It's a new dawn here at the National Association of State Foresters. We've moved into a new office space, we've released our new logo (don't worry, it's really just a crisper version of our forever logo), and we're prepping for a January rollout of our latest video series. When you come to visit us—and we [read more]
For over a decade, the NASF Foundation has sponsored a photo fellowship program for talented, up-and-coming photographers. To date, these fellows have visited 17 states to capture photos that help tell the compelling story of state and private forestry. Now the best of the best of these photos are available for download on Flickr, a [read more]
By Tyler Hoguet and Whitney Forman-Cook | This blog is a cross-post and will appear in the Autumn 2020 edition of the National Woodlands Magazine. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced the largest economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression. During the Great Recession of 2008, America’s real GDP declined by 8.4% during [read more]
By Tyler Hoguet This summer has truly been unique in so many ways. The COVID-19 pandemic placed much of life on hold, and for many of my college peers, it placed their internships on hold as well. While other organizations and institutions decided to suspend their internship programs so they could focus on dealing with [read more]
By Tyler Hoguet The World Economic Forum (WEF) launched 1t.org in January 2020 and has since helped establish Trillion Tree chapters across the globe, including in the United States. The 1t.org platform seeks to unify individuals, businesses, NGOs, and governments in a "global initiative to grow, restore, and conserve one trillion trees around the world" [read more]
By Whitney Forman-Cook | This blog is a cross-post that appeared in the Summer 2020 edition of the National Woodlands Magazine. The way federal dollars are allocated to state forestry agencies for Forest Stewardship programs will change soon – but don’t worry, it’s a good thing for private forestland owners. Within the USDA Forest Service’s [read more]
By Tyler Hoguet You generally won't see the Firefighter Property Program (FFP) and the Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program included in NASF's annual appropriations recommendations; however, state foresters know that FEPP and FFP are instrumental in helping their agencies fight wildfire nationwide. Both FEPP and FFP help state and local agencies secure much needed firefighting [read more]
By Tyler Hoguet This week was a busy one for state foresters on Capitol Hill. George Geissler, Laura McCarthy, and Thom Porter all appeared (virtually) before members of Congress this week to discuss the difficulties of fighting wildfire during the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington State Forester George Geissler’s testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources [read more]
By Tyler Hoguet (Image sources are linked below) As recently as 2017, just 11% of adults living in North America (surveyed by the North American Forest Partnership) would characterize the forest industry as “innovative.” And yet, we've seen the recent emergence of several cutting-edge wood technologies and forest products: from mass timber to cellulosic biofuels to [read more]
By Rick Cantrell and Whitney Forman-Cook | This blog is a cross-post that appeared in the Spring 2020 edition of the National Woodlands Magazine. Just in case you missed it: the National Association of State Foresters launched a Centennial Challenge campaign at its 2019 Annual Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, to mark its 100th year [read more]
