Caribou-Targhee National Forest: Forest Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Report, 2000-2001.

摘要

The Caribou and Targhee National Forests were officially combined in the spring of 2000. While many positions are shared and personnel work together on projects, the management direction for each Forest zone is different. The Targhee has been monitoring as described in their 1997 Revised Forest Plan (RFP). The Caribou zone published an Analysis of the Management Situation in 1999 that identified several Needs for Change. The AMS determined that many of the Caribous ecological communities are functioning but at risk and the LRMP management was not adequate to improve these conditions. As a result, the Caribou LRMP is currently being revised. In April of 2001, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Revised Forest Plan for the Caribou was released. The Targhee monitoring has identified some problems to address but overall, RFP standards and guidelines are effective and helping accomplish the resource objectives. In the Caribou zone, monitoring is validating the need for revision of the Caribou LRMP. This report touches on all functional areas of the Forest but highlights areas where we have made extensive strides in meeting RFP goals and objectives; conducted some very interesting monitoring projects; and/or completed projects to enhance the human and natural environment. These include the wildlife monitoring program, particularly Canada lynx research and the fisheries program where we have done extensive monitoring and completed structural projects to enhance native trout fisheries.