The U.S. Forest Service announced plans to narrow the scope of a major environmental law, allowing the agency to fast-track activity throughout the national forest system without environmental review.
Citing the increasing risk of wildfires, the U.S. Forest Service has proposed overhauling the way it manages forests and minimizing environmental review.
The agency’s plan would result in the first major change in how it administers the act in over a decade. “We found we do more analysis than we need. We take more time than we need and we slow down important work,” Christiansen said. “Under this proposed rule, we can more ably respond to unprecedented challenges that result from catastrophic fire, extended drought and insects and disease infestation.”
“To try to draw a line between climate change-induced wildfire and the need to cut the public out of the process of wildland management is disingenuous,” Brown said. Another suggested change would allow the Forest Service to adopt environmental review exemptions used by other federal agencies, which could significantly broaden the types of activities that would no longer be subject to analysis and public debate.
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