COVID-19: USFS ANNOUNCES: TIMBER CONTRACTS CAN BE EXTENDED USING SOPI PROVISIONS OF THE NFMA.

PART ONE The US Forest Service has announced that timber sales contracts and certain Stewardship Contracts are eligible for up to 2 years of extension, using the Significant Overriding Public Interest (SOPI) provisions of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA.) Guidance letters and additional background information on these extensions are found in the four links…

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS NOW CAN FILE FOR FUNDS FROM PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

Starting April 28, 2020, independent contractors are able to file for unemployment through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.   https://www.labor.ca.gov/pandemic-unemployment-assistance-pua-program/   The link above will take you to a “Frequently Asked Questions” page for information about the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program — “PUA.”   The “PUA” program is part of the “CARES Act” passed…

US FOREST SERVICE: CONTINUITY OF FOREST PRODUCTS OPERATIONS AND OTHER GUIDANCE

Associated California Loggers has been receiving and “collecting” various letters and memos created by federal, California state, and local agencies, detailing how government offices and their staffs will be working during the COVID-19 crisis. Some of these documents are about “government telling government what to do,” and some of these documents are about “government telling…

COVID-19 LOAN/UNEMPLOYMENT: A LIST OF PHONE NUMBERS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE

PLEASE NOTE: As our Associated California Loggers members and others seek help with the various federal and state programs providing financial relief from the economic side of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Crisis, we want to direct your attention to the federal and state office holders who, we are told, can help their constituents “cut through the…

CALIFORNIA GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

COVID-19: CALIFORNIA GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR CALIFORNIA-SUPPORTED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. HOW TO WORK IN THE WOODS MESSAGE FROM JENNIFER MONTGOMERY, CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA FOREST MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE:   Please find attached a guidance document for State of California supported Vegetation Management activities. This document is intended to provide clarity for, and guidance to, our partners…