Newsletters
- AFRC President Testifies before Congress, Highlights the Importance of the Forest Products Industry to Managing National Forests
- Washington, DC Update
- Farm Bill
- Fix Our Forests Act
- Appropriations
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 58: Dr. Norm Johnson and the Northwest Forest Plan, Lessons Learned and the Future
- Forest Service 3rd Quarter Accomplishments
- Forest Service Releases Nationwide Post-Fire Recovery EA
- GAO Report Identifies Key Barriers to Forest Service Timber Program
- Sharp Rise in Anti-Forestry Litigation in Montana, Idaho; FEES Act Introduced to Combat EAJA Abuse
- AFRC Granted Intervention in Defense of Eight Forest Service Projects in Idaho
- Cascadia Wildlands Challenges Validity of BLM’s 2016 Northwestern and Coastal Oregon Resource Management Plan
- Magistrate Judge Amends its Remedy Recommendation in the Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands Project Challenge
- Draft EIS for the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision Released
- AFRC Visits Montana Forests
- Tenth Circuit Rules that the Challenge to Two Utah National Monuments Can Continue
- FY26 Eeks Out a Second Place Finish for Worst Sold Volume in 22 Year
- Washington, DC Update
- Forest Service Oversight hearings, Reorganization
- Interior Appropriations
- Pearce Confirmed as BLM Director
- AFRC Joins Markets Matter Convening in Madison, Wisconsin
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 57: Is Federal Timber Turning a Corner?
- Northwest Forest Plan 30-year Socioeconomic Report Published
- District Court Vacates the Bureau of Land Management’s Blue and Gold Harvest Plan
- Bitterroot Front Project Moves to Implementation
- New Stewardship Agreement and Project Planning Move Forward in Eastern Oregon
- Federal Timber Purchasers Coalition (FTPC) Meets in Denver
- Washington DNR Update
- AFRC Expands Professional Development with Leadership Forum
- AFRC Welcomes Summer Intern Emily Krauss
- AFRC Welcomes Summer Law Clerk Claire Sebree
- Washington, DC Update
- Key Interior Appropriations Updates
- Farm Bill Passes; Woody Biomass in RFS Amendment Fails
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 56: Chief Schultz Takes Us Inside the Forest Service Reorganization
- AFRC Goes to Washington, DC on Earth Day
- AFRC Completes Record-Breaking 2026 Annual Meeting, “Transformational and Durable”
- Forest Service 1st Half Accomplishments
- Western Oregon BLM 1st Half Accomplishments
- Direct Attack and Active Management Lead 2026 USFS Fire Strategy
- Oregon District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction on the BLM’s Last Chance Project
- AFRC Moves to Intervene in Defense of Multiple Forest Service Projects in Idaho
- AFRC Meets with North Idaho and Montana Forests
- Washington, DC Update
- Forest Service Announces Agency Reorganization
- Forest Service Updates Timeline for Northwest Forest Plan Amendment and USDA Finalizes NEPA Regulations
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 55: Travis Joseph; A Reset for Western Oregon’s BLM O&C Timberlands
- BLM Proposes New Categorical Exclusions
- Tri-Forest Proposal Aims to Strengthen Timber Supply in Eastern Montana
- Oregon Department of Forestry Invests $3.2 Million for Planning and Forest Collaborative Assistance
- Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Wood Duck Preliminary Injunction
- AFRC and AOCC Move to Intervene in 42 Divide Project Litigation
- Magistrate Judge DeSoto Enjoins and Remands the Round Star Project
- Magistrate Judge Clarke Recommends Partially Vacating the BLM’s Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands Project
- New Online Tool Highlights Community Impacts of Trust Land Layoff
- Washington Legislative Recap
- Washington, DC Update
- Farm Bill
- Fix our Forests Act, Permitting Reform
- Montana’s Daines and Zinke Announce Retirements
- National Industry Leaders Launch the Federal Timber Purchasers Coalition (FTPC)
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 54: OSU’s John Bailey talks climate, carbon and sustainable forestry
- Forest Service Proposes Rule to Amend the Objection Process
- BLM Proposes O&C Plan Revisions as Bentz Introduces O&C Renewal Act
- AFRC Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of the BLM’s Siuslaw HLB Landscape Plan
- AFRC and AOCC Intervene in Challenge to Last Chance Project
- Two National Forests Plan to Treat High Priority Travel Corridors
- Rogue River-Siskiyou NF Plans Hazard Tree Removal in Moon Complex Fire
- Ochoco NF Introduces Two Vegetation Management Projects
- Washington Court of Appeals’ Ruling Requires Change in Future DNR SEPA Analyses
- Washington Legislative Update
- WA DNR’s Decisions — and the Lack of Decisions — Have Consequences
- Registration is Open: AFRC’s 2026 Annual Meeting, Skamania Lodge, April 7-9
- Washington, DC Update
- Appropriations
- Farm Bill?
