Where We Stand
In collaboration with its partners, including the National Association of State Foresters, SGSF offers official positions on key forestry issues to inform our nation’s leadership, amplifying the collective voice of southern forest landowners and state forestry agencies.
Congressional Letters and Position Statements
Positions on Legislation
- Coalition Letter – FCEP Senate Cosponsorship Letter – August 2023
- NASF Letter of Support – FIA Blue Ribbon Panel Bill – March 2023
- NASF Letter of Support – Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act- March 2023
- Coalition Letter – Support for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act – April 2023
- Coalition Letter – Support for Trillion Trees Act – March 2023
Appropriations
- FY24 FIA Coalition Support Letter – April 2023
- FY24 Forest Stewardship Program Coalition Support Letter – April 2023
- FY24 SFA and VFA House Interior Approps Coalition Letter – March 2023
- NASF FY23 House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Testimony – March 2023
- NASF Appropriations White Paper – February 2023
- NASF Letter to Appropriations Committees_Deputy Chief for Fire and Aviation – November 2020
- Joint Fire Science Program Appropriations Letter – FY20
- NASF letter on USFS Budget Structure Reform – May 2019
- Cross-Boundary Hazardous Fuels Funding Letter – FY19
Farm Bill and Farm Bill Programs
- Coalition Letter – Inclusion of Forestry Workforce Policy in Farm Bill – April 2023
- Coalition Statement of Support for Forest Conservation Easement Program – April 2023
- SGSF Farm Bill Priorities – March 2023
- NASF Farm Bill Testimony, Senate Agriculture Committee – March 2023
- NASF Testimony – Farm Bill and Forestry Hearing in House Agriculture – July 2022
- Coalition Letter – NRCS Definition of NIPF – January 2021
- NASF Public Comments – NRCS Definition of NIPF – January 2021
- NASF Public Comments Landscape Scale Restoration Directive – December 2020
- Coalition Letter to NRCS on RCPP forest land eligibility – September 2020
- NASF Public Comments on Conservation Stewardship Program – Jan. 2020
Administration Transition
- Coalition Letter Support for Homer Wilkes – August 2021
- Coalition Letter Forest Sector Support for Robert Bonnie – July 2021
- Coalition Letter Agriculture Support for Robert Bonnie – July 2021
- NASF Transition Recommendations and Cover Letter – February 2021
- Coalition Letter – Support for Vilsack Ag Sec – January 2021
- Coalition Letter_Urban Forestry Transition Memo – January 2021
- NASF Letter to Biden Transition Team – December 2020
Climate
- NASF Comments USDA GHG MMRV – August 2023
- NASF Comments USDA Climate Smart Ag and Forestry Partnership Program – November 2021
- NASF Comments – USDA EO on Tackling Climate – April 2021
- NASF White House Pledge Trillion Trees – Feb. 2020
- NASF Letter to House Select Committee on Climate Crisis – Nov. 2019
COVID-19 Response
- NASF Letter to Administration on firefighter COVID testing policy – July 2022
- Coalition Letter to USDA – Release of Entire Logger Relief Assistance – March 2021
- Coalition Letter – Request Release of Supplemental H-2B Visas – February 2021
- Coalition Letter Supporting H-2B Visa worker exemption from Presidential Proclamation – July 2020
- Coaltion Letter to DHS DOL and DOS on H2B Exemption – June 2020
- NASF COVID-19 Stimulus Platform – June 2020
- Coalition Letter supporting H-2B Visa worker exemption from Presidential Proclamation – June 2020
- Coalition Letter to Congress on Recovering Americas Wildlife Act in Coronavirus Legislation – June 2020
- Coalition Letter to Congress on Forest Recovery Act in Coronavirus Legislation – May 2020
- NASF Letter to Senate on Coronavirus Needs – April 2020
Forest Health
- SGSF Comments EPA Pilot Project for Pesticide use and TES – August 2023
- NASF Comments APHIS Darling 58 American Chestnut – December 2022
- NASF comments Neonic BEs – October 2021
- SGSF Public Comments on American Chestnut Darling 58 Petition – October 2020
- SGSF Public Comments on APHIS Cogongrass NEPA – March 2020
- NASF Public Comments on Emerald Ash Borer Deregulation – Nov. 2018
- SGSF Public Comments on Emerald Ash Borer Deregulation – Nov. 2018
