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Lincoln and Chambliss Promote Responsible Pesticide Use

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Senators Lincoln and Chambliss introduced legislation to affirm that if pesticides are applied according to EPA guidelines no additional permit is needed.

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NAFO Comments on Pesticide Application Permit

Monday, July 19th, 2010

NAFO comments on the EPA’s NPDES general permit for pesticide application.

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Sustainability

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

NAFO’s commitment to sustainable forest management.

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38 Members of Congress Support EPA Rule on Pesticides

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

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.

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Labor Regulations Pose Risk to Reforestation

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

NAFO urged the Department of Labor to reconsider its proposed rule changes for reforestation guest workers. Failure to do this will negatively affect reforestation efforts and cause significant harm to the economic viability of long-term forest management.

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NAFO supports EPA rule on pesticides and the Clean Water Act

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

NAFO joins an amicus brief to support the proper use of pesticides in accordance with EPA rules.

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EPA’s Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for Sulfometuron Methyl

Monday, January 12th, 2009

NAFO commented on the herbicide sulfometuron methyl, a key herbicide used in forest operations.

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LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER

Take action to conserve private forests.

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FORESTRY JOURNAL

  • NAFO’s recommendations respond to the Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel’s draft recommendations on EPA’s accounting framework for carbon emissions. More

  • A new report provides a concise primer to policy makers on the forest carbon cycle, carbon accounting, biomass energy emissions and other critical topics. More

  • New federal legislation will help timberland owners avoid costly permit fees for logging roads, U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Kurt Schrader announced Monday. Under the new provision, a 35-year-old U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy would be extended for another year. It would shield timber companies from the cost of designing stormwater control systems for logging roads under the federal Clean Water Act. Landowners will not be required to get federal permits to build logging roads. More

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