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gosullivan
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 2:57pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: NASF Forest Resource Management Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Silvicultural and related forestry activities such as logging, road building, log hauling, site preparation and vegetative control continue to be challenged by interest groups and frequently the challenge is carried out in court using the provisions of the federal Clean Water Act as justification.
State forestry agencies take the lead in developing and encouraging the use of forestry best management practices to...
gosullivan
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 2:47pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: NASF Forest Science and Health Committee (FSHC)
ISSUE OF CONCERN: The impacts of invasive forest insect, diseases and plant species on our nation’s forests have become an increasing concern for NASF. Yet the nation’s current protection system is piecemeal; it lacks adequate rigor and comprehensiveness, virtually ensuring that invasive species will continue to arrive and spread. Preventing species from reaching our shores combined with an early detection and rapid...
Anonymous (not verified)
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 11:41am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: NASF Forest Markets Committee (FMC)
ISSUE OF CONCERN: The FMC has identified the loss of US wood products markets as a major concern for the United States' forest industry and economy. Until year 2000, the U.S. share of world industrial roundwood remained stable for 40 years at 25 percent, according to the Southern Forest Resource Assessment. But over the last decade, production has declined to 20% (not including fuelwood), and values of imports have exceeded exports....
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 11:35am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: Council of Western State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Landscape-Scale Forest Management in the Vicinity of Federal Lands
BACKGROUND:There is increasing consensus that sustaining and enhancing the health of forests in the U.S. requires a collaborative, landscape-scale approach. Forests across the nation face an increasing host of threats, including climate change, wildland fire, and insect and disease infestations. The one commonality among these threats is that they cross...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 11:32am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: NASF Executive Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Use of the State-wide Forest Resource Assessments and Strategies (Forest Action Plans) in budget formulation and funding allocation decisions for Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (CFAA) programs.
BACKGROUND:
WHEREAS, through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act, Congress recognizes that State Foresters are essential for effective delivery of federal programs that benefit forests;
WHEREAS, forest management needs and...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 3:01pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: NASF Forest Resource Management Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Forest Stewardship Plans when combined with effective technical assistance delivery systems can promote the establishment and perpetuation of planted forests as an integral part of healthy and productive forest ecosystems that achieve national goals for renewable energy while potentially offsetting pressures on native forests.
BACKGROUND: Congress has considered several options and proposals for guidelines and...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 3:00pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: NASF Forest Resource Management Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Forests can play a significantly larger role in providing a sustainable, low carbon fuel source to meet the nation's renewable energy goals.
BACKGROUND: Congress continues to consider legislation that would require utility providers to meet mandates to produce a portion of their energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, geothermal and biomass (among other renewables). Questions and concerns continue to...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 4:00pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: Forest Science & Health Committee; Southern Group of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Maintain maximum relevance and utility of the FIA program
BACKGROUND: A current and accurate forest inventory is a threshold requirement if we are to conserve and restore all of America's forests. The inventory must address the rapidly emerging issues of climate change, carbon, biomass, and land use change. But portions of the nation's forests are not being inventoried, funding is...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 4:00pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: Urban and Community Forestry Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Retiring out-of-date resolutions.
BACKGROUND:
The NASF Urban and Community Forestry Committee has reviewed the following resolutions and found them to be out-of-date or no longer relevant.
• 1996 Resolution 1996-2 (Relating to 2002 Olympic Games and a National Initiative for Urban and Community Forestry).• 1997 Resolution 1997-5 (Relating to Inventory and Assessment of Urban and Community Forests Throughout the...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 4:00pm
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: Forest Fire Protection Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN: Retiring out-of-date resolutions
BACKGROUND:
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. The Committee will consider updating both resolutions for presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
• 2004 -1: Strategic...