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2013 Farm Bill sees movement
Friday, May 17, 2013
This week the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture both voted to approve and send their versions of a 5-year Farm Bill to their respective floors. Debate on the Farm Bill in the House is expected sometime in June following the Memorial Day recess. The Senate is...
Wisconsin wildfire worst in years
Friday, May 17, 2013
A wildfire that began Tuesday afternoon in Wisconsin consumed 8,131 acres, destroyed 17 homes and forced dozens of people to evacuate before firefighters contained it late Wednesday evening. The fire was one of the worst to strike northern Wisconsin in three decades. The state Department of Natural Resources released a...
Learning more from forest landowners
Friday, May 17, 2013
A survey conducted by the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory & Analysis program has provided insight into behavioral patterns and motivating factors for the nation’s 10 million family forest ownerships. The survey collected data through a self-administered survey from more than 10,000 landowners selected at random...
NASF Foundation Photo Fellowship deadline extended
Friday, May 17, 2013
Are you an aspiring photographer? The NASF Foundation is taking applications and portfolios for the 2013 Photo Fellowship and has extended the deadline to Friday, May 24. This year's fellowship theme is "Embrace the Possibilities" and the chosen fellow will be provided funding for stipend and travel to five states to be...
Fourteenth webinar in Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation series announced
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Forest Service has announced the topic of its next webinar in the Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation series - Session #14: Conserving Private Lands in Perpetuity: Monitoring and Enforcement of Conservation Easements. This program will discuss some of the common challenges associated with monitoring and...
North Carolina legislature supports wood industry in new legislation
Friday, May 17, 2013
The North Carolina House of Representatives gave its final approval this week to legislation making clear no taxpayer-funded project could use a green-building rating system in which North Carolina forestry products are at a disadvantage compared to imported lumber. A win for the lumber industry in the state, bill...
NASF weighs in on invasive species
Thursday, May 16, 2013
This week NASF President Randy Dye testified on invasive species before the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. During his testimony, Mr. Dye stressed the importance of continued and improved collaboration between federal, state and local partners to help deal...
UK's biomass sustainability criteria may impact U.S. biomass exporters
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change proposed new sustainability criteria for biomass sourcing last September and a comment period wrapped up at the end of November, but the official standards are yet to be released. As proposed, a biomass power facility would have to demonstrate that 70 percent of the wood...
Landscaping for the 2013 wildfire season
Monday, May 13, 2013
Which mulch is the right mulch? Research on mulch and fire can help you decide. There are many choices to use to beautify your landscaping. There are wood chips, pine bark, pine needles, shredded rubber and more. But which one is the safest? Mulch has many positive attributes. It reduces the water requirements of plants,...
Colorado residents volunteer to prepare for wildfires
Monday, May 13, 2013
Last week Colorado residents participants were part of a pilot program called Wildfire Preparedness Day of Service. Hundreds of volunteers pitched in to work with a variety of organizations and governmental agencies on prevention and mitigation projects around Colorado. Some examples of activities were the  Northeast...

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