Land Management Plan - Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy

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Land Management Plan Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy September 2005 • Fire & Aviation Management: Wildland fire prevention through education, hazardous fuels reduction, and proactive preparation. This program also includes on-forest wildland fire suppression, and national or international wildland fire and emergency incident response. Monitoring Trends and Performance Indicators Monitoring in Part 2 of the forest plan is focused on annual program implementation including inventory. The national forest currently uses performance indicators for tracking program accomplishments. The current system is expected to be augmented by a performance accountability system integrating annual budgets with programs of work and linking these to tracking of Strategic Plan performance indicators. Each of the key performance indicators is estimated for two budget levels in the performance history section; one based on the current budget trend and the other an estimate of the total capability and need for the program activity on the national forest assuming an unconstrained budget. Performance indicators are shown at the end of each management function section: • Resource Management, Resource Management Performance Indicators, LPNF (table 2.3.5, page 24) • Public Use and Enjoyment, Public Use and Enjoyment Performance Indicators, LPNF (table 2.3.6, page 28) • Facilities Operation and Maintenance, Facilities Operations and Maintenance Performance Indicators, LPNF (table 2.3.7, page 30) • Commodity and Commercial Uses, Commodities and Commercial Uses Performance Indicators, LPNF (table 2.3.8, page 32) • Fire and Aviation Management, Fire and Aviation Management Performance Indicators, LPNF (table 2.3.9, page 34) Actual performance is tracked over time through annual documentation of accomplishment and these trends are evaluated periodically to determine if the national forest needs to shift program strategies (see The Three Parts of a Plan in the Adaptive Cycle). This data is reported in the annual monitoring and evaluation report as part of the national forest's implementation monitoring efforts. Page 18 Inventory is a continuous effort (see AM 2 – Forest-wide Inventory Program Strategies and Tactics section). As funding is available, priority inventories are implemented and reported through various resource information systems including interagency systems. Periodic evaluation of inventory data is used to explore trends in resource conditions over time. Annual monitoring and
September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy evaluation reports (AM 1 - Land Management Plan Monitoring and Evaluation) will document when there is a need to change the forest plan in response to declining trends in resource conditions. General Budget History The top line of the figure below shows the total annual appropriated budget as allocated to the Los Padres National Forest for the ten-year period 1993-2002. This total is in actual dollars for each year. With some shorter-term variations, it shows that the budget declined in actual dollars between 1993 and 2000. The budget rose sharply after 2000, but a large share of the national forest budget, accounting for the sharp increase, was limited by Congressional designation to fire suppression preparedness and hazardous fuels reduction. These funds are not available for general national forest management and public services outside of fire. When the fire budget is subtracted from the total appropriated budget, the total non-fire budget (middle line) barely regains the 1993 funding level in 2002 in actual dollars. If the national forest makes an adjustment for inflation to see how the budget trend for non-fire funding looks in constant dollars (lower dotted line), the national forest sees that in 2002, the Los Padres National Forest operated its non-fire activities with only 84 percent of its 1993 budget. Furthermore, past budgets were barely adequate to maintain programs and facilities to standard. With the current budget, the Los Padres National Forest is unable to meet standards, particularly for facilities, roads, and trails, or to make needed improvements. Management and Administration The current complex web of federal, state, county, local, partnership, non-profit, and private relationships requires broad and deep skills and experiences in order to effectively manage the national forest. Management & Administration is divided into General Management, Financial Management, General Administration, District Management, Planning, Public Affairs, and Information Technology programs. The forest plan provides guidance for two of these programs: general and district management. Page 19
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