Fixing Tax Code Will Help Fight Climate Change

ByAmy Palmer

With today being the deadline for most Americans to file their tax returns, the Forest Landowners Association (FLA) is calling on Congress to fix a provision in the Internal Revenue Code related to timber losses from natural disaster. Forest landowners often face large financial obstacles to reforest their lands following a natural disaster. This is…

FLA Applauds Maine Congressional Delegation for Recognizing Importance of Timber Farmers

ByKatie Moss

FLA applauds the Maine congressional delegation for their recent comments to United States Department of Agriculture expressing concerns with the agency’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) guidance for nonindustrial private forestland (NIPF). In December 2020, the agency proposed a 45,000 acre upper threshold to qualify as NIPF in NRCS programs, which would exclude many landowners…