Resource Library

The Congressional Research Service’s “Forestry Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill.”  Katie Hoover, 2014. This report discusses the forestry programs in the farm bill, going section by section through the legislation.
http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/R43431.pdf

The Congressional Research Service’s “Forestry in the Next Farm Bill.” Megan Stubbs, 2012. This report identifies issues that will likely be debated in future farm bills, including forestry assistance funding, control of invasive species, improved wildfire protection, energy production from woody biomass, markets for ecosystem services, carbon sequestration projects, and diversified economies.
http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/R41213.pdf