The Bridger Teton National Forest has announced that work on an assessment report the first step in the process to revise the 1990 land and resource management plan has begun.
The forest plan provides direction to care for the land and serve people.
Forest supervisor Chad Hudson noted that there has been tremendous change socially, economically, and ecologically over the past thirty years.
Updating the forest plan provides an opportunity to explore what needs to change to promote sustainability for the next 15 to 20 years.
The BTNF is a large forest with iconic mountains basin and river landscapes and like those landscapes, the surrounding communities are just as varied.Hudson also said that they know that many people care deeply about their National Forest they are committed to listening and learning from many perspectives including tribal governments, county, state, and federal agencies research and non-governmental organizations as well as citizens.
The Forest is striving to have the draft assessment report available for public review by late fall.
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