Description: Contextual Definition:
It is required for every National Forest to have a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as a forest plan.
A Designated Area is an area or feature identified and managed to maintain its unique special character or purpose. Some categories of designated areas may be designated only by statute and some categories may be established administratively in the land management planning process or by other administrative processes of the Federal executive branch. Examples of statutorily designated areas are national heritage areas, national recreational areas, national scenic trails, wilderness areas, and wilderness study areas. Examples of administratively designated areas are experimental forests, research natural areas, scenic byways, botanical areas, and significant caves.
Land management plan decisions may include recommendations to establish additional designated areas. Some designated areas may be formally designated or established concurrently with a plan decision, while others may not. The term "designated area" refers to categories of area or feature established by, or pursuant to, statute, regulation, or policy. Once established the designation continues until a subsequent decision by the appropriate authority removes the designation.
Generally, areas that are described in 1909.12, Chapter 20 shall be used in this recommended designated area feature class. The list in Chapter 24, exhibit 01 is not comprehensive. Some plan areas may have unique designations created by special legislation or other administrative action in addition to the types identified in this section. If a land area does not qualify as a designated area or has not been designated, but needs specific guidance, the Responsible Official may identify the area as a management area or as a geographic area to apply specific plan components in the land management plan. Eligible and Suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers will not be used in this recommended designated area feature class.
This feature class shows the geospatial extent of each Recommended Designated Area within land management plans, with pertinent metadata and includes data from both the 1982 and 2012 planning rules. This schema can also be used as a template to build data regionally or for individual units.
If and when the Recommended Designated Area becomes an official Designated Area then the authoritative data for the Designated Area will be stored in the LSRS designated area layer.
Recommended Designated Area definition:
Areas with a single unique special character or purpose designated by statue or administratively through regulation, policy or under the land management planning process.
Characteristics:
- Is labeled as "recommended" or "proposed" AND a Designation type, regardless of a proper noun (i.e. Recommended Wilderness or Ruby Mountains Recommended Wilderness).
- Has a single unique special character or purpose and may overlap with different Designated Areas.
- May overlap with Geographic and Management Areas.
- Not all LMPs include Recommended Designated Areas. However, if an LMP includes a Recommended Designated Area, it must be described in the LMP.
- May exist as a single-part or multi-part polygon.
- May have plan components or may only be described in the LMP without plan components., Contextual Definition:
It is required for every National Forest to have a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as a forest plan.
A Designated Area is an area or feature identified and managed to maintain its unique special character or purpose. Some categories of designated areas may be designated only by statute and some categories may be established administratively in the land management planning process or by other administrative processes of the Federal executive branch. Examples of statutorily designated areas are national heritage areas, national recreational areas, national scenic trails, wilderness areas, and wilderness study areas. Examples of administratively designated areas are experimental forests, research natural areas, scenic byways, botanical areas, and significant caves.
Land management plan decisions may include recommendations to establish additional designated areas. Some designated areas may be formally designated or established concurrently with a plan decision, while others may not. The term "designated area" refers to categories of area or feature established by, or pursuant to, statute, regulation, or policy. Once established the designation continues until a subsequent decision by the appropriate authority removes the designation.
Generally, areas that are described in 1909.12, Chapter 20 shall be used in this recommended designated area feature class. The list in Chapter 24, exhibit 01 is not comprehensive. Some plan areas may have unique designations created by special legislation or other administrative action in addition to the types identified in this section. If a land area does not qualify as a designated area or has not been designated, but needs specific guidance, the Responsible Official may identify the area as a management area or as a geographic area to apply specific plan components in the land management plan. Eligible and Suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers will not be used in this recommended designated area feature class.
This feature class shows the geospatial extent of each Recommended Designated Area within land management plans, with pertinent metadata and includes data from both the 1982 and 2012 planning rules. This schema can also be used as a template to build data regionally or for individual units.
If and when the Recommended Designated Area becomes an official Designated Area then the authoritative data for the Designated Area will be stored in the LSRS designated area layer.
Recommended Designated Area definition:
Areas with a single unique special character or purpose designated by statue or administratively through regulation, policy or under the land management planning process.
Characteristics:
- Is labeled as "recommended" or "proposed" AND a Designation type, regardless of a proper noun (i.e. Recommended Wilderness or Ruby Mountains Recommended Wilderness).
- Has a single unique special character or purpose and may overlap with different Designated Areas.
- May overlap with Geographic and Management Areas.
- Not all LMPs include Recommended Designated Areas. However, if an LMP includes a Recommended Designated Area, it must be described in the LMP.
- May exist as a single-part or multi-part polygon.
- May have plan components or may only be described in the LMP without plan components.
Description: Contextual Definition:
It is required for every National Forest to have a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as a forest plan. Management Areas are land areas identified within the planning area that have the same set of applicable plan components and typically represent the management emphasis on the landscape. A management area does not have to be spatially contiguous, and it can overlap with Geographic Areas, Designated Areas, and other Management Areas. The Forest Service Handbook states that “geographic areas are based on place, while management areas are based on purpose.” This feature class shows the geospatial extent of each Management Area within the land management plan, with pertinent metadata and includes data from both the 1982 and 2012 planning rules. This schema can also be used as a template to build data regionally or for individual units.
