Categorical Exclusion · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 10/14/2026
Existing line is South of HWY 157 and East and West of HWY 33. New line is South of HWY 278 and East of CR 41. · Lawrence, Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority has proposed to install a new section of transmission power line (0.26 miles on NFS land), renew an expired authorization for a transmission line (14.58 miles on NFS land), and add an additional pole and fiber optic cable to the existing transmission line on Bankhead.
Special use management
Finding/Decision Date
10/14/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-27d-USFS; USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 10/14/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Talladega Ranger District · updated 9/30/2026 · decision 9/2026 (Estimated)
East of Hwy 77, North of Horn Valley county Rd · Talladega, Alabama
The proposal includes clearcuts with reserves, thinning, and planting longleaf pine in areas at risk or affected by Southern Pine Beetles. The project area is approximately 3000 acres.
Climate change adaptationForest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants
NEPA Start Date
3/12/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Section 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b) |
Categorical Exclusion · Talladega Ranger District · updated 9/29/2026
Within these counties: Clay (AL) • Cherokee (AL) • St. Clair (AL) • Randolph (AL) • Etowah (AL) • Cleburne (AL) • Calhoun (AL) • Talladega (AL) · Calhoun; Cherokee; Clay; Cleburne; Etowah; Randolph; St. Clair; Talladega, Alabama
Proposal to treat FS road corridors containing standing dead trees on roads open to the public and on closed roads used for firelines or other management activities. To view project documents, copy and paste this link https://usfs-public.box.com/s/qvs7wojm50czpaku3l22parooh7kei45
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)
Finding/Decision Date
9/29/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Section 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b) |
| Decision Signed Date | 9/29/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 9/28/2026
Bankhead National Forest · Lawrence; Winston, Alabama
To view documents related to this project, copy and paste this link https://usfs-public.box.com/s/3q7abbnnfkh7ob6p12xkvct89164bklu. Manage southern yellow pine stands to reduce the risk of insect damage, catastrophic wildfire, improve wildlife habitat and restore areas to desired future conditions.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Finding/Decision Date
9/28/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Section 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b) |
| Decision Signed Date | 9/28/2026 |
Environmental Assessment · National Forests in Alabama · updated 9/25/2026 · decision 7/2027 (Estimated)
