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Friday, April 26, 2013
This week NASF joined numerous organizations in the forestry community in letters to the Senate. The letters mirrored those sent to the House last week in support of FY2014 appropriations for priority programs at the USDA Forest Service including: Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, Forest Health Program, Urban and...
Friday, April 19, 2013
This week, Georgia State Forester Robert Farris delivered testimony before the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters. Robert’s testimony identified FY14 funding recommendations for NASF priority programs.
Friday, April 19, 2013
NASF joined numerous other organizations in the forestry community in support of FY2014 appropriations for priority programs at the USDA Forest Service including: Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, Forest Health Program, Urban and Community Forestry Program, Forest Stewardship Program, and the State Fire Assistance...
Friday, March 22, 2013
This week, Congress passed the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 (HR 933) that will fund federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year. The bill continues funding levels enacted as part of the FY12 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (including the USDA Forest...
Friday, March 15, 2013
This week NASF joined others in the forestry community in support of funding for wildland fire management activities as the Senate considered a continuing resolution to fund the Federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2013. After experiencing a brutal fire season in 2012 and continuing drought conditions...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Last week NASF joined partners from the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition to meet with congressional offices and address the vital importance of trees and green infrastructure for America’s communities. The event took place during the 2013 ACTrees Policy Summit.
Topics of discussion during meetings with congressional...
Friday, December 7, 2012
This week the U.S. Senate passed its version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. Among its many amendments was the reauthorization of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act. The amendment was sponsored by Senator McCain (R-AZ).
In August, NASF sent a letter in to Senators McCain, Feinstein and Nelson...
Thursday, November 29, 2012
NASF joined with other members of the Fire Suppression Funding Solutions Partner Caucus to send a letter to appropriators as they complete work on FY13 appropriations for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies.
The letter thanked appropriators for repaying transferred funds from non-fire accounts used for suppression...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
In the worst wildfire season on record, money to pay for firefighters, fire trucks and aircraft that dump retardant on monstrous flames ran out. Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture did about the only thing they could: take money from other forest management programs. The problem? Many of the programs were aimed...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee released a draft FY13 Interior Appropriations bill funding programs at EPA, DOI and the USDA Forest Service. The Senate draft includes similar funding levels for many NASF priority programs when compared to the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill...
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