---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 5003.2"
title: "43"
number: "5003.2"
heading: "Notice of forest management decisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/5003.2"
---

# §5003.2. Notice of forest management decisions.

- (a) The BLM authorizes forest management activities, which are defined in [§ 5003.4](/cfr/43/5003.4.md), by issuing forest management decisions. Forest management decisions that the BLM may make effective immediately pursuant to [§ 5003.1(a)](/cfr/43/5003.1.md?p=a) shall be posted on a designated agency website while also:
  - (1) Publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area;
  - (2) Sending a notice by direct or electronic mail to a list of parties requesting direct notification; or
  - (3) **Broadcasting a notice on one or more mass-media platforms.**
- (b) The posting date of the forest management decision on the agency website establishes the effective date of the decision for purposes of an appeal under [43 CFR part 4](/cfr/43/part4.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 2601; 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1701.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 82372, Dec. 18, 2020, unless otherwise noted.