SAF Comments on USDA Forest Service 2012 Planning Rule Directives

SAF member Dr. Charles McKetta’s written testimony from the House Agriculture Committee Hearing ‘National Forest Management and its Impacts on Rural Economies and Communities’ – 13 March 2013.

Society of American Foresters comments on Supreme Court decision concerning runoff from logging roads

Second Annual Report, “People Restoring America’s Forests: A Report on the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program

SAF Comments on USDA Forest Service Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process

SAF submits Testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee regarding August 15th Colorado Wildfire Field Hearing

Letter Submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture regarding the Farm Bill

Letter submitted to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies regarding Activities with No Environmental Effect – June 26th

Society of American Foresters Comments on the EPA NOI Forest Road Discharges – June 22nd

The SAF Task Force Report "Managing Forests because Carbon Matters: Integrating Energy, Products, and Land Management Policy

Comments Submitted by the SAF National Office to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources on Proposed Biomass Regulations – June 18th

Presentations from April 12th and 13th Briefings: “What You Need to Know About Forest Carbon Dynamics and Carbon Accounting”, SAF co-hosted with the National Alliance of Forest Owners, Resources for the Future, and the Congressional Biomass Congress.

1. Roger R. Martella, Jr., Partner, Environmental Practice Group, Sidley Austin LLP, representing the National Alliance of Forest Owners
2. Dr. Jim Bowyer, Director of Responsible Materials Program, Dovetail Partners, Inc., representing SAF
3. Robert Perschel, Eastern Forests Director, Forest Guild
4. Dr. Roger A. Sedjo, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Forest Economics and Policy, Resources for the Future

SAF CEO Michael Goergen's Written Testimony from House Agriculture Committee Hearing: "Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Energy and Forestry Programs" - May 18th, 2012

• A video of Michael Goergen’s testimony can be found here

2/17/12 Technical Symposium: Examining the Effects of Responsible Forest Management on Watershed Health Videos Now Available details

Presentations from SAF and TNC Forest Restoration Briefing, April 20th

1. Dr. Wally Covington, Regent’s Professor, Northern Arizona University
2. McRee Anderson, Fire Restoration Project Director in Arkansas, The Nature Conservancy
3. Steve Brink, Vice President of Public Resources, California Forestry Association

Comments on Stewardship Contracting for Senate Agriculture Committee

Comments on Stewardship Contracting for House Agriculture Committee

Dr. Robert Malmsheimer’s written testimony for the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Hearing on March 22nd

SAF Symposium: Examining the Effects of Responsible Forest Management on Watershed Health

SAF will hold a symposium on the relationship between forest management and water quality on February 17 at the Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 210-212 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The event's featured speaker will be the Honorable Benjamin H. Grumbles, president of Clean Water America Alliance, and there will also be administrative, legal, and scientific panels discussing the connections between forest management and the Clean Water Act….details