Issues
NASF Letter: Healthy Forests Reserve Program interim final rule - August 15, 2006
Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006NASF supported the passage of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and actively participated in developing regulations to implement several titles of the Act. We have a long-standing working relationship with NRCS in providing technical assistance services for implementing conservation programs with private forest
landowners. The following comments on the rule reflect NASF's suggestions for strengthening the program to better meet the intent of the law...
A Stewardship Handbook for Family Forest Ownerships
Posted on Friday, August 5, 2005 A report by the NASF Sustainable Forestry Implementation Committee - August 2005
A Stewardship Handbook for Family Forest Ownerships (August 2005)
Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2005A Handbook for Planning, Managing and Protecting Your Woods, Your Investment and Your Environment
National Association of State Foresters Sustainable Forestry Implementation Committee
Principles and Guides for a Well-managed Forest
Posted on Saturday, February 1, 2003A report by the NASF Sustainable Forest Management and Resource Management Committees - February 2003
NASF Resolution No. 1996-8: Forest Health
Posted on Monday, September 16, 1996 the NASF recognizes there are serious forest health problems facing the nation; and the public has been lead to believe that salvage is the only forest health tool. Such confusion is not conducive to resolving our serious forest health problems
NASF Resolution No. 1995-5: Forest Inventory and Database Management Systems
Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 1995The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program contained within the Research Unit, U.S. Department, Forest Service periodically collects data on forest resources in partnership with the states, and the data provides essential information on the extent, health and condition of forests on all ownership within the United States
NASF Resolution No. 1991-2: Clearcutting Policy
Posted on Sunday, September 15, 1991The USDA Forest Service is coming under increasing pressure to eliminate the clearcut harvest method as a silvicultural tool within the National Forest System. Clearcutting is one of the preferred, and sometimes only, harvesting technique which promotes the successful establishment of a new forest for the future
NASF Resolution No. 1991-1: Biological Diversity
Posted on Sunday, September 15, 1991Biological diversity is the variety of life and its processes, and includes the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the relationship between the communities and ecosystems in which they occur. Biological diversity is important to sustain the health of ecological systems to provide for the well-being of people, and for its own intrinsic value