Southern Region (US Forest Service lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) · Abbeville; Acadia; Adair; Adams; Adjuntas; Aguada; Aguadilla; Aguas Buenas; Aibonito; Aiken; Alachua; Alamance; Albemarle; Alcorn; Alexander; Alleghany; Allen; Allendale; Amelia; Amherst; Amite; Añasco; Anderson; Angelina; Anson; Appling; Appomattox; Archer; Arecibo; Arkansas; Arroyo; Ascension; Ashe; Ashley; Assumption; Atkinson; Atoka; Attala; Augusta; Autauga; Avery; Avoyelles; Bacon; Baker; Baldwin; Bamberg; Banks; Barbour; Barceloneta; Barnwell; Barranquitas; Barren; Barrow; Bartow; Bath; Baxter; Bay; Bayamón; Beaufort; Beauregard; Bedford; Bell; Ben Hill; Benton; Berkeley; Berrien; Bertie; Bibb; Bienville; Bladen; Bland; Bleckley; Bledsoe; Blount; Bolivar; Boone; Bosque; Bossier; Botetourt; Bourbon; Bowie; Boyd; Boyle; Bracken; Bradford; Bradley; Brantley; Brazoria; Brazos; Breathitt; Breckinridge; Brevard; Bristol; Brooks; Broward; Brown; Brunswick; Bryan; Buchanan; Buckingham; Buena Vista; Bullitt; Bulloch; Bullock; Buncombe; Burke; Butler; Butts; Cabarrus; Cabo Rojo; Caddo; Caguas; Calcasieu; Caldwell; Calhoun; Calloway; Camden; Cameron; Camp; Campbell; Camuy; Candler; Cannon; Canóvanas; Carlisle; Carolina; Caroline; Carroll; Carter; Carteret; Casey; Cass; Caswell; Catahoula; Cataño; Catawba; Catoosa; Cayey; Ceiba; Chambers; Charles; Charles City; Charleston; Charlotte; Charlottesville; Charlton; Chatham; Chattahoochee; Chattooga; Cheatham; Cherokee; Chesapeake; Chester; Chesterfield; Chickasaw; Chicot; Chilton; Choctaw; Chowan; Christian; Ciales; Cidra; Citrus; Claiborne; Clarendon; Clark; Clarke; Clay; Clayton; Cleburne; Clermont; Cleveland; Clinch; Clinton; Coahoma; Coal; Coamo; Cobb; Cocke; Coffee; Colbert; Colleton; Collier; Collin; Colonial Heights; Colquitt; Columbia; Columbus; Comerío; Concordia; Conecuh; Conway; Cook; Cooke; Coosa; Copiah; Corozal; Cotton; Covington; Coweta; Craig; Craighead; Craven; Crawford; Creek; Crenshaw; Crisp; Crittenden; Crockett; Cross; Culebra; Cullman; Culpeper; Cumberland; Currituck; Dade; Dale; Dallas; Danville; Dare; Darlington; Davidson; Davie; Daviess; Dawson; De Soto; Decatur; DeKalb; Delaware; Delta; Denton; Desha; DeSoto; Dickenson; Dickson; Dillon; Dinwiddie; Dixie; Dodge; Dooly; Dorado; Dorchester; Dougherty; Douglas; Drew; Dunklin; Duplin; Durham; Duval; Dyer; Early; East Baton Rouge; East Carroll; East Feliciana; Echols; Edgecombe; Edgefield; Edmonson; Effingham; Elbert; Elliott; Ellis; Elmore; Emanuel; Emporia; Escambia; Essex; Estill; Etowah; Evangeline; Evans; Fairfax; Fairfield; Fajardo; Falls; Fannin; Faulkner; Fauquier; Fayette; Fentress; Flagler; Fleming; Florence; Florida; Floyd; Fluvanna; Forrest; Forsyth; Franklin; Frederick; Fredericksburg; Freestone; Fulton; Gadsden; Galax; Gallatin; Galveston; Garland; Garrard; Garvin; Gaston; Gates; Geneva; George; Georgetown; Gibson; Gilchrist; Giles; Gilmer; Glades; Glascock; Gloucester; Glynn; Goochland; Gordon; Grady; Graham; Grainger; Grant; Granville; Graves; Grayson; Green; Greenbrier; Greene; Greensville; Greenup; Greenville; Greenwood; Gregg; Grenada; Grimes; Grundy; Guánica; Guayama; Guayanilla; Guaynabo; Guilford; Gulf; Gurabo; Gwinnett; Habersham; Hale; Halifax; Hall; Hamblen; Hamilton; Hampton; Hancock; Hanover; Haralson; Hardee; Hardeman; Hardin; Harlan; Harnett; Harris; Harrison; Harrisonburg; Hart; Haskell; Hatillo; Hawkins; Haywood; Heard; Hempstead; Henderson; Hendry; Henrico; Henry; Hernando; Hertford; Hickman; Highlands; Hill; Hillsborough; Hinds; Hoke; Holmes; Hood; Hopewell; Hopkins; Hormigueros; Horry; Hot Spring; Houston; Howard; Hughes; Humacao; Humphreys; Hunt; Hyde; Iberia; Iberville; Independence; Indian River; Iredell; Irwin; Isabela; Isle of