CWSF’s Western Voice blog helps you stay current on all the most important information related to forestry issues in the West.


CWSF is seeking proposals from qualified companies and/or contractors to capture and synthesize activities on federal forest lands that are being accomplished in partnership between Western state forestry agencies and federal land management agencies.

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

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

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

Read October news from our members and partners.  

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

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

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

Read September news from our members and partners.  

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.

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

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.