Forest Service Agency-Specific Resources

National Strategies and Projects

• The National 10-Year Wilderness Stewardship Challenge
  • Chief's Announcement Memo
  • Chief's Commitment 2008
  • National 10YWSC Overview - Download .ppt file (41.7 MB)
  • National 10YWSC Brochure
  • National 10YWSC Elements
  • National 10YWSC Incremental Measures - Counting Instructions
  • National 10YWSC Guidebook
    • FS Region 8 Guidebook Supplement
  • Tools for Achieving the National 10YWSC
    • Element 1 - Fire
    • Element 2 - Non-native Invasive Plants
    • Element 3 - Air Quality Monitoring
    • Element 4 - Education
    • Element 5 - Protecting opportunities for solitude or primitive recreation
    • Element 6 - Recreation site monitoring
    • Element 7 - Outfitters and Guides
    • Element 8 - Preventing degradation of the wilderness resource
    • Element 9 - Priority information needs
    • Element 10 - Baseline workforce
  • National 10YWSC Master Performers
  • National 10YWSC Success Stories
• Wilderness Character Monitoring
  • Monitoring Selected Conditions Related to Wilderness Character
• Chief's 3 Emphasis Areas
  • Climate Change and Wilderness
    • Briefing paper
    • Background paper
  • Water and Wilderness
    • Briefing paper
    • Background paper
  • Kids in the Wilderness
    • Briefing paper
    • Background paper
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• Chief's Wilderness Advisory Group
  • WAG Newsletter Summer 2009
  • WAG newsletter Winter 2010

Management and Science

• Wilderness Program Review, 2006-2007
• Volunteers and Partnerships
  • Volunteer and partnership opportunities in wilderness managed by the Forest Service (Volunteers and Partners Toolbox)
  • www.volunteer.gov
• Awards: National Wilderness Award Program Information
  • Award categories
    • 2009 Wilderness Awards
• Laws, Regulations, and Policy
  • Wilderness Laws for the Forest Service (Wilderness Fundamentals Toolbox, Sections II. and III.)
    • Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974 and the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976
  • Wilderness Law Library (public laws)
  • Wilderness Management Regulations for the Forest Service
  • Wilderness Management Policy for the Forest Service
• Forest Service Management of Wilderness
  • Information about wilderness and how it is managed by the Forest Service
    • Wilderness Stewardship Desk Guide - Management Practices for the National Forests
      • FS Wilderness Management 101
      • Access to Other Lands, Mining Claims and Valid Occupancies
      • Accessibility
      • Character and Characteristics
      • Commercial Enterprise - Cabin Rentals
      • Communication Installations and Facilities
      • Dogs, Llamas, Pack Goats
      • Fire Management
      • Fish and Wildlife Management
      • Geocaching
      • Grazing
      • Hazard Trees
      • Heritage Resources and Historic Structures
      • Mineral Resources and Mining
      • Monitoring Sites and Installations
      • Motorized equipment, mechanical transport, landing of aircraft, installations, structures, and temporary roads
      • Mountain Biking
      • Non-native Invasive Plant Species
      • Other Laws and Designations
      • Outfitting and Guiding - Commercial Services
      • Recreation Site Monitoring
      • Research and Scientific Activities
      • Restoration - Small Areas
      • Search and Rescue and Law Enforcement
      • Signs
      • Snow Measurement Sites
      • Trails and Bridges
      • Visitor Use Management
      • Water Resources and Developments
      • Water Rights
      • Weather Modification
    • Toolboxes
• Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
  • Research Publications
• Wilderness Areas on National Forests
• Archival Documents
  • A Wilderness Agenda: Thinking Like Mountain
  • Pinchot Institute (Brown Panel) Report on Wilderness Stewardship
  • Wilderness Recreation Strategy
• Wilderness Training
  • Interagency Online and Classroom Courses
  • Forest Service Workshop Training Materials
    • Workshop Agenda Examples
      • 1 Day Workshop
      • 2 Day Workshop
    • Workshop Planning Aids
      • Overview
      • Checklist
      • Announcement Letter
      • Line Officer Talking Points
      • Evaluation Form
    • Workshop Training Materials and Handouts
      • The Wilderness Act of 1964
      • FS Wilderness Regulations
      • FS Wilderness Policy
      • Minimum Requirements Decision Guide Outline
      • 10 Year Wilderness Stewardship Challenge
      • 10 Year Challenge Resources
      • FS Desk Guide
      • AFWA Fish and Wildlife Policies and Guidelines (Fish and Wildlife Management Toolbox)
      • AFWA Fish and Wildlife FAQs
      • Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
      • Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
      • Wilderness.net
      • University of Montana Distance Education
      • Case Study Examples
        • Bridge
        • Building demolition
        • Chainsaws
        • Cultural resources
        • Fire use and suppression
        • Fire repeater
        • Fish
        • Game cart
        • Hazard trees on trails
        • Lynx
        • Range cabin
        • Range fence
        • Scientific research
        • Water improvement
        • Weeds
        • Weed sprayer
        • Wildlife transplant
    • Other Training Aids
      • Issues Exercise Topics List
      • Values Questions
      • Values Exercise
      • Pre-Workshop Quiz Example
      • Post-workshop test
      • Wilderness.net Information Sources
      • Web Site List
      • Values Video
      • Carhart Education Product Descriptions
      • Carhart Education Product List
      • Reading List
    • Carhart Center FS Training Presentations
      • Wilderness Act History - Download .ppt file (3.73 MB)
      • Wilderness Act - long version - Download .ppt file (8.6 MB)
      • Wilderness Act - short version - Download .ppt file (7.34 MB)
      • Facts and Trivia - Download .ppt file (.5 MB)
      • Court Decisions - Download .ppt file (.4 MB)
      • Values and Benefits - Download .ppt file (2.85 MB)
      • Minimum Requirements - long version - Download .ppt file (11.3 MB)
      • Minimum Requirements - short version - Download .ppt file (10.8 MB)
      • Traditional Skills-Cost, Safety, Use - Download .ppt file (1.45 MB)
      • 10 Year Wilderness Stewardship Challenge - Download .ppt file (6.98 MB)
      • AFWA Fish and Wildlife Mgmt - long version - Download .ppt file (1 MB)
      • AFWA Fish and Wildlife Mgmt - short version - Download .ppt file (.6 MB)
      • Wilderness.net and Carhart Center Resources - Download .ppt file (1.98 MB)
      • Wilderness Advisory Group - Download .ppt file (11 MB)
    • Other Training Presentations
      • The Wilderness Act - Version 2 - Buchheit - Download .ppt file (10.4 MB)
        • The Wilderness Act - Version 2 - Buchheit outline for presenters
      • Wilderness: An Enduring Resource - Green Mountain NF - Download .ppt file (11.7 MB)
• Wilderness Ranger Field Guide
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Wilderness History
  • Chapter 2 Wilderness Management
  • Chapter 3 Roles and Responsibilities
  • Chapter 4 Safety
  • Chapter 5 Visitor Contact and Education
  • Chapter 6 Interpretation
  • Chapter 7 Site Maintenance and Restoration
  • Chapter 8 Trails and Signs
  • Other Responsibilities
  • Appendix 1 Data Collection
  • Appendix 2 Trail Log
  • Appendix 3 Wildlife Observations
  • Appendix 4 Other Recreation Observations
  • Appendix 5 Miscellaneous Forms