Wight; Issaquena; Itawamba; Izard; Jack; Jackson; James City; Jasper; Jayuya; Jeff Davis; Jefferson; Jefferson Davis; Jenkins; Jessamine; Johnson; Johnston; Jones; Juana Díaz; Juncos; Kaufman; Kemper; Kenton; Kershaw; King and Queen; King George; King William; Knott; Knox; Lafayette; Lafourche; Lajas; Lake; Lamar; Lancaster; Lanier; Lares; Larue; Las Marías; Las Piedras; LaSalle; Latimer; Lauderdale; Laurel; Laurens; Lawrence; Le Flore; Leake; Lee; Leflore; Lenoir; Leon; Leslie; Letcher; Levy; Lewis; Lexington; Liberty; Limestone; Lincoln; Little River; Livingston; Logan; Loíza; Long; Lonoke; Loudon; Loudoun; Louisa; Love; Lowndes; Lumpkin; Lunenburg; Luquillo; Lynchburg; Lyon; Macon; Madison; Magoffin; Manassas; Manassas Park; Manatee; Manatí; Marengo; Maricao; Marion; Marlboro; Marshall; Martin; Martinsville; Mason; Massac; Mathews; Maunabo; Maury; Mayagüez; Mayes; McClain; McCormick; McCracken; McCreary; McCurtain; McDonald; McDowell; McDuffie; McIntosh; McLean; McLennan; McMinn; McNairy; Meade; Mecklenburg; Meigs; Menifee; Mercer; Meriwether; Metcalfe; Miami-Dade; Middlesex; Miller; Mingo; Mississippi; Mitchell; Mobile; Moca; Monroe; Montague; Montgomery; Moore; Morehouse; Morgan; Morovis; Morris; Muhlenberg; Murray; Muscogee; Muskogee; Nacogdoches; Naguabo; Naranjito; Nash; Nassau; Natchitoches; Navarro; Nelson; Neshoba; Nevada; New Hanover; New Kent; New Madrid; Newberry; Newport News; Newton; Nicholas; Norfolk; Northampton; Northumberland; Norton; Nottoway; Noxubee; Obion; Oconee; Oglethorpe; Ohio; Okaloosa; Okeechobee; Okfuskee; Okmulgee; Oktibbeha; Oldham; Onslow; Orange; Orangeburg; Orleans; Orocovis; Osceola; Ottawa; Ouachita; Overton; Owen; Owsley; Page; Palm Beach; Palo Pinto; Pamlico; Panola; Parker; Pasco; Pasquotank; Patillas; Patrick; Paulding; Peach; Pearl River; Pemiscot; Pender; Pendleton; Peñuelas; Perquimans; Perry; Person; Petersburg; Phillips; Pickens; Pickett; Pierce; Pike; Pinellas; Pitt; Pittsburg; Pittsylvania; Plaquemines; Poinsett; Pointe Coupee; Polk; Ponce; Pontotoc; Pope; Poquoson; Portsmouth; Pottawatomie; Powell; Powhatan; Prairie; Prentiss; Prince Edward; Prince George; Prince George's; Prince William; Pulaski; Pushmataha; Putnam; Quebradillas; Quitman; Rabun; Radford; Rains; Raleigh; Randolph; Rankin; Rapides; Rappahannock; Red River; Rhea; Richland; Richmond; Rincón; Río Grande; Roane; Roanoke; Robertson; Robeson; Rockbridge; Rockcastle; Rockdale; Rockingham; Rockwall; Rogers; Rowan; Rusk; Russell; Rutherford; Sabana Grande; Sabine; Salem; Salinas; Saline; Saluda; Sampson; San Augustine; San Germán; San Jacinto; San Juan; San Lorenzo; San Sebastián; Santa Isabel; Santa Rosa; Sarasota; Schley; Scotland; Scott; Screven; Searcy; Sebastian; Seminole; Sequatchie; Sequoyah; Sevier; Sharkey; Sharp; Shelby; Shenandoah; Simpson; Smith; Smyth; Somervell; Southampton; Spalding; Spartanburg; Spencer; Spotsylvania; St. Bernard; St. Charles; St. Clair; St. Francis; St. Helena; St. James; St. John the Baptist; St. Johns; St. Landry; St. Lucie; St. Martin; St. Mary; St. Mary's; St. Tammany; Stafford; Stanly; Staunton; Stephens; Stewart; Stokes; Stone; Suffolk; Sullivan; Summers; Sumner; Sumter; Sunflower; Surry; Sussex; Suwannee; Swain; Switzerland; Talbot; Taliaferro; Talladega; Tallahatchie; Tallapoosa; Tangipahoa; Tarrant; Tate; Tattnall; Taylor; Tazewell; Telfair; Tensas; Terrebonne; Terrell; Thomas; Tift; Tippah; Tipton; Tishomingo; Titus; Toa