March 2008

Douglas County Forest Comprehensive Land-Use Plan 2006-2020

The development process for the Douglas County Forest Comprehensive Land-Use Plan 2006-2020 with its supporting Access Management Plan and Appendixes is in its final stages of completion.

This multi-year process involved an interdisciplinary team of forest managers, resource specialists, and professional planners from the Douglas County Forestry Department and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources who developed the Plan with opportunities for public participation throughout the process.

Special meetings that provided for public opportunity for participation with Plan development were held early in December 2007 and the comment period concluded on December 14, 2007.

The Plan, as revised after public involvement, was presented and approved by the Douglas County Forest, Parks, and Recreation Committee on February 25, 2008 and subsequently by the full Douglas County Board of Supervisors on March 20, 2008.  The WDNR has approved its regional review of the Plan and is now conducting its review for final approval - decision anticipated in late summer/early fall 2008.

The Plan reflects the uniqueness of the Douglas County Forest and presents how it will be managed, used and developed, how it will look, and the benefits it will provide over the course of the 2006 - 2020 planning period.  It is intended to inform both the public and resource managers of the many planned uses and management activities of the Forest.  The Department is committed to sustainable forest management; an approach that incorporates ecological, economic, and social benefits for current and future generations.

All documents on this site may be viewed and downloaded as PDF (Portable Document Format) files with an up-to-date version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free plug-in for your internet browser which you can download from adobe.com.

To download and review the Plan on this website please click the “Douglas County Forest Comprehensive Land-Use Plan 2006-2020” link below.  Because of file size, the Plan has been divided into pieces to make it more manageable and many of the files have been optimized for faster download time.

DOUGLAS COUNTY FOREST COMPREHENSIVE LAND-USE PLAN 2006-2020

Please contact the Douglas County Forestry Department at (715) 378-2219 for inquiries regarding opportunities for review of the Plan in hardcopy format or to request a digital copy on CD media.

Jon Harris
Director of Forestry & Natural Resources
Douglas County Forestry Department