National Forests

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Why Monitor National Forests Regulations?

National Forests in the United States are essential assets. Spanning over 193 million acres, they are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). These forests are crucial for biodiversity, carbon sequestration, timber production, and recreational opportunities.

Understanding the regulations and policies governing National Forests is essential for industries such as:

  • Agribusiness: Farmers and companies involved in supplying agricultural products need timely updates to align their operations with sustainable practices, ensuring compliance with new environmental regulations.

  • Timber and Logging: Companies in the timber industry rely on National Forests for wood supplies. They need real-time updates to manage operations and adhere to sustainable practices, avoid penalties, and align strategies with regulatory changes.

  • Environmental Groups and Conservationists: These stakeholders are invested in habitat conservation, ecosystem services, and climate change mitigation efforts, and require prompt updates to advocate and engage in policy-making processes.

  • Outdoor Recreation and Tourism: Businesses in this sector, including those offering guided tours, lodging, and recreational services, need to be informed about access, wildlife protection measures, and public use policies that could affect their services.

Recent Trends and Regulatory Impacts

Over recent years, there has been an increase in federal policies focusing on:

  1. Sustainable Forestry Practices: Encouragement of methods that protect biodiversity while providing resources for commercial use.

  2. Fire Management Strategies: Policies to manage forest fires, ensuring both safety and ecosystem health. These include controlled burns, firebreaks, and funding allocation for fire control measures.

  3. Climate Change Mitigation: Expanding the role of National Forests as carbon sinks and biodiversity reservoirs.

  4. Public Access Policies: Changes in access to national parks and forests due to environmental conditions, safety concerns, or conservation efforts.

Industries need to stay informed about these evolving regulations to proactively adjust their strategies and maintain compliance.

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Monitoring Federal Register updates related to National Forests can be a complex task given the volume of information and frequency of updates. Fortunately, AI-powered solutions like FedMonitor.com offer streamlined monitoring that ensures you only receive the most relevant updates for your industry.

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Latest Documents

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This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2026-27 and 2027-28 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (...
Proposed Rule Jan 21, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (Department) is revising the Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency)'s criminal prohibitions to enhance consistency of the Forest Service's law enforcement practices with those of State and other Federal land mana...
Rule Nov 25, 2024
Based on requests during joint consultations with Alaska Native Tribes and others, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (Departments) revise the regulations concerning the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board (Board), which has aut...
Rule Oct 17, 2024
The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States Department of Agriculture, is issuing this final rule to update its special uses regulations, consistent with the requirement in the Cabin Fee Act, to provide for suspension or temporary re...
Rule Sep 09, 2024
This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to the taking of wildlife for subsistence uses in Alaska for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) completes...
Rule Aug 29, 2024
The United States Department of Agriculture (Department), Forest Service is making technical revisions to clarify regulations governing National Forest System Land Management Planning (planning). These purely technical changes to the names and defini...
Rule May 06, 2024
To comply with a court order, the Secretaries, through the Federal Subsistence Board (Board), initiated regulatory proceedings to identify those submerged lands within the Tongass National Forest that did not pass to the State of Alaska at statehood...
Rule Apr 03, 2024
This proposed rule revises regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024
This final rule revises regulations for seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish for subsistence uses in Alaska during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 regulatory years and the customary and traditional use determinations for...
Rule Feb 29, 2024
This proposed rule would revise the regulations concerning the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) by adding three public members nominated or recommended by federally recognized Tribal governments, requiring that those nominees have...
Proposed Rule Feb 26, 2024
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency) is making purely technical, clarifying revisions to its existing regulations governing administration of the forest transportation system, administrative appeal of...
Rule Dec 06, 2023
The Chattooga Wild and Scenic River is located in the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, the Sumter National Forest in South Carolina, and the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. Forest Service regulations generally prohibit floating...
Rule Nov 07, 2023
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), is proposing to amend its special use regulations, which prohibit authorizing exclusive and perpetual use and occupancy of National Forest System lands, to provid...
Proposed Rule Nov 03, 2023
The Forest Service is amending its locatable minerals rules to provide mine operators with a broader array of options for securing financial assurance for funding reclamation work. Locatable mineral operations on National Forest System lands must be...
Rule Oct 30, 2023
The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States Department of Agriculture, is proposing to revise the Forest Service's criminal prohibitions to enhance consistency of the Forest Service's law enforcement practices with those of State and...
Proposed Rule Oct 03, 2023
The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States Department of Agriculture, is proposing to update its special uses regulations, consistent with the requirement in the Cabin Fee Act, to provide for suspension or temporary reduction of the...
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 2023
The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States Department of Agriculture, is proposing to amend its special use regulations to update the processing and monitoring fee schedules based on current Agency costs; to provide for recovery of...
Proposed Rule Mar 09, 2023
This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is repealing an October 2020 rule (the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule) that exempted the Tongass National Forest (the Tongass) from the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule). Repe...
Rule Jan 27, 2023
This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to the taking of wildlife for subsistence uses in Alaska for the 2022-2023 and 2023-24 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) complete...
Rule Jul 26, 2022