State and Private Forestry Efforts Conserve, Protect and Enhance Forests Across the U.S.
Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514195145im_/http://www.stateforesters.org/files/u4/2008reportcard.jpg)
House passes FLAME Act
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009H.R. 1404, the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act, or FLAME Act, passed 412 to 3 in the House of Representatives Thursday. The legislation sets up a partitioned account for funding emergency wildfire suppression activities and aims to relieve much of the strain these catastrophic fires have had on the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior's constrained budgets. NASF commends Congress for its demonstration of support and commitment to this critical issue.
State Foresters Praise Wildfire Suppression Funding Legislation
Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009On March 10, House and Senate leaders introduced the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act), bipartisan legislation designed to alleviate funding problems caused by emergency wildland fire costs. NASF applauds these Congressional leaders for working to solve one of the nation's most pressing forest conservation problems.
Diverse coalition asks Congress to include private forests in climate policy
Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009![Forest Climate Working Group](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514195145im_/http://www.stateforesters.org/files/u4/climate.jpg)
State Foresters Call for Green Job Creation by Investing in the Nation's Forests
Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514195145im_/http://www.stateforesters.org/files/u4/shovel.gif)
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.