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…