This month, we are pleased to feature Kelly Norris, State Forester for the Wyoming State Forestry Division.

This month, we are pleased to feature Thomas (Tom) Torres, State Forester for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.

This month, we are pleased to feature Marcus Warnke, State Forester of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Resource Conservation & Forestry Division.

This month, we are pleased to feature Joe Tyler, Director & Fire Chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).    

This month, we are pleased to feature Matt McCombs, State Forester & Director of the Colorado State Forest Service.

This month, we are pleased to feature Cal Mukumoto, State Forester of the Oregon Department of Forestry.

This month, we are pleased to feature Tom Claeys, North Dakota State Forester.

This month, we are pleased to feature Jamie Barnes, Director and State Forester of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

This month, we are pleased to feature Helge Eng, State Forester and Director of the Alaska Division of Forestry.

This month, we are pleased to feature Christine Camacho Fejeran, Forestry Division Chief, Forestry and Soil Resources Division, Guam Department of Agriculture.

This month, we are pleased to feature Denis Sene, Jr. (DJ), Forestry Program Manager with the American Samoa Community College - Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources Division.

This month, we are pleased to feature Craig Foss, Idaho State Forester.

This month, we are pleased to feature Jason Hartman, Kansas State Forester.

This month, we are pleased to feature Thom Porter, CAL FIRE Director and California State Forester.

This month, we are pleased to feature David Tenney, Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Management and Arizona State Forester.

This month, we are pleased to feature John Erixson, Director and State Forester for the Nebraska Forest Service.

This month, we are pleased to feature Martin Pangelinan Jr., State Forester with the CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources / Department of Agriculture - CNMI Forestry.

This month, we are pleased to feature George Geissler, State Forester and Deputy Supervisor of Wildland Fire and Forest Health with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

This month, we are pleased to feature Greg Josten, State Forester, South Dakota Department of Agriculture, Resource Conservation & Forestry Division.

This month, we are pleased to feature Sonya Germann, State Forester with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

This month, we are pleased to feature Mike Lester, Director and State Forester for the Colorado State Forest Service and CWSF Chair.

Take a look at what's happening in western forestry with news from our member state agencies.

We invite you to meet Kacey KC, State Forester and Firewarden for the Nevada Division of Forestry.

We invite you to meet Mary Taufetee, American Samoa Territorial Forester. 

Take a look at what's happening in western forestry with news from our member state agencies.

We invite you to meet Brian Cottam, State Forester and Director of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands.

Take a look at what's happening in western forestry with news from our member state agencies.

We invite you to meet Marlyter P. Silbanuz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Agriculture Unit – Division of Resources and Management Development, Department of Resources and Development with the Federated States of Micronesia.

Take a look at what's happening in western forestry with news from our member state agencies.

Take a look at what's happening in western forestry with news from our member state agencies.

Learn more about the May NASF Executive Committee Meeting. 

Take a look at what's happening in western forestry with news from our member state agencies.

We invite you to meet John "Chris" Maisch, Alaska State Forester and Director of the Division of Forestry.

2016 was an exciting year of growth for the Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF) and we are pleased to highlight the accomplishments of the past year.

We invite you to meet Lajkit Rufus, State Forester for the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

We invite you to meet Aaron Everett, Policy Director and State Forester for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. 

We invite you to meet Larry Biles, CWSF Member and Kansas State Forester.

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

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

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

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

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

Yesterday, Chief Ken Pimlott, California State Forester and Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), and member of the Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF) and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), testified at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing in Washington D.C. 

We invite you to meet Larry Kotchman, CWSF Member and North Dakota State Forester.

Henry Capelle is the new acting state forester for the Republic of Marshall Islands, replacing Karness Kusto.

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced that the emerald ash borer (EAB) was found in southeast Omaha. This is the first confirmation of the insect in Nebraska. Learn more in a press release from the Nebraska Forest Service. On June 17, Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced a second discovery of the emerald ash borer in Greenwood, NE. 

We are delighted to welcome three new state foresters to the Council of Western State Foresters -- David Smith of Hawaii; Joe Freeland of Nevada; and Eddie Tudor of New Mexico.  

CWSF is also pleased to announce that Greg Josten, state forester of South Dakota, has joined the CWSF executive committee as treasurer.  Greg will serve out the remainder of the term vacated by Tony Delfin, former New Mexico state forester.  As a member of the CWSF executive committee, Josten is also a voting member of the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition executive board.  

The Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF)  is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of state, territorial, and commonwealth foresters of the Western United States and Pacific Islands.