5: Management Capabilities
Maintain Basic Management Capabilities of the Forest Service Other Information:
Outcome: Administrative facilities, information systems, and landownership management with the capacity to support a wide
range of natural resource challenges. Overview: Natural resources are affected by a wide range of forces, including natural
events, overuse, and various management activities. The Forest Service maintains a workforce with the skills and capabilities
to deal with the impacts of these events. Reliable information, quality facilities, and land protection are necessary to effectively
manage natural resources in a perpetual state of change. During this strategic planning period, the following objectives will
be our major focus for accomplishing this goal. Means and Strategies for Accomplishing Goal 5: • Recruit and train personnel
to develop and maintain strong technical and leadership skills in Forest Service program areas to meet current and future
challenges.• Increase interagency efforts such as "Service First" to jointly develop and share employee skills across agency
lines.• Retrain existing employees or recruit new personnel to meet new workforce needs when the current workforce does not
possess necessary skills.• Refine career development guidance and training programs for entry-level professionals.• Develop
tools and provide knowledge management training to Forest Service employees to improve their capacity to develop and sustain
partnerships.• Continue to cooperate with other Federal, State, and local government units, tribes, and private-sector partners.•
Manage and protect the public’s ownership rights and the interests of the NFS.
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