Conservation Planning Support Guidance

There are numerous federal laws or regulations that affect actions or activities relating to natural resource management in a planning area. The following federal laws or regulations may have a direct bearing on conservation plans and serve as Conservation Planning Support Guidance:

• Clean Water Act
• Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
• Endangered Species Act of 1973
• Executive Order on Environmental Justice (Executive Order 12898)
• Executive Order on Floodplain Management, May 1977 (Executive Order 11988)
• Executive Order on Protection of Wetlands (Executive Order 11990)
• Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1966
• Historic Sites Act of 1935
• National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
• National Food Security Act Manual, Fourth Addition
• National Historic preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), Amended 2000
• Privacy Act of 1974
• Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977.

Pacific Islands - West Conservation Planning Contact

John (Bart) H. Lawrence
Assistant Director Operations, Pacific Islands - West
Phone: 671.472.7470
Email: john.lawrence@pb.usda.gov

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