The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks today held a hearing on SB 5254, a bipartisan bill to ensure transparency, accountability and public involvement in the leasing of state trust lands managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR). What does the bill do? SB 5254 ensures that major DNR lease […]
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December 2022 Newsletter
Save the Date: AFRC’s Annual Meeting, April 11-13 Washington DC Update The AFRC Podcast: Duane Vaagen and “A to Z” NWFP Monitoring Report: Wildfires Leading Cause of Old Growth Forest Loss Flat Country Project Decision Withdrawn District Court Once Again Upholds the Tecuya Ridge Shaded Fuelbreak Project on the Los Padres National Forest Industry Coalition […]
District Court Rules in Favor of Tecuya Ridge Shaded Fuelbreak Project on Los Padres National Forest
An effort to reduce wildfire risks on the Los Padres National Forest and protect nearby communities can proceed after U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips today ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service’s Tecuya Ridge Shaded Fuelbreak Project above Frazier Park, Calif. The Tecuya Project has been tied up in federal courts for the […]
November 2022 Newsletter
Washington DC Update The AFRC Podcast: Heath Heikkila, 2022 Mid-Terms, What to Expect in New Congress Federal Timber Purchasers Committee Convenes for Fall Meeting D.C. Circuit Court Holds Oral Argument on AFRC’s O&C Act Cases Judge Tigar Changes Course and Remands, Without Vacating, 2019 ESA Rules Okanogan-Wenatchee Timber Program Positioned for Consistency BLM Releases Instructional […]
Anti-Forestry Rally in Downtown Portland: Misguided Policy Will Lead to More Wildfire and Smoke
Under the guise of “protecting” mature and old growth forests, several anti-forestry groups today are holding a rally in downtown Portland to pressure the Biden Administration and the U.S. Forest Service to issue new regulations restricting active forest management on overstocked and fire-prone national forests in Oregon and throughout the West. This policy would be […]
October 2022 Newsletter
Vote: The 2022 Elections Will be Critical to Industry’s Future The AFRC Podcast: Travis Joseph discusses the Pacific Northwest’s timber supply squeeze Fiscal Year 2022 Wrap-up: Pacific Northwest (USFS Region 6 and BLM) Fiscal Year 2022 Wrap-up: Region 1 Fiscal Year 2022 Wrap-up: Region 5 Fiscal Year 2022 Wrap-up: Region 4 AFRC Hosts Regional Membership […]
Washington DNR fails to disclose environmental, social impacts of carbon scheme
The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is rushing to approve a project to lease state trust lands to a private interest without conducting a thorough environmental review, and the agency is failing to consider the project’s impacts on funding for schools and other public services as required by the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). […]
The Facts About Flat Country
After organizing a kayak “flotilla” to protest the Willamette National Forest’s Flat Country project, anti-forestry activists continue to make false and misleading statements about the project. Here are the facts: The Flat Country would implement roughly 950 acres of regeneration harvest as well as over 1,500 acres of thinning- not “the thousands of acres of […]
AFRC, Eastern Oregon Counties Seek to Intervene to Defend Forest Health, Wildfire Mitigation
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) and the Eastern Oregon Counties Association (EOCA) have moved to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s “Eastside Screens” Amendment that affects forest management on six national forests in Eastern Oregon, including the Malheur, Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman, Deschutes, Ochoco, and Fremont-Winema. In June 2022, six anti-forestry groups […]
September 2022 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Senate hearing on forestry, public lands bills Congress Passes Continuing Resolution Two Beaverhead-Deerlodge Projects Moving Forward BLM Timber Salvage Wrap-up The AFRC Podcast: CalForests’ Matt Dias- A comprehensive approach to fighting wildfires Anti-Forestry Groups Settle Archie Creek Salvage Project Update on DNR Carbon Project, Agency Opens Brief Public Comment Period Cottonwood Threatens […]