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US Forest Service Is Incorporating AI Into Its Environmental Reviews Of Infrastructure Projects

by Kevin Garden
on Oct 17, 2025 1:11:01 PM

Pursuant to a Presidential Memorandum issued April 15, 2025 and a subsequent Permitting Technology Action Plan issued by the Council on Environmental Quality on May 30, 2025, the US Forest Service ...

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Court Upholds Forest Service Selection Of Offerors For Heli-Ski Permit

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NPS Grants 25% Increase For Concessioner’s Rates

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Temporary Reprieve From Wildfire Insurance Coverage For Forest Service Campground and Day Use Permits

Apr 28, 2022 7:17:47 AM

Forest Service Cancels Campground Prospectus After Erroneously Listing It As A Small Business Set-Aside

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Forest Service Revises Solicitation For Helicopter Wildfire Support In Light Of Protest

Apr 27, 2022 12:16:32 PM

Court Temporarily Suspends Federal Contract Minimum Wage As Applied to Certain Seasonal Recreational Operations

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BLM Issues New Guidance For Managing Commercial Leases Along The Lower Colorado River

Apr 27, 2022 11:57:04 AM

Forest Service Approves Small Tract Act Application For Purchase Of Lands In The Los Padres National Forest

Apr 27, 2022 9:08:16 AM

Forest Service Agrees Decision To Select Local County As Campground Concessioner Was Not Based On Criteria Set Out In The Prospectus

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Concessioner Sues NPS For Breach of Concession Contract

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Responding to Requests for Religious Exceptions To The Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate For Federal Contractor Employees

Oct 28, 2021 9:45:28 AM

Court Finds Forest Service’s NEPA Analysis “Strains Reason”

Oct 28, 2021 8:38:45 AM

Court Orders USFS To Complete Trail Plan For Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail

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Mandatory Vaccination Rule Casts A Very, Very Wide Net Over Federal Concessioners

Oct 20, 2021 5:22:24 AM

USFS Denies Redacted Appeal Of Heli-Ski Permit Selection Decision

Oct 19, 2021 2:38:32 PM

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Forest Service Outfitter Successfully Appeals Suspension

Apr 14, 2021 2:05:13 PM

NPS Issues Prospectus For Certain Retail Sales At 58 Units In Southeast

Apr 13, 2021 7:20:11 AM

Federal Court Holds Websites Do Not Have To Be ADA Compliant

Apr 9, 2021 1:13:57 PM

USFS Announces Upcoming Projects To Improve Recreation Facilities Nationwide

Apr 9, 2021 12:57:59 PM

NPS Offers Relief To Concessioners Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 18, 2021 7:45:15 AM

DOL Clarifies When Wages Are Owed For Travel Time When Teleworking Part Of The Day

Mar 15, 2021 8:00:31 AM

Kootenai and Flathead NFs Announce Recreation-heavy Projects Using GAOA Funds

Mar 15, 2021 7:22:19 AM

USFS Proposing To Build New Rental Cabins in Flathead NF

Mar 5, 2021 12:08:32 PM

US Forest Service Contractor Challenges DOL Demand To Pay $128,000 In Backwages and Benefits; Ends Up Paying $25,000

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BLM Launches Live OHV Trail Map

Nov 16, 2020 5:10:40 AM

Ouachita National Forest Embracing Recreational Uses

Nov 2, 2020 6:53:20 AM

National Park Service To Test Dry Ice Blasting To Clean Historic Structure

Nov 2, 2020 6:38:47 AM

Self-Driving Electric Shuttles Planned For Yellowstone National Park

Oct 22, 2020 5:18:11 AM

National Park Service Issues 50 Year Lease For Golf Courses

Oct 21, 2020 1:42:03 PM

Forest Service Not Required To Complete Environmental Analysis For Minor Variation In Project

Oct 21, 2020 1:06:46 PM

Court Allows National Trails System Lawsuit To Continue

Oct 19, 2020 11:36:39 AM

Court Finds Government Improperly Withheld Documents Subject to FOIA Request

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Forest Service Proposes Changes To Standard Permit Forms

