Washington, DC Update Lame Duck Session Committee leadership changes Trump Transition D.C. Circuit Court Holds that CEQ Has No Legal Authority to Issue NEPA Regulations The AFRC Podcast: Dr. Nate Anderson, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station on forestry and wood products as climate solutions Forest Service Moving Forward to Amend Northwest Forest Plan Malheur National […]
2024
November 2024 Newsletter
Proposed Sáttítla National Monument Raises Wildfire Risk Concerns in Northern California The AFRC Podcast: Episode 38- Forester/Author Ethan Tapper on How to Love a Forest Tenth Circuit Hears Arguments in Challenges to Two National Monuments Federal Timber Purchaser Committee Meets in Bend Oregon Western Oregon BLM 2024 End-of-Year Summary Lassen National Forest Expands Use of […]
October 2024 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Fix Our Forests Act Continuing Resolution Upcoming Lame Duck Session Forest Service Budget Woes The AFRC Podcast: Episode 37- Understanding the impacts of NEPA litigation Northwest Forest Plan Amendment DEIS Now Expected in November AFRC Submits Comments on National Old-Growth Amendment DEIS Ninth Circuit Upholds Three Forest Health Projects on the Fremont-Winema […]
September 2024 Newsletter
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment DEIS Pushed to October Washington Primary Election Results The AFRC Podcast: Episode 36- Explaining the Barred Owl Strategy Updates on BLM’s Public Lands Rule—Committee, Litigation, and Guidance AFRC Files Amicus Brief in Support of the Twisp Project and Condition-Based Management Lonerock Fire on Umatilla National Forest Destroys Thousands of Acres of […]
August 2024 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Appropriations Permitting legislation 6th Emerging Leaders Program, Sept 12-13, Springfield The AFRC Podcast: Travis Joseph on finding consensus to modernize the Northwest Forest Plan Report: Pacific Northwest Anti-Forestry Groups Dominate NEPA Litigation Nationwide U.S. Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Deference and Redefines When the Statute of Limitations to Bring Actions under the Administrative […]
July 2024 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Fix our Forests Act Wyden’s River Democracy Act Congressional reaction to Biden Administration Old Growth Rule 6th Emerging Leaders Program, Sept 12-13, Springfield The AFRC Podcast: Blending Indigenous knowledge and western science in forest management Forest Service Releases Draft EIS for Old Growth Amendments U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case to […]
June 2024 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Farm Bill Committee Hearings 6th Emerging Leaders Program, Sept 12-13, Springfield The AFRC Podcast: U.S. Forest Service Invests in Wood Innovation Research Assesses Constraints on Mechanical Treatment to Reduce Wildfire Threat The Council on Environmental Quality Finalizes NEPA Phase 2 Revisions U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Critical Habitat for Coastal Marten […]
May 2024 Newsletter
AFRC Wraps up 2024 Annual Meeting, “The Future of Public Forest Management” Washington DC Update Forest Service Budget Hearings House Natural Resources Hearing on Westerman Forestry Legislation BLM Conservation Rule Mature and Old Growth The AFRC Podcast: NWTF and Tackling the Nation’s Wildfire Crisis BLM Finalizes Conservation and Land Health Rule EPA Report Echoes Concerns […]
April 2024 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Federal government avoids shutdown Congressional hearings Congress Weighs in on Mature and Old Growth Rule The AFRC Podcast: Why Timber Supply Matters in Public Lands Management Mid-year Federal Timber Program Update The U.S. Supreme Court Denies AFRC’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari on its O&C Act Lands Case The Ninth Circuit Rules […]
March 2024 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Farm Bill prospects look dim Vilsack appears before House Agriculture Committee The AFRC Podcast: Rep. Cliff Bentz on the U.S. Supreme Court, Antiquities Act, O&C Timberlands Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Added to AFRC Annual Meeting Agenda New Lawsuit Challenges Forest Service Timber Targets AFRC Argues Before the Ninth Circuit Defending the Tecuya […]