Have an event coming up? Are you educating a group about wildfire safety or native trees? NASF has the perfect resource for you! Visit the NASF online store to find Smokey Bear posters, pencils, rulers, key chains and other giveaways, as well as a variety of educational state tree posters and notecards. Whether you are [read more]
The House Ag Committee wrapped up hearings on the 2012 Farm Bill last week and NASF President Randy Die represented the Association's priorities at a hearing that took place on Friday. Other groups also shared their opinions on the Bill and what's important to them as the House subcommittees worked through their titles In a [read more]
NASF has officially launched our redesigned website. The new website was designed to be more user friendly and offers several new features, including a searchable document library and a link to our online education materials store. The Current Issues and Policy page allows you to find detailed information on industry issues and related NASF documents [read more]
More than a thousand people gathered in Honolulu this week for the annual convention of the Society of American Foresters. On Saturday, NASF Executive Director Jay Farrell will present an overview of the U.S. campaign for the International Year of Forests, and NASF also prepared an exhibit of images from the IYOF photography fellowship completed [read more]
NASF sent letters to House and Senate leaders to offer recommendations for the next Farm Bill that are priorities for State Foresters—many of which are shared by the Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition—and are essential in implementing each state's forest action plan. State Foresters recognize that writing the next Farm Bill will be as [read more]
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire, is making tough decisions about firefighting resources after a $34 million budget cut due to the severe financial crisis affecting the state. Some of the effects of the cuts include 730 fewer seasonal firefighters and cancellation of the exclusive use contract for the DC-10 air tanker, according [read more]
Effecitve March 14, Doug Denico will serve as the new State Forester of Maine. Doug recently served as President of the Maine Forest Products Council. He succeeds Alec Giffen, who led the Maine Forest Service for seven years.
Maryland State Forester Steven W. Koehn was elected last week to the independent Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) Board of Directors. The 18-member multi-disciplinary SFI board includes representatives of environmental, professional and academic groups, independent loggers, family forest landowners, public officials, labor and the forest products sector.
Research published online in the magazine Science shows that deciduous tree leaves, such as those from the maple, aspen, and poplar, suck up far more atmospheric pollutants than previously thought.
NASF President and Maryland State Forester Steven W. Koehn joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar yesterday for a Washington, DC, briefing on the 2010 fire season. Koehn emphasized that it is always wildfire season somewhere in the United States, and that state forestry agencies [read more]
