Forest Service Fs Planning Better Integration of Broad-Scale Assessments Bsa into Forest Plans Is Needed

Every 15 years, the Forest Service (FS) develops a land & resource mgmt. plan which spells out how the agency intends to protect the lands & resources that it manages & to provide products & services to the public. This report discusses: the views of the FS & other Fed. agencies on the key elements that Broad-Scale Assessments (BSA) should contain to maximize their value to the forest planning process; the extent to which the FS has incorp. these elements into the Great Lakes Ecol. Assess. & whether it has integrated the BSA into the forest planning process; & the extent to which the FS's proposed planning reg's. ensure that future BSA contain these elements. Illustrated.Cotton, Charles S. is the author of 'Forest Service Fs Planning Better Integration of Broad-Scale Assessments Bsa into Forest Plans Is Needed' with ISBN 9780756706579 and ISBN 0756706572.