USDA Forest Service Strategic Plan FY 2007–2012

The USDA Forest Service Strategic Plan FY 2007–2012 is a national cross-sectoral strategic plan of the United States of America. Its main mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
More specifically, the Strategic Plan aims to restore, sustain, and enhance the nation’s forests and grasslands; reduce the risk to communities and natural resources from wildfire; suppress wildfires efficiently and effectively; build community capacity to suppress and reduce losses from wildfires; reduce adverse impacts from invasive and native species, pests, and diseases; restore and maintain healthy watersheds and diverse habitats; provide and sustain benefits to the American people; provide a reliable supply of forest products over time that (1) is consistent with achieving desired conditions on NFS lands and (2) helps maintain or create processing capacity and infrastructure in local communities; provide a reliable supply of rangeland products over time that (1) is consistent with achieving desired conditions on NFS lands and (2) helps support ranching in local communities; help meet energy resource needs; promote market-based conservation and stewardship of ecosystem services; protect forests and grasslands from conversion to other uses; help private landowners and communities maintain and manage their land as sustainable forests and grasslands; improve the quality and availability of outdoor recreation experiences; secure legal entry to national forest lands and waters; improve the management of off-highway vehicle use; improve accountability through effective strategic and land management planning and efficient use of data and technology in resource management; improve the administration of national forest lands and facilities in support of the agency’s mission; promote conservation education to increase environmental literacy through partnerships with groups that benefit and educate urban populations; improve the management of urban and community forests to provide a wide range of public benefits; and increase the use of applications and tools developed by Forest Service R&D stations and T&D centers.