- SGSF Southern Pine Beetle and Forest Health Letter to USFS – Feb. 2018
- SGSF Policy on Neonicotinoid use for Forestry – June 2017
- SGSF Statement of Support for the Gypsy Moth Slow-the-Spread Program – Feb. 2016
- SGSF Policy on Forest Health Issues Affecting Shortleaf Pine – Apr. 2015
- SGSF Policy on Pine Decline – Apr. 2015
Forest Landowner Policy
Forest Products Market
- SGSF Letter to USDA – Export Market Issues – February 2023
- NASF Letter to EPA on RFS Implementation – December 2022
- NASF Support Letter 45Q Tax Credit in IRA Bill – July 2022
- SGSF Wood Pellet Policy – May 2022
- Coalition Letter – FL mass timber adoption – February 2022
- SGSF Public Comments on UK Biomass Call for Evidence – June 2021
- SGSF Public Comments on EU RED2 Consultation – February 2021
- SGSF Public Comments on EU Taxation Consultation – October 2020
- NASF Comment Letter SFI Standards and Rules Revisions – June 2020
- NASF Public Comments on Renewable Fuel Standard – Nov. 2019
- NASF Timber Tariff Relief Letter – Nov. 2019
- NASF Public Comments on ASHRAE Standard 189.1 – Aug. 2019
- SGSF Public Comments on UK Bioenergy Review – Feb. 2018
- NASF Public Comments on Green Building Initiative – Dec. 2017
- SGSF Public Comments on European Union State Aid Case for Biomass Subsidy – March 2016
- SGSF Public Comments on Netherlands Biomass Sustainabiltiy Policy – Nov. 2014
Implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act
- NASF Comments NRCS IRA Implementation – December 2022
- NASF Letter to NRE on IRA Landowner Assistance Implementation – November 2022
- Coalition SUFC Letter on IRA UCF Imiplementation – October 2022
- Coalition Letter to USFS on BIL GNA Implementation – October 2022
- NASF Letter to USDA – Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission – February 2022
Other Administration Policy
- NASF letter to OSTP on Unmanned Aerial Systems – June 2021
- NASF letter to White House on Unmanned Aerial Systems EO – September 2020
- NASF Public Comments on FEMA FMAG Guidelines – July 2020
- NASF Letter to USGS on Proposed Landsat Fees – Sept. 2018
- NASF Public Comments on USDA Regulation Reform – Sept. 2017
Water
- NASF comments EPA WOTUS – August 2021
- NASF Public Comment on Revised Definition of WOTUS – Apr. 2019
- NASF WOTUS Process Comments – Nov. 2017
- NASF Public Comment to EPA on Forest Roads and Water Quality – Feb. 2016
- SGSF Public Comment to EPA on Forest Roads and Water Quality – Feb. 2016
- SGSF WOTUS Implementation Letter to EPA – Aug. 2015
Wildfire
- NASF Coalition Comments – EPA PM2.5 Standard – March 2023
- Coalition Letter – Wildfire Resilience Coalition introductory letter – January 2023
- NASF Public Comments FFP&FEPP Programs – November 2020
- NASF Public Comments on FAA UAS Remote Identification Rule – Feb. 2018
- NASF Public Comments on Exceptional Events Rule for Air Quality – Feb. 2016
- SGSF Public Comments on EPA Fine Particulate NAAQS – May 2015
- SGSF Public Comments on EPA Ozone NAAQS – March 2015
Wildlife
- NASF Comments – ESA Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits – April 2023
- NASF Public Comment on Tricolored Bat Listing – November 2022
- NASF Public Comment on Northern Long-Eared Bat Uplisting – May 2022
- SGSF Comment Letter – Alligator Snapping Turtle_FINAL – January 2022
- NASF Letter to Biden on Wildfire and CCC – September 2021
- NASF Letter to Vilsack on Wildfire Resilience Interagency Working Group – August 2021
- SGSF Public Comments on RCW Downlisting Proposal – December 2020
- NASF Public Comments on ESA Critical Habitat Regulations – October 2020
- NASF Public Comments on ESA Definition of Habitat – September 2020
- SGSF Public Comment on Gopher Tortoise Listing – Nov. 2019
- NASF Public Comment on ESA Rules – Sept. 2018
- Coalition Letter to DOI on Burdens of ESA – June 2017
- NASF Public Comment on USFWS ESA Petition Process Revisions – May 2016
- NASF Public Comment on USFWS ESA Petition Process Revisions – July 2015
- State Forestry and Wildlife Agencies Comments on Northern Long-Eared Bat 4(d) Rule – July 2015
- SGSF Public Comment on Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing – Dec. 2014
- SGSF Public Comment on Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing – Aug. 2014
Issues & Policy
