Resources | Land Use | Planning
The assessment focuses on the current land use policies and regulations and their role on sustainability, along with analysis on the baseline environmental and cultural resource conditions within the islands.
Detailed analysis of this Functional Area of Interest (FAI) can be found here:
Volume II - Resources/Land Use/Planning
Full descriptions of all baseline conditions is contained in the Baseline Report on Current Conditions and Challenges.
The following documents are resources utilized in the analysis of this FAI:
Planning Resources
Guidance Manual for Smart, Safe Growth, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
2018 Guidance on Using the Mitigation Hierarchy to Avoid Impacts of Projects and Activities
CNMI Comprehensive Public Land Use Plan Update for Rota, Tinian, Saipan, and the Northern Islands
Terrestrial Resources
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Forest Resources, 2004
Geology of Saipan Mariana Islands, Part 2 Petrology and Soils
Wildlife Action Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 2015-2025
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Wetland Plants Identification Guide
Summary of 5 Years of Post-Delisting Monitoring of the Tinian Monarch
Status of the Micronesian Megapode in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2011
Technical Report HCSU-060 - Farallon De Medinilla Seabird and Tinian Moorhen Analyses, 2014
Water Resources
Groundwater Management and Protection Plan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 2015
Drinking Water and Wastewater Master Plan - Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2015
Wastewater Master Plan - Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2015
Value of Ecosystem Services from Coral Reef and Seagrass Habitats in the CNMI
Proclamation 8335 of January 6, 2009 - Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
2014 CNMI 305(b) and 303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report
2020 CNMI 305(b) and 303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report
Ground Water Resources of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Improving Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the Mariana Islands. Dr. Peter Houk. 2016 Proposal
Cultural Resources
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Historic Preservation Plan 2011-2015
National Register of Historic Places. Single Property Listings. US Territories
Climate Change