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Forest Action Plans
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Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Massachusetts State Forester
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Endorsement of National Coalition for Sustaining America's Forests Report
BACKGROUND:Whereas: the 1998 National Research Council report on Nonfederal Forests (Forestlands in Perspective: Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests) contains four (4) recommendations pertaining to research, education and extension outreach; and
Whereas: the National Association of Professional Forestry...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTIONCouncil of Western State Foresters (CWSF)
ISSUE OF CONCERNWildland Fire Preparedness and Response
BACKGROUNDDuring the ongoing 2000 fire season, nearly 80,000 wildfires have already consumed more than 6.8 million acres, destroyed several homes and structures and, most tragically, have taken at least 18 lives. Response to these devastating fires required local, state, federal and international firefighting resources. The USDA Forest Service, alone, has already expended $610...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Council of Western State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:National Guard preparedness for Wildfire Suppression Deployment
BACKGROUND:The National Guard's mission includes an emerging role in "Homeland Security" that will enhance their state mission of aiding their respective state and communities in time of crisis. These crises include natural disasters and civil disturbances.
The 2000 wildfire season, one of the most destructive in the last 50 years, has resulted in a...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:NASF Forest Resource Management Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Lack of a NIPF landowner cost-share assistance program
BACKGROUND:Support and funding for the two primary NIPF landowner cost-share assistance programs (the Stewardship Incentives Program, SIP, and Forestry Incentives Program, FIP) has dwindled over recent years to a point where the two programs are no longer functional across the nation. Taken as a whole, the authorities for SIP and FIP meet the needs of all States...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:NASF Forest Resource Management Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Backyard Woods Initiative
BACKGROUND:Built upon the NACD Backyard Conservation Program, a Backyard Woods Program has been initiated by the USDA Forest Service to help bring "the rural forestry message to town." Targeted to landowners with less than ten acres of land, the program is intended to support healthy wooded habitat on private backyards through application of accepted forestry principles.
The program is to...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention CommitteeNASF Fire Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Fire use and education in the wildland-urban interface.
BACKGROUND:Forested landscapes play a vital role in providing water, wood, recreation, and a legacy for future generations. Many forests near urban areas are being developed into communities, creating an interface area where wildland fires greatly threaten homes and resources. The need to eliminate unwanted, human caused fires in these...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Utah State Forester
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Forest Service Cohesive Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire Hazards
BACKGROUND:The April 1999 General Accounting Office (GAO) Report entitled, Western National Forests, a Cohesive Strategy is Needed to Address Catastrophic Wildfire Threats, states, "The most extensive and serious problem related to the health of national forests in the interior West is the over-accumulation of vegetation, which has caused an increasing number of large,...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:NASF Fire Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Implementing the Recommendations of the study "Cost Containment on Large Fires: Efficient Utilization of Wildland Fire Suppression Resources."
BACKGROUND:For several years the rising costs of forest fire suppression have been a source of administrative concern for both federal and state agencies. After the 1994 fire season, the most expensive fire season in history, several studies of forest fire suppression costs were conducted. The...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Spread of hemlock woolly adelgid.
BACKGROUND:The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) currently infests eleven States from Massachusetts to North Carolina. These States have been experiencing an alarming increase in hemlock decline and mortality rates since 1992. There are no native predators to control HWA populations, and at present, there are no practical insecticides available to protect hemlock forests. The USDA...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Southern Group of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Landowner Recognition in the Forest Stewardship Program
BACKGROUND:The Forest Stewardship program seeks to increase landowner involvement in the management of their lands, and to improve that management where needed. Recognizing the landowners who enroll in the program is an important component of this effort. Landowners are recognized with a Stewardship certificate and a sign for their property. The enabling legislation...
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