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Forest Service Moves to Reduce Public Oversight and Public Comments on Its Policies
by Our Public Lands & Waters
July 11, 2026

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/07/11/forest-service-moves-to-reduce-public-oversight-and-public-comments-on-its-policies/

On Tuesday, June 30, the U.S. Forest Service proposed a quiet but potentially far-reaching rewrite of how it governs itself—one that could make many of the agency’s internal rules easier to waive, easier to revise and, in some cases, easier to remove from public view before the public has a chance to weigh in.

Published as a proposed rule by the Department of Agriculture, the measure would amend regulations governing the Forest Service’s Directive System.

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The rule goes further. It would state that the “rescission or removal of directives” is not covered by the public-comment process.

In other words, while creating or revising certain binding directives may still require public notice, deleting directives would not necessarily trigger the same obligation.

For public lands advocates, that may be the most consequential sentence in the proposal.

Much more at link where there are other links.
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This is a BIG problem for OUR PUBLIC LANDS and OUR SAY in what is done with them. The American public would effectively be silenced.

https://substack.com/@ourpubliclandsandwaters

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/07/11/forest-service-moves-to-reduce-public-oversight-and-public-comments-on-its-policies/