Forest Planning Directives

Policy statements in FSM

enclosed is a document I put together to take a comparative look at the various policy sections in FSM 1900.  It takes 1903, 1920.3, 1921.03, and 1922.03 and relates them to the regulations and the handbook, with my suggestions for deletions and/or edits, including comments.

I incorporate it here as a download to simplify the "track changes" method used.

Download id_1920-policy_rewritten.doc

1920.3

"When Responsible Official sprepare plans or plan revisions, they must: 1.  ... Selection of the area included in these evaluations shall be guided by the issues being addressed, the extent of relevant ecosystems and their composition, structure and function, the ranges and habitats of individual species, or key social and economic patterns and processes." 

The phrase 'the ranges and habitats of individual species' needs a qualifier similar to 'relevant ecosystems' and 'key social' or it could be interpreted as all species, which would be impossible to implement.