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FOREST PLAN

The Los Padres National Forest Land Management Plan (called a "Forest Plan" for short) contains standards and guidelines to protect water, wilderness, wildlife, recreation, scenic landscapes, and heritage resources.

The Forest Plan includes the following documents. Click on a link to access the document directly from our website. Please be patient...these are large documents that will take a few moments to download.
 

Land Management Plan
This is the new Land Management Plan (often called a "Forest Plan") that establishes standards and guidelines to manage the forest for the next ten years. The Forest Plan consists of three separate documents:

Forest Plan Part 1 - Southern California National Forests Vision (6.42 MB)

Forest Plan Part 2 - Los Padres National Forest Strategy (10.68 MB)

Forest Plan Part 3 - Design Criteria for the Southern California Forests (2.10 MB)

Errata (corrections to the plan made after publication) (116 kB)

 

Environmental Impact Statement
T
his is the Forest Service's analysis of environmental impacts that will occur as a result as the agency carries out its plan. Due to the large size of this document, it is not currently available on our website. However, you can access this 1,300 page document on the agency's website by clicking one of the following links:

FEIS Executive Summary (556 kB)

FEIS Chapters 1-5 (6.97 MB)

FEIS Appendices (14.53 MB)

 

Background Documents
These are other background documents referenced in the FEIS or Forest Plan.

Species Accounts - Animals (3.63 MB)

Species Accounts - Plants (5.57 MB)

Habitat Status Reports (425 kB)

Wild & Scenic River Evaluations (1.07 MB)

Inventoried Roadless Area and Wilderness Evaluations (1.27 MB)

Roads Analysis Process (1.81 MB)

Sociodemographic Profiles for Outdoor Recreation Visitors (16.13 kB)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Biological Opinion (1.03 MB)

Science Consistency Review for Southern California Forest Plan (908 kB)

Soil & Water Conservation Handbook (421 kB)

 

 

MAPS

These maps are part of the Forest Plan. These are large files, so they may take a few moments to download.

Land Use Zones
The plan classifies forest lands into one of seven zones that provide varying levels of protection. Use these maps to figure out how certain areas of the forest are zoned.
North (314 kB)
Central (342 kB)
South (520 kB)


Inventoried
Roadless Areas
These maps show where road construction is allowed in pristine, roadless areas.
North (1.30 MB)
Central (460 kB)
South (775 kB)


Recreational Opportunity Spectrum
North (1.38 MB)
Central (558 kB)
South (897 kB)


Scenic Integrity Objective
North (1.88 MB)
Central (1.48 MB)
South (2.81 MB)


Places
North (1.34 MB)
Central (518 kB)
South (862 kB)


Road Analysis Maps
Far North (90 MB)
Mid North (82 MB)
Central (83 MB)
Southwest (90 MB)
East (112 MB)

  


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