Introducing the new NASF website!
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008The National Association of State Foresters is pleased to present the new and improved NASF website (www.stateforesters.org)! Our site has received a long-overdue redesign, with a new navigational structure, search features and an issue-focused design. We hope the new site will be a dynamic reference tool for our members, partners, the media, and the general public. Visit often for updated content, news and features!
Congress sends farm bill to White House
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008The Senate sent a $289 billion farm bill to the White House on Thursday, defying President George W. Bush to veto it. The Senate's 81-15 vote follows the overwhelming approval given to it in the House yesterday, where lawmakers passed it 318-106.
Wildfire officials brace for a scorching summer
Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008Wildfire season is a year-round reality in the United States, and now, with more than 1 million acres burned by wildfires already this year - more than double the amount burned by this time in 2007 - fire officials are preparing for a devastating summer.
Restore Forestry Funds
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008From The Hartford Courant: Drastic budget cuts proposed by the Bush administration threaten to weaken a successful, nearly century-long partnership between federal and state governments in forest conservation. Forest lands have always been important.
MD governor bans wind turbines on state forests
Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced this week that he will not allow commercial wind turbines on state forest land. The ban applies only to conservation lands owned outright by the state and managed by the Department of Natural Resources and is not meant to discourage wind power development on other local, federal or privately owned land.
Three die fighting CO wildfires
Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008Wildfires stoked by strong winds and dry weather caused the deaths of two firefighters and a pilot, and forced hundreds of Colorado residents from their homes.