Management Area definition:
A land area identified within the planning area that has the same set of applicable plan components. A management area does not have to be spatially contiguous.
Characteristics:
- Classified based on use, theme, or land type indicated in the plan. - If it is a code, the associated name needs to be populated in the source data fields.
- Each management area needs to be defined in a plan and each polygon with the same management area Name/ID is associated with the same set of plan components.
- Does not have to be spatially contiguous (i.e., can be a single-part or multi-part polygon).
- Can overlap with Geographic Areas, Designated Areas, and/or different Management Area themes.
- Cannot extend outside the land management plan or Administrative Forest boundary., Contextual Definition:
It is required for every National Forest to have a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as a forest plan. Management Areas are land areas identified within the planning area that have the same set of applicable plan components and typically represent the management emphasis on the landscape. A management area does not have to be spatially contiguous, and it can overlap with Geographic Areas, Designated Areas, and other Management Areas. The Forest Service Handbook states that “geographic areas are based on place, while management areas are based on purpose.” This feature class shows the geospatial extent of each Management Area within the land management plan, with pertinent metadata and includes data from both the 1982 and 2012 planning rules. This schema can also be used as a template to build data regionally or for individual units.
Management Area definition:
A land area identified within the planning area that has the same set of applicable plan components. A management area does not have to be spatially contiguous.
Characteristics:
- Classified based on use, theme, or land type indicated in the plan. - If it is a code, the associated name needs to be populated in the source data fields.
- Each management area needs to be defined in a plan and each polygon with the same management area Name/ID is associated with the same set of plan components.
- Does not have to be spatially contiguous (i.e., can be a single-part or multi-part polygon).
- Can overlap with Geographic Areas, Designated Areas, and/or different Management Area themes.
- Cannot extend outside the land management plan or Administrative Forest boundary.
Description: Contextual Definition of Geographic Areas:
It is required for every National Forest to have a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as a Forest Plan. Every plan must have management areas or geographic areas or both. The 2012 Planning Rule defines geographic areas as “spatially contiguous land areas identified within the planning area. A geographic area may overlap with a management area.” The Forest Service Handbook states that “geographic areas are based on place, while management areas are based on purpose. A typical geographic area map represents large areas that have desired conditions with a range of possible resource management emphases. Rather than a management emphasis map, a geographic area map tends to focus on a place (Red Rock Canyon, Mount Whitney, or perhaps a specific watershed).”
Geographic Areas have an associated place name naming convention. They are identified in a LMP and are identified with plan components that detail how these areas will be managed. These areas are based on specific “places” and not “themes” like Management Areas. For example, “Hanging Lake Meadow” is a Geographic Area, but a “ski-area” is an example of a Management Area. This feature class shows the geospatial extent of each Geographic Area within land management plans, with pertinent metadata and includes data from both the 1982 and 2012 planning rules. This schema can also be used as a template to build data regionally or for individual units. Characteristics:
- Based on “place”.
- Has a different set of plan components than Management Areas.
- Generally contiguous polygons, but may be a multi-part polygon due to private lands.
- Polygons must be semi-contiguous and in close proximity.
- Can overlap with Management Areas or Designated Areas.
- Do not overlap with other Geographic Areas.
- Cannot extend outside the land management plan or Administrative Forest Boundary., Contextual Definition of Geographic Areas:
It is required for every National Forest to have a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as a Forest Plan. Every plan must have management areas or geographic areas or both. The 2012 Planning Rule defines geographic areas as “spatially contiguous land areas identified within the planning area. A geographic area may overlap with a management area.” The Forest Service Handbook states that “geographic areas are based on place, while management areas are based on purpose. A typical geographic area map represents large areas that have desired conditions with a range of possible resource management emphases. Rather than a management emphasis map, a geographic area map tends to focus on a place (Red Rock Canyon, Mount Whitney, or perhaps a specific watershed).”
Geographic Areas have an associated place name naming convention. They are identified in a LMP and are identified with plan components that detail how these areas will be managed. These areas are based on specific “places” and not “themes” like Management Areas. For example, “Hanging Lake Meadow” is a Geographic Area, but a “ski-area” is an example of a Management Area. This feature class shows the geospatial extent of each Geographic Area within land management plans, with pertinent metadata and includes data from both the 1982 and 2012 planning rules. This schema can also be used as a template to build data regionally or for individual units. Characteristics:
- Based on “place”.
- Has a different set of plan components than Management Areas.
- Generally contiguous polygons, but may be a multi-part polygon due to private lands.
- Polygons must be semi-contiguous and in close proximity.
- Can overlap with Management Areas or Designated Areas.
- Do not overlap with other Geographic Areas.
- Cannot extend outside the land management plan or Administrative Forest Boundary.
Description: This dataset is intended for read-only use. A land management plan provides a framework for integrated resource management and for guiding project and activity decision-making on a National Forest, National Grassland or Prairie, or another administrative unit. New plan development is required for new National Forest System (NFS) units; an existing plan may be amended at any time. The Land Management Planning Unit (LMPU) feature class displays the Forest Plan revision status for Forest Service land management planning units. The dataset helps to increase efficiency of mapping planning units and status of plan revisions. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.