Louisiana Logger’s Association and PAC

06/03/2026

The Louisiana Loggers Association celebrates ALC President Dave Cupp's appointment to the U.S. Trade Representative's Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee. This recognition highlights his commitment to the timber industry and will provide essential insights into national trade policies affecting forestry. Additionally, we urge all stakeholders to address the alarming market shifts impacting our industry, with millions of tons of capacity lost in the U.S. while imports surge. Together, we must advocate for sustainable practices and policies that benefit our communities.

Email from LLA/PAC You don't want to miss this. Louisiana Loggers Association News & Updates Website ALC's President and Louisiana's DAVE CUPP USTR - Representative for the Logging and Timber Industry

05/28/2026

The renewable fuel standard definition needs to change. The forest is ready. The rules need to catch up.

Credit: Megan McCormick
Bioleum

For decades, federal and state agencies have spent billions removing hazardous forest fuels, only for much of that material to be piled and burned with no productive end use.

At the same time, the Renewable Fuel Standard still treats many of these same woody residuals as ineligible feedstocks because of outdated definitions written nearly 20 years ago.

Science continues to reinforce that active forest management such as thinnings, reduce wildfire severity and improve long-term forest resilience. Yet current RFS definitions still leave substantial volumes of low-value manufacturing residuals, wildfire-risk biomass, and post-disturbance material stranded outside viable markets. The government already pays to remove and burn this material. Companies like Bioleum Corporation could utilize this material to produce domestic fuels and create rural jobs with it instead.

Modernizing the RFS is not about subsidizing new harvests. It is about correcting definitional barriers that prevent utilization of material already being removed for forest health, community protection, and wildfire mitigation.

Done correctly, this creates a rare alignment between:
• wildfire risk reduction
• rural jobs and manufacturing
• domestic energy security
• reduced pile burning and waste emissions
• and healthier, more resilient forests

The forest is ready. The rules need to catch up.

05/28/2026

The American Loggers Council is proud to announce that ALC President Dave Cupp has been invited to serve on the U.S. Trade Representative’s Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (TEPAC).

This appointment recognizes Dave’s leadership, experience, and longstanding commitment to the American timber industry. Through this role, he will help provide industry perspective and input on national trade policy issues affecting forestry and forest products.

The American Loggers Council appreciates the opportunity for the timber industry to have representation in important policy discussions impacting working forests, logging businesses, and rural communities across the country.

Congratulations, Dave!

05/22/2026

This project will provide 100% renewable, carbon-negative biomass power to a co-located AI data center in Northern California.

05/19/2026

Toni McAllister is the loggers' representative at the fly-in. The VLA looks forward to Toni's speech at their annual meeting, noting her support for biomass as an energy source.

05/15/2026

HB 746 is officially headed to Governor Landry’s desk. ✍️

Thank you to State Representative Charles "Chuck" Owen, Louisiana House District 30 and Sen. Heather Cloud for your leadership in moving this bill forward.

05/13/2026

$1.4B Killona green fuel plant inks deal with shipping giant

The Killona facility would convert regional wood waste and forest residues into low-carbon fuels, including about 220,000 tons of maritime methanol and 28 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel annually. The project could also provide a new market for Louisiana’s forestry sector, which has struggled since major paper mill closures in West Monroe, DeRidder and Bogalusa since 2020.

05/12/2026

Renewable Fuel Standard amendment fails 210-216 in House of Representatives.

This amendment would’ve expanded the definition of “woody biomass” to include Timber (yes only in the U.S. Congress would we need to do this) so the EPA will implement the standard correctly.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO Congresswoman Julia Letlow for your continued support for our loggers!

This would allow for new emerging market use of low market timber…….

Who voted against it?
Might want to check that vote!!!

EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard that would have modified the definition of renewable biomass while clarifying allowable sources of renewable biomass failed on a close 216-210 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in late April.

05/06/2026

American pulp and paper companies have beaten US forest landowners on Oregon Republican Congressman Cliff Bentz's amendment to widen the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, with the same fight now set to resurface in the US Senate.