"If not fixed, TLMP will irreparably harm what’s left of the Southeast Alaska timber industry.."

Research Shows Buffers Are Protecting Salmon Habitat
-- July 27, 1998

A report presented today to Commissioner John Shively of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, concludes that the riparian management system on private timberlands in coastal Alaska is adequately protecting salmon habitat near timber harvest areas..

Timber Industry Voluntarily Adopts Standards to Protect Salmon Habitat
-- July 16, 1998

At the Alaska Forest Association summer meeting in Ketchikan yesterday, AFA members voluntarily adopted new habitat protection standards for timber harvest near salmon streams.

New Mill Survey Shows Need for Revitalized Tongass Timber Program
-- July 9, 1998

The Alaska Forest Association today announced that the capacity of Southeast Alaska timber manufacturing facilities is higher than had previously been calculated.

District Court Ruling on South Lindenberg: No Violation of NEPA, Timber Harvest Goals Okay
-- April 28, 1998

The U.S. District Court ruled Friday that the United States Forest Service met the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act when it proposed to sell approximately 40 million board feet of timber from the South Lindenberg project area near Petersburg, Alaska.

Forest Industry Applauds Alaska State House for Passing New Forest Practices Standards
-- March 6, 1998

This legislation, which has the strong support of the timber industry, is good for fish, it is good for the industry, and it is good for all Alaskans.

Statement of Support Senate Bill 180
-- February 9, 1998

The Association anticipates that the current federal administration’s policies pertaining to state’s rights under R.S. 2477 will not change in the near future. For this reason Senate Bill 180 is a timely and necessary step in the preservation of Alaska’s R.S. 2477 rights-of-way.

Forest Service Roads Proposal is Bad Public Policy
-- January 22, 1998

The announced roadless policy, both in its "interim" form, and in its long-term version, represents the worst in public policy, and circumvents public participation by asking for public comment after the fact.

Timber Industry Urges New Forest Practices Standards to Protect Fish
-- January 13, 1998

Alaska’s timber industry today proposed recommendations to the state Board of Forestry that would amend the state’s Forest Resources and Practices Act (FPA) to ensure greater protection of the state’s salmon streams.

AFA to Forest Service:
    Keep Options Open on the Chugach National Forest
-- December 31, 1997

The Forest Service is beginning a revision of the Chugach Land Management Plan which has been in effect since 1984 and is now up for its first scheduled rewrite. AFA filed comments today on the initial public review of the revision.

AFA Celebrates 40 Years of Service
-- October 21, 1997

AFA has been providing high quality services to its members for four decades and will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary this week during a 3-day convention in Sitka.

AFA Files Administrative Appeal on TLMP
-- September 24, 1997

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 Objects to Forest Service Decision to Pull Inbetween Timber Sale
-- July 10, 1997

AFA today criticized the Clinton Administration’s decision to withdraw the bid offering on the Inbetween timber sale in the Chatham Area.

AFA Calls Revised Tongass Plan Inadequate, Promises to Fight It
-- May 23, 1997

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."

GAO Report as Key Element in Fixing Proposed Forest Service Plan
-- April 29, 1997

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
-- April 25, 1997

AFA Commends Forest Service for Upholding Lab Bay Decision

AFA Protests Lab Bay Appeals
-- April 15, 1997

AFA today accused SEACC and the Sierra Club of being at war with the economy of Southeast Alaska.

Forest Industry Offers Plan for Healthy and Productive National Forests
-- March 4, 1997

"If the Federal government is going to own forest lands, they should maintain a commitment to take care of them. "