Rule has limited access and proactive forest management as wildfire risk and forest mortality have increased across the West The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) welcomes the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, saying the action would give professional land managers greater flexibility to address wildfire risk and declining […]
August 2026
August 2026 Newsletter
Washington, DC Update House and Senate Pass Competing Continuing Resolutions Senate Farm Bill Hits Snag Bentz, Merkley Introduce Bipartisan Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act The AFRC Podcast Episode 59: PERC’s Jonathan Wood on Wildlife and Forests USDA Announces Investments in Wood Products Industry, Biomass, New Market Opportunities Grasshopper Fire Shows the Cost of Delayed Forest […]
Federal Judge Recommends Upholding Collaborative Forest Management Project Designed to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Recommendation comes weeks after the Grasshopper Fire underscored the cost of delaying collaborative forest management A federal magistrate judge has recommended dismissing legal challenges to one of Oregon’s largest collaborative forest management projects, marking a major legal victory for years of work to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest health, and restore thousands of acres on […]