Sep 29, 2020 5:22:06 AM

Forest Service Issues Final Rule For Conveyance of Small Tracts

Sep 29, 2020 4:14:02 AM

National Park Service Seeking Input On Its Plans To Modernize Campgrounds

Sep 14, 2020 5:13:16 AM

Forest Service Provides Exemptions For Some Operations During Wildfires

Sep 3, 2020 4:22:22 AM

National Park Service Continues Existing Concession Contracts Awarded As Far Back As 1969

Sep 3, 2020 3:46:06 AM

National Park Service Issues Temporary Contracts For Grand Canyon Rafting Services

Jul 24, 2020 10:26:21 AM

National Park Service Revises Agreement To Facilitate Work On Historic Structures At Washington’s Boyhood Home

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Forest Service Issues Permit For Glamping At Two Campsites

Jul 7, 2020 6:19:27 AM

Forest Service Issues Field Guidance For Administering Permits During Pandemic

May 19, 2020 2:59:32 PM

Forest Service confirms state regulations are binding on concessioners unless they conflict with federal laws

May 19, 2020 6:50:01 AM

Forest Service clarifies policy for seeking bids for existing term permit operations

May 13, 2020 7:26:50 AM

Use of PPP loans to pay Forest Service permit fees

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Lawsuit filed challenging temporary delegations of NPS and BLM Director authority

Apr 18, 2020 2:13:20 PM

Guidance on federal relief related to sick leave, payroll costs and fixed costs

Apr 18, 2020 2:09:34 PM

National Park Service provides guidance for NPS seasonal on-boarding and summer operations

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Forest Service guidance for the operation of recreational sites

Apr 18, 2020 2:04:17 PM

National Park Service requires concessioners to maintain insurance coverage even if operations are closed

Apr 18, 2020 2:02:44 PM

Forest Service warns permittees that failure to follow state COVID-19 requirements could result in permit revocation

Apr 18, 2020 2:00:26 PM

Deadline for requests for franchise fee relief under National Park Service concession contracts

Apr 18, 2020 1:59:50 PM

Forest Service defers issuing new bills and deadlines for existing bills by 90 days

Apr 18, 2020 1:58:18 PM

National Park Service extends deadline for submission of Annual Financial Reports

Mar 2, 2020 9:26:43 AM

National Park Service Considering Fireworks Show At Mount Rushmore

Feb 13, 2020 5:11:50 AM

Forest Service Revises Regulations For Sale of Small Land Parcels

Feb 11, 2020 7:44:30 AM

National Park Service Proposes Increase In Camping Fees At Olympic National Park

Feb 7, 2020 10:26:59 AM

National Park Service Issues 60 Year Marina Lease

Jan 28, 2020 11:03:06 AM

Inspector General Finds Deficiencies With NPS’ Administration Of Non-Profit Groups’ Operations

Jan 28, 2020 10:17:13 AM

NPS Delays Plans To Impose New Fees For Commercial Tours

Jan 28, 2020 9:52:13 AM

PEER Sues National Park Service For Allowing e-Bikes In National Parks

Jan 28, 2020 9:19:23 AM

Court Allows The Lawsuit Against NPS Arising From The Chimney Tops 2 Fire To Continue

Jan 28, 2020 8:25:06 AM

Shoshone National Forest Wants To Issue New Permits For New Activities

Nov 14, 2019 12:02:41 PM

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Tahoe National Forest Decision To Allow E-bikes On Trails

Nov 14, 2019 11:29:06 AM

Court Upholds USFS Ski Area’s Release From Its Own Negligence

Nov 14, 2019 10:31:56 AM

Owner of Subsurface Rights Below National Forest Allowed To Sue USFS For Interference With Those Rights

Nov 14, 2019 8:29:41 AM

Court Denies Claim That Utah Needs A USFS Permit To Release Mountain Goats On Adjoining State Lands

