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…
The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) commends Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) for their leadership in highlighting the national crisis facing private forest landowners. During a business meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on the Fix Our Forests Act, the Senators proposed an amendment to include the Disaster Reforestation Act. Senator Tuberville…
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…
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…
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…
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…
At a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) once again championed the needs of private forest landowners by highlighting a longstanding issue: landowners impacted by natural disasters are often unable to deduct the true value of their destroyed timber. This tax inequity places a heavy burden on family forestry businesses working…
WASHINGTON, DC – The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) has led a coalition of more than 75 state and national organizations in sending a letter to Congressional leadership urging the inclusion of the Disaster Reforestation Act in the upcoming budget reconciliation package. The broad coalition represents key sectors of agriculture, business, conservation, forestry, and other stakeholders…