U.S.-Canada lumber deal under scrutiny
Posted on Thursday, June 5, 2008An independent online news magazine out of British Columbia published an article today calling the 2006 U.S.-Canada softwood lumber agreement a "slush fund." Thetyee.ca claims that "much of the $1 billion the Canadian negotiators relinquished to the United States has been used to reward the American lumber industry and other friends of President George Bush's administration."
Newly formed National Alliance of Forest Owners
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008A nationwide group of private forestland owners today announced the formation of the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) and the appointment of David P. Tenny as its president and chief executive officer. NAFO was incorporated on April 10, 2008 as a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. with a charter membership representing over 28 million acres of private forestland located throughout the United States.
Restore Forestry Funds
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008From The Hartford Courant: Drastic budget cuts proposed by the Bush administration threaten to weaken a successful, nearly century-long partnership between federal and state governments in forest conservation. Forest lands have always been important.
Save our trees – op-ed in the Baltimore Sun
Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008Read NASF Treasurer and MD State Forester Steven Koehn’s piece, “Stop the Bush administration from slashing funds that protect Maryland's forests.”
