Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Crooked River National Grassland

Large Area Planning Documents

Fiscal Year 2005 Deschutes Monitoring Report

Dear Reader,

We are pleased to bring you this summary of the Deschutes National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) monitoring effort for fiscal year 2005 (Oct. 1, 2004 - Sept. 30, 2005). With this report we share our success in implementing the goals and objectives in the 1990 LRMP, which is reflected in two types of monitoring: implementation monitoring verifies consistency with direction in our Forest Plan, and effectiveness monitoring evaluates the effects of implementation activities.

The Implementation Monitoring Resource Output and Activity Summary Table includes the last eleven years of reporting and a twelve-year average column so that trends of Forest activities are more apparent. These trends are useful in determining where we are headed in the context of certain uses of the Forest . Projected outputs in the Forest Plan are also displayed. New science, national and regional direction, budgets, data gathering methods, and other influences are continually evolving and adding to the Forest Plan. The effectiveness monitoring narratives include updates to ongoing monitoring activities from previous reports, as well as new and upcoming activities. The process of Forest Plan revision is expected to begin within the next couple of years and will be influenced by information we gain from studying these trends and effects.

I hope these reports provide you an appreciation of how your Forest is served. For additional information on this Monitoring Report, please contact Susan Skakel or Gery Ferguson at the address above, or by calling (541) 383-5300. You may be interested to know that monitoring reports dating back to 1998 can also be found on the Deschutes National Forest website at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/projects/planning/monitorlist.shtml.

Sincerely,

Leslie A.C. Weldon
LESLIE A. C. WELDON
Forest Supervisor

Enclosure

Deschutes National Forest Monitoring Narratives for Fiscal Year 2005 

Deschutes National Forest Implementation Monitoring Resource Outputs and Activity Summaries Table for Fiscal Year 2005