State Foresters Urge Comprehensive Solution as House passes FLAME Act
Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) was encouraged by the dialogue on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today over the need to address the ever-increasing impact of emergency fire suppression costs on the USDA Forest Service and the Department of Interior's (DOI) constrained budgets. Unfortunately, the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, as passed by the House, falls short of achieving a comprehensive fix for the federal funding challenges of wildfire suppression.
2007 Redesign Report Card now available
Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008
The members of NASF and the U.S. Forest Service have been collaborating on the development of a new, "Redesigned" State and Private Forestry. Published by NASF with support from the Forest Service, the inaugural edition of the Redesign Report Card is a guide to the development of the Redesign approach, introduces the primary components of Redesign, and provides examples of landscape-scale work currently underway. The document is available for download from the NASF website.Smokey Bear Returns with a New Look to Remind Americans Only You Can Prevent Wildfires
Posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Advertising Council, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), announced today the launch of a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) featuring Smokey Bear designed to provide critical information to Americans about their role in wildfire prevention. Climate bill lacks forest management aspect
Posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008From E&E News (subscription required): "The massive climate change bill under debate in the Senate this week contains major provisions for quelling wildfires but does little to quantify the effects those fires actually have on global warming." Read more for NASF's response...
Personnel Update: new State Foresters
Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008A number of changes have occurred in the State Forester family -- read about new faces in Connecticut, Michigan, Texas, and Kansas...
Congress overrides veto of Farm Bill, despite error
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008UPDATE: The complete bill was approved in the House on Thursday by 306 to 110. The Senate quickly followed suit, 82 to 13. The votes in both chambers were far more than enough to defeat the veto that President Bush cast on Wednesday.