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The Northeastern Transportation and Wildlife Conference (NETWC) will be hosting a “Habitats and Highways” training session developed by The Nature Conservancy as part of its upcoming meeting September 27-30 in State College, PA. [Above photo by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department] That Habitats and Highways training session – jointly presented by the Vermont Agency of More

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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently made $25 million available to help build electric vehicle or EV chargers in Western Pennsylvania as part of the “Community Charging” phase of the federally funded National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure or NEVI program, overseen by the U.S. Department of Transportation. [Above photo by PennDOT] The agency said this is More

ELECTRIC VEHICLES & INFRASTRUCTURE & POLICIES

MnDOT Expands State’s Fast-Charging EV Network (AASHTO Journal)

Seeking solutions to the unique challenges of AVs on rural roads (Center for Transportation Studies/ University of Minnesota)

Roundtable: Why EV charge point roll out has stalled (Local Government Chronicle)

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

Availability of Retrospective Analysis of 2012 Ballast Water Discharge Standards (Coast Guard (Notice of availability and request for comments))

Wilderness Administration and Resource Stewardship; Request for Information (Fish and Wildlife Service (Notice; request for public comment))

Wilderness Administration and Resource Stewardship; Managing Climbing Activities in Wilderness (Fish and Wildlife Service (Notice of availability; request for public comment))

Draft Policy and Guidance for Managing Recreational Climbing in BLM-Managed Units of the National Wilderness Preservation System (Bureau of Land Management (Notice of policy and procedural guidance))

Policy Review: BLM Manual 6320, Considering Lands With Wilderness Characteristics in the BLM Land Use Planning Process (Bureau of Land Management (Notice of policy and procedural guidance))

Policy Review: BLM Manual 6330, Management of BLM Wilderness Study Areas (Bureau of Land Management (Notice of policy and procedural guidance))

Policy Review: BLM Manual 6340, Management of Designated Wilderness Areas (Bureau of Land Management (Notice of policy and procedural guidance))

EXPLORE Act Mandated Wilderness Climbing Guidance for National Park Service (National Park Service (Notice of availability; request for comments))

National Park Service Level 2 Wilderness Stewardship Policy Review: Director’s Order #41 (National Park Service (Notice of availability; request for comments))

Implementing Regulation for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Environmental Effects of the Department of Veterans Affairs Actions (vDepartment of Veterans Affairs (Interim final rule))