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

• Comprehensive Sustainable Development Plan

• 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

• Physical Development Master Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Volume I: Introduction and Implementation, 1978

• Physical Development Master Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Volume II: Saipan, 1978

• Physical Development Master Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Volume III: Tinian, 1978

• Physical Development Master Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Volume IV: Rota, 1978

• Physical Development Master Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Volume V: Pagan, 1978

Terrestrial Resources

• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Forest Resources, 2004

• Geology of Saipan Mariana Islands, Part 2 Petrology and Soils

• Custom Soil Resources Report, Saipan

• Custom Soil Resources Report, Tinian

• Custom Soil Resources Report, Aguiguan

• Custom Soil Resources Report, Rota

• 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

• Proposed Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in the CNMI, 2007

• Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2005

• 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

• Drinking Water and Wastewater Master Plan - Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2015

• Wastewater Master Plan - Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2015

• NOAA Technical Memo NMFS-PIFSC-36: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands As a Fishing Community 2012

• Economic Valuation Study of CNMI Inland Wetlands

• Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Mariana Archipelago, 2009

• Coral Reef Management Priorities, 2019

• 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

• Annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report: Mariana Archipelago Fishery Ecosystem Plan 2019

• Kagman Watershed Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, 1993

• 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

• Cultural Heritage Attractions in the CNMI

• National Register of Historic Places. Single Property Listings. US Territories

Climate Change

• Climate Change in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

• Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Island of Saipan, CNMI, 2014