NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS

CAW · Clean Air and Water (quality)

General issues related to prescribed burns, wildfire mitigation and air quality standards (NAAQS); general issues related to the woody biomass definition in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Issues related to increased funding for the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program in the FY2025 and FY2026 Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; issues related to funding of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners.

AGR · Agriculture

Issues related to forestry and forest management, issues related to the development and use of mass timber, issues related to funding for forestry programs at USDA; issues related to expanding the scope of the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program; General issues related to an online platform that would make forest health and carbon data available to stakeholders; issues related to educational grant programs to help colleges and universities train the next generation of engineers and architects on how to build with wood and mass timber; general issues to expand and strengthen the Wood Innovation Grant (WIG) program; general issues related to a new pilot program to integrate American-grown, innovative wood products into rural infrastructure and building projects; issues related to The Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act (H.R.5044 & S.2662) and building projects; issues related to timber innovation; issues related to the creation of a Forest Conservation Easement Program; general issues related to the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471 / S. 1462); general issues related to the SAWMILL Act (S.2221).

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.5044, S.2662, H.R. 471, S. 1462, S.2221

ENG · Energy/Nuclear

Issues generally related to forest biomass and carbon; issues related to the definition of woody biomass in the renewable fuel standard

ENV · Environment/Superfund

Issues related to the environmental impacts of forest management; issues related to wildlife conservation, including conservation projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Endangered Species Act; issues related to wildfire mitigation and funding.

IMM · Immigration

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; general issues related to a returning worker exemption for H-2B workers.

LBR · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; general issues related to a returning worker exemption for H-2B workers.

FIN · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to foreign ownership of agriculture land.

TRD · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to the EUDR; issues related to forestry product tariffs and trade