The head of the U.S. Forest Service promised Tuesday that the way the Forest Service does business is going to change.
U.S. Forest Service interim Chief Vicki Christiansen spoke at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s annual summit.
“We have great opportunity and we have significant challenges and this is not going to be business as usual,” she said.
Specifically, Christiansen said the permitting process for guides, outfitters and other recreational services is going to get easier on National Forest Lands, and cooperative agreements between industry and the Forest Service are going to be more common.
“We are working to reform our process to make it easier for all kinds of businesses to work with, and on, the forest,” she said.