Forest Products Modernization Carbon Study Released Marbled Murrelet Plan Released Supreme Court Hears Gopher Frog Case Quartz Project Suit Dismissed BLM Timber Salvage Colville Plan Released New Ninth Circuit Judge Deschutes Thinning Projects SAF Convention Member Profile: Starfire Lumber
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A Victory for Responsible Forest Management on the Umpqua National Forest: Challengers Give Up Suit Against Quartz Project
Environmentalist groups have dropped their challenge to the Quartz Project on the Umpqua National Forest after failing to obtain an injunction against the project in federal court. On October 11, United States District Court Judge Michael McShane denied the groups’ motion for a preliminary injunction. This is a significant victory for active forest management on […]
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit and Approves ‘A to Z’ Forest Health Project in NE Washington
A federal judge on Oct. 4 issued a summary judgment ruling dismissing an environmental group’s lawsuit against the North Fork Mill Creek “A to Z” forest health project on the Colville National Forest. The decision marks another legal victory for the collaborative project, and the unique public-private partnership that is working to improve forest health […]
September 2018 Newsletter
Washington, D.C. Update Collaborative Group Pushes Ninth Circuit to Take Another Look BLM 2018 Timber Sale Wrap-up Salvage Moving in Region 1 AFRC Comments on ESA Modernization Proposal Christine Dawe Accepts Washington Office Position Member Profile: Freres Lumber Pacific Logging Congress AFRC Welcomes Law Clerk Greg Hibbard
August 2018 Newsletter
In this edition: DC Update AFRC Comments to CEQ on NEPA Habitat Location Announced Region 6 Regional Forester Selected AFRC Objects to BMFP Ninth Circuit Undercuts Collaboration Lostine Project Upheld Mt. Hood Timber Funded Projects Oregon Forestry Toolbox
July 2018 Newsletter
Habitat Home Dedicated The West is on Fire DC Update Bull Run Victory Collaborative Project Moves Forward ESA Reforms Carbon Storage AFRC Letter to BNR Virginia Ridge Field Trip Region 1 Meetings NWFP Synthesis Kennedy Retires Kavanaugh Nominated
AFRC Prevails for Public Safety and Forest Health
In a win for public safety and forest health, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California yesterday, July 9, approved a roadside hazard tree removal project on the Sequoia National Forest.
June 2018 Newsletter
Washington, D.C. Update Legal Victories Wildfires are Emergencies Joey/Bald Mountain Suit Dismissed Magistrate Rules on Collaboration Monument Litigation Continues WA Marbled Murrelet DNR and GNA Western Oregon Timber Salvage Hope on the Okanogan-Wentachee AFRC Welcomes Sun Mountain
Magistrate Judge Smacks Down Enviros’ Arguments on Collaboration
Magistrate Judge Smacks Down Enviros’ Arguments on Collaboration Portland, Ore. – Yesterday, Magistrate Judge Sullivan offered a strong rebuke of a dubious legal challenge to an important public safety project on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Northeast Oregon. Judge Sullivan called out the plaintiffs’ – Greater Hells Canyon Council and Oregon Wild – […]
Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Common Sense: Wildfires are Emergencies
Portland, Ore. – Last week, the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of logic and common sense: massive wildfires on public lands are emergencies that often threaten lives, property, and natural resources. The Court’s ruling backed a decision by the Forest Service to build a community protection line – a fuel break – to safeguard […]