- Boren sworn in at USDA
- Forest Service Proposes Nationwide Post Fire EA
- Oregon District Court Sets Aside the Forest Service’s Timber Stand Improvement CE
- Forest Service Signs Decision on the Ellis Project
- The Partner Paradigm- Timber Contracting in the Golden State
- Idaho Panhandle Partner Meeting
- Stilly Revisited Timber Sale Upheld in Superior Court
- AFRC Washington Legislative Update
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 53: Washington State Trust Lands at a Crossroads
- Can Washington State DNR Turn the Timber Sale Program Around?
- Honoring the Life and Legacy of Paul Beck
- Washington, DC Update
- Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations
- Permitting Reforms, SPEED Act
- Forestry Reforms, Fix our Forests Act
- Secure Rural Schools
- Passing of Congressman Doug LaMalfa
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 52: A Conversation with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz
- AFRC President Urges Congress to Reform EAJA and End Subsidized Anti-Forestry Litigation
- Forest Service Wraps up 1st Quarter of FY2026
- USDA Publishes Summary of Public Feedback on Agency Reorganization
- Montana District Court Judge Molloy Vacates the South Plateau Project
- December Storms Cause Widespread Damage Across Region 1 National Forests
- Science We’re Reading: How Active Management After Drought Shapes Forest Recovery
- Washington State DNR Timber Sale Update: First Half FY2026 Analysis
- Washington, DC Update
- Shutdown ends
- SPEED Act
- Senate ENR hearings
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 51: Sara Ghafouri and the Legal Frontlines of Forestry
- Virginia District Court Dismisses Plaintiffs’ Challenge to the Forest Service’s 2020 NEPA Regulations
- New Endangered Species Act Regulations Proposed
- Siuslaw National Forest and Oregon Department of Forestry Begin New Partnership
- AFRC Meets With Region 1 National Forests
- Montana District Court Lifts Injunction on the East Reservoir Project
- AFRC Intervenes in Challenge to Redd Bull II Decision Notice
- AFRC Intervenes in Challenge to Cyclone Bill Project
- Forest Resilience in the Heart of Northern California
- Science We’re Reading: What 2,200 Wildfires Reveal About the Northwest Forest Plan
- Washington, DC Update
- Government shutdown
- Fix Our Forests Act
- Barred Owl Removal Strategy
- National Historic Preservation Act Committee Hearing
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 50: Travis Joseph and Nick Smith
- BLM Proposes Rescission of the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
- Colville and Okanogan Wenatchee Forests Move Quickly to Salvage Fire Areas
- Snowy Butte Draft EA Open for Public Comment
- Judge Christensen Rules that the Horsefly Project May Proceed
- Judge Christensen Finds Illegal Road Use Analysis Unlawful in the Knotty Pine Project
- Washington Court of Appeals Hears Argument on DNR’s Wishbone Timber Sale
- Emerging Leaders Program Alumni Gather in Spokane to Sharpen Skills and Strengthen Our Industry
- Washington, DC Update
- Government shutdown
- Hearing on Public Lands Bills Postponed
- SPEED Act
- Greg Hibbard joins AFRC as Staff Attorney
- Forest Service Fiscal Year Wrap-up
- BLM End-of-Year Wrap Up
- AFRC and Calforests Submit Joint Comments Urging Rescission of Roadless Rule
- The AFRC Podcast Episode 49: Amanda Kaster & Montana’s Historic Stewardship Agreement
- Fremont-Winema Continues to Leverage G-Z Contracting
- AFRC Presents at REAL Montana
- Poised to Produce: Plumas National Forest’s Push for Resilience