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National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC)

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The Council is authorized under the Cooperat...

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Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The Council is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Council is responsible for developing a ten-year action plan, evaluating the implementation of that plan annually, and developing criteria and submitting recommendations for the forestry challenge cost-share grant program.

DATES:

A virtual public meeting will be held on October 13, 2026, at 1 p.m.-4 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 Savings Time on October 10, 2026. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time on October 10, 2026. 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 NUCFAC 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 held virtually via telephone and/or video conference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by joining virtually via videoconference by registering on the GoToWebinar platform link below:

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7741148356333355104

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Council information and meeting details can be found at the following website www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf or by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .

Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to nancy.stremple@usda.gov 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 Savings Time by October 10, 2026, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to nancy.stremple@usda.gov 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), (202) 205-7829, nancy.stremple@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The purpose of the meeting is to:

1. Introduction of NUCFAC members and guests;

2. Forest Service UCF program updates;

3. Discussion and vote on annual recommendations;

4. Discussion and vote on future grant categories;

5. National Ten-Year Action Plan (2027-2037) updates;

6. Public Input; and

7. 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.

Dated: August 25, 2026.

Cikena Reid,

USDA Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 2026-18725 Filed 9-11-26; 8:45 am]

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