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Wenning Environmental

Rescinding U.S. Roadless Rule Reignites Centuries-old Debate About State Rights And Environmental Protections On Public Lands

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins’ announcement at a Western Governors Association meeting in June 2025 to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly known as the Roadless Rule, is...more

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Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Revising Federal Wildfire Policy

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On June 12, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response” (EO) setting out new directives to reshape the federal government’s approach to wildfire...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Maine Enacts New Reporting Requirement for Landowners Enrolled in Forest Carbon Credit Initiatives

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On May 23, 2025, Maine’s Governor Janet Mills signed into law “An Act to Require Landowners to Report Their Participation in a Forest Carbon Program or Project” (H.P.3 – L.D. 39; codified at 12 MRSA § 8881, sub-§2-A-C; 12...more

Cozen O'Connor

New York Note – City Legislation, Mayoral Appointment, Tree Funding

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Last Thursday, the NYC Council convened a Stated meeting, where they passed and introduced multiple pieces of legislation. The Council passed legislation requiring that NYC’s vehicle fleet consist of zero-emissions vehicles...more

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Broad Street Brief: Community College of Philadelphia Opens New Career and Advanced Technology Center

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Community College of Philadelphia Opens New Career and Advanced Technology Center- Last week, the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) officially opened its groundbreaking Career and Advanced Technology Center at 48th...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The Private Forest Accord: Oregon Legislature Paves the Way for Changes to the Forest Practices Act

The Oregon legislature passed, as part of its February 2022 session, three bills that form a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act (Senate Bill 1501), create a small forestland owner tax credit...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Oregon Legislature Paves the Way for Changes to the Forest Practices Act

The Oregon legislature is currently considering, as part of its February 2022 session, three bills that form a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act (Senate Bill 1501), create a small forestland...more

Perkins Coie

Logging Plan Not Categorically Excluded From Environmental Review Under NEPA

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a U.S. Forest Service plan for commercial logging of some 4,700 acres of fire-damaged Mendocino National Forest could not reasonably be interpreted as falling within a NEPA...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Wildfires Spark Forest Management Actions at State and Federal Levels, Opening Markets for Forest Management Byproducts

The western United States is again in the middle of a devastating wildfire season, with states like California experiencing the largest fires in state history. Wildfires are becoming a summertime fixture, bringing with them...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Act 250 Commission Recommendations for Change - “There is nothing permanent but change.” - Heraclitus

On January 11, 2019, the Commission on Act 250 issued its final report making its recommendations, along with draft legislation proposing those changes. In 2017, the Vermont General Assembly created the Commission on Act...more

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

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Legislative Load Increases to 412 Bills for Second Regular Session - The ten-member Legislative Council met on Thursday, November 30 at the State House to consider appealed bill requests for introduction in the Second...more

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