On August 26, 2014 groups representing Western Oregon’s timber industry sent a letter to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, responding to recent comments he has made in relation to legislation he has introduced to dramatically alter management of federal O&C timberlands.
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July 2014 Newsletter
House Passes ESA Reform Bill Efforts Increase to Move Forestry Bills Interior Appropriations Marked-up Wildfires Rage in the NW FS Inexplicable K-V Policy A Shift in Direction Forest Service Water Quality Directives BLM Project Update Western Governors on ESA Dr. Larry Irwin Retires
June 2014 Newsletter
Judge Refuses to Enjoin Logging Primary Election Results Send Mixed Messages Senators Request Wildfire/Forest Health Review Senators Call for Wildfire Funding Reform Vote High and Dry DNR Timber Program Update Sustainable Roads Process in W. Washington Payette CFLRP Review Walden Forest Access Bill Bill to Accelerate Land Exchanges Additional Lynx Habitat Proposed FWS Extends Comment […]
May 2014 Newsletter
Forest Service Water Quality Directives Proposed Critical Habitat Rule Changes Snow Basin Ninth Circuit Decision Algoma Project to go Forward DNR Timber Sale Program Update Fuel Treatments Make Economic Sense GAO NEPA Report More Management Under Farm Bill Siuslaw Audit Results Siuslaw Pre-solicitation and Stewardship Meetings SAF Hires EVP
April 2014 Newsletter
Skamania Meeting a Success House Letter to Senate on Forestry Bills Governors Request HFRA Designations BLM O&C Budget Efforts Jazz Project to go Forward AFRC Argues Planning Rule Case DNR Timber Sales Challenged SW Oregon Update ESA Hearing Monument Designation Transparency Bill Blue Mountain Plan Comment Period Extended Federal Timber Purchasers to Meet Connaughton to […]
Forest Products Industry Responds to BLM Draft Resource Management Plans
Tom Partin, President of the American Forest Resource Council issued the following statement on the release of the BLM’s draft Resource Management Plans for six districts in Western Oregon encompassing over 2.5 million acres of BLM-managed forestland, including the Oregon & California (O&C) Grant Lands.
March 2014 Newsletter
Hearing on O&C, Barrasso Bills Barrasso Bill Introduced Farm Bill Signed Court Issues New Order on Survey & Manage Lawsuit Seeks Additional Volume Kelsey Peak Objection Bonnie Announces Partnership Projects Stewardship Contract Seminar Forest Management a Priority Hastings to Retire Milt Herbert Honored 2014 Annual Meeting Eco-Terrorist Sentenced
February 2014 Newsletter
Hearing on O&C, Barrasso Bills Barrasso Bill Introduced Farm Bill Signed Court Issues New Order on Survey & Manage Lawsuit Seeks Additional Volume Kelsey Peak Objection Bonnie Announces Partnership Projects Stewardship Contract Seminar Forest Management a Priority Hastings to Retire Milt Herbert Honored 2014 Annual Meeting Eco-Terrorist Sentenced
January 2014 Newsletter
Omnibus Spending Bill Passes AFRC Wins Ruling in South George Wild Olympics Wilderness Legislation Wyden-Crapo Wildfire Funding Bill County Payments Hearing SW Oregon Salvage Update BLM Regeneration & the Murrelet Collins Company Honored Federal Forests Work Plan Adopted O&C Bill Hearing 2014 Annual Meeting
Statement on Wild Olympics Proposal
The forest products industry comments on the reintroduction of “Wild Olympics” Proposal by Washington Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Derek Kilmer.