Washington, D.C. Updates Interior Secretary Zinke Submits Monument Report to President Trump AFRC Submits Protest to BLM Project In Landmark Decision, Ninth Circuit Upholds A to Z Project AFRC Files an Amicus Brief in the U.S. Supreme Court Farm Bill CE Survives First Test in Sunny South Case A New Runway Doesn’t Need an EIS. […]
August 2017
Letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Regarding Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion
In this letter, the American Forest Resource Council provides Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke with background information on the clear Congressional mandate of the O&C Act, and how that relates to the illegal expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
U.S. District Court Upholds Use of Insect, Disease ‘CE’ to Expedite Forest Health Project on Tahoe National Forest
A forest health project on California’s Tahoe National Forest can proceed after a U.S. District Court judge ruled the U.S. Forest Service appropriately used a special categorical exclusion (CE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to expedite the removal of timber. The case is the first to challenge the use of this CE that […]
Major NE Washington Forest Health Project Can Proceed After Court Victory
Portland, Ore. – The American Forest Resource Council applauded the unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to allow the historic “A to Z” forest health project to proceed on the Colville National Forest in Northeastern Washington. AFRC intervened in the case on behalf of Stevens County, Pend Oreille County […]