Executive Order 13352: Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation
President: George W. Bush
Directed five federal departments and EPA to involve local participants in environmental and natural-resource decisions where permitted by law.
Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13352 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13352 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13352 do?
EO 13352 instructed Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and EPA to facilitate cooperative conservation, respect legally recognized land interests, accommodate local participation and report annually to the Council on Environmental Quality. A 2016 CEQ report on federal cooperating-agency participation identifies EO 13352 among the implementation aims it tracks and discusses intergovernmental involvement in environmental reviews. That is later policy monitoring, not proof of a specific conservation benefit.
Before and after
Before the order
Environmental and natural-resource programs already operated under their own statutes and agency missions.
After the order
EO 13352 instructed Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and EPA to facilitate cooperative conservation, respect legally recognized land interests, accommodate local participation and report annually to the Council on Environmental Quality.
A 2016 CEQ report on federal cooperating-agency participation identifies EO 13352 among the implementation aims it tracks and discusses intergovernmental involvement in environmental reviews. That is later policy monitoring, not proof of a specific conservation benefit.
What did the signed order change?
Environmental and natural-resource programs already operated under their own statutes and agency missions. EO 13352 instructed Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and EPA to facilitate cooperative conservation, respect legally recognized land interests, accommodate local participation and report annually to the Council on Environmental Quality.
What happened later?
Council on Environmental Quality — cooperating-agency report documents this later development: A 2016 CEQ report on federal cooperating-agency participation identifies EO 13352 among the implementation aims it tracks and discusses intergovernmental involvement in environmental reviews. That is later policy monitoring, not proof of a specific conservation benefit.
What does that evidence establish?
EO 13352 is expressly subject to applicable law and appropriations; it preserves public-health and safety considerations and does not displace environmental statutes or private land rights. CEQ’s later report links cooperating-agency practice to the order without establishing that every reported activity was caused by it. Participation measures do not by themselves quantify ecological outcomes. The signed order controls its original terms.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, EPA and CEQ | Coordinated conservation practices and reported agency activities | Under the signed order and governing law |
What happened next
EO 13352 signed.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
EO 13352 is expressly subject to applicable law and appropriations; it preserves public-health and safety considerations and does not displace environmental statutes or private land rights. CEQ’s later report links cooperating-agency practice to the order without establishing that every reported activity was caused by it.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — official executive-order record (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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