Communication Sites

 

 

This special use group includes a variety of communication use categories utilizing the national forests. Typically, these uses are associated with designated sites that includes buildings, towers and other support improvements.

 

Communications uses include the following:

Broadcast Uses:  FCC-licensed AM and FM radio broadcasts, low power television, low power FM radio, cable television, UHF and VHF audio and video signals for general public reception.

Non-Broadcast Uses: FCC-licensed cellular telephone and personal communication services, mobile radio service, basic telephone service, microwaves for long-line intrastate and interstate public telephone, television, data transmissions and resource management companies, and other communication uses including amateur radio, person/private antennas, and environmental monitoring equipment.

 

• https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/special-uses/communications-uses