Nov 11, 2019 12:39:12 PM

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Nov 6, 2019 12:31:24 PM

Forest Service Continues Efforts To Let The Market Set Campground Fees

Oct 22, 2019 2:31:14 PM

Mountain Bike Group Allowed To Intervene In Lawsuit To Provide Its Perspective

Oct 16, 2019 11:26:02 AM

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Oct 8, 2019 7:25:31 AM

NPS Issues Policy For Commenting On Other Agency Projects

Oct 7, 2019 2:36:27 PM

NPS Defends Its Decision To Keep Parks Open During 2018/2019 Shutdown, And Says It Will Do It Again

Oct 1, 2019 10:36:25 AM

Tonto National Forest Raising Campground Fees 60%-70% Based On Visitor Feedback

Sep 10, 2019 7:20:23 AM

GAO Finds NPS Broke The Law When It Kept Parks Open During The 2018/2019 Shutdown

Aug 7, 2019 9:35:19 PM

Court Upholds Motorized Big Game Retrieval Under Forest’s Travel Plan

Aug 7, 2019 9:30:22 PM

NPS Removes Unnecessary Regulations As Part Of Its Regulatory Reform

Jun 3, 2019 1:33:26 PM

Forest Visitor Sues Claiming He’s Not Getting Value For His Fees

May 20, 2019 1:28:46 PM

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May 10, 2019 9:08:57 AM

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May 7, 2019 1:58:20 PM

How to Protest NPS’ Decision To Award A Concession Contract

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NPS and Forest Service Issue Criminal Citations To Concessioners For Violating Terms of their Concession Contracts

Feb 5, 2019 8:31:57 AM

Court Defines “Camping” On Federal Land

Jan 15, 2019 9:18:38 AM

NPS Requires Concessioner To Set Aside Funds For Personal Property Replacement and Repair

Jan 15, 2019 6:52:57 AM

NPS Provides Opportunity for Contract Extension Based On Performance

Dec 20, 2018 3:01:57 PM

National Park Service and Forest Service Policies For Possible Government Shutdown

Dec 5, 2018 6:27:46 AM

NPS Releases Schedule For Issuing Concession Prospectuses in 2019

Nov 19, 2018 11:12:29 AM

Ninth Circuit Upholds Preservation of Historic Structures In A Wilderness Area

Nov 19, 2018 8:48:21 AM

Court Agrees Forest Service Use Of Trail Created A Public Easement

Nov 15, 2018 1:31:23 PM

Court Finds Fire Salvage Timber Harvest Does Not Create Irreparable Harm

Nov 7, 2018 1:25:10 PM

NPS Converts Longstanding Concession Operations To Long-Term Lease

Nov 7, 2018 12:54:21 PM

NPS Releases Latest Debriefing Policy For Disappointed Bidders

Nov 7, 2018 12:44:41 PM

NPS Seeks Public Input For New Concessions At Denali NP

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NPS Issues EA Regarding New Concession Facilities At Grand Canyon NP

Oct 8, 2018 3:42:25 PM

Forest Service Partners With Local Government To Provide Shuttle Services

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NPS Issues Contract For Assistance In Implementing Its New VEIA Authority

Oct 3, 2018 1:22:16 PM

Court Ruling Clarifies When Amendments To Older Forest Plans Must Meet New NFMA Criteria

Oct 2, 2018 2:41:07 PM

New Regulation Issued Exempting Certain Permits From The Federal Minimum Wage

Oct 2, 2018 10:18:03 AM

Forest Service Confirms Its Lawyers’ Dual Role In Agency Appeals

Sep 11, 2018 2:26:38 PM

Forest Service Increases Permittee’s Fees By 150% Retroactive To Seven Years Back

Jul 17, 2018 11:53:08 AM

NPS Not Required To Impose National Fire Protection Association Codes In Historic Buildings

Jun 25, 2018 2:15:12 PM

Court Finds Ski Area Not Contractually Liable To Injured Skier Under Forest Service Permit

Jun 25, 2018 12:54:24 PM

Court Holds That Outfitters Can Bring NEPA Claims To Protect Their Recreational Business Interests

Jan 29, 2018 7:21:30 AM

Government Shutdown Closes Some Concessions While Others Stay Open

Jan 26, 2018 11:28:14 AM

Proposal For NPS Concession Contract That Omitted Certain Financial Data Found Nonresponsive

