CWSF is a nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization comprised of state, territorial and commonwealth foresters whose role is to protect, conserve and enhance Western and Pacific Island forests.

CWSF’s members — listed here — include 17 Western U.S. State Foresters and six U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Island foresters.

States

Alaska

Jeremy Douse

Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection
State Forester and Director

3700 Airport Way
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907-451-2670
Email: jeremy.douse@alaska.gov
Website: http://forestry.alaska.gov/

Arizona

Tom Torres

Arizona Department of Forestry & Fire Management
State Forester

1110 West Washington Street, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-771-1400
Fax: 602-771-1421
Email:  ttorres@dffm.az.gov
Website: https://forestryandfire.az.gov/

California

Joe Tyler

California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Director

PO Box 944246
1416 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460 
Phone: 916-653-5123
Email: joe.tyler@fire.ca.gov
Website: www.fire.ca.gov 

Colorado

Matt McCombs

Colorado State Forest Service
State Forester and Director
Colorado State University

5060 Campus Box Delivery, Building #1050
Fort Collins, CO 80523-5060
Phone: 970-491-6303
Fax: 970-491-7736
Email: matthew.mccombs@colostate.edu
Website: csfs.colostate.edu

Hawai‘i

David Smith

CWSF Executive Committee Treasurer
Hawai‘i Dept. of Land and Natural Resources
Forestry and Wildlife Administrator

1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 325
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-587-0166
Fax: 808-587-0160
Email: david.g.smith@hawaii.gov 
Website: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/

Idaho

Julia Lauch

Idaho Department of Lands
State Forester

300 N. 6th Street, Suite 103
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 334-0274
Email: jlauch@idl.idaho.gov
Website: www.idl.idaho.gov/forestry 

Kansas

Jason Hartman

CWSF Executive Committee Incoming Chair
Kansas Forest Service
State Forester

2610 Claflin Road
Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: 785-532-3309
Email: hartmanj@ksu.edu
Website: www.kansasforests.org 

Montana

Shawn Thomas

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Forestry and Trust Lands Division Administrator/State Forester

2705 Spurgin Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-542-4300
Fax: 406-542-4217
Email:  sthomas@mt.gov
Website: https://dnrc.mt.gov/forestry/

Nebraska

John Erixson

Nebraska Forest Service
Director

102E Forestry Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0815
Phone: 402-472-6601
Fax: 402-472-2964
Email: jerixson2@unl.edu
Website: www.nfs.unl.edu

Nevada

Kacey KC

Nevada Division of Forestry
State Forester and Fire Warden

2478 Fairview Drive
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-2501
Fax: 775-684-2570
Email: kaceykc@forestry.nv.gov
Website: forestry.nv.gov

New Mexico

Laura McCarthy

New Mexico State Forestry
State Forester

1220 South St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505-490-2954
Email: Laura.McCarthy@emnrd.nm.gov
Website: http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/

North Dakota

Tom Claeys

CWSF Executive Committee Chair
North Dakota Forest Service
State Forester

916 E Interstate Ave, Ste #4
Bismarck, ND 58503-1227
Phone: 701-328-9945
Fax: 701-328-9947
Email: thomas.claeys@ndsu.edu
Website: www.ndsu.edu/ndfs

Oregon

Kate Skinner

Oregon Department of Forestry
Acting State Forester

2600 State Street
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: 503-354-4065
Email: kate.j.skinner@odf.oregon.gov
Website: www.oregon.gov/ODF

South Dakota

Marcus Warnke

South Dakota Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Resource Conservation & Forestry Division
State Forester

3305 West South Street
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: 605-394-2663
Fax: 605-394-2549
Email: Marcus.Warnke@state.sd.us
Website: https://danr.sd.gov/

Utah

Jamie Barnes

Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands

Department of Natural Resources
State Forester and Director

1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3520
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5703
Phone: 801-538-5418
Email: jamiebarnes@utah.gov
Website: www.ffsl.utah.gov 

Washington

George Geissler

Washington Department of Natural Resources
State Forester | Deputy Supervisor Wildfire and Forest Health

1111 Washington St SE
MS 47001
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: 360-902-1684
Email: george.geissler@dnr.wa.gov
Website: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/

Wyoming

Kelly Norris

Wyoming State Forestry Division
State Forester

5500 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: 307-777-5662
Fax: 307-777-5986
Email: Kelly.Norris@wyo.gov
Website: wsfd.wyo.gov

Pacific Islands

Territory of American Samoa

Denis Sene Jr.

American Samoa Community College- Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources Division- Forestry Program
Territorial Forester

P.O. Box 5319 ASCC / AHNR
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
​Phone: 684-699-1575 ext. 249
Fax: 011-684-699-5011
Email: d.sene@amsamoa.edu

Republic of Palau

Kiyara-Mae Eluil Swanson

Bureau of Environment - Division of Forest, Land, and Water Management
State Forester

P.O. Box 460
Koror, PW 96940
Phone: (680) 544-5804
Email: eswanson488@gmail.com (cc: palaudflw@gmail.com)

Federated States of Micronesia

Marlyter Silbanuz

Agriculture and Forestry Unit FSM
Program Manager

P.O. Box PS-12
Palikir Pohnpei, FSM 96941
Phone: 011-691-320-5133
Fax: 691-320-5854
Email: msilbanuz@rd.gov.fm
Website: https://rd.gov.fm/agriculture

Territory of Guam

Christine Fejeran

Guam Department of Agriculture- Forestry and Soil Resources Division
State Forester

163 Dairy Road
Mangilao, Guam 96923
Email: Christine.Fejeran@doag.guam.gov
Website: https://doag.guam.gov/forestry/

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Jack Ogumoro

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Forestry
Department of Lands and Natural Resources
Director, Division of Agriculture 

PO Box 10007
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: 670-322-9834
Email: jtogumoro@gmail.com
Website: https://dlnr.cnmi.gov/cnmi-forestry.html

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Randon Jack

Ministry of Resources & Development - Division of Agriculture & Forestry
Chief of Forestry

Coconut Street (PO Box 1727)
Majuro, MH 96960
Phone: (692) 625-3206 
Email: randonj18@gmail.com