FORESTS related term(s) Lumber Industry

Amendments

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (H.R. 5513), H8894 [14NO]

Fire prevention: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (S. 2670), S11604, S11641 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

Activists Have To Share Blame, E1524 [9SE]

Daschle's Burning Senators, S9184 [25SE]

Don't Hold Your Fire, S8875 [19SE]

Fire This Time, S5947 [24JN], E1146 [25JN]

Forest Plan Has Merits, S9021 [23SE]

Interview—Mike Fay Is on Trek To Preserve Forest in Gabon, S6257 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: protect Tongass Rain Forest in Tongass National Forest and designate Duke Island Trumpeter Swan Wilderness Area (see H.R. 5765), H9128 [22NO]

Angeles National Forest: conveyance of land containing the Mount Wilson Observatory to the Mount Wilson Institute (see H.R. 4952), H3601 [17JN]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (see H.R. 5513), H6926 [1OC]

Black Hills National Forest: conduct a forest management demonstration project (see H.R. 5342), H6085 [5SE]

———declare a fire risk emergency for the Beaver Park Roadless Area and Norbeck Wildlife Preserve and address forest health conditions in these areas (see H.R. 4766), H2607 [16MY]

Business and industry: express support for U.S. forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encourage protection from unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 557), H6693 [25SE]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 4947), H3600 [17JN]

Colorado: facilitate a land exchange to provide for the acquisition of a private inholding in the San Isabel National Forest (see H.R. 5721), H8731 [13NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct wildland-urban restoration charter forest demonstration project in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (see H.R. 4911), H3453 [11JN]

———convey certain real property in the Dixie National Forest in Utah (see H.R. 5180), H5194 [23JY]

———take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY] (see H.R. 5341), H6084 [5SE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter certain leases for fire capitalization improvements (see S. 3129), S10676 [17OC]

Finger Lakes National Forest: withdraw certain Federal land from entry, location, appropriation, disposal patent, or leasing under certain Federal laws (see S. 2450), S3843 [2MY]

Fire prevention: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H5996 [26JY]

———establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see S. 2670), S5956 [24JN] (see H.R. 5086), H4497 [10JY]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 2920), S8456 [10SE]

———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6250 [12SE]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5102), H4552 [11JY]

———facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4068 [26JN]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (see S. 2471), S4064 [8MY]

Foreign policy: extend authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits made to developing countries with tropical forests (see S. 2695), S6250 [27JN]

Forest Service: establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 3023), S9714 [1OC]

———protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2790), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (see H.R. 3971), H931 [14MR]

Headwaters National Forest: designate the John L. Burton Trail (see H.R. 3765), H523 [14FE]

Idaho: enhance collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests (see H.R. 5629), H7894 [10OC]

National forests: establish a user fee system for occupancy and use of lands and facilities by organizational camps that serve youth and disabled adults (see H.R. 5316), H6059 [4SE]

New York: protect and enhance the environmental integrity and the social and economic benefits of the Finger Lakes Region (see S. 3045), S9901 [3OC]

Public lands: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 2871), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]

———establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H1768 [30AP]

———exempt local residents in fee demonstration areas from fees imposed under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program (see S. 2015), S1935 [14MR]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (see H.R. 3948), H833 [12MR]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see H.R. 4912), H3453 [11JN]

———provide opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National Forest System and other public domain lands (see S. 2672), S5956 [24JN]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation (see S. 1986), S1536 [5MR]

———identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 4615), H1674 [25AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: clarify calculation of payments in lieu of taxes to counties relative to certain county projects funding (see S. 2930), S8565 [12SE] (see H.R. 5379), H6250 [12SE]

Cost Estimates

Penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (H.R. 4912): CBO, E2149 [16DE]

Excerpts

``Fire on the Mountain,'' John N. Maclean, S8703 [18SE]

Factsheets

National Fire Plan on Federal Lands Implementation (H.R. 3948), E327 [12MR]

Letters

Community Based Forest and Public Lands Restoration Act: Deborah Gangloff, American Forests (organization), S5962 [24JN]

———Diane Snyder, Wallowa Resources (organization), S5962 [24JN]

———Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed Research and Training Center, S5962 [24JN]

———Mike Hayward, Wallowa County, OR, Board of Commissioners, S5962 [24JN]

Extend authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits made to developing countries with tropical forests: Nicholas Lapham, Conservation International (organization), S6258 [27JN]

Provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl: James J. Espy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Jennifer Melville, Trust for Public Lands (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Kent Wommack, Nature Conservancy (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Larry A. Kotchman, National Association of State Foresters, S697 [13FE]

———Sally Stockwell, Maine Audubon Society, S698 [13FE]

———W. Kent Olson, Friends of Acadia (organization), S698 [13FE]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: National Fire Plan implementation improvements, E1693, E1695 [30SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H2006, H2007 [1MY], H3432-H3436 [11JN]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (H.R. 5513), H8890-H8898 [14NO]

Baca, Frances: tribute for donation of land to the Santa Fe National Forest, E1037 [13JN]

BLM: funding, H4727-H4738 [16JY]

———wildfire management funding through reductions in land acquisition funding, H4852-H4854 [17JY]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (H.R. 4947), E1074 [17JN]

Climate: global warming, H3921, H3925 [25JN]

Colorado: impact of wildfires, H3555-H3557 [13JN]

———use of State inmate population to provide disaster relief, E1696 [30SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct wildland-urban restoration charter forest demonstration project in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (H.R. 4911), H3557 [13JN]

Durango, CO: tribute to Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, E2040 [14NO]

Farmington, CO: tribute to Farmington Fire Dept., E2041 [14NO]

Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, H3922 [25JN], H4029, H4056, H4058-H4060 [26JN], E1146 [25JN]

Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), H4375-H4378 [9JY], E1259 [15JY]

Forest Service: allow regional foresters to exempt clearing and thinning projects from citizen lawsuits if foresters certify that a wildfire in the area of the project is likely to cause extreme damage to the ecosystem, H4849-H4851 [17JY]

———protection of certain roadless areas, H1193 [10AP]

———protection of certain roadless areas (H.R. 4865), H3921, H3922 [25JN]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), H3832 [24JN]

———wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H3854-H3856 [24JN], H4416 [9JY], H4502 [11JY], H6073 [5SE], H6132 [10SE], E1524 [9SE]

Ignacio, CO: tribute to Los Pinos Fire Protection District, E2039 [14NO]

Immigration: national policy, H2156-H2162 [7MY], H2438-H2442 [14MY], H3155-H3157 [4JN], H3557-H3560 [13JN], H3593-H3596 [17JN]

Linney, Doug: Friends of the River (organization) Mark Dubois Award recipient, E1631 [19SE]

Marvel, CO: tribute to Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District, E2037 [14NO]

National forests: establish a user fee system for occupancy and use of lands and facilities by organizational camps that serve youth and disabled adults (H.R. 5316), H7859 [10OC], E1863 [11OC]

Public lands: improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (H.R. 3948), E326 [12MR], E1693, E1695 [30SE]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (H.R. 4912), H3556 [13JN]

———tribute to ``American Frontiers—A Public Lands Journey'' expedition, H6478 [24SE], E1623 [19SE], E1639, E1645 [25SE], E1663, E1667, E1672 [26SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: clarify calculation of payments in lieu of taxes to counties relative to certain county projects funding (H.R. 5379), E1570 [12SE]

Western States: tribute to firefighters for efforts in fighting wildfires, H3613 [18JN], H3854 [24JN], H4062 [26JN]

———tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty while fighting wildfires, E1500 [5SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, S3927 [7MY]

———Tree Assistance Program funding, S4021 [8MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (S. 997), S6593 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior: land conservation projects funding, S8153 [4SE]

Disasters: relief funding, S6634-S6636 [11JY]

Eagle Creek, OR: Dept. of Agriculture decision on salvage timber sales, S2385 [9AP], S2721 [16AP]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling, S2453, S2454, S2457 [10AP]

Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, S5945-S5948 [24JN], S5973 [25JN], S6056 [26JN], S6228 [27JN], S8152 [4SE]

———establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (S. 2670), S11641-S11643 [19NO]

Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), S6680 [11JY], S6729 [15JY]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (S. 2471), S4066 [8MY]

Foreign policy: extend authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits made to developing countries with tropical forests (S. 2695), S6256 [27JN]

Forest Service: establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (S. 3023), S9719 [1OC]

———improve coordination with Native American tribes in managing and protecting natural resources, S847 [14FE]

———protection of certain roadless areas (S. 2790), S7373 [25JY]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), S6046 [25JN], S6049 [26JN], S6592 [10JY]

Harney County, OR: continue operation of Steens Mountain Running Camp, S4828, S4829 [23MY]

National forests: clarify definition of biomass associated with milling of timber and timber products from national forests for use as alternative fuel sources, S2221, S2222 [21MR]

———implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8409-S8411, S8414 [10SE], S8515-S8519 [12SE], S8589 [13SE], S8635-S8642, S8656-S8662 [17SE], S8701-S8708, S8743 [18SE], S8872-S8880, S8894-S8897 [19SE], S9004, S9019 [23SE], S9183 [25SE], S9678, S9679 [1OC]

National Public Radio: collaboration between correspondent and environmental organizations in forest thinning projects story, S8876-S8878 [19SE]

New York: protect and enhance the environmental integrity and the social and economic benefits of the Finger Lakes Region (S. 3045), S9984 [4OC]

Public lands: exempt local residents in fee demonstration areas from fees imposed under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program (S. 2015), S1937 [14MR]

———provide opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National Forest System and other public domain lands (S. 2672), S5959-S5963 [24JN]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (S. 1986), S1538 [5MR]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl, S697 [13FE]

Taxation: treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (S. 822), star print, S437 [6FE]

Western States: tribute to firefighters for efforts in fighting wildfires, S5919 [24JN]

Reports filed

America's Wilderness Protection Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4620) (H. Rept. 107-613), H5789 [25JY]

Community-Based Forest and Public Lands Restoration Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2672), S10115 [8OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Conveyance of Certain Real Property in the Dixie National Forest in Utah: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5180) (H. Rept. 107-665), H6472 [23SE]

Finger Lakes National Forest Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Prohibition: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1846) (S. Rept. 107-282), S8671 [17SE]

John L. Burton Trail Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3765) (H. Rept. 107-699), H6775 [26SE]

Penalties for Illegal Campfires on Public, National Park, and National Forest Lands That Results in Damage and Specify Uses for Collected Fines: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4912) (H. Rept. 107-763), H8034 [21OC]

Wildfire Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2670), S10115 [8OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Use of State inmate population to provide disaster relief: Colorado House of Representatives, E1696 [30SE]

Texts of

H.R. 3971, provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover, H3832 [24JN]

H.R. 5017, facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires, H4375 [9JY]

H.R. 5316, National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act, H7859 [10OC]

H.R. 5513, Prescott and San Isabel National Forests Land Exchange Act, H8890, H8894-H8898 [14NO]

S. 997, Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act, S6593 [10JY]

S. 1986, identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor, S1538 [5MR]

S. 2015, Host Community Fairness Act, S1938 [14MR]

S. 2670, Wildfire Prevention Act, S11641 [19NO]

S. 2672, Community Based Forest and Public Lands Restoration Act, S5960-S5962 [24JN]