AFRC filed a legal challenge to Presidential Proclamation 9564, an order signed by President Obama in his final days of office nearly doubling the size of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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February 2017 Newsletter
Save the Date: AFRC’s Annual Meeting, April 18-20 Washington, D.C. Updates Deadline Near for WA DNR DEIS Comments AFRC Exposes D.C. Officials’ Involvement in Flawed BLM RMPs Mixed Decision on Smokey Project Leaves Door Open for 2017 Operations Region 1 and Lolo Update AFRC Welcomes Staff Attorney Sara Ghafouri AFRC Job Opening: Southwestern Oregon Field […]
January 2017 Newsletter
Trump Administration Makes Early Personnel Moves Legislative Session Underway in Olympia Andy Geissler: Strong economy built on timber industry Western Oregon Timber Sale Outlook Colville Plan and Salvage Update DNR Sustainable Harvest Calculation DEIS Public Meetings Update Take Action: Will Congress Address the Cottonwood Decision? Gorsuch Nominated to Supreme Court Job Opening: AFRC Seeks Southwestern […]
Andy Geissler: Strong economy built on timber industry
AFRC Field Forester Andy Geissler writes guest column in Register Guard.
AFRC Responds to Controversial Cascade Siskiyou National Monument Expansion
This decision was not about conservation. It was not about collaboration or public involvement. It was not about doing the right thing for the next generation. This top-down, last-minute decision was about serving special interests over the objections of hard-working Oregonians who have cared for these lands for generations.
December 2016 Newsletter
Trump Transition Announces Natural Resources Picks 114th Congress Adjourns Sine Die Horngren Honored by Oregon State Bar Ninth Circuit Affirms Win on Westside Recovery Project Ninth Circuit Dismisses Johnson Bar Intervention Appeal Forest Planning Rule Amended Pioneer Fire Salvage Efforts Lakeview BLM Program Post Cascade-Siskiyou Monument Expansion AFRC Begins Work on Lolo Washington DNR Sustainable […]
November 2016 Newsletter
Congress Returns for Post-Election Lame Duck WA Election Results USFS R6 Science Synthesis DNR Marbled Murrelet Long Term Conservation Plan Ninth Circuit Lets A to Z Work Continue AFRC Steps Up to Defend CE in Sunny South Litigation Legal Outlook for the New Administration Learn About AFRC’s Legal Program Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest Update Forest Planning Rule […]
Manufacturers: We Are the Solution
AFRC today joined manufacturers from across the nation in sending an important message to President-Elect Trump and Congress. It is important that all of our elected leaders do the right thing by pursuing solutions and working in good faith for all Americans. Representing forest products manufacturers throughout the Northwest, AFRC will seek to be part […]
October 2016 Newsletter
AFRC Welcomes New Members AFRC Weighs in on Cascade Siskiyou National Monument Forest Service Preliminary National Outputs Region 6 2016 Timber Accomplishments A to Z Project Clears First Legal Hurdle AFRC Spearheads Support in Tower/Grizzly Litigation GNA Working in Idaho Another Fisher Lawsuit Forest Planning Rule Amendment Proposed 2017 Wood Innovations Program Request for Proposals […]
Olympic Experimental Forest Plan Completed Timber Companies Congratulate DNR
During a ceremony held in Forks, Washington, AFRC congratulated the Washington State Department of Natural Resources on the completion of the Olympic Experimental State Forest land plan.