This month the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with two primary holdings: EPA’s attempt in the Tailoring Rule to regulate stationary sources under the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permitting program solely on the basis of their greenhouse gas emissions is not [read more]
NASF President and Alaska State Forester Chris Maisch was in Rome this week to participate in the Committee on Forestry, referred to as COFO 22. The biennial sessions of COFO bring together heads of international forest services and other senior government officials to identify emerging policy and technical issues, to seek solutions and to [read more]
Our NASF Foundation photography fellow Leslie heads to Minnesota on July 14. Following that trip will be a photographic journey into the forests and Pennsylvania, Florida, Mississippi, and California. We’d like to thank the host state foresters and their teams for jumping on board with this exciting project which will help us document working forests [read more]
With support from the NASF Foundation, NASF has selected Leslie Robertson of Illinois as its 2014 Photography Fellow. The outstanding photographer was selected from our strongest pool of candidates yet and will document the theme Working Forests Work throughout California, Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Minnesota. This is the third year that Foundation has supported the fellowship, [read more]
Are you an aspiring conservation photographer? The NASF Foundation is accepting applications for our 2014 Photography Fellowship now through Friday, May 30. This year's fellowship theme is "Working Forests Work" and the selected photographer will travel to five states in two months to document state foresters working on the ground with landowners and wildlife; sustainably [read more]
On May 1, Amanda Cooke joined NASF as the new communications director. She looks forward to helping develop stronger relationships with our partners, working with members of the media to increase coverage of policy priorities, and marketing NASF’s educational materials. Her role will also include work with NASF’s print and digital marketing tools including the [read more]
Under section 8204 of the Farm Bill, states are given the opportunity to request desgination of landscape-scale insect & disease infestation areas on National Forest System lands managed by the USDA Forest Service. To date, 36 states have submitted requests to the Forest Service for such designations under the Farm Bill authority. NASF is encouraged [read more]
State Foresters Monica Lear, Ph.D., (DC) and Steve Koehn (MD) have been selected to join the US Forest Service as Director for Forest Health Protection and Director of Cooperative Forestry, respectively, in Washington, DC. Both have served in numerous leadership roles with the National Association of State Foresters over the years. Lear serves as Chair [read more]
NASF welcomes Bettina K. Ring, who has been appointed State Forester of Virginia. Ring most recently served as Senior Vice President of Family Forests at the American Forest Foundation where she was responsible for the American Tree Farm System®, the largest and oldest sustainable woodland program in America, supporting more than 80,000 family forest owners [read more]
NASF is pleased to announce that Olivia Reynolds has joined NASF as Fiscal Specialist. Olivia’s first official day was March 17. Prior to joining NASF, Olivia cultivated an impressive resume in both the arts and in accounting. She brings with her 12 years of accounting experience, including time spent as the accounting manager for a [read more]
