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National Park Service expanding authority under EO 11644 to include micromobility device
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ACTION ALERT | Arizona Game and Fish hearing petition to ban hounds for hunting
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ACTION ALERT | New AZ bill aims to prohibit deadly weather modification practice
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ACTION ALERT | AZ Game and Fish ending use of crossbows during archery season
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RED ALERT | Green Impact Exchange – an incremental approach to trading nature on Wall Street
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ACTION ALERT | Boycott welfare EV charging stations
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ACTION ALERT | TMP will close over 500 miles of roads near Yuma, AZ
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RED ALERT | New Arizona laws propose sweeping changes for motorized public land users
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Arizona Expands OHV Registration Privileges for Nonresidents with HB2426
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Arizona Bill Extends OHV Study Committee until May 31, 2025
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ACTION ALERT | SB1052 will change OHV weight limit to include motorized vehicles under 3,500 lbs
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ACTION ALERT | SB1567 Proposes Sweeping Changes to Arizona OHV Laws
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ACTION ALERT | Gila San Simon TMP will close 494 miles of roads near Safford, AZ
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The Threat to Arizona’s Rural Way of Life: The Battle Against Massive Master-Planned Communities
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Biden declares 1 million acre National Monument in Arizona | Thousands of miles of roads at stake
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ACTION ALERT | City of Sedona proposes ban on aftermarket equipment within city limits
Federal Register
Browse proposals in the Federal Register that are currently open for comment.
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Production Site Development
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2026-18261
Posted on: 2026-09-08
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to streamline its decision-making process for authorizing the construction and operation of qualifying oil and gas production sites and their associated rights-of-way (ROWs) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (the Petroleum Reserve or NPR-A). This proposed rule would establish pre-defined criteria for defined and repeatable common activities with similar environmental effects that, when met by an applicant, would result in a streamlined permitting process for qualifying production sites.
Full EntryBicycle Use in Park Areas
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2026-17902
Posted on: 2026-09-01
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to modify the procedural requirements in existing NPS regulations for the designation of roads and trails for bicycle use within park areas. The changes would align NPS regulations with applicable Federal law and policy, remove unnecessary requirements, and ensure public involvement when needed. The changes in this rule would allow the NPS to manage its resources and allocate taxpayer funds more efficiently and streamline the approval of new and expanded opportunities for use and enjoyment of park areas by the American public.
Full EntryTravel Management; National Forest System Lands
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2026-17211
Posted on: 2026-08-24
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is initiating an environmental impact statement and rulemaking to revise the Forest Service's travel management regulations, 36 CFR part 212. The proposed action would establish a uniform national policy favoring increased access while simplifying regulatory requirements and preserving local decision-making. The proposed access rule would establish a national policy with a presumption that existing roads, trails, airfields, trailheads, and other access routes and points on National Forest System lands are open to appropriate public use unless closure or restriction is required by applicable law, valid existing rights, or another governing instrument, or supported by specific, documented and justifiable reasons based on science-based resource conditions, public safety, conflicts among uses, or maintenance and administrative capacity. Commonly available public data sets, including aerial imagery, may be used as evidence that a physical route or airfield exists or existed at a time relevant under the definition adopted in the proposed rule, but would not by themselves establish that the feature is part of the forest transportation system, that the Forest Service has jurisdiction or sufficient legal access, or that it is open to a particular public use. The proposed access rule would require annual review of all trails, roads, airfields, trailheads, and other access routes and points that are closed or highly restricted. The proposed access rule would establish processes and conditions for limited off-route motor vehicle use and other motorized equipment for, among other things, downed big-game retrieval, firewood collection and dispersed camping, and for designating areas for over-snow and other motorized recreation. The presumption embodied in the national policy would guide future decisions and would not itself change the legal status of any road, trail, airfield, trailhead, area, or other access route or point. Any change in lawful use resulting from a vehicle- or use-specific exemption would be limited to the scope and conditions expressly provided in the revised regulations. Existing motor vehicle use designations and maps would remain in effect until revised under the amended regulations. The environmental impact statement will evaluate the impacts of the proposed rule revisions and study alternatives for managing public access, including the motorized and other forms of access addressed by the proposed rule, on National Forest System lands in the context of multiple-use resource management. USDA invites written comments on alternatives, effects, and relevant information, studies, or analyses related to the proposal.
