FORESTS related term(s) Lumber Industry

Amendments

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2264), S16146, S16147, S16197 [9DE]

Articles and editorials

Fire Damage, S13459 [29OC]

Fire Precautions Save Homes—Fire Resistant Materials, Thinned Trees Credited, E2244 [5NO]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief activities associated with California wildfires (see H.R. 3407), H10235 [30OC]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (see S. 849), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 2907), H7781 [25JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of salt cedar and Russian olive plants (see S. 1516), S10617 [31JY]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 3325), H9613 [16OC]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness or salmon restoration areas and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 3327), H9614 [16OC]

Chesapeake Bay: establish a Forest Service program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 830), S5059 [9AP]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see H.R. 750), H462 [12FE]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2264), H4737 [22MY]

Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act: amend to establish a program using geospatial and information management technologies to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest stands (see H.R. 3566), H11701 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (see S. 1256), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 2488), H5467 [17JN]

———authorize former Federal employees receiving voluntary separation payments to accept subsequent Federal employment related to fighting forest fires (see H.R. 366), H170 [27JA]

———establish an inventory and management program for forests derived from public domain land (see S. 1910), S15287 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain for the National Forest System (see S. 432), S2594 [24FE]

Dixie National Forest: convey certain real property (see H.R. 3667), H12918 [8DE]

Ecology and environment: conduct studies in connection with grazing allotments and range and continuing range analysis for National Forest System lands in New Mexico and Arizona (see H.R. 3102), H8283 [16SE]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see S. 1041), S6029 [12MY] (see H.R. 752), H462 [12FE]

———withdraw certain Federal land from entry, appropriation, disposal, or disposition under certain Federal laws (see S. 438), S2701 [25FE]

Fire prevention: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (see H.R. 1042), H1464 [27FE]

———establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see S. 32), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 460), H242 [29JA]

———establish institutes to demonstrate and promote use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West (see H.R. 2696), H6602 [10JY]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 1314), S8357 [23JN] (see S. 1352), S8725 [26JN] (see S. 1453), S9905 [24JY] (see H.R. 1621), H2820 [3AP] (see H.R. 2639), H6262 [26JN]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 575), H319 [5FE]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (see H.R. 3249), H9218 [3OC]

Forest Service: 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. 387), H171 [27JA] (see H.R. 849), H704 [13FE]

———carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H6603 [10JY]

———protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 1200), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2369), H5044 [5JN]

Green Mountain National Forest: adjust boundaries (see S. 1499), S10265 [30JY]

Idaho: enhance collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests (see S. 433), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 835), H703 [13FE]

King Range National Conservation Area: expand boundary to include the Mill Creek, Squaw Creek, and Indian Creek Forests (see H.R. 3326), H9613 [16OC]

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. 420), H218 [28JA]

Power resources: make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes (see H.R. 1550), H2586 [1AP]

Public lands: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 1938), S15812 [24NO]

———eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 2169), H4367 [20MY]

———establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1680 [6MR]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see S. 833), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1038), H1464 [27FE]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see S. 290), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 523), H274 [4FE]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 1208), S7540 [9JN]

Taxation: modify application of the passive loss limitations to timber activities (see H.R. 3346), H9738 [20OC]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 1381), S9119 [9JY] (see H.R. 1310), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (see S. 968), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 974), H1461 [27FE]

Factsheets

Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (H.R. 750), E215 [13FE]

Letters

Appeals process for cases involving Tongass National Forest timber harvesting: Larry G. McQuarrie, S11785 [23SE]

Assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl: Amos Eno, New England Forestry Foundation, S7545 [9JN]

———James L. Sledge, Jr., National Association of State Foresters, S7545 [9JN]

———Laurie A. Wayburn, Pacific Forest Trust, S7545 [9JN]

———Whitney Hatch, Trust for Public Land, S7545 [9JN]

Chesapeake Bay legislation: Robert M. Ferris, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5068 [9AP]

———Robert S. Bloxom, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5068 [9AP]

Environmental protection: Debbie Sease, Sierra Club, S4900 [7AP]

Presidential emergency declaration for Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, CA: several California Members of Congress, S13620 [30OC]

Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor: Donald E. Carroll, Mayor of Alamogordo, NM, S1898 [4FE]

