NASF sends white paper with recommendations to Obama transition team
Posted on Monday, December 1, 2008
NASF has developed a "Presidential Transition White Paper" that outlines four priority areas for the new administration to address when president-elect Barack Obama takes office in January. State Foresters recommend the creation of a framework for sustainable forests to enhance cooperation between federal, state, tribal, and local governments and private landowners; targeted federal funding to support state and private forestry programs; a fire suppression funding fix to deal with emergency wildland fires; and forest energy and climate initiatives that capitalize on forests' role in producing sustainable energy and mitigating climate change. Read the full white paper here.National Association of State Foresters Elects New Officers at 2008 Annual Meeting
Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) elected Leah W. MacSwords, State Forester of Kentucky, as its new president at the association's 86th annual meeting last week in Hyannis, MA. MacSwords is the first woman to serve as the president of NASF and is also the first Kentucky State Forester to lead the organization.
New Guide Empowers Communities to Prepare for Wildfires
Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Communities where homes are intermixed with forests and wildlands have a new fire-fighting tool that will help protect property in the event of a wildfire - the "Community Guide to Preparing and Implementing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan." Community Wildfire Protection Plans have proven to be one of the most successful tools for addressing wildfire risks, but more than 90 percent of the 44,000 at-risk communities do not have a CWPP in place.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.