Forestry and Forest Products

We represent trade associations, companies, and other clients in a wide array of litigation and administrative and legislative matters relating to forestry and timber management on private, federal, and state lands, including:

• Securing a unanimous Supreme Court opinion establishing general lack of jurisdiction for environmental groups to bring programmatic challenges to Forest Service resource management plans in Ohio Forestry Association, Inc. v. Sierra Club, 523 U.S. 726 (1998).
• Defending companies targeted by citizen suits and government enforcement actions alleging violations of environmental laws and regulations relating to their timber management activities on private lands and their purchase and harvesting of timber on federal and state lands.
• Serving as national litigation counsel for the industry on natural resource, forest management, and timber supply matters.
• Pursuing judicial, administrative, and legislative solutions concerning: (1) the applicability of the ESA and other wildlife laws and policies to silvicultural activities on private and public lands; (2) point source permitting, nonpoint source programs, dredge and fill permitting, and other wetland and water quality protections under the CWA; and (3) pesticide registration and application under FIFRA.