Aug 18, 2020 | Issues, Market Access, News
FLA continues to push for a legislative fix for timber casualty loss through the Forest Recovery Act. As such, we appreciate the US Forest Service’s recent analysis of the estimated fair market value of loss timber from natural disasters. As reported in a...
Aug 10, 2020 | Issues, News, Taxes
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a limitation on the amount of interest expense that can be deducted from a business’s taxes. There are multiple exemptions to this limitation to allow a business to deduct their full interest expense. For FLA members the first...
Oct 24, 2018 | Blog, Issues, Market Access
National Forest Products Week: A reminder of the resource that makes it possible As we celebrate National Forest Products Week, private family forest landowners, in the midst a thriving economy, it’s important to recognize the family forest landowners and their...
Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, ESA, Issues, Property Rights
House Natural Resources Committee Moves Four Bills to the House Floor for Consideration On September 27, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on nine bills that would amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Four...
Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, ESA, Issues, Property Rights
The Trump Administration has proposed new regulations that would limit the circumstances under which unoccupied habitat can be designated as “critical habitat” under the Endangered Species Act. However, FLA is concerned that these new regulations would...
Sep 21, 2018 | Blog, Issues
Story by Melinda Gable and Lauren Ward For more than 40 years, the National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS), produced by the US Forest Service, has served as the official census of family forest owners in the United States, driving policy and conservation initiatives at...
