Climate Change
Advocating for solutions on public timberlands throughout the West
Forest Health
Renewable Wood Products for America's Needs.
AFRC is a regional trade association whose purpose is to advocate for sustained yield timber harvests on public timberlands throughout the West to enhance forest health and resistance to fire, insects, and disease. We do this by promoting active management to attain productive public forests, protect adjoining private forests, and assure community stability. We work to improve federal and state laws, regulations, policies and decisions regarding access to and management of public forest lands and protection of all forest lands.
Renewable, durable, climate-friendly and essential
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) today said the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's (FWS) decision to withdraw the 2021 critical habitat designation for the Northern Spotted Owl (NSO) prioritizes politics over
Oregon would be less safe from wildfire and smoke under congressional legislation to restrict forest thinning and management activities on approximately 3 million acres of federal lands under the Wild & Scenic Rivers
U.S. Magistrate Judge Mustafa Kasubhai today issued a preliminary ruling on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Pedal Power timber sale near Springfield, determining the BLM adequately analyzed and disclosed how the
AFRC Annual Meeting: See You in Stevenson Washington DC Update Hazard Tree Removal Litigated Roadside Hazard Removal and Public Access is Under Attack AFRC Staff and Members Tour Developing Montana Projects Montana-DNRC, Custer Gal
Rep. Bruce Westerman to Keynote 2021 AFRC Annual Meeting Washington DC Update New Post-fire Spotted Owl Research AFRC, FFRC and ALC Successfully Intervene in Defense of the Forest Service’s NEPA Rule Judge Molloy Issues Mixed Ruling
AFRC Annual Meeting (In Person) – Registration Open! Washington DC Update Demand for Timber Salvage in Western Oregon Remains High FWS Oregon & Northwest Offices Play Politics with NSO Critical Habitat AFRC and Partners Educate
