The actions that Chief Dombeck and the Forest Service are now taking or proposing to take regarding roadless areas on the national forests are, quite simply, in violation of the federal laws and regulations which govern the responsibilities of the agency and its management of these forests.

Statement of Support House Bill 373
-- February 19, 1998

AFA is in full support of House Bill 373, "An Act relating to forests and forestry practices."

This bill is the direct result of a proposal set before the Alaska Board of Forestry after a collaborative process involving the timber industry, the fishing industry and the resource agencies of the state.

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.

Statement of Support House Joint Resolution 49
-- January 1998

"The promises made by Congress in 1990, at the time the Tongass Timber Reform Act was made law, that sufficient volume would be made available to sustain direct timber employment in Southeast Alaska have now proven to be hollow."

Concerning work of the Science & Technical Committee
-- January 21, 1997

Testimony of Jack E. Phelps, Offered to the Alaska Board of Forestry

Regarding Beetle Killed Timber in Alaska
-- September 27, 1996

Testimony of Jack E. Phelps Offered before the Joint House and Senate Resources Committees

Problems with Federal Land Management Issues
-- June 18, 1996

Testimony of AFA Before the Committee of Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives