Author: Michelle Cain

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White House Proclamation Signals Support for U.S. Forest Landowners Amid Timber Crisis
ByMichelle Cain September 30, 2025

FLA Continues to Lead the Charge on Federal Action to Stabilize the Forestry Sector Washington, D.C. – The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) commends the Trump Administration for issuing a proclamation to adjust imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products. The proclamation recognizes the urgency of the national crisis facing private forest landowners across America. FLA…

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FLA Funds Hazardous Fuel Reduction on Priority Landscape
ByMichelle Cain September 25, 2025

In 2025, FLA is deploying more than $300,000 in combined funding from the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support hazardous fuel reduction on private lands surrounding the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The Okefenokee and neighboring private forests have long faced a high risk of wildfire. The surrounding communities are also…

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More Than 400 Organizations Urge President Trump to Act on National Forestry Crisis
ByMichelle Cain September 8, 2025

Washington, D.C. — More than 400 associations, businesses, and landowners representing the forest products sector have signed a joint letter to President Donald J. Trump urging immediate action to address an escalating crisis threatening America’s timber supply, rural economies, and energy security. The effort, led by the Forest Landowners Association, the American Biomass Energy Association, and the American…

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Court Strikes Down Federal Overreach in Landmark Private Property Rights Win
ByMichelle Cain August 25, 2025August 25, 2025

Black Pinesnake Critical Habitat Designation Vacated Due to Lack of Scientific Evidence Carrollton, GA – Private landowners won a decisive victory for private property rights this week as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama struck down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision that attempted to designate more than…

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Savannah Mill Shutdown Underscores Urgent Need for Certainty in Forestry Sector
ByMichelle Cain August 22, 2025

(ATLANTA) – On August 21, International Paper announced it will permanently close its nearly 90-year-old Savannah container-board mill, along with its Riceboro mill, by the end of September. This closure will result in approximately 1,100 workers losing their livelihoods, devastate the local community, and put financial strain on hardworking families. This is just the latest in a…

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Statement from the Forest Landowners Association on the U.S.–EU Trade Framework Announcement
ByMichelle Cain August 22, 2025

The Forest Landowners Association is encouraged by today’s announcement of a framework for a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union, particularly item 10 of the joint statement. This provision marks an important step toward recognizing that America’s forests and family forest landowners are not drivers of deforestation. By explicitly acknowledging the…

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Forest Landowners Association Statement on U.S. Department of Commerce’s Action on Canadian Softwood Lumber
ByMichelle Cain August 8, 2025

The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the final anti-subsidy rate in its sixth annual review of Canadian softwood lumber imports into the United States. The review covers lumber imported from Canada into the U.S. in 2023. The Forest Landowners Association supports strong enforcement of U.S. trade laws to ensure fair competition for American timber…

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Forest Landowners Association Expands Government Affairs Team with Addition of Palmer Schoening as Consultant in Washington, DC
ByMichelle Cain August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) is pleased to announce the addition of Palmer Schoening as a government affairs consultant based in Washington, D.C. Schoening will work in close partnership with Craig Anderson, FLA’s Vice President of Government Affairs, to advance tax policy priorities that benefit private forest landowners across the United States. Schoening brings more…

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Statement from the Forest Landowners Association on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Action on Canadian Softwood Lumber
ByMichelle Cain August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

The Forest Landowners Association commends the Department of Commerce and the Trump Administration for taking decisive action to enforce U.S. trade laws by raising antidumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber. Unfairly traded Canadian lumber has long undercut the domestic market, suppressing prices and stifling investment in American mills and working forests. This announcement is a…

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Forest Landowners Foundation Awarded Nearly $300,000 to Expand Woodchip Export Opportunities and Strengthen Forest Markets
ByMichelle Cain July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Atlanta, GA — The Forest Landowners Foundation (FLF) has been awarded nearly $300,000 through the U.S. Forest Service’s 2025 Wood Innovations Grant Program to help open new export markets for southern yellow pine (SYP) woodchips using an innovative heat treatment process. The project, led by Peeples Industries with support from FLF, will develop a commercial-scale…

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