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Secretary Salazar’s Failed Timber Policies Bad for Rural Oregon
Ken Salazar, President Obama’s Secretary of the Interior, was in Medford, Oregon today to tour the “Pilot Joe” demonstration project and hold a Town Hall meeting where he sought to downplay the impact of a new Northern Spotted Owl critical habitat designation and announced yet another lengthy administrative forest planning process for 2.5 million acres […]
O&C Land Legislation
Today, Oregon U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden and Kurt Schrader released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation aimed at resolving the forest management and county revenue crisis facing much of western Oregon. The legislative proposal comes after months of effort by the offices to consider the needs of the forests, communities and local governments […]
January 2012 Newsletter
Interior Appropriations Bill Passed Spotted Owl Critical Habitat Delayed Survey & Manage Settlement Appeal Congressional Redistricting & Retirements Planning Rule Advisory Committee Court Vacates Boiler MACT Stay DNR Timber Program Report Kootenai & Panhandle Forest Plans NOAA to Interior? FWS Considers Humboldt Marten Black-backed Woodpecker Protection Sought New DNR Asst. Division Manager Dahlman New OFS […]
Forest Planning Rule Statement
The National Forest Planning process has a significant impact on the members of AFRC and their employees who live and work in the remote communities of the West where timber jobs and forest health are important to everyday life.
Timber industry challenges marbled murrelet habitat designation
Today, the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) brought suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) claiming the agency violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when it designated millions of acres of forest land in Washington, Oregon and California as critical habitat for the marbled murrelet.
Roadless Rule Ruling
Today, the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Wyoming Federal District Court Judge Clarence Bremmer’s 2007 ruling that the 2001 Clinton Roadless Rule was illegal.
Groups ask Supreme Court to Review Forest Road Case
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC), together with a 6 other associations representing federal forest and rangeland resource businesses and families, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the requests of Oregon’s State Forester Doug Decker and the forest products industry for review of a decision about forest roads.
White House Rural Economic Forum
Tom Partin, President of the American Forest Resource Council, participated in President Obama’s August 16 Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College.
Industry Seeks Sustainable Harvest on O&C Lands
Frustration over the failure of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to follow the law has lead the forest products industry to once again seek a Court Order directing the agency to sell timber in western Oregon.