Full EntrySpecial Areas; Roadless Area Conservation
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2026-16965
Posted on: 2026-08-20
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is proposing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule), which established broad prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting within inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands. The intent of this proposed action is to reduce regulatory burden and return decisionmaking for the management of inventoried roadless areas to the land management planning process at the individual national forest level. Rescission of the national-level prohibitions provides responsible officials with flexibility to better guide management of National Forest System lands and respond to changing local resource conditions. The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and the associated land management planning processes and plans are the appropriate and effective mechanisms to guide sustainable, integrated management of the resources within the plan areas in the context of the broader landscape, giving due consideration to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The USDA invites public comment on this proposed rule, the associated draft environmental impact statement, and cost benefit analysis, which are being published simultaneously.
Full EntryFirst State National Historical Park; Bicycling
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2026-15406
Posted on: 2026-07-30
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to issue special regulations for First State National Historical Park to allow for bicycle use on approximately 25 miles of trails within the Brandywine Valley unit of the park.
Full EntryOrganization, Functions, and Procedures; Public Notice and Comment for Standards, Criteria, and Guidance Applicable to Forest Service Programs
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2026-13281
Posted on: 2026-07-01
The United States Department of Agriculture (Department) is proposing to amend regulations governing the Directive System for the United States Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency); the scope of notice and comment requirements for the formulation of standards, criteria, and guidelines applicable to Forest Service programs; and associated agency procedures. These amendments enhance Agency employees' discretion to allow innovation in program implementation to account for the unique ecological conditions of affected landscapes and changing social and economic needs.
Full EntryRoyalty for Oil and Gas Lost From Onshore Federal and Indian Leases
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2026-12738
Posted on: 2026-06-24
In response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted on July 4, 2025, and Executive Order (E.O.) 14154, entitled, "Unleashing American Energy," dated January 20, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to modify its existing regulations pertaining to royalties due on oil and natural gas lost on Federal and Indian leases. These modifications would reduce unnecessary compliance burdens for operators and streamline the BLM's royalty determinations on lost oil or natural gas.
Full EntryOil and Gas Leasing
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2026-12734
Posted on: 2026-06-24
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to revise its oil and gas leasing regulations to reflect new requirements in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB); policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.) entitled Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative and Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account; and policy guidance in Secretary's Order entitled Unleashing American Energy. In addition, the proposed rule would reflect provisions of the Royalty Resiliency Act, which pertains to applications for oil and gas agreements for allocation schedules that outline how royalties would be distributed across different leases within the agreement. The BLM proposes to return the minimum bond amounts to those prior to the finalization of the 2024 rule. Finally, the proposed rule would improve the BLM's leasing process to ensure stewardship of public lands as required by the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) and as directed by the OBBB and the above Executive orders.
Full EntryDenali National Park and Preserve; Vehicle Use
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2026-09876
Posted on: 2026-05-18
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend special regulations for Denali National Park and Preserve to clarify the number of vehicles that can travel on the restricted section (miles 15-90) of the Denali Park Road in accordance with a Vehicle Management Plan that the NPS has been implementing since 2012. The rule would clarify that no more than 160 vehicles may travel on the restricted section of the road per 24-hour period during the visitor season (also referred to as the "annual allocation season"), defined in the park's General Management Plan as beginning on the Saturday before Memorial Day and ending on the second Thursday after Labor Day. This limit allows the NPS to meet growing visitor demand while maintaining a high-quality experience for visitors.
Full EntryRevision of Regulations for Grazing Administration, Exclusive of Alaska
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Office of the Secretary – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2026-09387
Posted on: 2026-05-12
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) are proposing to revise the grazing regulations, Grazing Administration–Exclusive of Alaska, to establish a new part addressing land health management, with certain provisions relocated from existing regulations, and to make conforming updates to the regulations that govern administrative appeals of BLM grazing decisions to OHA's Departmental Cases Hearings Division (DCHD). We solicit comment on all aspects of this rule.
Full EntryAdministrative Site Leases
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2026-08937
Posted on: 2026-05-06
The United States Department of Agriculture (Department), Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), is proposing to amend its land use regulations to exempt administrative site leases from the regulations for special uses. The purpose of this deregulatory action is to better align Forest Service leasing activities with private real estate market practices.
Full EntryAlaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves; Extension of Comment Period
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2026-07006
Posted on: 2026-04-10
The National Park Service is extending the public comment period on our recently published proposed rule to improve guidance for unit managers and the public and to restore opportunities for protected activities by returning to the Alaska-specific regulations that were in effect for over three decades, prior to a series of amendments starting in 2015 that will be rescinded under the proposal. This action will provide interested parties additional time and opportunity to comment on the proposed restoration of the pre-2015 regulations and other modifications. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted and will be fully considered in preparation of the final rule.
