The Washington Forest Protection Association (WFPA) proudly announces the Working Forest Carbon Blueprint website launch. This comprehensive resource extends beyond the use of wood in construction to encompass a broader range of carbon forestry issues. This initiative represents a collaborative effort among industry leaders, including the Washington Farm Forestry Association, Washington Friends of Farms & […]
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December 2023 Newsletter
Registration for AFRC’s Annual Meeting is Now Open The AFRC Podcast: Travis Joseph Previews 2024 Timber, Lumber and Public Lands Issues Washington DC Update Continuing Resolution Wilderness bills advance in Senate Committee Congressional reaction to Forest Service Old Growth rulemaking Members of Congress and National Organizations Show Strong Support for AFRC’s Petition in the United […]
AFRC Comments on U.S. Forest Service’s Notice of Intent on Old-Growth Forests
American Forest Resource Council President Travis Joseph had the following to say regarding the U.S. Forest Service’s Notice of Intent (NOI) on Old Growth forests: “The American Forest Resource Council is reviewing the Forest Service’s NOI and will submit substantive comments. On the surface, however, the proposed policy fails to take meaningful steps to address […]
Members of Congress, National Organizations Support Supreme Court Review of O&C Lands Case, Limits on Antiquities Act
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) announced today that 29 members of the U.S. Congress and six organizations have filed amicus curiae briefs in support of AFRC’s and the Association of O&C Counties’ (AOCC) joint petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. AFRC and AOCC are asking the Court to review […]
Washington DNR’s Set Aside of State Trust Lands under Climate Commitment Act Driven by Politics, Not Climate Science
Today the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) questioned the politics and science behind the use of funding from Washington’s controversial Climate Commitment Act (CCA) to set aside 2,000 acres of Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) trust lands that will no longer serve as working forests to provide climate benefits, nor to provide funding for counties, […]
November 2023 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Continuing Resolution Forest Service Mature and Old Growth Threat Assessment Senate ENR Markup The AFRC Podcast: Montana’s Bruce and Chas Vincent- Adaptive Management, Grizzlies, and Overcoming Anti-Forestry Litigation Northwest Forest Plan Advisory Committee Meets in Seattle, Amendment on the Horizon AFRC and AOCC Ask the U.S. Supreme Court to Reconsider the Expansion […]
Is Power Plant Timber Controversy More About Politics Than Science?
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) today filed a public records request with the City of Port Angeles to shed light on how city officials determined its opposition to the Power Plant timber sale on trust lands managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Local activists and some local elected officials, including City […]
AFRC Asks Supreme Court to Clarify: Who Makes Public Land laws, Congress or the President?
Should a U.S. President enjoy unfettered authority to indefinitely suspend or cancel the operation of a federal law established by Congress? That’s a question the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to answer. Today, AFRC and the Association of O&C Counties (AOCC) filed a joint petition for a writ of […]
October 2023 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Senate Energy & Natural Resources Hears Forestry Bills The AFRC Podcast: Western Forest Products and Why Japan Loves PNW Wood Forest Service Fiscal Year 2023 Wrap-up BLM Fiscal Year 2023 Wrap-up Umatilla National Forest: ‘Anthropogenic Landscapes’ Need Management Colville National Forest Hits Reset On Several Projects WA DNR […]
September 2023 Newsletter
Washington DC Update Government Shutdown Looming Forestry Bills Advance in U.S. House Senator Diane Feinstein Passes The AFRC Podcast: Forest Management at Work During 2023 Wildfire Season Federal Wildfire Commission Releases Report Forest Service Ramps Up Fuel Break Projects Magistrate Judge Issues Findings & Recommendations in Challenge to the Eastside Screens Amendment Washington Court of […]