Topics
- Appropriations
- Biomass & Renewable Energy
- Climate Change
- Education
- Environmental Markets
- Farm Bill
- Forest Certification
- Forest Health
- Forest Inventory & Analysis
- Green Building
- International Forestry
- Member Resources
- National Forests
- Other
- Pests and Disease
- Sustainability
- Tax Policy
- Threatened & Endangered Species
- USDA Forest Service
- Urban Forests
- Water Quality
- Wildfire
- All
Forest Action Plans
Forest Action Plans are making a difference in every state.
You can sort documents by clicking on the category types on the left or related document types to the right.
tbeckman
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 10:02am
Dear Speaker Boehner and Leaders Cantor and Pelosi:
On behalf of the millions of forest owners, conservationists, hunters, anglers, forest product manufacturers, and natural resource professionals represented in the Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition, we are writing to urge you to pass comprehensive five-year Farm Bill legislation.
We know there are many important issues facing our federal government, and we are aware that there are policy matters in Farm Bill titles still seeking consensus....
tbeckman
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 1:15pm
Dear Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, Minority Leader Pelosi and Minority Whip Hoyer:
The undersigned organizations, representing the farming, livestock, specialty crop, feed, rural development, nutrition, health, conservation, woodland owners, municipalities, trade, manufacturing, agricultural research, crop insurance and renewable energy communities, respectfully request passage of a new five-year farm bill to be signed into law before the end of the legislative session in December...
gosullivan
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 9:38am
July 6, 2012
The Honorable Frank Lucas
U.S. House of Representatives
Rayburn House Office Building, Room: 2311
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Collin Peterson
U.S. House of Representatives
Rayburn House Office Building, Room: 2211
Dear Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Peterson,
On behalf of the millions of forest owners, conservationists, hunters, anglers, forest product manufacturers, and natural resource professionals represented in the Forests in the Farm Bill...
tbeckman
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 2:13pm
Dear Senator:
Our organizations – representing business owners, forest landowners, sportsmen and women, outdoor recreation enthusiasts and conservationists – urge your opposition to Amendment #2313, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (RUT).
Lee Amendment #2313 to the Senate Farm Bill would permanently eliminate the Forest Legacy Program (FLP), a highly successful Cooperative Forestry program funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The Forest Legacy Program is a voluntary, grant-...
tbeckman
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 12:19pm
Dear Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner, and Minority Leader Pelosi:
We are large and small organizations, businesses and landowners from all across America who believe that the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill is vital to the future of our country’s natural resources. We commend the efforts of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees to move the Farm Bill forward in these fiscally challenging times, but as this process progresses, we urge that no further...
tbeckman
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 12:45pm
Dear Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Peterson:
As the House Agriculture Committee considers programs and funding for the 2012 Farm Bill, the approximately 90 undersigned organizations request your support for the inclusion of permanent reauthorization of the Stewardship Contracting Authority, with no changes, in the 2012 Farm Bill. First enacted as a pilot program in the FY1999 Interior Appropriations bill and then reauthorized for another 10 years within the 2003 Omnibus Public Lands bill,...
tbeckman
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 12:40pm
Dear Leaders Reid and McConnell:
On behalf of the millions of forest owners, conservationists, hunters, anglers, forest product manufacturers, and natural resource professionals represented in the Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition, we are writing to request that you bring the bi-partisan Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, before the full Senate for consideration in an open process, as soon as possible.
We know there are many issues facing the U.S. Senate and we are aware that there...
admin
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 10:41am
Dear Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Roberts:
As the Senate Agriculture Committee considers programs and funding for the 2012 Farm Bill, the undersigned organizations request your support for the inclusion of permanent reauthorization of the Stewardship Contracting Authority, with no changes, in the 2012 Farm Bill. First enacted as a pilot program in the FY1999 Interior Appropriations bill and then reauthorized for another 10 years within the 2003 Omnibus Public Lands bill, stewardship...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 2:18pm
February 27, 2012
Dear Chairwoman Stabenow, Ranking Member Roberts, Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Peterson:
Our organizations, which include millions of members from all across this country, are writing to express our strong support for the Conservation Title of the U.S. Farm Bill.
We understand, of course, that the deliberations needed to re-authorize the Farm Bill in 2012 will be particularly difficult given the need to reduce federal government spending. We believe, however, that the...
Anonymous (not verified)
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 11:15am
Dear Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Member:
The undersigned organizations, representing millions of members across the country, urge the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reject disproportionate cuts to farm bill programs as a part of any deficit reduction plan. While we understand the need to have the farm bill contribute to the task of finding at least $1.2 trillion in cuts, farm, food and rural spending should not be asked to do more than its fair share.
It is also...