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Forest Service Planning Rule

April 18, 2012 - Following is a quick analysis of the Forest Service’s final planning rule, which was released on March 23.  The planning rule establishes a new regulatory framework for updating the Forest Service’s land and resource management plans required for each national forest by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA).   This analysis focuses on changes between the final rule and the draft rule that was published on February 14, 2011, along with a few changes that were made to clarify the final rule during the two months following release of the final EIS. more

Letter to Support the Baucus Amendment to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools & PILT

April 12, 2012 - The attached letter is in support of the Baucus amendment to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools and PILT more

Sealaska Factsheet

April 12, 2012 - Factsheet on Sealaska Lands Bill. this legislation woudl make thousands of acres of the most important ladns in the Tongass National Forest available for development by Sealaska Corp., a for-profit entity. more

Analysis of Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012

April 11, 2012 - Following is a quick analysis of H.R. 4019, the “Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012,” which was introduced by Rep. Hastings on February 14 and approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on February 16.  Overall, the bill would dramatically change national forest management by imposing mandatory timber sale volume and revenue requirements and exempting logging and other revenue-generating activities from environmental laws.  more