Revised forest plan for the Caribou National Forest

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The Caribou portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (NF) is located in southeastern Idaho and overlaps into Wyoming and Utah. In spring 2000 the Caribou NF and Targhee NFs were officially combined. The Targhee NF revised its Forest Plan in 1997 and will continue to be managed under the guidance of that document. This Revision effort will address management of the Caribou portion of the Caribou-Targhee only . The Caribou-Targhee NF administrative unit also includes the Curlew National Grassland (NG), which is managed under its own plan completed in February 2002. Thus, the Caribou Revised Forest Plan will not address management of the Curlew NG. The Caribou is broken into three Ranger Districts: Westside, Soda Springs and Montpelier. The primary purpose of land and resource planning on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest is to sustain our watersheds, forests, and rangelands and to provide for the multiple uses of these lands. The Revised Forest Plan sets a clear course of action for a specified period of time, 10 to 15 years. The Plan answers the questions: "What are conditions and outcomes that we should seek to provide for ecological sustainability and contribute to economic and social sustainability? How will accomplishment be measured? What kinds of actions do we need to take to achieve the conditions and outcomes? And, what will it cost?" This Revision builds upon the existing Caribou Land and Resource Management Plan, updating the current guidance to better reflect changing public values and current science.

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[FS] US Forest Service. 2003. Revised forest plan for the Caribou National Forest. [place unknown]: US Forest Service. [170 p.]. [accessed 2015 Dec 03]. http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5229166.pdf