Alta; Toa Baja; Todd; Toombs; Towns; Transylvania; Treutlen; Trigg; Trimble; Trinity; Troup; Trousdale; Trujillo Alto; Tulsa; Tunica; Turner; Tuscaloosa; Twiggs; Tyler; Tyrrell; Unicoi; Union; Upshur; Upson; Utuado; Van Buren; Van Zandt; Vance; Vanderburgh; Vega Alta; Vega Baja; Vermilion; Vernon; Vieques; Villalba; Virginia Beach; Volusia; Wagoner; Wake; Wakulla; Walker; Waller; Walthall; Walton; Ware; Warren; Warrick; Washington; Watauga; Wayne; Waynesboro; Weakley; Webster; West Baton Rouge; West Carroll; West Feliciana; Westmoreland; Wheeler; White; Whitfield; Whitley; Wichita; Wilcox; Wilkes; Wilkinson; Williamsburg; Williamson; Wilson; Winn; Winston; Wise; Wolfe; Wood; Woodford; Woodruff; Worth; Wyoming; Wythe; Yabucoa; Yadkin; Yalobusha; Yancey; Yauco; Yazoo; Yell; York; Young, South Carolina; Louisiana; Kentucky; Oklahoma; Mississippi; Ohio; Puerto Rico; Florida; North Carolina; Virginia; Texas; Tennessee; Georgia; Arkansas; Alabama; Maryland; Indiana; Missouri; West Virginia; Illinois
This programmatic environmental assessment analyzes effects of emergency actions and closure orders on national forests in the Southern Region and establishes a consistent and efficient framework for authorizing these activities.
Facility managementForest productsFuels managementHeritage resource managementLand management planningLand ownership managementMinerals and geologyRecreation managementRegulations, directives, ordersRoad managementSpecial area managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants
Project documents
Environmental Assessment · National Forests in Alabama · updated 9/25/2026 · decision 7/2027 (Estimated)
All National Forest System lands in the Southern Region. · Abbeville; Acadia; Adair; Adams; Aiken; Alachua; Alamance; Albemarle; Alcorn; Alexander; Alexandria; Alleghany; Allen; Allendale; Amelia; Amherst; Amite; Anderson; Angelina; Anne Arundel; Anson; Appling; Appomattox; Aransas; Arkansas; Arlington; Ascension; Ashe; Ashley; Assumption; Atkinson; Atoka; Attala; Augusta; Austin; Autauga; Avery; Avoyelles; Bacon; Baker; Baldwin; Bamberg; Banks; Barbour; Barnwell; Barren; Barrow; Bartow; Bastrop; Bath; Baxter; Bay; Beaufort; Beauregard; Bedford; Bee; Bell; Ben Hill; Benton; Berkeley; Berrien; Bertie; Bibb; Bienville; Bladen; Bland; Bleckley; Bledsoe; Blount; Bolivar; Boone; Bosque; Bossier; Botetourt; Bourbon; Bowie; Boyle; Bradford; Bradley; Brantley; Brazoria; Brazos; Breathitt; Breckinridge; Brevard; Bristol; Brooks; Broward; Brunswick; Bryan; Buchanan; Buckingham; Buena Vista; Bullitt; Bulloch; Bullock; Buncombe; Burke; Burleson; Burnet; Butler; Butts; Cabarrus; Caddo; Calcasieu; Caldwell; Calhoun; Calloway; Calvert; Camden; Cameron; Camp; Campbell; Candler; Cannon; Carlisle; Caroline; Carroll; Carter; Carteret; Casey; Cass; Caswell; Catahoula; Catawba; Catoosa; Chambers; Charles; Charles City; Charleston; Charlotte; Charlottesville; Charlton; Chatham; Chattahoochee; Chattooga; Cheatham; Cherokee; Chesapeake; Chester; Chesterfield; Chickasaw; Chicot; Chilton; Choctaw; Chowan; Christian; Citrus; Claiborne; Clarendon; Clark; Clarke; Clay; Clayton; Cleburne; Cleveland; Clinch; Clinton; Coahoma; Coal; Cobb; Cocke; Coffee; Colbert; Colleton; Collier; Collin; Colonial