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SFI APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

News Release      August 15, 2022   Washington, D.C. – The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) praised Congress for passing the Inflation [...]

U.S. Senate Passes Growing Climate Solutions Act

Southeast AgNet Radio Network June 24, 2021 In a bipartisan effort, the U.S. Senate passed the “Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021”. The [...]

Why stepped-up basis is important for maintaining family forests

In this commentary published in The Hill — a policy-oriented news outlet in Washington, D.C. — author Thomas Straka warns [...]

Senate Agriculture Committee hearing — Federal, State and Private Forestlands: Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry today convened a hearing to examine federal, state, and private forestlands, [...]

In Case You Missed It: Here’s What They’re Saying About the Growing Climate Solutions Act

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [...]

The fight for Black farmers comes to Washington

POLITICO Dispatch is a daily audio report through which POLITICO’s journalists “pull back the curtain on politics and policy.” In [...]