Utilities and Communications Special Uses on NFS Lands
Project Summary
Current Status:
Developing Proposal
Location Summary:
All National Forest System lands in the Southern Region.
Project Milestones:
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| NEPA Start Date | 7/9/2026 |
| Finding/Decision Date |
Expected Analysis Type:
Environmental Assessment
Lead Management Unit:
National Forests in Alabama
Project Purpose:
Special use management
Project Decision Information
Expected Decision Date: 7/2027 (Estimated)
States:
South Carolina; Louisiana; Oklahoma; Kentucky; Mississippi; Florida; North Carolina; Virginia; Texas; Tennessee; Maryland; Georgia; Arkansas; Alabama; West Virginia; District of Columbia; Missouri; Indiana
Counties:
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; 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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
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Region 8 Planning Staff
c/o National Forests in Alabama
2946 Chestnut St
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
850-523-8582
sm.fs.r8_planning@usda.gov
Last Updated: 9/25/2026