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In addition to the Healthy Forest Initiative, the administration is also making internal policy changes to the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management small timber sale policy. Specifically, the administration is providing the legal justification for exempting small projects from excessive environmental review. This complies with a court order from several years ago that invalidated the "categorical exemption" status that the agencies had been using to streamline the environmental review process. The court invalidated the agencies rationale and asked for more extensive documentation that these projects did not pose a significant adverse effect to the environment. Thankfully, the Bush administration has given the court what it asked for, and it appears that this exemption will be reinstated. Here are the links to this policy change: