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Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Plan Revision Timeline

DATE	YEAR	PLANNING MILESTONES
October	2002	Colville and the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests begin preparing for revision of forest plans.
January-December	2003	Public involvement effort begins with identification of what needs to be changed in the current forest plans. Forest Service collects data and information on changes to the social, ecological, and economic conditions.
January-December	2005	January 2005; new planning rule approved and Colville, Okanogan-Wenatchee elect to continue plan revision under the 2005 Planning Rule. Forest Service works with the public to validate the need for change.
January-December	2006-07	Forest service continues preparing draft revised forest plan. Public involvement activities put on hold in March due to injunction against 2005 Planning Rule. Forest Services continues work on Planning Rule-neutral components of the plan.
January-December	2008	Forest Service continues preparing draft revised forest plans. Approval of new national 2008 Planning Rule in April allows public involvement efforts to continue.
January-December	2009	Forest Service continues preparing draft revised forest plans.
March	2010	Release of a draft revised forest plan for public review.
June	2010	Release draft revised forest plan for 90-day comment period.
December	2010	Opportunity for objection to the revised forest plan.
April	2011	Approve final plans and start implementing.

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Last Modified: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 at 14:30:09 EDT