Forest Service Brings Back Pesticide Proposal Paperwork
Published Date: 5/21/2026
Notice
Summary
The Forest Service is bringing back a form called the Pesticide-Use Proposal to help manage pesticide use on millions of acres of public lands. This means anyone involved in pesticide work on these lands will need to follow updated rules and submit this form again. Comments on this change are open until July 20, 2026, so now’s the time to speak up!
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Pesticide-Use Proposal Form Returns
The Forest Service is reinstating the Pesticide-Use Proposal (form FS-2100-2) for projects on National Forest System land covering about 193 million acres. If you apply pesticides on these lands (as an individual, business, or a State/Local/Tribal government), you will need to complete the form again; one response is estimated to take 12 hours, with about 36 respondents and 50 responses per year totaling 600 hours. The form asks for pests to be controlled, the pesticide to be applied, compliance details (for example, use of certified applicators), will be reviewed by Forest Service pesticide coordinators to protect human health and ecology, and will be posted on a Forest Service website; comments are due by July 20, 2026.
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