DC Update Murrelet LTCS FEIS Released Judge Remands Sale Back to BLM Sierra/Sequoia Plan Comments Submitted GNA Projects Reworked BLM 2019 Wrap-up Willamette Hits 100 mmbf Save the Date: 2020 Annual Meeting
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August 2019 Newsletter
Washington DC Update AFRC Comments on Proposed Revised NEPA Regulations ESA Regulations Released Washington State and DNR Updates Ninth Circuit Dismisses Bull Run Appeal on Mootness Grounds AFRC and Industry Coalition Urge Supreme Court to Fix Mistaken Trail Administration Ruling FWS Rejects Petition to List Siskiyou Mountain Salamander Region 1 Rounds Out Leadership Team Save […]
July 2019 Newsletter
DC Update Lower Grave Remanded Back Progress on Environmental Analysis DNR Timber Sale Program Oregon Federal Forest Restoration Program Study Objection Resolution on the Colville Idaho Identifies Shared Stewardship Areas
Ninth Circuit Backs Expedited Forest Management
Ninth Circuit Court Backs Expedited Forest Management On June 24, setting legal precedent for nine western states, the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the Sunny South Project on the Tahoe National Forest. This is an important legal victory for active forest management on public lands and confirmation of a new bipartisan Congressional tool passed in the […]
Judge Green-Lights Important Restoration Project on Mt. Hood National Forest, Pushing Aside Challenge from Activist Groups
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2019 Contact: Asha Aiello, 503-222-9505 Portland, Ore. – On June 18, Judge Michael Mosman, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in Oregon, issued a ruling rejecting environmental groups’ challenge to an important thinning project on the Mt. Hood National Forest to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk. […]
June 2019 Newsletter
DC Update FFRC Update Sunny South Upheld Seiad-Horse Injunction Lifted Smokey Project Greenlit Crystal Clear Project to Move Ahead GNA Reporting Bill Passed Forest Products Modernization Updates “Restoration” on the Malheur Early Seral Workshop New Forest Supervisors in R1 and R6 Emerging Leaders 2019 Evergreen Habitat Volunteer Day
May 2019 Newsletter
Washington, DC Update Federal Timber Purchasers Committee Meeting AFRC/Montana Logging Association Weigh in With Support of Glacier Loon Project Montana Governor Appoints Forest Action Advisory Council AFRC Participates in Forests Today & Forever Field Days
AFRC Letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on ORE Act
AFRC sent a letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee expressing our concerns and recommendations regarding S. 1262, the Oregon Recreation Enhancement (ORE) Act. The legislation proposes a 60,000-acre expansion of the Rogue Wilderness, a new 98,000 acre Rogue National Recreation Area, and a new 30,000 acre Molalla National Recreation Area. These same […]
April 2019 Newsletter
2019 AFRC Annual Meeting DC Update Washington Legislative Update O & C Monument Rulings Cottonwood Colville Objection Meetings Rogue Forest Restoration Initiative Forum Member Profile: Rosboro
March 2019 Newsletter
AFRC Annual Meeting DC Update O & C Act Blue Mountain Forest Plan Pulled East Reservoir Project Proceeds Severe Weather and Timber Sales Clean Water Act Review Swanson Mill Closure Region 1 Honored Women in the Woods