On September 14, 2021 the US Forest Service announced that it had decided to cancel the Four Forest Restoration Initiative Phase 2 Request for Proposals. The USFS concluded that the requirements for meeting the restoration objectives (as currently defined in the RFP) were not reasonably aligned to industry needs. In addition, significant financial and investment risks remained which ultimately represented a performance risk to the USFS. Forest health and the Four Forest Restoration Initiative more specifically are of significant interest to the City of Flagstaff and the City Council included this topic as a 2021 federal legislative priority. Staff have drafted a letter detailing the City’s goals related to forest restoration.