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KETCHIKAN, Alaska–The Tongass National Forest announces the release of the 2014 Monitoring and Evaluation Report. The report
is posted on the Tongass National Forest website (http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/MonitoringFY14)
under the Monitoring and Evaluation Program heading. This annual report summarizes forest-wide monitoring projects as required by the 2008 Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan
(Forest Plan). The monitoring was completed during fiscal year 2014 (October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014). The report includes a separate summary of the monitoring with longer monitoring reports that respond to the Forest Plan monitoring questions.
Forest Plan monitoring results are based on expected project impacts shown in the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 2008 Forest
Plan. The listed impacts are for the highest timber harvest level allowed in the ROD. Timber harvest has been below this level, thus, monitoring shows lower impacts. To meet the requirements in the 2012 Planning Rule [36 CFR 219.12(c)], the Tongass is continuing to develop a new plan monitoring
program. The plan monitoring program sets out the monitoring questions and associated indicators. The Tongass National Forest requested comments on the draft plan monitoring program in January 2015.
If you have questions or comments about this report or the plan monitoring program, please contact Cathy Tighe at the Ketchikan
Forest Supervisor’s Office, 907-228-6274. -end- |
