components of management plans include the following:

—area all the lands addressed in a land management plan

—horizon the overall time period considered in the planning process that spans all activities covered in the analysis or plan and all future conditions and effects of proposed actions that would influence the planning decisions

—level the scale of the planning effort, usually denoted by the size of the land area involved or by the level in the organization at which the planning is being done

—period the time interval within the planning horizon that is used to show incremental changes in yields, costs, effects, and benefits

—process the activities necessary to develop information, options, alternatives, and recommendations for decision making —note a planning process includes: (a) identifying problems, opportunities, and issues, (b) collecting, analyzing, and interpretating data, (c) formulating potential and appropriate alternatives courses of action, (d) evaluating the effects and consequences of the alternatives, (e) selecting the plan, (f) implementing the plan, and (g) monitoring and adjusting the plan This definition last updated 10/27/2008