Jan 26, 2018 10:39:55 AM

Outfitter Challenges NPS’ Allocation Of Oversnow Vehicle Access Abandoned By Prior Concessioner

Jan 12, 2018 1:04:45 PM

Court Ruling May Mean Concession Contracts Are Subject to Contract Disputes Act

Jan 11, 2018 11:00:09 AM

Court Invalidates Land Exchange Because It Found Future Private Development Was A Federal Action

Jan 10, 2018 12:53:14 PM

Group Challenges Forest Service Permit Allowing Navy Warfare Training

Jan 10, 2018 11:39:57 AM

NPS Increases Its Use Of Digital Entrance Passes That Can Be Purchased Online

Jan 10, 2018 10:50:03 AM

NPS Clarifies FOIA Policy On Releasing Concessioners’ Gross Revenues

Jan 9, 2018 1:24:07 PM

Court Upholds Forest Service Denial of Permit To Construct Road To Access Private Property

Jan 8, 2018 4:58:30 AM

Forest Service Concessioner Files Lawsuit Challenging Denial Of New Term Permit

Nov 16, 2017 4:39:37 AM

GAO Finds Forest Service Solicitation For Firefighting Air Tankers Is Illogical

Nov 10, 2017 6:01:36 AM

Federal Minimum Wage for Contractors Increases to $10.35 in 2018

Nov 7, 2017 1:33:01 PM

Court Finds Forest Service Must Compensate Grazing Association After Denying Its Access To Water On National Forest

Nov 7, 2017 1:05:28 PM

Forest Service Secretly Changes Recreation Cabin’s Status And Refuses To Reauthorize Its Use

Nov 6, 2017 12:55:07 PM

Forest Service Agrees To Allow Permittee To Continue Selling Limited Use Ownership Of Its Resort Cabins

Sep 21, 2017 6:54:35 AM

NPS Takes Contrary Positions On Releasing Concessioner Revenue Data Under FOIA

Sep 20, 2017 1:28:31 PM

Legislation Proposed To Allow Forest Service To Lease Out Administrative Buildings

Sep 13, 2017 12:26:39 PM

Utility Sues Forest Service Over Denial of Permit

Aug 30, 2017 12:54:40 PM

NPS Awards Concession Contract To Settle Lawsuit

Aug 28, 2017 2:26:19 PM

NPS Wants Out Of The Campground Business While The Forest Service Wants In

Aug 28, 2017 1:43:45 PM

NPS Reverses Course and Keeps Marina Concession Open

Aug 2, 2017 8:21:46 AM

Defendant Not Guilty Of Maintaining An Illegal Cabin On National Forest

Aug 2, 2017 6:59:54 AM

NPS Concessioner Faces Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate Access For Wheelchair Visitors

Aug 2, 2017 6:35:10 AM

Court Finds Forest Service Does Not Need To Conduct Environmental Review Before Constructing Firebreak For Existing Wildfire

Aug 2, 2017 5:40:29 AM

Court Denies Plaintiff’s Claim That Picnic Table and Security Light Must Be Provided Where Fees Are Charged Under FLREA

Aug 1, 2017 12:26:23 PM

Court Clarifies The Legal Test For Determining Government Liability for Backfire Damage

Aug 1, 2017 11:38:06 AM

Court Finds That BLM Must Return Mining Maintenance Fees

Jul 31, 2017 11:32:34 AM

Government Employees Successfully Sue For Late Wages During 2013 Government Shutdown

Jun 9, 2017 9:36:38 AM

Forest Service Says Term Permits Must Be Put Out For Bid If There Is Competitive Interest

May 16, 2017 9:37:21 AM

Congress Withdraws Law That Prohibited Minimum Wage Contract Clause In Concession Contracts

May 16, 2017 9:12:11 AM

Court Finds NPS Violated Law In Awarding Concession Contracts

Mar 3, 2017 8:53:57 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of February 27, 2017

Feb 16, 2017 10:39:06 AM

Forest Service Not Liable For Damages From Unsuppressed Wildfire

Feb 16, 2017 6:37:17 AM

Federal Hiring Freeze Does Not Apply To Seasonal NPS and Forest Service Employees