Heights; Colorado; Colquitt; Columbia; Columbus; Concordia; Conecuh; Conway; Cook; Cooke; Coosa; Copiah; Coryell; Covington; Coweta; Craig; Craighead; Craven; Crawford; Crenshaw; Crisp; Crittenden; Crockett; Cross; Cullman; Culpeper; Cumberland; Currituck; Dade; Dale; Dallas; Danville; Dare; Darlington; Davidson; Davie; Daviess; Dawson; De Soto; Decatur; DeKalb; Delaware; Delta; Denton; Desha; DeSoto; DeWitt; Dickenson; Dickson; Dillon; Dinwiddie; District of Columbia; Dixie; Dodge; Dooly; Dorchester; Dougherty; Douglas; Drew; Dunklin; Duplin; Durham; Duval; Dyer; Early; East Baton Rouge; East Carroll; East Feliciana; Echols; Edgecombe; Edgefield; Edmonson; Effingham; Elbert; Elliott; Ellis; Elmore; Emanuel; Emporia; Erath; Escambia; Essex; Estill; Etowah; Evangeline; Evans; Fairfax; Fairfield; Falls; Falls Church; Fannin; Faulkner; Fauquier; Fayette; Fentress; Flagler; Fleming; Florence; Floyd; Fluvanna; Forrest; Forsyth; Fort Bend; Franklin; Frederick; Fredericksburg; Freestone; Fulton; Gadsden; Galax; Galveston; Garland; Garrard; Garvin; Gaston; Gates; Geneva; George; Georgetown; Gibson; Gilchrist; Giles; Gilmer; Glades; Glascock; Gloucester; Glynn; Goliad; Gonzales; Goochland; Gordon; Grady; Graham; Grainger; Grant; Granville; Graves; Grayson; Green; Greenbrier; Greene; Greensville; Greenville; Greenwood; Gregg; Grenada; Grimes; Grundy; Guadalupe; Guilford; Gulf; Gwinnett; Habersham; Hale; Halifax; Hall; Hamblen; Hamilton; Hampshire; Hampton; Hancock; Hanover; Haralson; Hardee; Hardeman; Hardin; Hardy; Harlan; Harnett; Harris; Harrison; Harrisonburg; Hart; Haskell; Hawkins; Hays; Haywood; Heard; Hempstead; Henderson; Hendry; Henrico; Henry; Hernando; Hertford; Hickman; Highland; Highlands; Hill; Hillsborough; Hinds; Hoke; Holmes; Hood; Hopewell; Hopkins; Horry; Hot Spring; Houston; Howard; Hughes; Humphreys; Hunt; Hyde; Iberia; Iberville; Independence; Indian River; Iredell; Irwin; Isle of Wight; Issaquena; Itawamba; Izard; Jack; Jackson; James City; Jasper; Jeff Davis; Jefferson; Jefferson Davis; Jenkins; Jessamine; Johnson; Johnston; Jones; Karnes; Kaufman; Kemper; Kershaw; King and Queen; King George; King William; Knott; Knox; Lafayette; Lafourche; Lake; Lamar; Lampasas; Lancaster; Lanier; Larue; LaSalle; Latimer; Lauderdale; Laurel; Laurens; Lavaca; Lawrence; Le Flore; Leake; Lee; Leflore; Lenoir; Leon; Leslie; Letcher; Levy; Lewis; Lexington; Liberty; Limestone; Lincoln; Little River; Livingston; Logan; Long; Lonoke; Loudon; Loudoun; Louisa; Love; Lowndes; Lumpkin; Lunenburg; Lynchburg; Lyon; Macon; Madison; Magoffin; Manassas; Manassas Park; Manatee; Marengo; Marion; Marlboro; Marshall; Martin; Martinsville; Mason; Matagorda; Mathews; Maury; Mayes; McClain; McCormick; McCreary; McCurtain; McDowell; McDuffie; McIntosh; McLean; McLennan; McMinn; McNairy; Meade; Mecklenburg; Meigs; Menifee; Mercer; Meriwether; Metcalfe; Miami-Dade; Middlesex; Milam; Miller; Mingo; Mississippi; Mitchell; Mobile; Monroe; Montague; Montgomery; Moore; Morehouse; Morgan; Morris; Muhlenberg; Murray; Muscogee; Muskogee; Nacogdoches; Nash; Nassau; Natchitoches; Navarro; Nelson; Neshoba; Nevada; New Hanover; New Kent; New Madrid; Newberry; Newport News; Newton; Nicholas; Norfolk; Northampton; Northumberland; Norton; Nottoway; Noxubee; Nueces; Obion; Oconee; Oglethorpe; Ohio; Okaloosa; Okeechobee; Okfuskee; Okmulgee; Oktibbeha; Onslow; Orange; Orangeburg; Orleans; Osceola; Ouachita; Overton; Owen; Owsley; Page; Palm