Letters

The NAASF and NASF alongside TNC, National Association of Forest Service Retirees, American Forests and others lead efforts to send a letter to the Administration and Congress earlier this week regarding recent plans at the USDA Forest Service to transfer funds from non-fire accounts to pay for wildland fire suppression. The letter is from nearly [read more]

Earlier today, NASF President Randy Dye sent Senators McCain, Feinstein and Nelson, sponsors of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012 (S. 3441) a letter of support on behalf of NASF members. The proposed act will would provide the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) with near-term access to airtankers, while the USDA Large Airtanker Modernization [read more]

Last week NASF and others in the forestry community sent a letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urging consideration of HR 2541. Yesterday, the Committee passed the Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act (HR 2541), which was drafted in response to a May 2011 decision in the 9th Circuit that determined forest roads used for [read more]

NASF joined more than 40 organizations that represent business owners, forest landowners, sportsmen and women, outdoor recreation enthusiasts and conservationists to urge the Senate to vote down Amendment #2313 to the Farm Bill. Amendment #2313, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee, would eliminate the Forest Legacy Program (FLP), which has successfully grown by 21 percent over [read more]

This week NASF signed on to the "Hold the Line" letter along with more than 500 other organizations.  The "Hold the Line" letter urges congress to make no additional cuts to funding for the Conservation Title of the bill beyond the level approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26, 2012. As Congressional proceedings [read more]

NASF joined more than 90 other organizations in a coalition letter to support the permanent reauthorization of Stewardship Contracting Authority, with no changes, in the 2012 Farm Bill. First enacted as a pilot program in the FY1999 Interior Appropriations bill and then reauthorized for another 10 years within the 2003 Omnibus Public Lands bill, stewardship [read more]

NASF as part of the Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition, signed on to a letter to request that the bi-partisan Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, be brought before the full Senate for consideration in an open process, as soon as possible. The coalition believes that the Senate should take up a [read more]

NASF and nearly 650 landowners, farmers, ranchers, forest managers, agricultural and forest businesses, hunters and anglers, local and state government officials, and non-profit organizations recently sent a letter to Congressional leaders on the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture to express strong support for the conservation title of the U.S. Farm Bill. Recognizing that deliberations needed [read more]

NASF and the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) recently sent a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to urge the Forest Service to make every effort to improve coordination between states, tribes and the National Forest System. State foresters and tribal leaders have been working closely on forest management issues under a Joint Coordination Committee established [read more]

State Foresters recently joined with state clean water, wildlife and ag associations to send a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson urging the agency to defend current regulations that support the established success of the state-based BMP approach to effectively manage nonpoint source pollution from forestry activities. In addition, 29 state attorneys general sent a [read more]