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Keeping Private Forestry Economical is Key to Forest Conservation

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

NAFO tells President we need to foster an environment that values forest products and forestry.

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Going Green with California Redwoods

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

A short video presentation explains why redwood decking is the green alternative.

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National Forest Products Week

Monday, October 18th, 2010

President Obama recognizes the value of forests, proclaiming this week National Forest Products Week.

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WA Labor Supports Forest Products

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

The largest labor organization in Washington State recently endorsed forest products jobs as “environmentally safe.”

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Working Forests and America’s Great Outdoors

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

The Working Forests Coalition comments on the America’s Great Outdoors initiative – detailing how best to conserve the economic, environmental, and social values of private, working forests.

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Strong and Diverse Markets Help Conserve Private Forests

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Comments on an USDA Forest Service report: Private Forests, Public Benefits.

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Forest Products are Green

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

A guest op-ed in The Hill makes the case that forest products, and the associated jobs, are “green jobs.”

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USFS: Examining forest cover in the U.S.

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

The U.S. Forest Service explains why a recent report in USA Today on forest loss in the U.S. is inaccurate.

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Sustainability

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

NAFO’s commitment to sustainable forest management.

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LTE: Markets conserve forests

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Tenny and Selzer explain how markets for forest products conserve forests as forests.

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LATEST NEWS

  • 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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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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