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Policy Issues

  • Climate Change
    Climate change: America's well-managed private forests are vital to any climate change solution. More

  • Environment
    Environment: America’s private forests are vital to our water supply and the health of wildlife water habitat, but potential over-regulation could have the unintended consequence of driving good forest landowners out of the business of growing and maintaining forests. More

  • Long Term Investment and Tax Policy
    Tax: The face of forest ownership in America is constantly changing. Tax policy needs to keep up with these changes to encourage and enable forest landowners to sustainably manage America’s forests for the long-term. More

  • Renewable Energy
    Renewable energy: America's private forests are vital to the nation's renewable energy efforts. More

  • Working Forests
    Facts and figures on the benefits of private, working forests. More

LATEST NEWS

  • NAFO praised the EPA for its efforts to include forest biomass as a source of transportation fuels in its final rule implementing the Federal RFS, and called upon Congress to fix the flawed definition in the Standard excluding most renewable forest biomass from the program. More

  • BCAP can provide carbon neutral energy from renewable forest biomass as part of our contribution to cleaner energy and a better climate. Additionally, if administered properly, can help develop vital new markets that give forest owners the financial means to maintain their forests as forests for the long term. More

  • Private, working forests contribute significantly to the U.S. economy. A new study quantifies the per-acre economic impact on jobs, taxes, GDP, etc. More

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FORESTRY JOURNAL

  • NAFO participates in the 2010 Clean Energy, Jobs & Security Forum on Capitol Hill, moderated by Senator Debbie Stabenow, More

  • NAFO seeks an experienced professional to direct its policy, regulatory and legal affairs portfolio. More

  • Members of Congress from around the country and across the aisle joined together in an amicus brief to support an EPA pesticide rule. Striking down the rule will threaten forest health. More

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