In 1969, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed by President Richard Nixon and remains the law today.  NEPA requires...

Goals, Desired Conditions, Objectives, Standards and Guidelines are the road map or building  blocks of a forest plan. The following...

Photographers: Ellen Morris Bishop (#1), Mary O'Brien (#2) & Thomas Meinzen (#3) GOALS Conservation Alternative Goals (FW-ALPINE-GL):...

Photographers: Al Schneider (#1-2), & William Gray (#3) Note: No At-Risk Plants Alternatives to proposed Plan in DEIS GOALS Conservation...

Photographer: Mary O'Brien (#1-2) and Marc Coles-Ritchie (#3) GOALS Conservation Alternative Goal s (FW-CLIMATE-GL): 01 MLNF management...

Photographer: Mary O'Brien Note: In order to detect differences between Alternatives B, C, and D for livestock grazing, it was necessary...

Photographer: Mary O'Brien Note: No Native Plant Materials Alternatives to proposed Plan in DEIS GOALS Conservation Alternative Goal s...

Photographer: Tim Peterson GOALS Conservation Alternative Goals (FW-MOAB-GL): 01-04 Forest users understand the physical and ecological...

Photographer: Ellen Morris Bishop (#1) & Mary O'Brien (#2-4) Note:  The proposed management plan erroneously states in Description and...

Since 2019, several non-governmental conservation organizations have been contributing to the development of a Conservation Alternative...

Photographer: Teresa Prendusi Note: Tall forbs, for which the Conservation Alternative proposes forest management in the Herblands...

Photographer: 1 Horned Toad from Mary O'Brien, 2 Pinyon Jay from USFS, 3 Pika calling from Mary OBrien, and 4 boreal toad from...

The Manti-La Sal Conservation Alternative Wilderness Proposal represents recommended wilderness areas for alternative analysis in the...

Photo #1: L. Fork Huntington Creek taken by Marra Clay Photo #2: Hammond Creek panorama taken by Tim Peterson Photo #3: Hammond Creek...

LEFT FORK HUNTINGTON CANYON RESEARCH NATURAL AREA SINBAD RIDGE RESEARCH NATURAL AREA ANDY MESA RED TOWERS BOTANICAL AREA HELIOTROPE...

The following provides new information indicating Bombus occidentalis (Western Bumble Bee) should be added to the Non-Plant List of...

See the Proposal to Identify Pinyon Jay as a Species of Conservation Concern on the Manti-La Sal National Forest Photographer: Marie Read