Stanislaus National Forest

Projects and Plans

Forest Planning

1991 Management Area Maps

The 1991 Forest Plan divided the Forest into the 12 Management Areas listed below. See the current Forest Plan Direction (updated July 2005; 3,730k .pdf) for more detailed information about each Management Area including a management emphasis statement, a description of the physical area, and a management prescription, with specific practices, general direction, and Standards and Guidelines applicable to each area.

1. Wilderness and Proposed Wilderness
2. Wild and Scenic Rivers and Proposed Wild and Scenic Rivers
3. Near Natural
4. Wildlife
5. Special Interest Areas
6. Research Natural Areas
7. Experimental Forest
8. Scenic Corridor
9. General Forest
10. Developed Recreation Sites
11. Winter Sports Sites
12. Developed (Non-Recreation) Sites

Viewing and Printing Instructions

The management area maps are in PDF format and are viewable and printable with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The maps have been divided into quarter quadrangle maps, based on USGS 7.5 minute quadrangles, for easier viewing and printing. Select a map rectangle in the location map below to open the map in Adobe Acrobat Reader. IMPORTANT: If you look closely at the map, lines divide each quadrangle into four sections to provide a more detailed view.

The latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 6.0 or higher) must be used to view these maps.  If you are having problems viewing or printing the maps, be sure to install the latest version of the Acrobat Reader. It is free and may be downloaded from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. DOWNLOAD TIMES: The download times for each file will vary according to connection speed and file size. All files are approximately 500 - 600 kb. On a 56k connection the download time will be approximately 2 minutes and on a 28k connection the download time will be approximately 4 minutes.

USDA Forest Service - Stanislaus National Forest
Last Modified: Monday, 04 August 2008 at 17:01:10 EDT