The American Forest Resource Council has named Travis Joseph as its next President.
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Industry Outlines Continued Opposition to Wyden Bill
The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee today held a hearing on the Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2015 (S. 132), legislation sponsored by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden to change the management of O&C timberlands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The committee also held a hearing on the National Forest Ecosystem […]
June 2015 Newsletter
H.R. 2647 on a Fast-track Barrasso Introduces Federal Forest Legislation More Concerns with BLM’s RMPs RMP Timber/Wildlife Workshop BLM Volume Case Stumbles Action on FS/BLM 2016 Budget Small Movement on Fire Borrowing Issue Porcupine Injunction Denied DNR FY15 Timber Sale Program NWFP 20-Year Monitoring Reports YTD Wildfire Statistics Laura Jo West to Coconino
BLM O&C Timber Sale Case Dismissed on Technicality
AFRC expressed frustration at the decision of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate its 2013 victory over the BLM on a technical issue related to standing.
May 2015 Newsletter
BLM Plan Falls Short Litigation Impacts to Federal Forest Management New Section 7 Consultation Regulations New DxP Direction Issued Carlton Complex Harvest Moves Forward National Forests Failing Wildlife ODF Budgets Aid to Federal Forests Busy 4th Quarter in SW Oregon NWFP Forum Marten Named to Head Region 1
April 2015 Newsletter
BLM Releases Draft Resource Management Plans 2015 Annual Meeting – All About Successes Jazz Decision Affirmed Carlton Complex Salvage Goes Forward Forest Planning Rule Case Decided Budget Cuts Looming? Hearings Look at Wildfire and LWCF SRS Extended Groundwater Directives Withdrawn Forest Planning Listening Sessions Continue Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision Redux Eugene BLM Invests in […]
March 2015 Newsletter
Walden Secures Reauthorization of County Payments Duane Vaagen Testifies Before Senate Committee AFRC’s Tom Partin Testifies on Appropriations Northwest Forest Plan Revision Project Challenge to DNR Salvage Sale Insect and Disease CE Signed Goose EIS and Analysis Paralysis CEQ GHG Guidance Comments Divided Lands Region 6 Forest Supervisors New Faces on the Mendocino Last Chance […]
February 2015 Newsletter
FS and BLM 2016 Budgets SRS Bill Introduced Ninth Circuit Upholds Landscape Scale Project Designation by Prescription Debacle Federal Forests an Early Focus for Daines Will Kitzhaber’s Forestry Legacy Continue? Sustainable Harvest Update and Arrearage Scoping Washington Legislature Spotted Owl Consultation Gets Silly Forest Planning Rule Directives Northwest Forest Plan Revision Begins Jordan Cove Pipeline […]
January 2015 Newsletter
SRS, Wildfire, O&C and Forestry Bills Committee Leadership Named Kitzhaber’s Plan for Federal Forests Washington DNR State Lands DNR Scoping Sustainable Harvest Calculation Forest Plan Updates Pinchot Partners Receive Award New Fish and Wildlife Bosses Rod Swanson 2015 Annual Meeting
December 2014 Newsletter
Congress Passes Key Bills – Exits DC Region 6 Timber Purchasers Meeting Forest Service Objection Process Ninth Circuit Upholds Beaverslide Project Concerning Verdict on Snow Basin Plaintiff Assessed Costs in Algoma Case Senate Announces Committee Assignments Erica Rhoad Takes Staff Director Job DNR State Aquatic Lands HCP Umpqua Road Rules Report Critcizes ESA Listing Process […]