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 […]
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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 […]
Washington Board of Natural Resources Should Reject Bully Tactics Over Management of State Trust Lands
Beneficiaries of Washington state trust lands urged the Board of Natural Resources (BNR) to follow the State Supreme Court’s opinion in Conservation Northwest v. Commissioner of Public Lands and meet its obligations to continue managing these working forests to fund critical public services. Representatives of the beneficiary community sent a letter to the BNR as […]
Oregon’s Rum Creek Fire Reveals Risks of New Wilderness Proposals
As of this writing, the Rum Creek Fire in southwest Oregon has burned nearly 12,000 acres along the iconic Rogue River northwest of Grants Pass. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared an emergency as “Level 3 – Go Now” evacuations are in place for homes near the rural communities of Rand and Galice. The fire […]
August 2022 Newsletter
AFRC Submits Comments on Federal Old Growth and Mature Forests The AFRC Podcast: FFRC’s Bill Imbergamo- Defining “Old Growth” when our forests are burning Oregon’s Rum Creek Fire Reveals Risks of New Wilderness Proposals Washington DC Update Inflation Reduction Act Washington Primary Election Results McMorris Rogers and Westerman Visit Northeast Washington DTO Report: Build-up of […]