roundtable last Thursday and Friday in Washington D.C.  Approximately 90 public participants and about 35 Forest Service employees discussed the specifics on how the rule might guide Forest Plan revisions and amendments.  About 20 people also watched … Read more

Why the Forest Service Can’t Get Plans Done

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Perhaps the greatest challenge in the development of a new Forest Service planning rule is the need to reduce the length and cost of forest planning processes.  The salary costs of an interdisciplinary planning team can easily run $100,000 per month, or over $1 million per year.  Planning processes can easily run five, six, seven or more … Read more

Update on Planning Rule Blog and Other Links of Interest

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Thanks to Peter Williams for this update and roundup of interesting links: “We are updating our electronic resources with completely new blog technology and new material on the planning rule website: http://fs.usda.gov/planningrule The “History of Forest Planning” webpage has been updated to include the 1990 Critique of Forest Planning, Volumes 1 — 11 The new … Read more

Landscape Scale Assessments- Rim of the Valley-Who’s on First?

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On this blog, there have been many discussion of planning over different spatial scales and ownerships. In yesterday’s AP story in the San Jose Mercury News about an assessment in Southern California toward an all-lands approach. PASADENA, Calif.—The National Park Service is beginning a lengthy study on ways to conserve corridors of wilderness around the … Read more

The Precautionary Principle and Forest Planning

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  “Better to be safe than sorry.” “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” “First do no harm.” “Fences are made for those who cannot fly.” “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Caution or boldness?  What happens if doing nothing is worse?  This is one of the debates emerging from the Forest Service planning rule … Read more

K.I.S.S. Maps

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Maps are planning’s most ubiquitous and useful tool. Maps put place in the center of the planning conversation. It’s no surprise that all of the place-based collaborative processes use maps as their exclusive planning tool. No linear programming optimizing models; no ecological forecasting models; in fact, no complex models at all are used in collaborative, … Read more

9th Circuit, Monitoring, and Viability…Again

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Given all the talk on this blog about monitoring, NFMA diversity, and viability, etc., this recent 9th Circuit Case is another must read (file here: Native ecosystems v_ Tidwell(2) I found it particularly interesting in light of the presentations focused on wildlife and monitoring at the planning science forum.  See e.g., presentations by Sam Cushman and … Read more

Place-based Bills & Agreements: Defining Characteristic #2: Landscape-Scale Restoration and Its Relationship to Rural Communities

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By Martin Nie, University of Montana (This is another post that tries to make some sense of the following place-based forest bills and agreements) Nearly every place-based bill and initiative examined thus far focuses on the need for “landscape-scale” restoration.  From a collaboration standpoint, restoration is a common zone of agreement among several of these … Read more

AMA Talking Points for Planning Rule Meetings

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Here’s a link to the American Motorcyclist Association talking points for members attending meetings on the planning rule. This, as well as other comments from recreationists raise some interesting issues: Recreation must be included in the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) planning rule as a substantive principle. In the previously issued Notice of Intent (NOI), recreation … Read more