allows for increased logging of large, fire-resistant trees that are not in close proximity to homes and communities. (IV) The law undermines critical protections for endangered species by exempting Federal land management agencies from consulting with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service before approving any action that could harm endangered plants or wildlife. (V) The law limits public participation by reducing the number of environmental reviews for projects carried out under the law. (ii) NFS land management planning final planning rule and record of decision (I) On April 21, 2008, the Secretary of Agriculture issued a final rule entitled National Forest System Land Management Planning (73 Fed. Reg. 21486 (April 21, 2008)) (referred to in this clause as the revised rule ). (II) The revised rule is a revision of a similar final rule entitled National Forest System Land Management Planning (70 Fed Reg. 1022 (January 5, 2005)), which the United States District Court for the Northern District of California remanded to the Secretary of Agriculture in the case styled Citizens for Better Forestry v. United States Department of Agriculture (481 F. Supp. 2d 1059 (N.D. Cal. 2007)) for violating— (aa) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)