For a look at what's happening in western forestry, check out the links / news below from our member state agencies:

Colorado State Forest Service

• News Release: Girl Scouts of Colorado Provide Trees for Forest Restoration
• News Release: Communities Coming Together on Wildfire Preparedness Day
• News Release: Wildfire Activity Highlights Need for Homeowners to Address Risk 
• News Release: Plant Trees Now to Prepare for Emerald Ash Borer, Increase Diversity

Idaho Department of Lands

• News Release: U of I study: Up to one-third of family-owned forests likely to change hands in five years
• News Release: Reforestation begins on private lands burned in the 2015 Clearwater Complex Fire
• Media Advisory: Opportunity to see fire investigators in training
• News Release: Idaho Forest Practices Act Advisory Committee to Meet in April  
• News Release: No proposed land exchange involving Idaho’s State lands and HiTest Silicon

Kansas Forest Service

• Newsletter: Kansas Canopy, Issue #65

North Dakota Forest Service

• Newsletter: The Prairie Forester, Vol. 32 No. 1 Spring 2018

If you have news from a state forestry agency and wish for it to be included on this site, please send it to Sara Goodwin.