# National Forest System Land Management Planning
> **Forest Service** · Final rule. · Published 2016-12-15 · Effective 2017-01-17 · 81 FR 90723
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-30191
- **Category:** forest-service
- **Sub-agency:** Forest Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 90723
- **CFR reference:** 36 CFR 219
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-15
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-17
## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is amending regulations pertaining to the National Forest System Land Management Planning. This final rule amends the 2012 rule and is intended to clarify the Department's direction for plan amendments, including direction for amending land management plans developed under the 1982 rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/15/2016-30191/national-forest-system-land-management-planning)
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