RVCC Issue Papers
A list of Issue Papers produced by RVCC
The Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition (RVCC) partners develop issue papers to explain our perspective on problems and introduce our proposed solutions. The issue papers are the RVCC's primary communication materials and a credible source of information for congressional staff, federal agency decision makers, interest groups, academics, and the media. Learn more about RVCC.
2008 Issue Papers
- Appropriations: A National Approach towards Comprehensive Restoration and Stewardship
- Woody Biomass
- Private Working Lands
- Wildland Fire Suppression Budget Reform
- Stewardship Contracting Talking Points
- Workforce and Labor Talking Points
2007 Issue Papers
- Appropriations: FY 2008 Community-based Restoration Funding Package
- Performance Measures
- Building Community Capacity
- Collaboration
- Woody Biomass Utilization
- Best Value Contracting
- Private Forests and the 2007 Farm Bill
- Introduction to Community Forests
- Stewardship Contracting Talking Points
2006 Issue Papers
- Appropriations: FY 2007 Community-based Restoration Funding Package
- Stewardship Contracting
- Workforce and Labor
- Community-based Forestry Perspectives: Performance Measures
- Making Biomass Work for Communities, Businesses and Forests: Five Critical Barriers & Potential Solutions
2005 Issue Papers
- Appropriations: FY 2006 Community-based Restoration Funding Package
- Multiparty Monitoring
- Woody Biomass
- Stewardship Contracting
2004 Issue Papers
- Appropriations: FY 2005 Community-based Restoration Funding Package
- Community-based Perspectives on Biomass
- Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Implementing New Legislation for Forest and Rural Community Health
- Wildfire, Poverty and the National Fire Plan
2003 Issue Papers
- Appropriations: FY 2004 Community-based Restoration Funding Package
- Local and Micro-Business Contracting for Fuel Reduction Treatments
- Community-based Forestry and the National Fire Plan
- Wildfire, Poverty and the National Fire Plan