Approximately every two years NASF conducts a survey of its 59 members to capture key information about the non-federal forestlands in the U.S. and the role of State Foresters in enhancing their value, representing public interests, and protecting these lands from threats. A new report from NASF, "State Foresters by the Numbers: Data and Analysis [read more]
Photos from the 2010 Annual Meeting are now online! Click here to view.
NASF joined with the American Forest Foundation to conduct two briefings for staff and members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees on Farm Bill progress in supporting forest conservation. Michigan State Forester Cara Boucher presented along with Jay Jensen, USDA Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment; Dr. Rob Parkes, vice-chair, Arkansas Forestry Commission; Lisa [read more]
NASF elected a new slate of officers to its governing Executive Committee and approved a number of policy positions by resolution at the association's 88th Annual Meeting last week in Orlando, Florida. Jeff Jahnke, Colorado State Forester, will head NASF as president in 2010-2011. NASF also elected John Shannon, Arkansas State Forester, as the association's [read more]
The 88th NASF Annual Meeting will kick-off on Sunday, September 19 in Orlando, Florida, where State Foresters will gather with other partners and guests to discuss "Conservation Strategies for America's Forests." A forum to address national forestry issues, the Annual Meeting is where NASF members elect officers, approve consensus-based resolutions, and generally conduct the business [read more]
NASF sells educational materials and products like State Tree posters and Smokey Bear items through a field office in Franklinton, North Carolina. State, federal and local agencies, teachers, fire departments and other public safety groups, educators and community service organizations are all able to order materials through NASF to help build awareness and promote wildfire [read more]
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]
The NASF Foundation, with the assistance of the USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry, has selected Missouri State Forester Lisa Allen and Ohio State Forester David Lytle as fellowship recipients for the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Traditionally, the Foundation [read more]
NASF actively works to promote community tree planting, public-private partnerships, and volunteer tree planting efforts that help stimulate local economies, create jobs, and mobilize community spirit. As part of a national strategy towards economic recovery, NASF encourages Congress to reauthorize the National Small Business Tree Planting Program through S. 3279.
Steve Koehn, Maryland State Forester and president of NASF, has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation with the Champion of Trees Award for advancing public forestry policy. Koehn played a vital leadership role in the passage of the Maryland Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009. This historic act recognizes that an important way to clean [read more]
