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…
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…
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…
(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…
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 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…
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…