by Melinda Gable | Aug 16, 2019 | ESA, News
On July 17, 2019, President Trump re-nominated Aurelia Skipwith to serve as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The president first nominated her to the same position in October 2018, but the Senate failed to confirm her before the Congressional...
by Melinda Gable | Aug 16, 2019 | ESA, News
As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continues to work on its 5-year review of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, FLA has been working with the Service to ensure that the interests and impact of private forest landowners are fully understood. As a part of these...
by Melinda Gable | Aug 16, 2019 | ESA, News
The Trump administration has announced major changes in the way the Endangered Species Act (ESA) will be implemented, to reduce the system’s regulatory impact on private interests. On August 12, 2019, the Administration finalized three new rules governing the...
by Melinda Gable | Aug 14, 2019 | News
Forestry’s only family business conference drew a diversity of family forest owners from across the country. Every year, the FLA conference attracts a diversity of attendees, and this year we witnessed an increase across the spectrum in families and forestry...
by Melinda Gable | Jun 5, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
Are core forest landowners falling in the gap among USFS NWOS surveys focused on small wood lot owners, urban tree owners, and large-scale corporations? Although the NWOS, released regularly since 1993, is the government’s most thorough assessment of family forest...
by Melinda Gable | Apr 24, 2019 | Natural Disasters, News
A coalition of 29 forestry and conservation organizations from across the country sent a letter urging the House Ways and Means Committee to act on the Forest Recovery Act, introduced by Rep. Carter (GA-1). The FRA would allow a tax deduction for the fair market value...
