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Letters

Representatives of NASF often send letters to Congress, the USDA Forest Service and other groups urging their support of important forestry issues. The association will also occasionally sign on to a coalition of other like-minded groups working to effect change in forest policy. Below are the most recent of those letters.

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June 6, 2008

NASF Letter: Kimbell/Lasseter/Lancaster - June 25, 2008

On behalf of the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) I wish to express our appreciation for your leadership and guidance in development of the 2008 Farm Bill as recently passed by Congress. As we work together to develop policies and procedures for new programs as well as strategies to improve implementation of current programs, NASF respectfully requests your attention to the following issues and suggestions...
June 30, 2008

NASF Letter: Obey/Lewis - House Appropriations, forestry and the Farm Bill - June 25, 2008

NASF was pleased to see that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies took important measures to restore reductions in funding contained in the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2009. NASF particularly appreciates attention to those forestry related programs as recently authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill.
June 26, 2008

Coalition Letter: Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition on the 2008 Farm Bill - June 6, 2008

The Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition has come together specifically to increase opportunities for America's private forest landowners to provide economic and environmental benefits to the larger society. The organizations listed below, as participants of the Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition, wish to express our appreciation to you for the advancements made for private forest landowners and forests in the 2008 Farm Bill.
June 5, 2008

NASF Letter: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act - June 2, 2008

As the Senate debates the Lieberman Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 3036) , the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) wishes to share some thoughts specifically related to Adaptation Programs for Natural Resources (Title VI, Subtitle D and Title XII, Subtitles C and D)....NASF recommends a more expansive recognition of not only forest ecosystems, but also acknowledgement of range and grassland resources. This will best address the impacts of climate change on the resources that provide habitat, clean air and water, and renewable products.
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June 2, 2008

NASF Letter: FLAME Act - March 28, 2008

To Congressmen Nick Rahall, Raul Grijalva, and Norman Dicks Re: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act)
March 28, 2008

NASF Letter: Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act - March 5, 2008

NASF urges a broad definition of renewable biomass that fully recognizes that forests are a renewable resource and ready source of biomass feedstock. HR 5236 provides the changes necessary to ensure that forests aren't excluded from the cutting edge of renewable fuels, and equally important, will help to keep forest lands productive, thereby reducing the incentive to convert land to non-forest uses. Excluding forests from the renewable biomass definition will close off yet another avenue to keeping forests forested.
March 5, 2008

NASF Letter: Definition of renewable biomass in the Energy Bill - February 7, 2008

The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) urges Congress to modify the definition of renewable biomass in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) provision. As currently written, the definition restricts the types of feedstock that can be used as well as limiting where that feedstock can originate. Our nation’s forests can provide a ready supply of feedstock for renewable fuels, and any exclusion of woody biomass from the Renewable Fuel Standard would hamstring the nation’s efforts to reduce our reliance on foreign oil...

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February 7, 2008

Coalition Letter: Family-owned forests in the 2007 Farm Bill - October 24, 2007

The Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition has come together specifically to increase opportunities for America’s private forest landowners to provide economic and environmental benefits. We applaud the steps which have been taken in the Forestry Title.
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October 24, 2007

NASF Letter: Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007 - October 9, 2007

On behalf of the National Association of State Foresters, representing the nation’s state and territorial foresters, I would like to thank you for sponsoring S.1930, the Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007 (CILA). Illegal logging compromises the economic, environmental, and social objectives of sustainable forestry. For this reason, NASF agrees with the many supporters of this important legislation.
October 9, 2007