Where is the Forest Service in the rule process? When will the rule be issued?
The Forest Service has drafted a Proposed Rule for public comment. The rule will be published in the fall of 2007. Based upon public comments, a Final Rule will be published in the spring of 2008. What are special forest products and what are forest botanical products? Special forest products are: Products collected from National Forest System lands for commercial, personal, tribal, educational, or scientific purposes, including without limitation, bark, berries, bryophytes, bulbs, burls, Christmas trees, cones, ferns, firewood, forbs, fungi, (including mushrooms), grasses, mosses, nuts, pine straw, roots, sedges, seeds, shrubs, transplants, tree sap, wildflowers, fence material, mine props, posts and poles, rails, and shingle and shake bolts. Forest botanical products are naturally occurring and a subset of special forest products such as bark, berries, boughs, bulbs, burls, cones, ferns, fungi (including mushrooms), forbs, grasses, mosses, nuts, pine straw, roots, sedges, seeds, shru
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- Where is the Forest Service in the rule process? When will the rule be issued?
