This section includes adjustments and updates to management direction from the existing plan. These items do not change the direction or intent of the original plan, but rather clarify the direction. There is generally little controversy about these items. Update the Forest Plan to reflect direction in the 2000 Forest Planning Rule requiring the responsible official for a project decision to determine that there is a reasonable expectation that anticipated funding will be adequate to complete any required monitoring and evaluation prior to authorizing a site-specific action. This section identifies information that may be used to address issues and concerns.
Data is information organized for analysis or used as the basis for making a decision.
A related item, comparison measures, is data used to differentiate and select between different alternatives. Data Provide data that displays why timber management is the most cost efficient tool for meeting some resource management objectives. Provide data to display the market and non-market costs and benefits of the recreation program. Evaluate the different components of the program including alpine skiing, motorized dispersed recreation, non-motorized dispersed recreation, and developed sites. These are actions needed to address issues and concerns during revision that do not fall into the above three categories.