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Rocky Mountain Region (R2) Environmental Management System (EMS) Web Site

An environmental management system (EMS) is a globally embraced organizational management tool that allows an organization to strategically address its environmental issues and related health and safety matters. EMS implementation reflects accepted quality management principles based on the "Plan, Do, Check, Act" model to identify current activities, establish goals, implement plans to meet the goals, determine progress, and make improvements.

Three units in Region 2 are revising their land management plans under the 2005 Planning Rule: the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (GMUG); the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (CC); and the San Juan National Forest (SJ). These units have developed EMSs in accordance with the ISO 14001:2004 standard and its 17 required elements.

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Links to Forests' EMS Pages
Contacts

Forest and Regional EMS Teams

FAQs

General EMS and Forest Service-Related

Presentations & Slide shows

Overview of ISO 14001 Requirements (Penniman)

Overview of Environmental Management Systems Using ISO 14001 (Rupe)

The Development of EMS in Region 2

Web Resources

The national-level Forest Service EMS Web site offers helpful links and lists:
http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nepa/ems/index.htm

See the ISO Web site for good information, a “demystifying tour,” the history of ISO, executive briefings, the basics, etc.
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/iso9000-14000/index.html

About the 17 required elements of an EMS and more EMS information, see the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ems/info/elements.htm

The FedCenter Web site is the federal government's home for comprehensive environmental stewardship and compliance assistance information. http://www.fedcenter.gov/programs/EMS/

The EPA Web site has helpful resources, including links, guides, and case studies: http://www.epa.gov/ems/

For an excellent EMS primer with tools, glossary, a Dept. of Defense guidance manual, FAQs, a Roadmap, procedures, links to other EMSs, see the U.S. Navy site at http://p2library.nfesc.navy.mil/ems/tools/step.html

For more resources, including real-life EMS parts, see the Peer Center (Public Entity Environmental Management System Resource Center) Web site at http://www.peercenter.net/additionalresources/

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Last modified May 08, 2008