Wildfires and Forest Management Reform Fite Completes a Doubleheader Court Decides Challenges to Western Oregon RMP Can Stay in D.C. Frog Project Finally Cleared Singletary Sale Overturned, More Process to Come A New Nominee for the Ninth Circuit AFRC Joins Amicus Brief on Value of Timber in Eminent Domain Cases Ninth Circuit Lets Sunny South […]
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AFRC Statement Regarding Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Review
Portland, Ore. – Travis Joseph, President of the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC), issued the following statement regarding media reports about Secretary of the Interior Zinke’s review of national monuments, including the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: “We simply don’t know if this leaked document accurately reflects the findings and recommendations in the final report to the […]
August 2017 Newsletter
Washington, D.C. Updates Interior Secretary Zinke Submits Monument Report to President Trump AFRC Submits Protest to BLM Project In Landmark Decision, Ninth Circuit Upholds A to Z Project AFRC Files an Amicus Brief in the U.S. Supreme Court Farm Bill CE Survives First Test in Sunny South Case A New Runway Doesn’t Need an EIS. […]
U.S. District Court Upholds Use of Insect, Disease ‘CE’ to Expedite Forest Health Project on Tahoe National Forest
A forest health project on California’s Tahoe National Forest can proceed after a U.S. District Court judge ruled the U.S. Forest Service appropriately used a special categorical exclusion (CE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to expedite the removal of timber. The case is the first to challenge the use of this CE that […]
Major NE Washington Forest Health Project Can Proceed After Court Victory
Portland, Ore. – The American Forest Resource Council applauded the unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to allow the historic “A to Z” forest health project to proceed on the Colville National Forest in Northeastern Washington. AFRC intervened in the case on behalf of Stevens County, Pend Oreille County […]
July 2017 Newsletter
Washington, DC Updates Full Ninth Circuit Declines to Hear White Castle Appeal: On to the Supreme Court? AFRC Attorneys to Defend Singletary DNR Sale at August Court Hearing Judge Upholds Use of Emergency NEPA Authority to Construct Wolverine Firebreak AFRC Comments on Streamlining BLM’s Planning and NEPA Processes Lolo Beefing Up Sale Program Colville Forest […]
June 2017 Newsletter
To Ann Forest Burns: Congratulations and Thank you AFRC Dedicates Springfield Habitat for Humanity Home to Deserving Family Children’s Film Festival to Highlight Oregon’s Forests/Award Scholarship Washington D.C./Congressional Updates Secretary Zinke Reshuffles BLM Court Denies Injunction on Orogrande Project, Opponents Give Up In Win for Forest Health and Economics, Smokey Project May Proceed in Limited […]
Oregon Forest Products Industry, Habitat for Humanity Partner to Make Dream of Homeownership Come True for Local Family
WHAT: S/E Habitat House Dedication Ceremony WHEN: Saturday, June 24, at 10:00 AM WHERE: 4869 A Street, Springfield, OR Springfield, Ore – Single mom Nayeli and her twelve-year-old-daughter Alitza will be joined by Springfield Mayor Lundberg, partners from the forest products industry, and Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity (S/E Habitat) supporters as they are handed the […]
AFRC General Counsel Lawson Fite Testimony to Federal Lands Subcommittee
Highlights of AFRC’s Lawson Fite’s Testimony to the Federal Lands Subcommittee
May 2017 Newsletter
Washington, D.C./Congressional Updates National Monument/Antiquities Act Review Ninth Circuit Denies White Castle Appeal Singletary Auctioned, Litigation Follows District Court Rejects Injunctive Relief for Tower/Grizzly Projects AFRC Supports ESDs for North and South Pioneer Fire Projects FTPC Spring Meeting BLM Timber Sale Generates Impressive Value New 5-Year Review of Marbled Murrelet New Marten Finding Due in […]