National Forests in Alabama — Project Detail

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National Forests in Alabama

R08 Southern · 25 projects · crawled 2026-10-17
Developing Proposal 7 Completed 18
Categorical Exclusion 12 Environmental Assessment 7 Decision Memo 6
23 with documents 22 with comments page
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
NEPA Start Date
8/6/2026
Finding/Decision Date
10/14/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-27d-USFS; USDA-28d-USFS
Decision Signed Date10/14/2026
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
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionSection 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)
NEPA Start Date
5/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date
9/29/2026
Project documents
Jeffery Kincaid · jeffery.kincaid@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionSection 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b)
Decision Signed Date9/29/2026
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)
NEPA Start Date
5/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date
9/28/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionSection 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b)
Decision Signed Date9/28/2026
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
NEPA Start Date
7/9/2026
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Region 8 Planning Staff · sm.fs.r8_planning@usda.gov
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
NEPA Start Date
7/9/2026
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Region 8 Planning Staff · sm.fs.r8_planning@usda.gov
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
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Andy Scott · david.scott1@usda.gov
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 ExclusionUSDA-28d-USFS
Decision Signed Date9/11/2026
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
Anthony Edwards · anthony.j.edwards@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-45d-USFS
Decision Signed Date9/4/2026
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 ExclusionUSDA-28d-USFS; USDA-43d-USFS
Decision Signed Date8/20/2026
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)
NEPA Start Date
5/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date
8/11/2026
Project documents
Melvin Harris · melvin.harris@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionSection 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b)
Decision Signed Date8/11/2026
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)
NEPA Start Date
5/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date
7/17/2026
Project documents
Andy Scott · andy.scott@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionSection 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b)
Decision Signed Date7/17/2026
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 Start Date
8/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-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
NEPA Start Date
5/7/2026
Finding/Decision Date
7/10/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-27d-USFS
Decision Signed Date7/10/2026
Upper Capsey Project Developing Proposal
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.

NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Jason Harris · jason.j.harris@usda.gov
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
Scoping Start
07/12/2025
Comment Period
07/12/2025
Decision
03/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
03/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Jera Cochran · jera.cochran@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation219 (2012)
Project ActivityPlan Amendment
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsConecuh Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot 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
Scoping Start
06/06/2025
Decision
01/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Tyler Fish · tyler.fish@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsBankhead Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT7S, 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
Scoping Start
07/10/2025
Comment Period
07/10/2025
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Gregory Scull · gregory.l.scull@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsShoal Creek Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot 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
Scoping Start
06/12/2025
Comment Period
06/18/2025
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
12/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Tyler Fish · tyler.fish@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsBankhead Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTllS, R7W, Section 18. T11S, R8W, Section 13.
Ravenwood Right-of-Way Developing Proposal
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
Tyler Fish · tyler.fish@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsBankhead Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot 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
Scoping Start
09/15/2025
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
12/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Randall Barefoot · randall.barefoot@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (2), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(2)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsTuskegee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 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
Scoping Start
03/22/2024
Comment Period
03/26/2024
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Dustin Beaty · dustin.l.beaty@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFacility Maintenance; Watershed Improvements
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsOakmulgee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 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
Scoping Start
05/16/2023
Comment Period
11/01/2024
02/06/2025
Objection Period Start
12/10/2024
Decision
01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
02/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Bobby Jackson · Bobby.Jackson@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green)
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsOakmulgee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot 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
Scoping Start
04/15/2022
Comment Period
08/14/2024
01/22/2025
Objection Period Start
11/27/2024
Decision
01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Jason Harris · jason.j.harris@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Scenery Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsBankhead Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Big Oak EA Completed
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
Scoping Start
05/05/2022
Comment Period
03/24/2023
Objection Period Start
05/31/2023
Decision
07/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2023 (Estimated)
Project documents
Jonathan Stober · jonathan.stober@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation219 (2012)
Project ActivityFuel 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
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsShoal Creek Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 15S and R 10E