———E. Dean Carlson, Kansas Dept. of Transportation, S1899 [4FE]

———Gary M. Ridley, Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation, S1898 [4FE]

———John Marquardt, Alamogordo, NM, Chamber of Commerce, S1898 [4FE]

———Larry Shulse, Otero County Economic Development Council, Inc., S1898 [4FE]

Tongass National Forest roadless rule impact on timber industry: Bill Tremblay, Petersburg, AK, City Council, S2386-S2388 [13FE]

———Dave Carlson, S2388 [13FE]

———George Woodbury, S2388 [13FE]

———Roy Eckert, Ketchikan, AK, Gateway Borough, S2385 [13FE]

———Tom Briggs, S2388 [13FE]

Proclamations

Tribute to Steve Schumacher: Representative Ney, E2001 [8OC]

Remarks in House

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (H.R. 979), H5345 [12JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief activities associated with California wildfires (H.R. 3407), H10225 [30OC], H10383 [5NO], E2208 [4NO]

Archuleta County, CO: tribute to Pagosa Fire Protection District for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E50 [8JA]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (H.R. 2907), H11460-H11466 [18NO], E1634 [25JY]

Bloomfield, NM: tribute to Bloomfield Fire Dept., for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E340 [27FE]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness or salmon restoration areas and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (H.R. 3327), E2063 [16OC]

———impact of wildfires, H9987 [29OC], H10197 [30OC], H12166 [21NO]

———tribute to 3d Congressional District firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California, E2157 [30OC]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (H.R. 750), E214 [13FE]

———tribute to Durango/La Plata Emergency Communications Central Dispatch for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E35 [8JA]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2264), H9245-H9248 [7OC]

Conservation of natural resources: combat unnatural insect and disease outbreaks, H4319 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (H.R. 2488), E1278 [17JN]

Durango, CO: tribute to Durango Police Dept., for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E36 [8JA]

FEMA: firefighting funding, H10197 [30OC]

Fire prevention: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (H.R. 1042), H12164 [21NO], E325, E331 [27FE]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, H9061 [1OC]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires, H4586, H4587 [22MY]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (H.R. 3249), H9846 [28OC], E2268 [6NO]

Forest Service: bark beetle eradication funding, H12171 [21NO]

———hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, H7040 [17JY], H7641 [25JY]

———hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, E1585 [24JY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in Dept. of Agriculture land acquisition program funding, H7048, H7049 [17JY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H7042 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to finalize or implement revisions to National Forest Management Act planning regulations, H7062-H7069 [17JY]

———protection of certain roadless areas, H5382 [16JN], H5411, H5412, H5415 [17JN]

———protection of certain roadless areas (H.R. 2369), H5345 [12JN], H5416 [17JN]

Idaho: enhance collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests (H.R. 835), E251 [13FE]

La Plata County, CO: tribute to La Plata County Sheriff's Office for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E37 [8JA]

———tribute to Upper Pine River Fire Protection District for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E41 [8JA]

Mancos, CO: tribute to Mancos Fire District for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E47 [8JA]

Michigan: emerald ash borer eradication funding, H12166 [21NO]

Nature Conservancy (organization): purchase of land and subsequent resale to supporters, H4094 [14MY]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary of Mont Alto campus, E532 [20MR]

Potlatch Corp.: anniversary, E2557 [15DE]

Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (H.R. 1153), E408 [7MR]

———forest-thinning projects on Federal lands, E2243 [5NO]

———limit Recreation Fee Demonstration Program to National Park Service areas, H6945 [16JY], H7033-H7036 [17JY], E1569 [23JY]

Rancho Cucamonga, CA: tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California, E2257 [6NO]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (H.R. 523), E126 [4FE]

San Juan County, CO: tribute to San Juan County Fire Dept., for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E44 [8JA]

Silverton, CO: tribute to Silverton Fire District for efforts during Missionary Ridge forest fire, E43 [8JA]

Taxation: modify application of the passive loss limitations to timber activities (H.R. 3346), E2093 [20OC]

———tax-exempt bond financing for forest conservation in Washington, H1976 [19MR], H8315, H8318 [17SE]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (H.R. 974), E313 [27FE]

