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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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….
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Environment | ESA | Issues | Property Rights
Revised Endangered Species Act Strengthens Regulatory Certainty for Forest Landowners
Washington, D.C. – The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) applauds the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) proposed rule revisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to provide greater regulatory certainty for private forest landowners. The four proposed revisions include: Through these changes, USFWS Director Brian Nesvik, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and the Trump…
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FLA Praises Proposed EPA, Army Rule on WOTUS
WASHINGTON, DC — The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army for issuing their proposed rule clarifying the definition of Waters of the United States and fully implementing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed rule aligns federal regulations with the Supreme…
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FLA Thanks Arkansas Congressional Delegation for Defending America’s Working Forests
Washington, D.C. — The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) is grateful for the Arkansas Congressional Delegation for their strong leadership in standing up for America’s working forests and pushing back against misguided regulations such as the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). FLA views the EUDR as a direct violation of private property rights and an intentional…
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Environment | Issues | Market Access | News
Forest Landowner Organizations Urge Trump Administration to Back U.S. Timber Producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Forest Landowners Association (FLA), American Forest Foundation (AFF), and National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) sent a joint letter today to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent urging the Trump administration to include private forest landowners, family forestry businesses, and timber product manufacturers in efforts…
