# National Forest System Land Management Planning
> **Forest Service** · Final rule and record of decision. · Published 2012-04-09 · Effective 2012-05-09 · 77 FR 21162
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-7502
- **Category:** forest-service
- **Sub-agency:** Forest Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 21162
- **CFR reference:** 36 CFR 219
- **Publication date:** 2012-04-09
- **Effective date:** 2012-05-09
## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is adopting a new National Forest System land management planning rule (planning rule). The new planning rule guides the development, amendment, and revision of land management plans for all units of the National Forest System (NFS), consisting of 155 national forests, 20 grasslands, and 1 prairie. This planning rule sets forth process and content requirements to guide the development, amendment, and revision of land management plans to maintain and restore NFS land and water ecosystems while providing for ecosystem services and multiple uses. The planning rule is designed to ensure that plans provide for the sustainability of ecosystems and resources; meet the need for forest restoration and conservation, watershed protection, and species diversity and conservation; and assist the Agency in providing a sustainable flow of benefits, services, and uses of NFS lands that provide jobs and contribute to the economic and social sustainability of communities.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/04/09/2012-7502/national-forest-system-land-management-planning)
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