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• 7/03 Western Governors' Conference
• 7/03 Reforestation Tax Act
• 6/03 Healthy Forests Restoration Act
• 6/03 Final "Hours of Service" Regs Released
• 2/03 PPRC in Washington, DC
• 2/03 Canadian Lumber Situation
• 12/02 USFS Planning Rules Overhaul
• 12/02 Funding Highway Maintenance
• 11/02 IRS Grants Hearings on "Mobile Machine" Tax
• 11/02 Petition to List Cerulean Warbler in East
• 10/02 Healthy Forests Initiative: The Launch
• 8/02 ESA Reform Passes House Resources
• 8/02 Codifying Roadless
• 7/02 Roadless Rule Legislative Proposal
• 7/02 Highway Funding Apparently Restored
• 6/02 New TMDL Proposal
• 6/02 Future of Forest Service Fire Policy
• 2/02 Industry Sues over "Survey & Manage" Rule
• 2/02 "Charter Forests"
• 1/02 The Chief on "Analysis Paralysis"
• 1/02 "Hours of Service" Update
• 12/01 Wetlands Policy Adjustment
• 12/01 USFS Revises NF Visitors Estimate
• 11/01 EPA Holding TMDL "Listening Sessions"
• 11/01 Hearing on Federal "Old-Growth" Policy
• 10/01 Senate Confirms Rey
• 10/01 California: "Old Growth" Protection
• 9/01 Energy Bill Pushes Biomass Power
• 9/01 South Dakota Timber Summit
• 8/01 New "Roadless" Comment Period
• 8/01 California: "No Cut" Referendum?
• 7/01 Hours of Service Rule Update
• 7/01 Judge Blocks Motion to Dismiss DC ESA Lawsuit
• 5/01 Interior Seeks to End Citizens' ESA Listing Suits
• 5/01 OSHA Approves New Reporting Forms
• 3/01 OSHA Ergonomics Rule Voted Down
• 3/01 ESA within the Beltway
• 2/01 Supreme Court Limits Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction
• 2/01 FS Retirees on Roadless Initiative
• 1/01 FRA Offers Fire Policy Assistance
• 1/01 OSHA Issues Ergonomics Standard
• 12/00 OSHA Offers Logging Rule Clarifications
• 12/00 Maine Trounces Anti-Forestry Referendum
• 11/00 Fly-In For Freedom: 2001
• 11/00 Maine: Question 2
• 10/00 Interior Approps Calls for Expedited Fuel Removal
• 10/00 Texas NF Harvesting Injunction Reversed
• 9/00 Senate "County Payments" Legislation Nears Floor Vote
• 9/00 EPA Again Clouds Silvicultural Exemption
• 8/00 "Hours of Service" Rules Update
• 8/00 TMDL: The Smoke Clears
• 7/00 PPRC/ALC Joint Resolution on "Roadless" EIS
• 7/00 "Hours of Service" Proposal-Defunded in Congress?
• 7/00 USFS Sale Management Funding Cut Beaten Back
• 5/00 Legislative Response to TMDL
• 5/00 Maine Anti-Forestry Referendum Heads for Ballot
• 4/00 Grassroots Resistance to TMDL
• 4/00 Public Sector Knocks "Roadless" Directive
• 2/00 Idaho Sues Feds on Roadless Plan
• 2/00 Arkansas Reacts to Clean Water Act Revisions
• 1/00 State Wildlife Heads Knock USFS Planning
• 1/00 OSHA Releases Proposed Ergonomics Rule
• 12/99 Roadless Initiative Hearings
• 12/99 NC Chip Mill "General Permit" Decision Rejected
• 12/99 Maine Bonded Labor
• 12/99 Wilderness Act Reform Coalition
• 10/99 Robb, Bryan Amendments Defeated
• 10/99 “Payment Coupling” Bill Passes Ag Committee
• 10/99 Appealing Road Deconstruction
• 10/99 Maine Implements New Forest Rules
• 10/99 OSHA Clarifies Application of “Forklift” Rule

Forest Resources Association Inc.
600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Phone: (301) 838-9385     Fax: (301) 838-9481