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March 2016 Newsletter

AFRC Goes to Washington Washington State 2016 Election Region 6 Timber Sale Targets Finalized 2015 Medford BLM Monitoring Montana National Forest Health Report Colville Plan Comment Period Extended Westside Fire Recovery Project Merrick Garland Nominated to Supreme Court Use of State Conservation Agreements Upheld Giustina and Hull-Oakes Honored OSHA Penalties Increase


February 2016 Newsletter

Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Round up of Congressional Hearings Justice Scalia’s Passing Movement on Applegate AMA Colville Forest Plan Released New Critical Habitat Regulations New Tool Connects Forestry Needs to Services AFRC to Build Habitat for Humanity Home AFRC 2016 Annual Meeting


January 2016 Newsletter

AFRC Welcomes New Members 2016 Annual Meeting Western Governors’ ESA Initiative AFRC Intervenes in Lost Creek/Boulder Creek Case Pacific Marten Case Supreme Court Declines on Critical Habitat Designations Pacific Fisher Listing Update Barred Owl Causing Spotted Owl Decline E. Washington Post Fire Restoration 2016 Washington Legislative Session Senator Knopp Introduces Wildfire Plan


December 2015 Newsletter

Forest Management and Fire Funding Package Dies in Senate Congress Passes Omnibus Bill Region Six Timber Purchasers Meeting Western Lumber Snapshot New Study on Owls Court Upholds French Fire Project DNR Withdraws Aquatics HCP Omak Wood Products Closing Oregon Federal Forest Health Program Projects Selected Stouts Fire Restoration Idaho Governor Promotes Adaptive Management Rabot and […]


November 2015 Newsletter

Omnibus Appropriations, Fire Funding and Forest Management Another Fire and Forest Management Hearing Westside Fire Recovery Project Smokey Project Litigation Fires Keep Timber Programs in Limbo Report on Idaho Forest Health N. California FY15 Target Accomplishments Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision Update Pinchot Partners Receive Grant Washington State Forest Sector Lead


October 2015 Newsletter

Wilfire and Management Hearings FTPC Meetings in Montana Washington DNR Special Meeting Proposed New Murrelet Protection Secretary Vilsack Visit Pinchot Partners Field Tour New Homes Up, Lumber Price Down Montana East Reservoir Litigation Court of Appeals Stays WOTUS Rule Snow-Basins Intervenors Cannot Appeal French Fire Litigation Injunction Avoided Region 1 Litigation Impacts New Assistant Resource […]


September 2015 Newsletter

Congressional Updates Forest Management Reforms Fire Borrowing and Related Impacts House Passes Tribal Bill Action on DC Cases Future of Klamath in Limbo FWS to Look at More Listings New Mt. Baker Snoqualmie Supervisor New Colville Supervisor New AFRC Staff Attorney Announced Ward Armstrong


August 2015 Newsletter

Congress Moves on Fire Borrowing Comment Period on BLM Draft RMP’s Ends Wildfires Ravage Western Communities Western Oregon Wildfire Update New Year, Same Results Latest Fire Statistics Washington DNR Arrearage DNR Management Fee Increase OFRI Hires Director of Forest Products


July 2015 Newsletter

AFRC Names Next President Forestry Bill Moving Hearing on Barrasso and Wyden Bills Interior Appropriations Fremont-Winema Volume Pulled Intimidation Trumps Science Oregon Coast Coho 5-Year Review 2014 Oregon Timber Harvest Report States Invest in Forest Health Francis D. Engle