# National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning
> **Forest Service** · Final rule. · Published 2000-11-09 · Effective 2000-11-09 · 65 FR 67514
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-28580
- **Category:** forest-service
- **Sub-agency:** Forest Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 67514
- **CFR reference:** 36 CFR 217
- **Publication date:** 2000-11-09
- **Effective date:** 2000-11-09
## Abstract

This final rule describes the framework for National Forest System land and natural resource planning; reaffirms sustainability as the overall goal for National Forest System planning and management; establishes requirements for the implementation, monitoring, evaluation, amendment, and revision of land and resource management plans; and guides the selection and implementation of site-specific actions. The intended effects are to simplify, clarify, and otherwise improve the planning process; to reduce burdensome and costly procedural requirements; to strengthen and clarify the role of science in planning, and to strengthen collaborative relationships with the public and other government entities.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/11/09/00-28580/national-forest-system-land-and-resource-management-planning)
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