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Biodiversity
Biological Diversity in Forest Ecosystems; expires January 13, 2008

Budgets

Congressional Action/Testimony
Testimony regarding Fiscal Year 2009 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Budget before the Souse Committee on Appropriations; April 23, 2008
Testimony regarding Fiscal Year 2009 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Budget before the House Committee on Appropriations; March 13, 2008
Joint Letter regarding Fiscal Year 2009 Senate Committee on Appropriations for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Emerging Pests; March 12, 2008
Joint Letter regarding Fiscal Year 2009 House Committee on Appropriations for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Emerging Pests; March 12, 2008
House Interior Appropriations Testimony; April 19, 2007
Agriculture Appropriations Testimony; expires March 30, 2007
Interior Appropriations Testimony; expires March 16, 2007
2007 Farm Bill Budget; expires February 23, 2007

Clearcutting

Position Statements
Clearcutting expires March 8, 2013

Climate Change

Congressional Action/Testimony
Joint Letter to Congressmen Dingell and Barton on Renewable Biomass Definition; February 12, 2008
Joint Letter to Senators Bingaman and Domenici on Renewable Biomass Definition; February 12, 2008
Joint Letter to Senators Lieberman and Warner Regarding Climate Legislation; February 4, 2008
Forest Carbon Education Group’s Guidance Document on Managed Forests in Climate Change Policy; December 11, 2007
SAF letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding the definitions of renewable biomass in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; December 6, 2007
Combined support for revision of the definition of biomass found in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; December 17, 2007
Comments on the ‘US Climate Change Science Program’s Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3;’ October 26, 2007”
Dr. John Helms, Testimony before the House Select Committee on Climate Change; April 26, 2007
Michael Goergen’s Testimony before the House Resources Committee on The Role of Forests in Climate Change; May 1, 2007

Federal Forest Management

Comment letter regarding the U.S. Department of Interior’s Proposed NEPA rule-making; March 3, 2008
Letter to Representative Etheridge regarding the definitions of renewable biomass in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; April 2, 2008.

Congressional Action/Testimony
Comments on the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; January 23, 2008
Comments on the BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revision; January 10, 2008

Position Statements
Timber Harvesting on Public Lands; expires June 10, 2012
Utilization of Forest Biomass to Restore Forest Health and Improve US Energy Security; expires October 19, 2010
Use of Silviculture to Achieve and Maintain Forest Health on Public Lands; expires March 13, 2010.
Pilot Projects for Evaluating Innovative Federal Land Management Strategies; expires December 5, 2009


Fire

Congressional Action/Testimony
Comments on HR 4245, Saving American Lives and Investing in Protecting Land and Nature Act;October 17, 2007
Dr. John Helms, Responses to Questions, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing; September 24, 2007
Dr. John Helms, Testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the Effects of Climate Change on Wildfire; September 24, 2007
Dr. Peter Daugherty, Testimony before the House Resources Committee on Wildfire Management; June 17, 2007

Position Statements
Wildfire Management; expires December 8, 2007

Forest Inventory

Position Statements
Forest Inventory and Analysis Program; expires May 26, 2011

International Forestry

Position Statements
International Trade in Forest Products; expires December 7, 2008
World Forestry; expires June 8, 2007

Private Forest Management

Position Statements
Protecting Endangered Species Habitat on Private Land; expires March 8, 2013
Letter to Representative Etheridge regarding the definitions of renewable biomass in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; April 2, 2008.
Conservation Easements; expires June 10, 2012
Federal Tax Treatment of Forest Land; expires October 6, 2011
Utilization of Forest Biomass to Restore Forest Health and Improve US Energy Security; expires October 19, 2010
Loss of Forest Land; expires December 5, 2009
Public Regulation of Private Forest Practices; expires March 8, 2013


Professionalism

Congressional Action/Testimony
Joint letter to the Office of Government Ethics; December 17, 2007

Position Statements
State Programs to Credential Foresters; expires December 5, 2009
Professionalism in Natural Resource Management Agencies; expires December 7, 2008

Roads

Position Statements
Roads in Managed Forests ; expires October 1, 2009

Science

Position Statements
Forest Tree Biotechnology, expires December 1, 2012

Urban Forestry

Position Statements
Urban Forestry; expires December 8, 2007

Wilderness Designation

Congressional Action/Testimony
Written Testimony Submitted to the House Natural Resources Committee on HR 1975, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act; October 16, 2007


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