Northwest Forest Plan

The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), finalized in 1994, is designed to provide for the conservation of late-successional species including the northern spotted owl, at the same time providing a predictable level of forest products for commercial harvest. The NWFP amends Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land management plans on some 24 million acres in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. Since 1994, the Central Washington Field Office has assisted the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests in their NWFP project planning and consultation needs. With fire being the predominant agent of change in the area, a large proportion of staff workload involves projects implemented under the auspices of the National Fire Plan and Healthy Forest Initiative. In addition, staff have provided technical assistance in recovery planning, devised cutting-edge approaches to project analysis and consultation, and conducted studies and monitoring to further the purpose of the Endangered Species Act- - -recovery of listed species.