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Package announced for struggling forestry industry

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A new state law passed Thursday will set state forestry standards for commercial logging across Pennsylvania, a step up from the current industry standards that apply only to timber producers.

The legislation, which took effect at noon, sets Pennsylvania's forestry standards for a wide range of industries, including water logging, agriculture, forest products and construction.

"It's a big, new development," said Chris Bieler, a spokesman for the Association of Pennsylvania Forests, which supports state legislation allowing the industry's growth.

Industry and individual landowners may still change state standards for logging under a current, three-year pilot program that began last year. Companies that already log on private lands may not change their regulations for forestry in Pennsylvania to comply with the new standards. But private-sector companies must continue to meet standards.

The measure sets rules for industry and commercial logging in parts of western Pennsylvania, including the eastern end of the Allegheny Plateau, the mountains to the north of Altoona in Allegheny County and southern Allegheny County.

"This gives us a lot of options to meet these (state) standards," said Michael R. Ruppelt, a research analyst with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. "I think you'll see quite a bit of logging moving down to Pennsylvania because these rules really reflect what the industry wants to do."

The legislation establishes the industry standards for six different areas â€” forests and open space, land management, watershed protection, water, energy and environmental protection, and land-use regulation.

In 2013, federal officials began developing national standards for lumber industry compliance. At that time, about 7,500 companies registered with the Department of the Interior with logs containing less than 24.5 percent federal standards for wood pulp or wood pulp products.

A 2013 study estimated that about two-thirds of private timber production in Pennsylvania is logging without the proper log product information. The National Association of Home Builders also warns against logging without products listed under federal standards in Pennsylvania.

State Rep. Joseph Pape, R-Waldorf, who is spearheading the legislation, acknowledged "there's a lot of loggers" and said this state action was a "big step" for the timber industry in Pennsylvania.

A 2013 U.S. Forest Service survey found that timber sales in Pennsylvania declined by 1 percent since 2006 due to the high costs of timber. Logging activity rose 5 percent in Pennsylvania between 2013 and 2014, according to the latest survey.

The Pennsylvania Senate is expected to approve the bill early next month.

If passed into law, Ruppelt said this legislation would allow for logging at a "minimum" 25-square