The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) has once again intervened on behalf of the Payette Forest Coalition (PFC) and Adams County, Idaho in the latest round of litigation aimed at blocking the Lost Creek-Boulder Creek landscape project on the Payette National Forest. The U.S. district court formally granted intervention to the Coalition and County, […]
June 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Protects Forest Service Jurisdiction Over National Forest System Lands
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s Cowpasture opinion relating to the construction of a pipeline on federal lands. AFRC joined 16 forestry associations in filing an amicus brief in the Court last December, urging Justices to reverse the Fourth Circuit’s decision due to the case’s potential implications to active […]
AFRC Applauds U.S. District Court Decision Allowing North Hebgen Project to Proceed
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) applauds the U.S. District Court of Montana’s decision lifting its injunction and allowing the U.S. Forest Service to proceed with the North Hebgen Multiple Resource Project on the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. AFRC intervened in litigation on behalf of Sun Mountain Lumber of Deer Lodge, Montana, who purchased two of the […]
AFRC to Defend Habitat Improvement, Fuels Reduction Project on Shasta-Trinity National Forest
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) has been granted intervention in a lawsuit aimed at blocking the Pettijohn Late Successional Reserve Habitat Improvement and Fuels Reduction Project on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. AFRC supports the implementation of this project and will seek to defend this effort to improve forest health, mitigate wildfire risks and provide […]
May 2020 Newsletter
Washington DC Update BLM Seeks to ‘Modernize” Rules Relating to Admin. Protests; Proposes expanded Salvage CE Eastside Screens Plan Amendment Ninth Circuit Speedily Rejects Challenge to BLM’s Resource Management Plan Split Populations Create Split Listing Determinations for Pacific Fisher Industry Coalition Submits Comments on Oregon Coast Coho 5-Year Status Review Washington State DNR Update Colville […]