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Washington DC Update Fix Our Forests Act Continuing Resolution Upcoming Lame Duck Session Forest Service Budget Woes The AFRC Podcast: Episode 37- Understanding the impacts of NEPA litigation Northwest Forest Plan Amendment DEIS Now Expected in November AFRC Submits Comments on National Old-Growth Amendment DEIS Ninth Circuit Upholds Three Forest...

Northwest Forest Plan Amendment DEIS Pushed to October Washington Primary Election Results The AFRC Podcast: Episode 36- Explaining the Barred Owl Strategy Updates on BLM’s Public Lands Rule—Committee, Litigation, and Guidance AFRC Files Amicus Brief in Support of the Twisp Project and Condition-Based Management Lonerock Fire on Umatilla National Forest...

Washington DC Update Appropriations Permitting legislation 6th Emerging Leaders Program, Sept 12-13, Springfield The AFRC Podcast: Travis Joseph on finding consensus to modernize the Northwest Forest Plan Report: Pacific Northwest Anti-Forestry Groups Dominate NEPA Litigation Nationwide U.S. Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Deference and Redefines When the Statute of Limitations to...

Washington DC Update Fix our Forests Act Wyden’s River Democracy Act Congressional reaction to Biden Administration Old Growth Rule 6th Emerging Leaders Program, Sept 12-13, Springfield The AFRC Podcast: Blending Indigenous knowledge and western science in forest management Forest Service Releases Draft EIS for Old Growth Amendments U.S. Supreme Court...

Washington DC Update Farm Bill Committee Hearings 6th Emerging Leaders Program, Sept 12-13, Springfield The AFRC Podcast: U.S. Forest Service Invests in Wood Innovation Research Assesses Constraints on Mechanical Treatment to Reduce Wildfire Threat The Council on Environmental Quality Finalizes NEPA Phase 2 Revisions U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes...

AFRC Wraps up 2024 Annual Meeting, “The Future of Public Forest Management” Washington DC Update Forest Service Budget Hearings House Natural Resources Hearing on Westerman Forestry Legislation BLM Conservation Rule Mature and Old Growth The AFRC Podcast: NWTF and Tackling the Nation’s Wildfire Crisis BLM Finalizes Conservation and Land Health...

Washington DC Update Federal government avoids shutdown Congressional hearings Congress Weighs in on Mature and Old Growth Rule The AFRC Podcast: Why Timber Supply Matters in Public Lands Management Mid-year Federal Timber Program Update The U.S. Supreme Court Denies AFRC’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari on its O&C Act Lands...

Washington DC Update Farm Bill prospects look dim Vilsack appears before House Agriculture Committee The AFRC Podcast: Rep. Cliff Bentz on the U.S. Supreme Court, Antiquities Act, O&C Timberlands Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Added to AFRC Annual Meeting Agenda New Lawsuit Challenges Forest Service Timber Targets AFRC Argues Before the...

Speaker Update; Register and Book Your Room Today for the 2024 AFRC Annual Meeting Washington DC Update AFRC Submits Comments on Multiple Forest Service Plan Amendments The AFRC Podcast: Biden Old Growth Policy – What Does It Mean for Forest Management? Northwest Forest Plan Advisory Committee Meets in Eugene Forest...

Registration for AFRC’s Annual Meeting is Now Open The AFRC Podcast: Travis Joseph Previews 2024 Timber, Lumber and Public Lands Issues Washington DC Update Continuing Resolution Wilderness bills advance in Senate Committee Congressional reaction to Forest Service Old Growth rulemaking Members of Congress and National Organizations Show Strong Support for...

Washington DC Update Continuing Resolution Forest Service Mature and Old Growth Threat Assessment Senate ENR Markup The AFRC Podcast: Montana’s Bruce and Chas Vincent- Adaptive Management, Grizzlies, and Overcoming Anti-Forestry Litigation Northwest Forest Plan Advisory Committee Meets in Seattle, Amendment on the Horizon AFRC and AOCC Ask the U.S. Supreme...

Washington DC Update Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Senate Energy & Natural Resources Hears Forestry Bills The AFRC Podcast: Western Forest Products and Why Japan Loves PNW Wood Forest Service Fiscal Year 2023 Wrap-up BLM Fiscal Year 2023 Wrap-up Umatilla National Forest: ‘Anthropogenic Landscapes’ Need Management Colville National Forest Hits Reset...

Washington DC Update Government Shutdown Looming Forestry Bills Advance in U.S. House Senator Diane Feinstein Passes The AFRC Podcast: Forest Management at Work During 2023 Wildfire Season Federal Wildfire Commission Releases Report Forest Service Ramps Up Fuel Break Projects Magistrate Judge Issues Findings & Recommendations in Challenge to the Eastside...

Washington DC Update: August Recess Provides Opportunities to Interact with Members, Congressional Staff The AFRC Podcast: Separation of Powers, O&C Lands and the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Fuel Reduction Supports Firefighters, Protects Communities During Oregon’s Flat Fire Favorable Decision Upholding Three Projects on the Fremont-Winema National Forest Forest Service awards first...

AFRC President Travis Joseph Appointed to NWFP Advisory Committee The AFRC Podcast: U.S. Senator Steve Daines Washington, DC Update House Interior Appropriations Federal wildland firefighter salaries Manchin and Barrasso weigh in on Forest Service ANPR AFRC Provides Blueprint for Climate Smart Forestry D.C. Circuit Court Reverses Judge Leon’s Rulings Regarding...