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
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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 […]
May 2018 Newsletter
The May 2018 Edition of the AFRC Newsletter. D.C. Update FTPC Recap Frog Project Conclusion Trump Reshapes Appeals Courts Victory in Lava Case Forest Health Advisory Committee Meets R1 Salvage Preparation Moving Forward Economic Viability in Forest Restoration Keith Olson: Congratulations/Thank You AFRC Communications Director Update
The Project Old Enough to Vote: AFRC Secures Affirmative Decision on Frog Project Needed to Restore Forest Health
In a landmark decision after a long history, The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC)’s legal team, working with the Forest Service, obtained a victory on the Frog Project in Southern California. In September of 2017, Judge Anthony Ishii of the Eastern District of California issued an order permitting the Frog Project to proceed. The Ninth […]
AFRC Responds to Forest Service Plans for Chetco Fire
AFRC RESPONDS TO FOREST SERVICE PLANS FOR CHETCO FIRE Portland, Ore. – The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) submitted comments this week regarding the Chetco Bar Fire Salvage Environmental Assessment (EA), a document describing the Forest Service’s plans for responding to last year’s Chetco Bar Fire. The Chetco Bar fire, which ranked […]
April 2018 Newsletter
2018 Annual Meeting Showcases Success Washington, D.C. Updates AFRC Presses Its Case Against the Unlawful Expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Chetco Bar Fire Salvage EA Released Oregon Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting Payette Holds Solutions Meeting AFRC Welcomes Communications Director