September 2025

AFRC and Calforests Urge Forest Service to Rescind Roadless Rule to Restore Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience

For Immediate Release: September 18, 2025 Contact: Nick Smith (503) 515-4206 The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) and the California Forestry Association (Calforests) today submitted formal joint comments to the U.S. Forest Service in support of rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The two associations, representing forest products manufacturers and forest land stewards across the West, […]

USDA Takes Next Steps to Rescind the 2021 Roadless Rule

Featured article from AFRC’s September 2025 Newsletter.   On August 27, USDA Secretary Rollins announced the next steps in a rulemaking process to rescind the 2021 Roadless Rule.  The Roadless Rule has been a roadblock to science-based active management on millions of acres of Federal forests for more than a quarter-Century.  Rescinding the Roadless Rule would […]

September 2025 Newsletter

Washington, DC Update Congress returns to consider spending, forest policy Trump appointees await confirmation The AFRC Podcast Episode 48: Fuel Treatments: Smart Investments, Healthy Forests Executive Orders Spur Growth of Landscape-Scale Forest Management USDA Takes Next Steps to Rescind the 2021 Roadless Rule AFRC Submits Comments on USDA Reorganization Plan Upthegrove Announces Proposal to Set […]