Tag: Legislation
Carbon Resolution
Expressing the sense of the West Virginia Forestry Association that the sale of forest carbon offsets could be detrimental to the forest products industry...
Policy and Legislation
Federal
House Ways and Mean Field Hearing
Congress came to West Virginia this winter. The House Ways and Means Committee held a field hearing at Allegheny...
What Will Be Coming in Policy and Legislation
We’ve had a busy summer with State and Federal action and inaction.
State Issues
Fall Elections— The Primaries sorted out many races and we hope very...
West Virginia Changes All State and Congressional Election Districts
West Virginia in 2022 elections will have completely new electoral district configurations for all the House of Delegates, State Senate, and Congressional seats. This...
Safe Routes Act of 2019
Some
weeks ago, WV Loggers Council co-signed a letter to help incentivize this bill:
From the
American Loggers Council (ALC), on May 2:
today applauded the introduction...
2018 Legislative Wrap-Up
The bills of interest to forestry were:
S.J.R. 3: Judicial Budget Oversight Amendment: By Boso & Cline. To control WV Supreme Court of Appeals budget....
Workers Comp Premiums, Going Down
In great news for loggers and all employers, workers’ comp premiums will be reduced with the passage of HB 4628. This Bill will terminate...
“Sixth-Axle” Bill Allows 94K GVW
SB 616 passed the Legislature and awaits the Governors signature. This will allow all raw and processed wood-hauling trucks in WV to increase their...
Wildfire Fighting Budget
After weeks of intense negotiations, Congressional leaders, have released their FY2018 Appropriations Bill, including a comprehensive wildfire funding fix to the budgetary challenges within...
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