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NASF Communities at Risk Report (Fiscal Year 2009 )

NASF continually surveys all states to determine progress in identifying communities at risk and developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs). This report helps provide a national snapshot of wildland fire risk, preparedness and capacity. The FY2009 data was collected through the U.S. Forest Service's National Fire Plan Operations & Reporting System (NFPORS), and reflects data accomplishments through September 30, 2009.
3:24 pm February 19, 2010 | | RSS 2.0 |
February 19, 2010

NASF Letter: Blair - NASF comments regarding the Hazard Support System in wildland fire detection and suppression (Feb. 3, 2010)

The National Association of State Foresters writes in support of investigating the feasibility of the 1999-2000 Hazard Support System (HSS) in wildland fire detection and suppression monitoring.
8:46 pm February 3, 2010 | | RSS 2.0 |
February 3, 2010

NASF Letter: Suh/Jensen - NASF comments regarding development of a Cohesive Wildfire Management Strategy (Jan. 20, 2010)

NASF writes to provide comments on an intergovernmental approach to developing a Cohesive Wildfire Management Strategy.
8:25 pm January 20, 2010 | | RSS 2.0 |
January 20, 2010

Wildfire Suppression Funding

The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) has been a leading advocate for a solution to the ever-increasing impact of emergency fire suppression costs on the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior's constrained budgets. The FLAME Act of 2009 establishes a new approach to budgeting for costly wildfires, which continually drain the budgets of the Forest Service and Department of the Interior and lead to the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars from other agency forest and land management priorities. 

8:41 pm November 3, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
November 3, 2009

Obama signs bill to help agencies manage skyrocketing wildfire suppression costs

President Obama this weekend signed legislation that will bring a degree of relief to the nation's forests by helping federal agencies solve several of the top problems caused by the skyrocketing costs of wildfire suppression. The measure establishes a new approach to budgeting for costly wildfires, which continually drain the budgets of the Forest Service and Department of the Interior and lead to the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars from other agency forest and land management priorities.
2:57 pm November 2, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
November 2, 2009

NASF Letter: OMB - Emergency Wildfire Suppression Costs (Oct. 13, 2009)

The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) writes today to bring attention to the imperative need to release the stranglehold that emergency wildfire suppression costs are having on the budget and programs of the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Interior.
3:44 pm October 13, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
October 13, 2009

State Foresters Praise Interior Bill that Sets up FLAME Fund

On Sept. 24, Senate leaders unanimously approved the creation of a separate source of funding for federal agencies to suppress large-scale wildfires via an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill. The Federal Land Assistance Management and Enhancement Fund ("FLAME" fund) is designed to alleviate funding problems caused by emergency wildland fire costs and is supported by NASF and more than 100 other industry, environmental, outdoor recreation, and forestry organizations.
3:30 pm September 28, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
September 28, 2009

NASF Resolution No. 2009-3: Retiring Outdated Fire Resolutions

The NASF Forest Fire Protection Committee has reviewed all resolutions from the year 2004 that fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee has reviewed the following resolutions and found them to be out-of-date and recommends retirement.
4:00 pm September 23, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
September 23, 2009

KY State Forester MacSwords on the FLAME Act and fire suppression funding (July 21, 2009)

I am proud to be representing the Partner Caucus on Fire Suppression Funding Solutions - a unique and diverse group of organizations dedicated to finding a new mechanism for funding emergency fire suppression activities for the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior land management agencies. We have developed two recommendations towards a solution. The first recommendation is to create a partitioned wildfire suppression account to fund emergency fires. Our second recommendation is to replace the 10-year rolling average with a more predictive and statistical modeling approach.
July 21, 2009

Smokey Bear Celebrates His 65th Birthday and Returns to Remind Americans... "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires"

Smokey Bear 65The Advertising Council joined today with the U.S. Forest Service and NASF to launch a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to celebrate Smokey Bear's 65th birthday and provide critical information to Americans about wildfire prevention. The television, radio, print and online PSAs are being distributed prior to the July 4th holiday, a time when many people go camping, have outdoor BBQs and light fireworks.
10:25 am June 30, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
June 30, 2009