House releases economic stimulus bill with $550M for state fire assistance; NASF offers green jobs ideas
Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009The House Appropriations Committee has released its version of the economic stimulus package(the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009), which contains $850 million for "hazardous fuels removal and other efforts to prevent wildfires on public lands." $550M will go towards state and private lands, $300M for federal lands. [Read the bill summary, or full text.] On December 23, NASF sent House and Senate leaders its recommendations on how the economic stimulus package can invest in our nation's public and private forests and create thousands of "shovel-ready" green jobs over the next two to five years.
NASF sends white paper with recommendations to Obama transition team
Posted on Monday, December 1, 2008![White House](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090118170508im_/http://www.stateforesters.org/files/u4/whitehouse.jpg)
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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090118170508im_/http://www.stateforesters.org/files/u4/CWPP-Community-Guide.jpg)
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![2007 Redesign Report Card](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090118170508im_/http://www.stateforesters.org/files/u4/2007Redesign-Report-Card-cvr-web.jpg)