2014

December 2014 Newsletter

Congress Passes Key Bills – Exits DC Region 6 Timber Purchasers Meeting Forest Service Objection Process Ninth Circuit Upholds Beaverslide Project Concerning Verdict on Snow Basin Plaintiff Assessed Costs in Algoma Case Senate Announces Committee Assignments Erica Rhoad Takes Staff Director Job DNR State Aquatic Lands HCP Umpqua Road Rules Report Critcizes ESA Listing Process […]


November 2014 Newsletter

Senate Committee Passes Flawed Wyden O&C Bill 2014 Election and the 114th Congress EPA Vision for Biomass Improves Summer of Fire Final USFS Sales Numbers Status of the Rogue Study Shows Restoration Needed


October 2014 Newsletter

Vilsack Report-Spot On! Western Regions Timber Performance YTD Wildfire Statistics Western Oregon Wildfire Summary Moist Mixed Conifer Publication Wood Innovation Funding Grants Hal Salwasser


September 2014 Newsletter

Judges Give Green Light to Salvage Congress Stalls and Goes on Recess SRS/PILT/LWCF 2015 BLM Timber Targets Wyden Input on O&C Plans Fire Statistics Klamath Fires Continue Burning Shasta Trinity Project Challenges Continue Forest Service Groundwater Proposal Washington Forest Collaborative Summit Forestry Leaders Pass On Oregon Board of Forestry Forest Service Personnel Changes James L. […]


August 2014 Newsletter

Wyden Tries End Run on O&C Bill Fire Borrowing Again? Want Water? Manage our National Forests Siuslaw Designation by Prescription DNR Trust Land Transfer Program WA Water Quality Standards Litigation Proposed Blue Mountain Forest Plan AFRC Welcomes Jim Pena Six Rivers New Forest Supervisor


July 2014 Newsletter

House Passes ESA Reform Bill Efforts Increase to Move Forestry Bills Interior Appropriations Marked-up Wildfires Rage in the NW FS Inexplicable K-V Policy A Shift in Direction Forest Service Water Quality Directives BLM Project Update Western Governors on ESA Dr. Larry Irwin Retires


June 2014 Newsletter

Judge Refuses to Enjoin Logging Primary Election Results Send Mixed Messages Senators Request Wildfire/Forest Health Review Senators Call for Wildfire Funding Reform Vote High and Dry DNR Timber Program Update Sustainable Roads Process in W. Washington Payette CFLRP Review Walden Forest Access Bill Bill to Accelerate Land Exchanges Additional Lynx Habitat Proposed FWS Extends Comment […]


May 2014 Newsletter

Forest Service Water Quality Directives Proposed Critical Habitat Rule Changes Snow Basin Ninth Circuit Decision Algoma Project to go Forward DNR Timber Sale Program Update Fuel Treatments Make Economic Sense GAO NEPA Report More Management Under Farm Bill Siuslaw Audit Results Siuslaw Pre-solicitation and Stewardship Meetings SAF Hires EVP


April 2014 Newsletter

Skamania Meeting a Success House Letter to Senate on Forestry Bills Governors Request HFRA Designations BLM O&C Budget Efforts Jazz Project to go Forward AFRC Argues Planning Rule Case DNR Timber Sales Challenged SW Oregon Update ESA Hearing Monument Designation Transparency Bill Blue Mountain Plan Comment Period Extended Federal Timber Purchasers to Meet Connaughton to […]


March 2014 Newsletter

Hearing on O&C, Barrasso Bills Barrasso Bill Introduced Farm Bill Signed Court Issues New Order on Survey & Manage Lawsuit Seeks Additional Volume Kelsey Peak Objection Bonnie Announces Partnership Projects Stewardship Contract Seminar Forest Management a Priority Hastings to Retire Milt Herbert Honored 2014 Annual Meeting Eco-Terrorist Sentenced