Find a Forest (NF)
or Grassland (NG)
U.S. Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
740 Simms St
Golden, CO 80401
303-275-5350
Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
303-275-5367
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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.
Check back for updates!
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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