Beach; Palo Pinto; Pamlico; Panola; Parker; Pasco; Pasquotank; Patrick; Paulding; Peach; Pearl River; Pemiscot; Pender; Pendleton; Perquimans; Perry; Person; Petersburg; Phillips; Pickens; Pickett; Pierce; Pike; Pinellas; Pitt; Pittsburg; Pittsylvania; Plaquemines; Pocahontas; Poinsett; Pointe Coupee; Polk; Pontotoc; Pope; Poquoson; Portsmouth; Pottawatomie; Powell; Powhatan; Prairie; Prentiss; Prince Edward; Prince George; Prince George's; Prince William; Pulaski; Pushmataha; Putnam; Quitman; Rabun; Radford; Rains; Randolph; Rankin; Rapides; Rappahannock; Red River; Refugio; Rhea; Richland; Richmond; Roane; Roanoke; Robertson; Robeson; Rockbridge; Rockcastle; Rockdale; Rockingham; Rockwall; Rowan; Rusk; Russell; Rutherford; Sabine; Salem; Saline; Saluda; Sampson; San Augustine; San Jacinto; San Patricio; Santa Rosa; Sarasota; Schley; Scotland; Scott; Screven; Searcy; Sebastian; Seminole; Sequatchie; Sequoyah; Sevier; Sharkey; Sharp; Shelby; Shenandoah; Simpson; Smith; Smyth; Somervell; Southampton; Spalding; Spartanburg; Spencer; Spotsylvania; St. Bernard; St. Charles; St. Clair; St. Francis; St. Helena; St. James; St. John the Baptist; St. Johns; St. Landry; St. Lucie; St. Martin; St. Mary; St. Mary's; St. Tammany; Stafford; Stanly; Staunton; Stephens; Stewart; Stokes; Stone; Suffolk; Sullivan; Summers; Sumner; Sumter; Sunflower; Surry; Sussex; Suwannee; Swain; Talbot; Taliaferro; Talladega; Tallahatchie; Tallapoosa; Tangipahoa; Tarrant; Tate; Tattnall; Taylor; Tazewell; Telfair; Tensas; Terrebonne; Terrell; Thomas; Tift; Tippah; Tipton; Tishomingo; Titus; Todd; Toombs; Towns; Transylvania; Travis; Treutlen; Trigg; Trinity; Troup; Trousdale; Tunica; Turner; Tuscaloosa; Twiggs; Tyler; Tyrrell; Unicoi; Union; Upshur; Upson; Van Buren; Van Zandt; Vance; Vermilion; Vernon; Victoria; Virginia Beach; Volusia; Wagoner; Wake; Wakulla; Walker; Waller; Walthall; Walton; Ware; Warren; Washington; Watauga; Wayne; Waynesboro; Weakley; Webster; West Baton Rouge; West Carroll; West Feliciana; Westmoreland; Wharton; Wheeler; White; Whitfield; Whitley; Wilcox; Wilkes; Wilkinson; Williamsburg; Williamson; Wilson; Winchester; Winn; Winston; Wise; Wolfe; Wood; Woodford; Woodruff; Worth; Wythe; Yadkin; Yalobusha; Yancey; Yazoo; Yell; York, South Carolina; Louisiana; Oklahoma; Kentucky; Mississippi; Florida; North Carolina; Virginia; Texas; Tennessee; Maryland; Georgia; Arkansas; Alabama; West Virginia; District of Columbia; Missouri; Indiana
This programmatic environmental assessment analyzes effects of routine activities related to utilities and communications special uses on national forests in the Southern Region and establishes a consistent and efficient framework for authorizing these activities.
Special use management
Project documents
Categorical Exclusion · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 9/15/2026
Bankhead National Forest; Sipsey Picnic Area and Thompson Creek Trailhead · Lawrence; Winston, Alabama
The Bankhead Ranger District is proposing to repair the Sipsey Fork and Thompson Creek bridges to a safe and useable condition. Current substructures would be retained, although they would be reinforced and repaired where needed.
