NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The USDA Forest Service's website.
The USDA Forest Service announces proposed changes that would allow greater flexibility to resolve land management challenges through sales of small land parcels. They are seeking public comment on the proposed rule change that would expand use of the Small Tracts Act. In further detail, as described in a USDA press release, "The proposed rule would allow parcels that are physically isolated, inaccessible, or lack national forest characteristics to be conveyed if they are 40 acres or less in size. It would also allow parcels 10 acres or less where permanent, habitable improvements have been made to be conveyed if encroachment was neither intentional nor negligent." Learn more about the rules and instructions on how to provide comments here.