FLA’s Statement on President Trump’s Timber Executive Orders
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FLA’s Statement on President Trump’s Timber Executive Orders

ByMichelle Cain

On March 1, President Trump issued two executive orders: Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Timber and Lumber and Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production. We appreciate the administration’s focus on prioritizing domestically sourced timber, as privately owned working forests supply over 90 percent of the timber used in forest products relied…

FLA Hosts Timber Talk in South Carolina – Planting the Future: From Seedlings to Success
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FLA Hosts Timber Talk in South Carolina – Planting the Future: From Seedlings to Success

ByMichelle Cain

On October 3, 2023, FLA conducted a Timber Talk that showcased the journey of longleaf pine from the seedling to the stands. The event included a half-day program and tour at the new IFCO nursery in Windsor, South Carolina, followed by a half-day tour of family landowner Ben Christensen’s longleaf pine straw operations. At the…

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FLA Applauds U.S. Commerce Department Trade Enforcement Resulting in Greater Economic Stability for FLA’s Timber Growing Members

ByMichelle Cain

On November 24, 2021, the United States Department of Commerce announced anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber producers, by doubling tariffs to 17.9% on their imports, more than twice the previously imposed rate of 8.9%. The actions were the final determination in the second administrative review of softwood lumber imports from Canada. The…

FLA Provides Private Forest Owner Perspective for USDA’s Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program
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FLA Provides Private Forest Owner Perspective for USDA’s Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program

ByMichelle Cain

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program, which would serve to expand the use of climate-smart farming and forestry practices and aid markets for forest- or agriculture-sequestered carbon. In our comments to USDA, FLA emphasized, “The climate mitigation benefits of a privately managed forest begin with the…

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FLA Hosts Carbon Market Webinar with SilviaTerra

ByKatie Moss

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FLA Weighs in on Biden Administration’s ‘30 by 30’ Climate Initiative

ByMichelle Cain

In a meeting last month with USDA’s Robert Bonnie, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Senior Adviser for Climate, FLA laid out its position that working lands and working forests can play a critical role in reaching the Biden administration’s goal – detailed in an Executive Order signed in late January – of conserving…
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FLA Statement on the Trillion Trees Act

ByKatie Moss

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″] Washington, D.C. – Representing private forest landowners who plant, grow, and harvest the vast majority of the wood and fiber that flows into domestic supply chains, the Forest Landowners Association (FLA) issued the following statement from CEO Scott Jones…
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Forest Incentives Program Act

ByMichelle Cain

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FLA Opposes Proposed Definition Changes of Non-Industrial Private Forests

ByMichelle Cain

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have proposed to change the definition of industrial and non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners based on private forest landowners managing forests for timber income or with forest acreage above 45,000 acres. Changes to the guidance for identifying NIPF or to the definition of NIPF…