Forestry & 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.