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		<title>Forest Service Releases Final Planning Rule for National Forest System Land Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment signed the final planning rule for land management planning within the National Forest System. USDA and Forest Service staff carefully considered more than 300,000 public comments to develop the final planning rule. The final planning rule and other informational materials are now available on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2012/03/23/forest-service-releases-final-planning-rule-for-national-forest-system-land-management/</link>
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		<title>Forest Service Announces Preferred Alternative for a New Planning Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Forest Service announced its Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for land management planning for the National Forest System. USDA and Forest Service staff carefully considered nearly 300,000 comments received on the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement to develop a preferred alternative, which is included in the PEIS. The PEIS, preferred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2012/01/26/forest-service-announces-preferred-alternative-for-a-new-planning-rule/</link>
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		<title>Public Submits Nearly 300,000 Comments on the Proposed Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public submits nearly 300,000 comments on the Proposed Rule The 90-day comment period on the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement closed on May 16, 2011. Comments were received from a wide range of individuals, groups, and organizations, as well as state, county, Tribal, and federal governments. The Forest Service is currently reviewing and analyzing these comments to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2011/07/08/public-submits-nearly-300000-comments-on-the-proposed-rule/</link>
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		<title>Science Review of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for National Forest System Land Management Planning is Now Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Science Review of the United States Forest Service Draft Environmental Impact Statement for National Forest System Land Management is now available on the Forest Service planning rule website. Click here to learn about the science review and read the review report.]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2011/04/26/science-review-of-the-draft-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement-for-national-forest-system-land-management-planning-is-now-available/</link>
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		<title>Video of national public forum available for download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; If you&#8217;d like to view some or all of the March 10, 2011, national public forum, you can now do so.  We&#8217;ve broken the day-long event into 3 files and provided links on the planning rule website. Here&#8217;s a direct link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/planningrule/collab/nationalroundtables/presentations Also, on that same page, you will find copies of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2011/03/28/video-of-national-public-forum-available-for-download/</link>
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		<title>National Forum occurred to discuss proposed planning rule and ask questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The national forum occurred as planned on March 10th, 2011.  If you would like to view the slides presented that day, please go here: LINK: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/planningrule/collab/nationalroundtables/presentations This link will take you to a webpage where you can choose a single download of the full presentation (6 MB) or any of the 6 smaller excerpts.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2011/02/28/national-forum-to-discuss-proposed-planning-rule-and-ask-questions/</link>
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		<title>Proposed Rule Released: Continuing Engagement to Collaboratively Develop the Forest Service Planning Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A message from Forest Service Associate Chief Mary Wagner The wait is over! The U.S. Forest Service unveiled its proposed Forest Planning Rule today. This proposed rule is the outcome of the most participatory planning rule development process in Forest Service history. Based on your feedback gathered online and during more than 40 public meetings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2011/02/10/continuing-engagement-to-collaboratively-develop-the-forest-service-planning-rule/</link>
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		<title>Update on planning rule development &#8212; Nov 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been getting a number of inquiries as to when folks should expect to see the proposed planning rule published. As you know, we&#8217;ve been working hard to develop a science-based proposed rule that reflects the breadth of input gathered through more than 26,000 comments on the Notice of Intent, over 40 public meetings, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2010/11/22/update-on-planning-rule-development/</link>
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		<title>A New Phase in the Planning Rule Development Process &#8212; Aug 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve learned a tremendous amount through the input we’ve received on this blog and through the other public involvement we’ve had since the Notice of Intent (NOI) was issued last December.  We received over 26,000 written comments on the NOI, over 300 blog comments and have had over 40 public meetings attended by over 3000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2010/08/25/a-new-phase-in-the-planning-rule-development-process/</link>
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		<title>Draft Planning Rule Framework &#8211; July 2010 concepts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post will lay out the overall framework that we are considering for the structure of the rule as well as for land management planning. This new framework was designed to address key themes we heard during our collaborative efforts, as well as incorporate lessons from our history of land management and past rules. 

Please take a moment to provide us with your thoughts on whether the concepts are clear, what you like about them, and if there are any major gaps or flaws in the approach.
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		<link>http://planningrule.blogs.usda.gov/2010/07/30/possible-framework-for-the-forest-service-planning-rule/</link>
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