Notice2025-16087
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
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Published
August 22, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (Council) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act, Section 9 (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the committee is to develop a national urban and community forestry ten-year action plan in accordance with Section (9)(g)(3)(A-F) of the Act, evaluate and report annually on the implementation of that plan to the Secretary, and develop criteria for and submit recommendations to the Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-share Grant Program as required by Section (9)(f)(1-2) of the Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16087]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
(Council) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown
below. The committee is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act, Section 9 (the Act) and operates in compliance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the committee is
to develop a national urban and community forestry ten-year action plan
in accordance with Section (9)(g)(3)(A-F) of the Act, evaluate and
report annually on the implementation of that plan to the Secretary,
and develop criteria for and submit recommendations to the Forest
Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-share
Grant Program as required by Section (9)(f)(1-2) of the Act.
DATES: An in person and virtual meeting will be held on September 8,
2025, at 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person or
virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time on August, 29, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by
11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August, 29, 2025. Comments
submitted after this date will be provided to the Agency, but the
Committee may not have adequate time to consider those comments prior
to the meeting.
All National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council meetings
are subject to cancellation. For status of the meeting prior to
attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be at held at University of Tennessee, 401
Agriculture & Natural Resources Building, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive,
Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 and virtually via telephone and/or video
conference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by
joining virtually via videoconference at: Microsoft Teams/Meeting ID:
255 609 267 394 1, Passcode: D3MV23rm or Dial in by phone +1 (202) 650-
0123, United States, Washington; Phone conference ID: 841855659#.
Council information and meeting details can be found at the following
website <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf">https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf</a> or by
contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f111e111c06510c0b0d1a120f131a3f0a0c1b1e51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77191619140e59040305121a071b12370204131659101801">[email protected]</span></a> or via mail (postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 201
Fourteenth Street, South West, Sidney Yates Building 3SC-01B,
Washington, DC 20024. The Forest Service strongly prefers comments to
be submitted electronically.
Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59 Eastern Daylight Time, August, 29,
2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral
comments must be sent by email to to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2bcb3bcb1abfca1a6a0b7bfa2beb792a7a1b6b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66080708051f48151214030b160a03261315020748010910">[email protected]</span></a> or via
mail (postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 201 Fourteenth Street, South West,
Sidney Yates Building 3NW-03G, Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Stremple, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb5bab5b8a2f5a8afa9beb6abb7be9baea8bfbaf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a242b24293364393e382f273a262f0a3f392e2b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Add, remove, or edit the agenda items, as needed:
2. Introduction of National Urban and Community Forestry Council
members and guests;
3. Discuss next National Ten-Year Action Plan (2027-2037) process;
4. Forest Service Updates;
5. Review past action items;
6. Accomplishment/Recommendation Report preparation;
7. Other;
8. Public input;
9. Next meeting/close.
Please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, by or before the deadline, for all questions related to the
meeting. All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect comments received upon request.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make a request in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable
accommodation. For access to proceedings, please contact the person
listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All
reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
Equal opportunity practices, in accordance with USDA policies, will
be followed in all membership appointments to the Committee.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its
Agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or
administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital
status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil
rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA
(not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing
deadlines vary by program or incident.
(below section completed by CMO)
Dated: August 19, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-16087 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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