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
Appropriations
- Coalition Letter – FSP FY25 Appropritations – June 2024
- NASF FY25 House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Testimony – May 2024
- NASF Appropriations White Paper – May 2024
- FY25 Wood Innovations Grants House Appropriations Support Letter – March 2024
- FY25 Sustainable Urban Forestry Coalition Appropriations Support Letter – April 2024
- FY25 SFA and VFA House Interior Approps Coalition Letter – May 2024
- FY25 FIA Coalition Support Letter – March 2024
- 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
Disaster Policy
Farm Bill and Farm Bill Programs
- FIFB Coalition Letter to Congress – July 2024
- 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
Federal Forest Policy
- NASF Comments to USDA Old Growth Amendment DEIS – September 2024
- NASF Public Comments on Old Growth NOI – February 2024
- NASF Comments – CEQ NEPA Reforms – September 2023
- NASF Public Comments on USFS Defining Old Growth – August 2022
- NASF Public Comments to USFWS on Cottonwood-Proposed-Rule – February 2021
- NASF Public Comments Good Neighbor Handbook – February 2021
- NASF Public Comments on CEQ NEPA Revisions – March 2020
- NASF Public Comments on USFS Vegetation Management in Utility Rights-of-Way – Nov. 2019
- NASF Public Comments on USFS NEPA Proposed Rule – Aug. 2019
- NASF Public Comments on USFS NEPA Sensing – Feb. 2018
- SGSF Public Comments on Francis Marion NF Plan Revision – Nov. 2015
- SGSF Public Comments on National Forests in NC Plan Revision – Jan. 2015
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
- Coalition Letter to USDA on Biomass Policy – August 2024
- Coalition Letter to EU on Implementation of EUDR – February 2024
- SGSF Letter to USDA – Export Market Issues – February 2023
- NASF Letter to EPA on RFS Implementation – December 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
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
Wildland Fire Management
- Coalition Letter to Congress on Wildfire Legislation – November 2024
- NASF Letter to EPA on Exceptional Events Demonstration Processing – August 2024
- NASF Comments on OSHA Proposed Emergency Response Standard – July 2024
- NASF Comments – EPA Air Emissions Reporting Requirements – November 2023
- 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_USFWS ESA Regulations – August 2023
- 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
