Congress returned early this month from recess and is in session for a few short weeks before recessing again in October. Discussions have picked back up on several issues of interest to CWSF members including fiscal year 2017 spending, energy legislation, wildfire funding and forest management.

We invite you to meet Eddie Tudor, CWSF Member and New Mexico State Forester.

Read August highlight's from CWSF's Executive Director. 

Both the House and Senate remain in recess until early September. This policy update includes a summary of several bills - introduced earlier this summer - that may be of interest to CWSF members. 

The August 2016 edition of the CWSF e-newsletter is now available. 

CWSF recently added one pagers for each of our five issue areas. These one pagers are available in our publications library and are also accessible on each issue web page. 

CWSF was recently featured in the Summer 2016 edition of the National Woodland Owners Association Magazine.

Read July's legislative and policy updates from CWSF's Policy Director. 

Read July highlight's from CWSF's Executive Director. 

We invite you to meet David Smith, CWSF Member and Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife Administrator.

The July 2016 edition of the CWSF e-newsletter is now available. 

The National Association of State Foresters’ (NASF) Foundation sponsors  photography fellowships to help tell compelling visual stories about state and private forestry in the United States. Grace Mirzeler, CWSF Member Services Associate, is participating in this fellowship and had the opportunity to participate in two photo trips on behalf of NASF and recently concluded her participation in the photography fellowship with a photo trip to Salida, CO.

Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its decision that no additional regulations are needed to address stormwater discharges from forest roads under the Clean Water Act (CWA).