CWSF’s Western Voice blog helps you stay current on all the most important information related to forestry issues in the West.
The August 2016 edition of the CWSF e-newsletter is now available.
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.
Read August highlight's from CWSF's Executive Director.
We invite you to meet Eddie Tudor, CWSF Member and New Mexico State Forester.
CWSF recently added one pagers for each of our 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 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).
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.
The National Association of State Foresters’ (NASF) Foundation sponsors a photography fellowship to help tell compelling visual stories about state and private forestry in the United States. With this being a signature program of NASF, fellowships were formed in Colorado, Georgia, and Wisconsin for 2016. This year, NASF and the Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF) partnered to shoot the forests of Colorado. I had the privilege of capturing images for multiple events within Colorado while interacting with State Foresters from across the nation.