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Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:Southern Group of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Support for Methyl Bromide Fairness Act
BACKGROUND:Methyl bromide, a natural organic compound produced by oceans, forest fires, and some leafy plants, is used in numerous applications important to forest management, particularly nursery management. Although forest tree nurseries use only about 1 percent of the methyl bromide used annually in all applications, the value of the trees produced in nurseries far outweighs the...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, October 5, 2000 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION: Council of Western State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:Use and Allocation of Potential Increases to the State Fire Assistance Budget
BACKGROUND:NASF recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2001 budget include substantial increases in State Fire Assistance (SFA). Recent US Forest Service reviews/reports have established that building overall capacity in the national wildland fire suppression infrastructure is a significant issue. The rising costs of wildland fire management...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
NASF Water Resources Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
EPA's Proposed TMDL Rule Change Regarding Regulation of Silviculture
BACKGROUND:
The complexity and contentiousness of the overall TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) program has produced scientific and legal issues beyond practical understanding and implementation. In that regard, virtually every aspect of implementing the TMDL program is excessively confusing, cost prohibitive, and burdened with unrealistic deadlines.
For...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Changes to Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualifications System Guide
BACKGROUND:
The National Association of State Foresters has supported National Mobility Incidents since 1973 by supplying personnel and equipment. Nationally, there are numerous National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) positions identified as "critical shortage" resources. Current training delivery systems are inadequate to meet the...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION
NASF Fire Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Fire Weather Forecasting
BACKGROUND:
Several years ago, the National Weather Service initiated a modernization and restructuring process which refocuses its weather forecasting away from specialty forecasts for agriculture, aviation, and fire toward general weather forecasts. Congress several years ago directed the National Weather Service to stop providing what they characterized as "specialized forecasts." This effort is strongly...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Restoration of the Stewardship Incentives Program (SIP)
BACKGROUND:
The Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) and the Stewardship Incentives Program (SIP) are the essential core of our rural outreach efforts and need revitalization. There is clearly a shift in ownership patterns towards smaller forest land holdings and the majority of the productive forest land is still perfectly fitted to FSP and SIP. In fact,...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
Southern Group of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Adopting "Taxation and Forest Sustainability: Recommendations for Positive Change" as a Policy Statement for the Association
BACKGROUND:
Taxation of forest land and forestry related income is a major concern of non-industrial private forest landowners. Tax policies at both the Federal and State level can have a major impact on forest management. Current provisions of the Federal tax code can encourage unsustainable...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters
Southern Group of State Foresters
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Establishment and Management of forests under USDA Conservation Programs
BACKGROUND:
Over the past several years, new guidelines for the Conservation Reserve Program and the Wetland Reserve Program have been issued which discourage the planting of forest stands, and encourage the creation of forest edge habitat through the planting of thin, understocked stands of trees and...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
NASF Forest Resource Management Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Forest certification and the non-industrial private forest landowner
BACKGROUND:
In the past five years, numerous efforts have been made to create forest certification systems, which provide standards and review processes for the management of forests. Six of these certification systems, commonly known as certification schemes, were reviewed recently by a Society of American Foresters task force, which was co-...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, September 23, 1999 - 12:00am
ORIGIN OF RESOLUTION:
NASF Federal Lands Committee
ISSUE OF CONCERN:
Management of Federal Lands Policy Statement
BACKGROUND:
The USDA Forest Service and the USDI Bureau of Land Management manage about one fifth of the land area of the United States. Their history of land stewardship is a proud one; although frequently criticized, these agencies have made possible great strides in land management in areas such as watershed protection, grazing, and forestry.
State Foresters have particular...