Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC)

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 .

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.