Feb 14, 2017 12:50:43 PM

Court Rules Government Employees Paid Too Late After 2013 Shutdown

Feb 10, 2017 10:56:30 AM

Federal Register Notices from NPS and the Forest Service (February 6-10, 2017)

Feb 8, 2017 9:27:20 AM

Be Aware: Some Local Taxes Are Not Valid For Operations On Federal Land

Feb 2, 2017 1:24:32 PM

Court Upholds Ski Area’s Release From Liability Clause

Jan 26, 2017 9:11:36 AM

Court Orders Forest Service To Destroy Wildlife Data Obtained Illegally

Jan 26, 2017 4:46:56 AM

NPS Franchise Fees Exclude Out-of-Park Portions of Concessioner Operations

Jan 24, 2017 12:49:01 PM

Court Awards $63,409 In Attorneys’ Fees To Environmental Group

Jan 20, 2017 2:45:56 AM

Federal Register Notices from NPS and the Forest Service (January 15-19, 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 11:18:04 AM

State Prohibited From Thinning National Forest To Prevent Fires

Jan 13, 2017 5:01:52 AM

Federal Register Notices from NPS and the Forest Service (January 9-13, 2017)

Jan 10, 2017 10:54:04 AM

Court Upholds Use Of Categorical Exclusion for 3-year NPS Grazing Permit

Jan 6, 2017 4:55:22 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of January 2, 2017

Jan 3, 2017 7:27:32 AM

Court Rules That Government Not Liable For Campground Injury

Jan 2, 2017 1:43:53 PM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of December 27, 2016

Dec 29, 2016 9:21:09 AM

Plaintiffs Lost Right To Challenge Revised EA By Failing To Submit Revised Comments

Dec 27, 2016 12:00:02 PM

Local Water District Sues NPS For Arsenic Contamination

Dec 27, 2016 10:45:58 AM

OIG Finds NPS Regional Director Committed Fraud

Dec 27, 2016 9:40:37 AM

Forest Service Seeking Comments On Its Standard Permit Forms

Dec 23, 2016 4:06:18 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of December 19, 2016

Dec 20, 2016 6:54:46 AM

Court Allows Maintenance of Structures in Wilderness Area

Dec 16, 2016 8:21:47 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of December 12, 2016

Dec 10, 2016 1:53:44 PM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of December 5, 2016

Dec 2, 2016 2:32:26 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of November 28, 2016

Dec 1, 2016 1:38:31 AM

Court Rejects Claim That NPS Violated Credit Reporting Laws In Sale Of Entrance Pass

Dec 1, 2016 1:37:16 AM

Forest Service Clarifies The Rules For Amending Forest Plans

Dec 1, 2016 1:35:49 AM

NPS Moves Forward On Its Leasing Program

Dec 1, 2016 1:34:08 AM

Court Invalidates Forest Service Agreement That County Held Right-of-Way For Road

Dec 1, 2016 1:32:43 AM

Forest Service Not Liable For Injuries To Skier On Forest Service Concession Area

Dec 1, 2016 1:30:56 AM

DOL Announces New Federal Minimum Wage For 2017

Dec 1, 2016 1:29:12 AM

Forest Service Undergoing A Review Of Its Concession Program To Improve The Concessioner-Agency Relationship

Nov 9, 2016 2:12:10 AM

NPS Awards Sole-Source Concession Contract For Wireless Internet Services

Nov 7, 2016 2:25:43 PM

NPS Cancels Concession Solicitation To Avoid Imposing High Franchise Fees

Oct 28, 2016 5:22:42 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of October 24, 2016

Oct 14, 2016 5:43:29 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of October 10, 2016

Sep 29, 2016 2:35:32 PM

Court Upholds Validity of Forest Service Permit Which Expired 28 Years Ago

Sep 9, 2016 11:48:58 AM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of September 5, 2016

Sep 2, 2016 1:09:27 PM

Federal Register Notices from the National Park Service and Forest Service of note for the week of August 29, 2016