Legislation Update June 15, 2013

June 20, 2013

This week was primarily dedicated to continuing the job of assigning bills to committees and setting hearings. The week of June 24 is going to be a big one for forestry.  There is a major hearing coming up in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee that will address several bills of interest to the […]

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Federal Legislation Updates

June 12, 2013

We haven’t been reporting on federal legislation lately.  The California state venue has been more than active enough to keep us busy.  Still, it is a topic that needs some attention, so here is what our sister organizations have been monitoring in Congress. The respective House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill have each […]

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Legislation Update for June 1, 2013

June 3, 2013

We have reached the second great milestone in the California legislative calendar.  May 31 is the date any bill must pass from its house of origin to the other house to continue its consideration for this year. We are most excited about the prospects of AB 904.  This bill offers the best package for allowing […]

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Webinar Report: Advances in Multi-Aged Silviculture by Dr. Kevin O’Hara

June 3, 2013

We all believe we know what is meant by multi-aged silviculture.  It summons images of a forest where there are trees of many sizes, ages and species all growing together in a harmonious, integrated self-sustaining environment.  The image is clear, but the underlying mechanisms and constraints are not. The first portion of the talk was […]

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Statistics, aka Political Arithmetic

May 29, 2013

Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations: “I have no great faith in political arithmetick …” I am not being facetious when I call statistics “political arithmetic”.  The British coined the phrase to describe data collection and projections they were using to assess the population and determine public policy.  The Britannica Online Encyclopedia reports “In the 1680s the […]

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California Legislation Update May 25, 2013

May 25, 2013

In Santa Cruz County, a final-hour agenda item was once more added to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting to move to exclude Santa Cruz County from the provisions of AB 904, Working Forest Management Plans.  This time, it went down in flames as four of the five supervisors recognized the value of […]

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Legislation update May 17

May 20, 2013

Most of the serious action is taking place outside of the legislature itself. AB 904, which creates the Working Forest Management Plan based on the Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan, is under attack in Santa Cruz County. Supervisor John Leopold has been petitioned by the environmentalist community to try to exclude Santa Cruz County from the […]

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Legislation Update May 4, 2013

May 4, 2013

This week was very busy, with a large quantity of committee hearings held and votes taken. The biggest story of the week was the passage of AB-904 out the Natural Resources Committee.  It has been sent on to Appropriations.  This bill creates the Working Forest Management Plan (WFMP), which is based on the very successful […]

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Legislative Update – April 29, 2013

April 30, 2013

There’s nothing like being out of the area for a few days to liven matters up. Over the past week, AB-904, the Working Forest Management Plan (WFMP) bill, has suddenly jumped into high profile.  This bill takes the proven model of the NonIndustrial Timber Management Plan and expands it for properties up to 15,000 acres.  […]

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Legislative Update April 14, 2013

April 15, 2013

There was significant action in the SRA fee arena this week. In the first committee hearing of a “Repeal the SRA fee” bill, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee heard SB-17; the result was predictable given that this is a Democrat-controlled committee and none of the Democrats are eager to see a funding source dry […]

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