Full EntryAlaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2026-04606
Posted on: 2026-03-10
The National Park Service proposes to amend its regulations for hunting, fishing, trapping, and other natural resource harvest in national preserves in Alaska and for the procedures used to restrict public use and access in Alaska park lands. These changes restore National Park Service interpretations of law, policies, and regulations adopted to implement the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 that were in effect for over three decades. Rulemaking in 2015, 2017, and 2024 preempted methods of State-authorized fish and wildlife harvests, revised codified and established procedures for restricting public access and activities in Alaska park lands, and added severability provision, among other changes. The revisions in this proposed rule are consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14153, E.O. 14192, and Secretary of the Interior's Order (S.O.) 3422 titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential."
Full EntryLocatable Minerals
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2026-03364
Posted on: 2026-02-20
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Agency), is proposing to revise its regulations governing occupancy and use of the surface of National Forest System lands in connection with prospecting, exploration, development, mining, processing, and reclamation and reasonably incident uses authorized by U.S. mining laws and the Organic Administration Act of 1897. Regulatory revisions are needed to improve the efficiency and transparency of Forest Service regulation of locatable mineral operations conducted on National Forest System lands under the mining laws, and to minimize, to the fullest extent practicable, adverse impacts on surface resources. In addition, the revisions will support Federal policy to secure reliable and sustainable supplies of strategic and critical minerals in the United States.
Full EntryProgram Review-Subsistence Management for Public Lands in Alaska
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Office of the Secretary
Document #: 2026-02975
Posted on: 2026-02-13
This notice extends the public comment period for the review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program (Program) that was announced in the Federal Register on December 15, 2025. This extension provides additional time for stakeholders to submit comments.
Full EntrySubsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2027-28 and 2028-29 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish Regulations
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Document #: 2026-02853
Posted on: 2026-02-12
This proposed rule would update regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2027-2028 and 2028-2029 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (the Board) is on a schedule of completing the process of revising subsistence take of fish and shellfish regulations in odd-numbered years and subsistence take of wildlife regulations in even-numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place during the preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and traditional use determinations during the applicable cycle and rural determinations every other fish and shellfish regulatory cycle. When final, the resulting rulemaking will replace the existing subsistence fish and shellfish taking regulations. This proposed rule could also amend the general regulations on subsistence taking of fish and wildlife. During this rulemaking cycle, the Board will accept proposals for rural determinations that will be decided by the Board during the subsequent fish and shellfish regulatory cycle.
Full EntryMammoth Cave National Park; Bicycling and Horses
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2026-02510
Posted on: 2026-02-09
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend the special regulations for Mammoth Cave National Park to allow bicycle use on approximately 37 miles of multi-use trails throughout the park. The proposed rule also would allow visitors to ride horses on the 5.4-mile Houchin Ferry North/Ollie Road.
Full EntryProject-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2026-02392
Posted on: 2026-02-06
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is proposing to amend its Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process regulations. These regulations establish the process by which the public may file objections seeking administrative review for projects and activities implementing land management plans on national forests. The Forest Service is amending these regulations to consolidate and streamline processes, increase efficiency, and better align with the Agency's statutory obligations and recent rescissions and revisions to National Environmental Policy Act regulations.
Full EntryRequirements for Site Security and Production Handling; Applying for Commingling and Allocation Approval
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2026-01926
Posted on: 2026-01-30
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to revise its regulations governing site security and production handling and commingling applications to reflect Congress's direction in section 50101(d)(3) of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB) and policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.s) entitled, Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative and policy guidance in Secretary's Order (S.O.) 3418, entitled, Unleashing American Energy. The BLM is proposing to revise the regulations to allow for commingling of production more broadly to promote oil and gas production on Federal, Indian, private and State lands. Commingling of production can reduce an operator's cost which could extend the economic life of a well, thereby allowing the operator to continue producing from a well that might otherwise be abandoned.
Full EntryProgram Review-Subsistence Management for Public Lands in Alaska
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Office of the Secretary
Document #: 2025-22837
Posted on: 2025-12-15
Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA) requires a subsistence priority for rural Alaska residents on federal public lands in Alaska, currently administered jointly by Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries). The Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior for Alaska Affairs and the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture are conducting a targeted review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program (Program) with joint recommendations for action to ensure the Program effectively and efficiently meets the needs of Alaska residents and the Secretaries' obligations under ANILCA. The focus of this review is on recent regulatory and organizational changes to the Program, along with discrete areas of interest. The scope of this review is intentionally targeted to build upon and evaluate the most recent Program review and changes with the benefit of the experience gained through implementation of those changes to date. A subsequent process is anticipated for any regulatory changes to the Program based on this review.
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