https://oregonloggers.org/news/default.asp Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:31:31 GMT Fri, 4 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT Copyright © 2025 Associated Oregon Loggers, Inc. https://oregonloggers.org/news/news.asp?id=697941 https://oregonloggers.org/news/news.asp?id=697941 AOL partner association FRA has lobbied Congress, urging them to press the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to officially release supplemental H-2B visas without delay, because the second-half 2025 cap had been met.  Thanks to the combined efforts of the FRA and the H-2B Workforce Coalition, DHS has released more supplemental visas.

March 26th, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that H-2B supplemental visas are now available, including 64,716 additional visas authorized by DHS, starting between April 1 and September 30, 2025.

H-2B visa forestry workers are essential for planting and important precommercial thinning.  Each year, visa workers are responsible for 85% of all seedling planting on US public and private forest acres.  Currently, the U.S. faces a 3-5+ year backlog in tree planting.]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT