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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Forest Landowners Association thanks the Trump Administration and U.S. Trade Representative Greer for taking decisive action by initiating a Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s unfair trading practices. This is a critical first step in addressing the surge of imported wood products produced under weaker environmental and labor standards, which undercut American-grown wood and threaten the…
The Forest Landowners Association appreciates the inclusion of several important provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that will provide much-needed certainty for multi-generational forest landowners and family-owned forestry businesses across the country. Key tax-related measures in the legislation that support the long-term viability of private working forests include: These provisions provide the long-term…
By Scott Jones, CEO, Forest Landowners AssociationIn response to “Okefenokee Swamp isn’t out of the woods yet” by Josh Marks, June 29, 2025, in the Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is a national treasure—but its greatest defenders are not politicians, environmental activists, or Atlanta attorneys. They are the family forest landowners who’ve spent generations…
On June 12, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a pivotal Executive Order titled Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response, aimed at overhauling the federal government’s approach to wildfire management. The directive seeks to strengthen coordination across agencies, promote innovative technologies, and enhance the effectiveness of wildfire prevention and response nationwide. Under the Executive Order, the…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially rescinded the Roadless Rule, a decades-old regulation that restricted road construction and timber harvesting on National Forest System lands. This move marks a significant step toward restoring balance to forest management policies and supporting the communities and private landowners who neighbor federally managed forests. Originally implemented in…