Emergency Actions and Closure Orders

Current Status:
Developing Proposal

Location Summary:
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)

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:
Facility management; Forest products; Fuels management; Heritage resource management; Land management planning; Land ownership management; Minerals and geology; Recreation management; Regulations, directives, orders; Road management; Special area management; Vegetation management (other than forest products); Watershed management; Wildlife, fish, rare plants

Project Decision Information

Expected Decision Date: 7/2027 (Estimated)

States:
South Carolina; Louisiana; Kentucky; Oklahoma; Mississippi; Ohio; Puerto Rico; Florida; North Carolina; Virginia; Texas; Tennessee; Georgia; Arkansas; Alabama; Maryland; Indiana; Missouri; West Virginia; Illinois

Counties:
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

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Region 8 Planning Staff
c/o National Forests in Alabama
2946 Chestnut St
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
707-823-6866
sm.fs.r8_planning@usda.gov

• Comment/Object on Project
• Public Comment/Objection Reading Room

• FS Environmental Management
• CEQ's Guide to NEPA