National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will hold a virtual public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to develop a national urban and community forestry ten-year action plan in accordance with 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 the Act.

A virtual meeting will be held on May 16, 2025, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. eastern daylight time.

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2025. Comments submitted after this date will be provided by the Forest Service to the committee, but the committee may not have adequate time to consider those comments prior to the meeting.

All committee meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .

This meeting will be held virtually from the Forest Service Headquarters Office in Washington, DC. The public may join via the Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/​j/​89063623098?​pwd=​Hg5pUnwy3fdxlbwkKlaolsTbc1LoMA.1 Meeting ID: 890 6362 3098, Passcode: 452230 (Pacific 8 a.m., mountain 9 a.m., central 10 a.m., eastern 11 a.m.). Committee information and meeting details can be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/​managing-land/​urban-forests/​ucf/​nucfac or by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .

Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to [email protected] or via mail (postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 201 14th Street SW, Sidney Yates Federal Building 3SC-01B, Washington, DC 20024. The Forest Service strongly prefers comments be submitted electronically.

Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time, May 12, 2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to [email protected] or via mail (postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 201 14th Street SW, Sidney Yates Federal Building 3SC-01B, Washington, DC 20024.