Advocacy
Advocating for Private Forest Landowners
FLA was founded to advocate for policy and regulatory initiatives that address the economic challenges of private forest landowners in the United States. We work diligently with policymakers at the national level to foster a strong business environment and balanced regulatory climate for the benefit of private forest landowners.
Learn More About FLA’s Advocacy in Action
FLA is Using Grassroots Advocacy to Affect Real Policy Change
Learn more about our SET to GO teams and how you can be involved here.
FLA’s Political Action Committee is Strategic and Focused
Learn about how our Political Action Committee (PAC) is your voice in Washington D.C. here.
The Disaster Reforestation Act is a Simple Fix to the Tax Code for Forest Landowners
Learn how you can help get this vital legislation passed here.
FLA’s Policy Focus Areas
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Fair and Certain Taxation
FLA believes federal tax policies based on equality and certainty are required to encourage the nation’s private forest landowners to make sustained, long-term capital investments in forest management.
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Open & Robust Markets
FLA believes that working to achieve policies addressing the concern of forest landowners’ ability to sell timber in the U.S. and the global wood supply chain is important.
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Regulatory Stability
FLA believes that human society cannot reap the numerous benefits of forests without secure private property rights.
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Protecting Private Property Rights
FLA believes that the private property rights of forest landowners are vital to ensure that forests can be managed sustainably and economically viable.
FLA’s Latest Advocacy News
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Winter Storm Fern Highlights the Need for Long-Term Disaster Recovery for Forests
Winter Storm Fern has caused significant damage across forested landscapes, leaving many timber producers and family forestry businesses assessing the impacts on their land. Ice accumulation caused damage across forest stands of all ages, with impacts ranging from broken tops and stem damage to uprooted trees and complete stand loss. An additional layer of concern…
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Issues | Legislative | Market Access | Natural Disasters | News | Taxes
FLA Applauds Introduction of Market Disruptions Relief Act to Support Harvesters, Haulers & Family Forest Businesses
The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) welcomes the introduction of the Timber Harvesters, Haulers, and Landowners Market Disruptions Relief Act (H.R. 7195) in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), legislation that would provide a critical new safety net for forest product harvesting and hauling businesses, as well as family forest businesses affected…
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“The EUDR Must Go”: Rep. Austin Scott Joins FLA in Calling Out Unworkable EU Regulation
The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) criticizes the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a policy that—despite its stated environmental objectives—would impose sweeping, unworkable requirements on U.S. forest landowners and jeopardize market access for sustainably produced American wood products. For private forest landowners, the delay in implementation is not just a bureaucratic footnote; it is an acknowledgment…
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Forest Landowners Association Applauds USDA Farmer Bridge Payments, Urges Inclusion of Private Forest Landowners
Washington, DC — The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) welcomes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement of $12 billion in farmer bridge payments to assist American farmers impacted by unfair trade practices, and emphasized the importance of ensuring private forest landowners are included in this assistance. Private forest landowners are farmers, and timber is an agricultural commodity….
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Op-Ed Emphasizes the Need for the Disaster Reforestation Act
This article was published in the Washington Times on November 28, 2025. America’s Forests Are Under Threat. Congress Must Act Now. America’s private forests are a strategic national asset. They provide the raw materials for housing, paper, packaging, and renewable energy. They support millions of jobs and anchor rural economies. But that foundation is at…
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FLA Responds to EUDR Delay: A Necessary Pause on a Fundamentally Unworkable Regulation
The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) considers the European Parliament’s decision to delay implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) an important signal. While this delay is welcome news, it further confirms that the EUDR is an unworkable regulation that infringes on private property rights and creates unnecessary barriers to the European Union’s market for U.S….
