Integrating diverse biological, physical, social, and economic factors in determining land allocation decisions and scheduling future resource activities is the challenge facing land managers today. Criteria were established to resolve key issues and concerns in the selection of an action program on the Lolo National Forest. The early integration of fire information into this planning process is a significant change in direction for the Forest Service. The end result is the actual scheduling of fire suppression, fuel management, and prescribed fire programs to achieve resource management objectives.