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PPRC in Washington, DC The Pulp and Paperworkers Resource Council held its annual fly-in to Washington, DC the week of February 1-7. Approximately 60 pulp, paper, and other forest products mill employees met for issue briefings (hearing from Ag Undersecretary Mark Rey, along with FRA's Richard Lewis and Steve Jarvis and other industry and congressional content experts) and for legislative contacts, visiting an estimated 300 congressional offices during the week, focusing on the four issues they have identified as most crucial to preserving their jobs:
The organization also pressed legislators to confront the IRS on its proposal to withdraw mobile machinery's exemption from certain federal excise, fuel, and use taxes; and FRA's Director of Forestry Programs, Steve Jarvis, provided a briefing, strategic guidance, and hand-out materials on that issue. This grassroots organization's preparation, as always, was altogether exemplary. Dale Lovett, of MeadWestvaco's Wickliffe, Kentucky PPRC chapter, presented a 10-minute CD-ROM highlighting PPRC positions on wildfire, ESA reform, and the effect of overregulation on local economies, which members handed out at each congressional office visit. Kent Gibson, who works for Abitibi-Consolidated in Snowflake, Arizona, presented that chapter's video extracted from local news coverage of the Rodeo-Chediski fire that burned nearly half a million acres in Arizona last year -- and includes a plea from USFS "fire-boss" Jim Paxon to take active measures, including harvest, to prevent future fires. Return to Public Policy Archive Forest Resources Association
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