Recreation managementRoad management
Project documents
Categorical Exclusion · Talladega Ranger District · updated 9/14/2026
Germany Mountain Road T19S R5E Sec 25 · Talladega, Alabama
Alabama Power Company has requested a permit to install, operate, and maintain an overhead electrical distribution line running for approximately 380 linear feet. The utility right-of-way is located adjacent Germany Mountain Road and the total acreage is approximately 0.26 acres.
Special use management
NEPA Start Date
5/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date
9/11/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 9/11/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Conecuh Ranger District · updated 9/4/2026
The project area is located on FSR 311 (31.06033, -86.73482) in Township 1 North, Range 13 East, NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 10 of the St. Stephens Principal Meridian on the USGS (United States Geological Survey) Bradley 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle · Escambia, Alabama
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to replace the vehicle bridge that crosses Miller Creek, located on the Conecuh NF, to improve public safety as well as continued support of timber sale activity, wildland fire response, prescribed burning, and other crucial forest management activities access.
Road management
NEPA Start Date
8/26/2026
Finding/Decision Date
9/4/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-45d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 9/4/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Oakmulgee Ranger District · updated 8/21/2026
This project is South of Mertz and follows NFSR 728, NFSR 732, Bibb County Line Road and Perry County Road 23. · Bibb; Perry, Alabama
Alabama Power Company (APC) has requested a permit to construct, operate, and maintain 3.9 miles (4.74 acres) of underground 7.2kv electrical distribution line via directional boring.
Special use management
NEPA Start Date
2/24/2026
Finding/Decision Date
8/20/2026
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS; USDA-43d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 8/20/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Oakmulgee Ranger District · updated 8/11/2026
Hale (AL), Perry (AL) , Tuscaloosa (AL), Bibb (AL) ,Autauga (AL) , Chilton (AL) , Dallas (AL) Counties · Autauga; Bibb; Chilton; Dallas; Hale; Perry; Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Proposal to treat FS road corridors containing standing dead trees on roads open to the public and on closed roads used for firelines or other management activities. To view project documents, copy and paste https://usfs-public.box.com/s/2hynlnsar8avvapo5v70oydhrlt8574c
Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Finding/Decision Date
8/11/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Section 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b) |
| Decision Signed Date | 8/11/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 8/5/2026
Lawrence and Winston Counties · Cullman; Franklin; Lawrence; Morgan; Walker; Winston, Alabama
Proposal to treat FS road corridors containing standing dead trees on roads open to the public and on closed roads used for firelines or other management activities. To view project documents, copy and paste this link https://usfs-public.box.com/s/43rl6rq0zilm3zbnbrlx0u897g94net4
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)
Finding/Decision Date
7/17/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Section 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b) |
| Decision Signed Date | 7/17/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 8/4/2026 · decision 1/2027 (Estimated)
Rabbittown Community, Pebble Community, east of Haleyville. Wren community, South of Moulton · Lawrence, Alabama
Special Use Projects for road access and utilities installation to private inholdings crossing Bankhead National Forest and covers approximately 2.24 acres.
Special use management
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
Categorical Exclusion · Conecuh Ranger District · updated 7/14/2026
Located on the Conecuh Ranger District; Township 1N, Range 15E, Sections 9, 11, 12 & Township 1N, Range 16E, Section 4, Covington County, AL. · Covington, Alabama
PowerSouth submitted proposal to update the existing transmission line by replacing (1) Overhead Ground Wire (OHGW) wire with (1) Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) within an existing ROW. This project is ~1.45 miles (17.57 acres). To view: https://usfs-public.box.com/s/wz6b8ohek6b27on8ejys0n0s6hyydm6e
Special use management
Finding/Decision Date
7/10/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-27d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 7/10/2026 |
Environmental Assessment · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 5/12/2026
The Bankhead will manage approximately 7,500 acres within the Upper Capsey, Lower Capsey and Rush watersheds. This project will improve forest structure, composition and function by means of restoration and commercial thinning and associated actions.
Project documents
Environmental Assessment · National Forests in Alabama All Units · updated 3/2/2026
Conecuh National Forest · Covington; Escambia, Alabama
Forest Plan Administrative changes relevant to oil and gas leasing on Conecuh National Forest. This is not a NEPA decision nor a Plan Amendment. NEPA project webpage used to increase visibility.
Land management planning
Comment Period
07/12/2025
Decision
03/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
03/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 219 (2012) |
| Project Activity | Plan Amendment |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Conecuh Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 2/12/2026
Wren Community off of Hwy 33. · Lawrence, Alabama
Special use permit to install and maintain an overhead powerline to private property.
Special use management
Decision
01/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Bankhead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T7S, R7W, Section 31. |
Decision Memo · Shoal Creek Ranger District · updated 1/5/2026
FSR 517C located in Sec 25, T16S, R9E · Cleburne, Alabama
Utilization of FSR 517C to access private land that is surrounded by national forest lands.
Special use management
Comment Period
07/10/2025
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Shoal Creek Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 12/17/2025
Black Pond Community off of Slick Ford Road. · Winston, Alabama
Special use permit to install and maintain a gravel road, underground waterline, and underground powerline to private property.
Special use management
Comment Period
06/18/2025
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
12/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Bankhead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | TllS, R7W, Section 18. T11S, R8W, Section 13. |
Decision Memo · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 12/17/2025
Alabama Highway 33 near the Wren community, Lawrence County, AL · Lawrence, Alabama
Special use permit for an existing driveway, underground waterline and overhead powerline running from Alabama Highway 33 crossing Bankhead National Forest to private property.
Special use management
Scoping Start
01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision
05/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
05/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Bankhead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Tuskegee Ranger District · updated 12/4/2025
US Highway 29 near the Alabama Highway 186 intersection · Macon, Alabama
Special use permit to install and maintain an underground fiber optic cable within an existing right-of-way along US Highway 29 crossing the Tuskegee National Forest.
Special use management
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
12/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (2), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(2) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Tuskegee Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 17N, Range 25E, Sections 7, 8 and 18, Macon County, AL |
Decision Memo · Oakmulgee Ranger District · updated 8/28/2025
Located within Hale County about 20 miles west of the town of Brent and about 30 miles south of Tuscaloosa · Hale, Alabama
Repair of auxiliary concrete spillway and metal debris rack to fix the internal erosion of soils beneath and beside the spillway that pose a major threat to the long-term viability and continued safe function of the spillway.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementFacility management
Comment Period
03/26/2024
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Facility Maintenance; Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Oakmulgee Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 23 North, Range 6 East, Section 14 |
Environmental Assessment · Oakmulgee Ranger District · updated 2/6/2025
The southwestern portion of the Oakmulgee Ranger District, compartments 55 through 70 · Bibb; Hale; Perry, Alabama
Longleaf Pine ecosystem and associated species restoration, Red-Cockaded Woodpecker habitat improvement, and increase resiliency to natural disasters, invasive species and native insects, such as the Southern Pine Beetle.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Road management
Comment Period
11/01/2024
Objection Period Start
12/10/2024
Decision
01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
02/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Oakmulgee Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Assessment · Bankhead Ranger District · updated 1/23/2025
South of HWY 278 within Middle Clear Creek, Rockhouse Creek-Sipsey Fork and Loweer Clear Creek watersheds. · Winston, Alabama
Approximately 5000 acres located south of highway 278 will be proposed for treatment to restore longleaf pine woodland habitat on suitable and manageable sites or conduct treatments that places stands on the path of longleaf restoration.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management
Comment Period
08/14/2024
Objection Period Start
11/27/2024
Decision
01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Scenery Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Bankhead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Assessment · Shoal Creek Ranger District · updated 7/26/2023
West of Edwardsville along the FS548 corridor. · Cleburne, Alabama
Vegetation management to restore ecological resilience longleaf and shortleaf forested systems on the Big Oak Project area using thinning, shelterwood, clearcut with reserves, herbicide management of mesics, and installation of a vaulted toilet
Recreation managementHeritage resource managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementMinerals and geology
Comment Period
03/24/2023
Objection Period Start
05/31/2023
Decision
07/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2023 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 219 (2012) |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Heritage Resource Management; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations; Noxious Weed Treatments; Species Population Enhancements; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | National Forests in Alabama |
| Districts | Shoal Creek Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T 15S and R 10E |