US Forest Service

Mendocino National Forest

Home > Projects & Plans

Projects & Plans

Schedule of Proposed Actions

Four times a year, the Mendocino National Forest publishes a quarterly Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) which provides project information, status, and contacts.

Timber Management

At the time a project is advertised, bid information will be posted in the Timber Management web pages. Sample contracts, sale area maps, and other information are also available at the Forest Service Office(s) indicated in the advertisement.

Motor Vehicle Route Designation

Between 2005 and 2008, the Mendocino National Forest along with all the national forests in California will complete an inventory of all the roads, trails, and areas used by motorized vehicles, identify a system of routes from that inventory, and designate those routes/areas for off-highway vehicle use. We need your assistance »

Recreation Facility Analysis

Many of the Mendocino's developed recreation sites were built 30-50 years ago. Since then, visitor preferences and demographics have changed. Some sites no longer serve projected recreation demand; some facilities are in poor shape and do not meet visitors' expectations. To respond to these conditions and national direction, the forest is implementing the Recreation Facility Analysis process for developed recreation sites.

Road Analysis Process (RAP)

The Mendocino National Forest has completed its forest-scale roads analysis to provide the context for road management within the overall resource management framework.

Resource Advisory Committees

On October 30, 2000, Congress signed Public Law 106-393. This law is called the "Secure Rural School and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000" and commonly known as Payments to States.

The purpose of the Act is to stabilize payments to counties that help support roads and schools, provide projects that enhance forest ecosystem health and provide employment opportunities, and to improve cooperative relationships among Federal land management agencies and those who use and care about the lands the agencies manage. On the Mendocino National Forest there are five participating Resource Advisory Committees; Glenn-Colusa County, Lake County, Mendocino County, Tehama County, and Trinity County.

Heritage Programs

Passport in Time, also known as "PIT", is a volunteer archaeology and historic preservation program of the Forest Service. We invite you to work with professional archaeologists and historians on projects including archaeological excavation, rock art restoration, survey, archival research, historic structure restoration, gathering oral histories, or writing interpretive brochures.

Appeals & Objections

An appeal is a request to a higher authority for administrative review of a decision. An appellant is a person or organization filing a notice of appeal. Usually, all administrative processes established by the Secretary or required by law must be exhausted before a person may bring a court action associated with resource management decisions.

Objections are written documents submitted by an individual or organization seeking a pre-decisional administrative review of a proposed hazardous fuel reduction project authorized by the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.

Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which can be found in Title 5 of the United States Code, section 552, was enacted in 1966 and provides that any person has the right to request access to federal agency records or information.

(Page Modified 7/22/08 )

Printable Version

-top-