AFA News Index
Briefs
September 24, 1997
Today we filed an administrative appeal setting forth in detail why the RSFEIS and ROD fail to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Forest Management Act ( NFMA.)
May 23, 1997, the Forest Service added four new rivers to its Wild and Scenic River nominations. The nomination of these four rivers.... violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as well as the Forest Service regulations.
Summary of Remaining Sawmill Capacity in Southeast Alaska
Revised September 15, 1997
What really is the effect of timber cutting on deer who live in Southeast Alaska, and what is the value of second growth habitat for those deer? AFA and several member companies have decided to find out.
The Tongass Land Management Plan ( TLMP ) outlines land and resource management planning over the next decade for the nation’s largest national forest. The latest revision of the plan was issued in May, 1997, replacing the original 1979 TLMP , as amended in the mid- eighties. The revision took 10 years to complete, and cost the taxpayers nearly $13 million.
Are loggers, sawmill operators, and timber land developers really out of step with mainstream America as we near the end of the 20th century?
Superior Court Judge Milton Souter ruled on March 21, 1997, that the state Division of Forestry had fully complied with the state constitution and Alaska law.
As so often happens with timber issues, the facts on forest roads are obscured by popular rhetoric.
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced the appointment of Mike Dombeck as Chief of the Forest Service at a news conference late last month.
by Jack E. Phelps,Executive Director of the Alaska Forest Association.
(as published in the August 1996 issue of the Alaska Business Monthly)
Press Releases
The Alaska Forest Association filed an administrative appeal today citing illegalities in the process leading to the Record of Decision by the USDA Forest Service on the final Tongass Land Management Plan.
AFA today criticized the Clinton Administration’s decision to withdraw the bid offering on the Inbetween timber sale in the Chatham Area.
AFA criticized the Forest Service for its final version of the Tongass Land Management Plan revision, "The volume of timber to be made available annually under this plan will clearly be inadequate to sustain an integrated timber industry in Southeast Alaska."
A new Tongass report unveiled by the (GAO) correctly identifies important flaws in the process used by the Forest Service to develop the latest proposed revision of TLMP.
A new Tongass report unveiled by the (GAO) correctly identifies important flaws in the process used by the Forest Service to develop the latest proposed revision of TLMP.
AFA Commends Forest Service for Upholding Lab Bay Decision
AFA today accused SEACC and the Sierra Club of being at war with the economy of Southeast Alaska.
"If the Federal government is going to own forest lands, they should maintain a commitment to take care of them. "
"The board acted quickly and displayed a commendable level of good sense," said executive director, Jack Phelps.
President Clinton’s decision to request Christmas trees from the Tongass to decorate the White House in 1998 is insulting beyond belief.
The Alaska Forest Association today released a new analysis of the Pacific Rim demand for timber from the Tongass National Forest which shows the growing importance of the Tongass in the world market.
The Alaska Forest Association challenged the Alaska Rainforest Campaign and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) to renounce the extremist position of the Sierra Club.
Alaska Forest Association reported that the Western States Coalition's Summit VI unanimously adopted three resolutions supporting the Alaska timber industry.
Testimonies
The Alaska Forest Association (AFA) wishes to be on record in support of SJR 24, and urges the committee to act on it quickly so that it may be heard on the Senate floor soon.
Testimony of Jack E. Phelps, Offered to the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee
Testimony of Jack E. Phelps, Offered to the Alaska Board of Forestry
Testimony of Jack E. Phelps Offered before the Joint House and Senate Resources Committees
Testimony of AFA Before the Committee of Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
Testimony offered United States Department of Agriculture.
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