NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS
Lobbying for NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS
General issues related to prescribed burns, wildfire mitigation and air quality standards (NAAQS); general issues related to the woody biomass definition in the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Issues related to increased funding for the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program in the FY2025 and FY2026 Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; issues related to funding of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners.
Issues related to forestry and forest management, issues related to the development and use of mass timber, issues related to funding for forestry programs at USDA; issues related to expanding the scope of the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program; General issues related to an online platform that would make forest health and carbon data available to stakeholders; issues related to educational grant programs to help colleges and universities train the next generation of engineers and architects on how to build with wood and mass timber; general issues to expand and strengthen the Wood Innovation Grant (WIG) program; general issues related to a new pilot program to integrate American-grown, innovative wood products into rural infrastructure and building projects; issues related to The Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act (H.R.5044 & S.2662) and building projects; issues related to timber innovation; issues related to the creation of a Forest Conservation Easement Program; general issues related to the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471 / S. 1462); general issues related to the SAWMILL Act (S.2221).
Issues generally related to forest biomass and carbon; issues related to the definition of woody biomass in the renewable fuel standard
Issues related to the environmental impacts of forest management; issues related to wildlife conservation, including conservation projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Endangered Species Act; issues related to wildfire mitigation and funding.
Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; general issues related to a returning worker exemption for H-2B workers.
Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; general issues related to a returning worker exemption for H-2B workers.
Issues related to foreign ownership of agriculture land.
Issues related to the EUDR; issues related to forestry product tariffs and trade