Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Farm Service Agency Eliminated Race- and Sex-based Designations in Grants September 16, 2025
Regulatory Tracker Alaska Roadless Rule Under President Biden, USDA finalized a rule restoring protections in national forests, including the Tongass, which was challenged. In Aug. 2025 the USDA announced it plans to propose to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule. August 29, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker NASA Halted Access To National Climate Assessments July 14, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Agencies Significantly Narrowed NEPA Requirements, Changes Effective Immediately July 9, 2025
Regulatory Tracker NEPA — Forest Service The Forest Service last updated its NEPA rules in 2008. It finalized additional categorical exclusions in 2013 and 2020. June 30, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Agencies Removed Environmental Justice Strategic Plans January 20, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker USDA Released Civil Rights Program Discrimination Complaint Portal November 22, 2024
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker DOI and USDA Finalized Rule to Increase Representation of Alaska Natives on Federal Subsistence Board October 17, 2024
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker White House Released Agencies’ Climate Adaptation Plans June 20, 2024
