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2008 NFMA Planning Rule
Documents Referenced in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Biological Assessment for the Planning Rule

A Business Evaluation of the 2000 and Proposed NFMA Planning Rules - May 24, 2002

America's National Forests in the 21st Century - The Wilderness Society's Vision

NFMA Planning Rule Review - April 2001

Citizens for Better Forestry, et al. v. USDA - March 30, 2007

Committee of Scientist Report

A Critical Analysis on the Use of Indicator Species in Management

Critique of Land Management Planning

Ecological Uses of Vertebrate Indicator Species: A Critique

Federal Register - Part 219, Planning - January 5, 2005

Federal Register - NEPA Documentation Needed for Developing, Revising, or Amending Land Management Plans; Categorical Exclusion - December 15, 2006

Federal Register - National Forest System Land Management Planning Directives - January 31, 2006

Federal Register - National Forest System Land Management Planning Directive for Wilderness Evaluation - January 31, 2007

Indicators of Biodiversity for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management

A Mechanistic Approach to Evaluation of Umbrella Species as Conservation Surrogates

On the Use of Surrogate Species in Conservation Biology

Use of Substitute Species in Conservation Biology

Will Management of Vulnerable Species Protect Biodiversity?

Summary of Scoping Comments

Comment Letters 1 - 50 (11 mb file)

Comment Letters 51-100 (7 mb file)

Comment Letters 100-134 (13 mb file)

Comment Letters 134-154 (12 mb file)