Note: This is a joint press release with the Washington Forest Protection Association Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law ESSHB 2528, legislation acknowledging the essential role Washington state’s forestry industry and working forests play in removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, and establishing it is in the public’s interest to support all aspects of […]
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AFRC: Forest Products, Workers Are Critical Infrastructure in COVID-19 Response
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) is working to ensure the forest products industry and its employees can continue to operate and help meet the nation’s needs as local, state and federal governments respond to the global COVID-19 epidemic. On March 18, AFRC joined the Federal Forest Resource Coalition in urging the U.S. Department of […]
February 2020 Newsletter
AFRC Annual Meeting: Rooms going fast Washington, D.C. Update Washington State legislative update AFRC Goes to U.S. Supreme Court Eastside Screens Amendment Comment on Nez Perce-Clearwater Forest Plan 82nd Oregon Logging Conference
Wild Olympics’ Fails to Protect Working Forests and Working Families
American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) President Travis Joseph had the following to say regarding today’s U.S. House passage of the “Wild Olympics” legislation included in HR 2546: “AFRC represents Washington forest products manufacturers, family-owned logging companies and the thousands of workers they employ on the Olympic Peninsula. For years, we have provided substantial feedback […]
January 2020 Newsletter
2020 AFRC Annual Meeting Washington, D.C. Update Washington State DNR Update Industry Carbon Bill in WA Legislature Court Weighs Remedy in O&C Litigation AFRC Appeals BLM’s Protest Denial to IBLA Ninth Circuit Leaning More Conservative CEQ Proposes Changes to NEPA Regulations Small Successes for SW Oregon Tahoe National Forest Plan Amendment Colville Forest Planning Second […]
December 2019 Newsletter
DC Update Legal Challenge to DNR Management Plans Hazard Tree Removal Project Upheld ESA Protections for Red Tree Vole Unwarranted Forestry Groups File U.S. Supreme Court Brief Coalition Support for New ESA Rules BLM Sales Generate High Volume, Value GNA, Shared Stewardship in Idaho, Montana Save the Date: AFRC 2020 Annual Meeting
AFRC Joins Firefighters, Schools, and Counties in Legal Challenge to Washington DNR Management Plans
Today four Washington counties and a coalition including school and fire districts filed a legal challenge to two management plans for state trust lands adopted by the Board of Natural Resources (BNR) in December that will adversely harm the delivery of critical public services. The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) is joining with these beneficiaries […]
Washington DNR Timber Harvest Reductions Will Hurt Rural Jobs, Public Schools, Community Services
Today, the Washington Board of Natural Resources adopted two new management plans for state forest trust lands that will reduce timber harvests on Department of Natural Resources (DNR) managed trust lands. As an advocate for DNR trust land management, the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) is concerned that the harvest reductions will directly harm rural […]
Federal Court Decisions on O&C Lands Deliver Major Victories for Rural Oregon
A federal court today issued two major decisions relating to the management of Western Oregon O&C lands. In one decision Judge Richard Leon invalidated President Barack Obama’s proclamation expanding the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument on O&C lands, finding no President has the unilateral authority to override Federal law and an Act of Congress. Specifically, the […]
Federal Court Decisions on O&C Lands Deliver Major Victories for Rural Oregon
A federal court today issued two major decisions relating to the management of Western Oregon O&C lands. In one decision Judge Richard Leon invalidated President Barack Obama’s proclamation expanding the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument on O&C lands, finding no President has the unilateral authority to override Federal law and an Act of Congress. Specifically, the […]