Tongass National Forest: oversight of wilderness recommendations, H659, H663, H665-H669 [13FE]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: funding, H7440 [23JY]

van Wagtendonk, Jan: Forest Service Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Research Award recipient, E1350 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: reforestation program funding, S13345, S13369 [28OC]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S5091, S5092 [9AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of salt cedar and Russian olive plants (S. 1516), S10638 [31JY]

California: impact of wildfires, S13341, S13372 [28OC], S13480 [29OC], S13616, S13651 [30OC]

Chesapeake Bay: establish a Forest Service program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (S. 830), S5062-S5064 [9AP]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2264), S16197 [9DE]

Conservation of natural resources: Asian beetles eradication program funding, S1448, S1449 [23JA]

Contracts: use best value contracting criteria when awarding contracts for hazardous fuels reduction, S13616 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (S. 1256), S7840 [12JN]

———Asian beetles eradication program funding, S5006 [9AP]

———Asian longhorned beetle eradication funding, S14150 [6NO]

———provide borrowing authority for fire suppression and conduct hazardous fuels reduction and burned area restoration on non-Federal lands, S13601-S13605 [30OC]

———Tree Assistance Program funding, S14019, S14021 [5NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain for the National Forest System (S. 432), S2609 [24FE]

Ecology and environment: require collaborative monitoring of forest health projects, S13609 [30OC]

Fire prevention: expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1314), S8362-S8365 [23JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1352), S8745 [26JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1453), S9907 [24JY]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S11558 [16SE], S11719 [18SE], S11816 [23SE], S13253-S13256 [27OC]

Forest Service: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, S9217, S9218 [10JY], S9933-S9935 [25JY], S10840 [31JY], S11731 [22SE]

———tribute to Detroit, OR, Ranger District, S2697 [25FE]

Green Mountain National Forest: adjust boundaries (S. 1499), S10277 [30JY], S15864 [24NO]

Legislative program, S15362 [21NO]

Maine: Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership funding, S11819 [23SE]

Michigan: emerald ash borer eradication funding, S14147, S14148 [6NO]

National forests: ensure protection of old-growth forests, S13621-S13624 [30OC], S15376-S15379 [21NO]

Public lands: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (S. 1938), S15827 [24NO]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Dept. of the Interior, S4242 [21MR]

———memorandum of understanding between Utah and the Dept. of the Interior on State and county road acknowledgment, S13787 [3NO]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (S. 290), S1897 [4FE]

Rural Community Forestry Enterprise Program: funding, S15370 [21NO]

Senate: accomplishments, S13705 [31OC]

———legislative priorities, S13061 [22OC]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 1208), S7544 [9JN]

Taxation: treatment of forestry activities (S. 1381), S9122 [9JY]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (S. 968), S5655 [1MY]

Tongass National Forest: appeals process for cases involving timber harvesting, S11784-S11788, S11805, S11806 [23SE]

———oversight of wilderness recommendations, S1445, S1452 [23JA], S2384-S2388 [13FE]

TreePeople (organization): anniversary, S11830 [23SE]

Reports filed

Northern Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2907) (H. Rept. 108-379), H11391, H11514 [18NO]

Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 108-218), H7084 [17JY], H8174 [10SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 108-218), H8222 [15SE]

Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2696) (H. Rept. 108-397), H12306 [21NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor: Lincoln County, NM, Board of Commissioners, S1898 [4FE]

Statements

Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Reduction Activities Funding: Forest Service, S10841 [31JY]

Summaries

Forest Restoration and Fire Risk Reduction Act (H.R. 1042), E326 [27FE]

Texts of

H.R. 2264, Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program appropriations, H9245 [7OC]

H.R. 2907, Northern Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act, H11460-H11464 [18NO]

H.R. 3249, Forest Counties Payments Committee extension, H9846 [28OC]

S. 290, identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor, S1898 [4FE]

S. 830, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act, S5066 [9AP]

S. 833, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act, S5069 [9AP]

S. 1256, Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act, S7840 [12JN]

S. 1314, Collaborative Forest Health Act, S8363-S8365 [23JN]

S. 1352, Community and Forest Protection Act, S8741-S8745 [26JN]

S. 1499, adjust Green Mountain National Forest boundaries, S15864 [24NO]

S. 1516, Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act, S10638 [31JY]

S. 1938, Act To Save America's Forests, S15828-S15837 [24NO]