FORESTS related term(s) Lumber Industry

Amendments

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2588 [12MY], H2667, H2673, H2675, H2677, H2679 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

Protect Tongass National Forest, H2842 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see S. 2432), S2312 [16MR] (see H.R. 5006), H1129 [16MR]

———provide transition to a more restrictive timber sale program in the Giant Sequoia National Monument and promote the Kings River Research Project in the Sierra National Forest (see H.R. 5760), H5046 [11JY]

Chattahoochee National Forest: establish Mountaintown National Scenic Area and designate additional National Forest System land as components of existing wilderness areas (see H.R. 5612), H4008 [14JN]

Colorado: address forest and watershed emergency exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, reduce risk of wildfire and flooding, reinvigorate forest products industry, and encourage use of biomass fuels for energy (see S. 2604), S3378 [7AP] (see H.R. 5305), H2174 [4MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (see H. Res. 816), H2640 [16MY]

Fire prevention: reduce increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects (see S. 2584), S3212 [6AP] (see H.R. 4875), H565 [2MR]

Firefighters: provide for the appropriate designation of certain Federal positions involved in wildland fire suppression activities (see H.R. 5697), H4794 [28JN]

Florida National Forest Land Management Act: authorize conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land (see H.R. 5294), H2173 [4MY] (see H.R. 5725), H4915 [29JN]

Forest Service: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (see S. 2676), S3704 [27AP]

———protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2364), S1644 [2MR]

Mount Hood National Forest: protect for future generations the recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat (see H.R. 5025), H1195 [28MR]

New Hampshire: designate certain National Forest System land as wilderness (see S. 2463), S2467 [28MR] (see H.R. 5062), H1389 [30MR]

———designate the Wild River Wilderness in the White Mountain National Forest (see H.R. 5059), H1389 [30MR]

Power resources: support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see S. Con. Res. 97), S5599 [7JN] (see H. Con. Res. 369), H1320 [29MR] (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3496 [7JN]

Public lands: implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in Colorado, extend stewardship contracts, and extend tax credits for electricity produced from biomass (see H.R. 5756), H5046 [11JY]

Cost Estimates

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 4200): CBO, H2658 [17MY]

Letters

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Casey Judd, Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, H2652 [17MY]

———several forestry management associations and corporations, H2653 [17MY]

———several scientists, H2650-H2652 [17MY]

———William D. Killen, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H2652 [17MY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Reclamation: assess extent of invasion of salt cedar and Russian olive plants in the Western U.S. and carry out demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of such plants (H.R. 2720), H1936-H1938 [2MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H3055-H3057 [23MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2659-H2680, H2687 [17MY], H2819 [18MY], E869, E870 [18MY], E898, E908 [19MY], E1094 [9JN]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), amendment process, H2553 [11MY]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2648-H2659 [17MY]

———require consideration of the effect of any recovery or research project on fire risk and forest regeneration, H2679, H2680 [17MY]

Fire prevention: reduce increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects (H.R. 4875), H2674 [17MY], E267, E272 [2MR]

Florida National Forest Land Management Act: authorize conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land (H.R. 5294), E747 [5MY]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: strike waivers of existing conservation laws, H2673, H2674 [17MY]

Forest Service: encourage programs with local communities to encourage greater cooperation in prevention of forest fires on and near National Forest System lands, H2804 [18MY]

———protection of certain roadless areas, H2677-H2679 [17MY]

Louisiana: provide assistance to agricultural producers whose operations were severely damaged by hurricanes, H1043 [15MR]

Missouri: prohibit funding for Missouri Forest Foundation, H3205 [24MY]

Ocala National Forest: proposal to sell forest lands, H1170 [28MR], H1425 [4AP], H5050 [12JY]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains, H4457 [22JN]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H2840-H2842 [18MY]

Urban areas: reforestation funding, H2866 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Colorado: address forest and watershed emergency exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, reduce risk of wildfire and flooding, reinvigorate forest products industry, and encourage use of biomass fuels for energy (S. 2604), S3383 [7AP]

Fire prevention: reduce increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects (S. 2584), S3235 [6AP]

Forest Service: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (S. 2676), S3716 [27AP]

———forest health projects funding, S3878 [2MY]

———Forest Legacy Program funding, S3373 [7AP]

———hazardous fuels and forest health projects funding, S3668 [27AP]

———protection of certain roadless areas (S. 2364), S1655 [2MR]

Immigration: make certain guest workers in the forestry sector eligible for legal aid, S4862 [22MY]

Insects: emerald ash borer eradication funding, S4018, S4019 [4MY]

New Hampshire: designate certain National Forest System land as wilderness (S. 2463), S2470 [28MR]

Power resources: support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (S. Con. Res. 97), S5605 [7JN]

Stang, Dorothy: tribute (S. Con. Res. 37), S976 [9FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 816) (H. Rept. 109-467), H2640 [16MY]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4200) (H. Rept. 109-451), H2173 [4MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 816, consideration of H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, H2648 [17MY]

H.R. 2720, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act, H1936 [2MY]

H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, H2667-H2673 [17MY]

S. 2364, Roadless Area Conservation Act, S1655-S1657 [2MR]

S. 2463, New Hampshire Wilderness Act, S2471 [28MR]

S. Con. Res. 97, support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025, S5605 [7JN]