On March 21, the American Forest Resource Council joined the Carpenters Industrial Council, Siskiyou County, California, and a group of forest products manufacturers and private forest landowners in a lawsuit to overturn the latest Northern Spotted Owl critical habitat designation. The case was filed in federal District Court in Washington, D.C., against the Secretary of […]
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Industry Comments on Senate County Payments Hearing
On March 19, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing entitled “Keeping the Commitment to Rural Communities” to review the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) and Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) county payment programs.
February 2013 Newsletter
State Trust Forest Management Hearing Senators Advocate Payment Reauthorization Commentary on O&C Solution Congressionals Want O&C Hearing Kitzhaber and Eastside Funding Wilderness Reintroduced Stewardship, Good Neighbor Authority Forest Planning Rule Directives Jewell Nominated 2013 Annual Meeting
January 2013 Newsletter
Forest Roads Case Subcommittee to Review NEPA Hidden Cost of Wildfire Victory for Idaho Roadless Rule Coho and Steelhead CH Proposed Polar Bear CH Thrown Out Malheur 10-Year Stewardship Contract Vilsack in, Salazar Out Kitzhaber on Federal Forests Western Oregon Sales Update Rasure Named Regional Forester EPA Releases Boiler MACT Rules 2013 Annual Meeting
December 2012 Newsletter
Forest Roads Case New Spotted Owl Critical Habitat Forest Health Assessment Committee Chairmanships Sizing Up Restoration Treatments DNR Timber Program Report BLM Awards Regeneration Sale Shasta Trinity Defends Projects FWS Reviewing Caribou Listing Stoel Rives Honored
November 2012 Newsletter
113th Congress Congressionals Want Forest Health Help NSO Critical Habitat Delayed Forest Service Acres Harvested N. CA Target Accomplishments Court Denies Cottonwood Injunction Mendocino Challenges Continue SOPI Issued China Illegally Dumping Plywood
October 2012 Newsletter
Election Update Kitzhaber’s O&C Discussion Group AFRC Withdraws Protest Preliminary FY12 Sale Accomplishments Forest Service Regeneration Harvests Management vs. Fire Funding Okanogan/Wenatchee Update OFRI Issues Economic Report
Timber Industry Withdraws Protest
Today, AFRC withdrew its protest of the Friese Camp Project on the Medford BLM District.
September 2012 Newsletter
Congress Passes Continuing Resolution Forest Roads Case Legal Victory on EAs Farm Bill Stalls 2012 Fire Statistics AFRC Protests BLM Sale Lawsuits Coming Fast and Furious Big Game Foraging Habitat DNR Timber Program Report Sequestration Impacts Cal Joyner Promoted
August 2012 Newsletter
Planning Rule Lawsuit Filed Focus on Forest Health Bills Litigation and Fire Impacts Owl CH Economic Impact Underestimated Forest Service Issues Objection Rule Williamette Ecological Forestry Colville Blowdown Perez Named State Director New Wallowa-Whitman Supervisor