Publications

The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) and the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils (CPFC) worked collaboratively to produce the 2021 National Prescribed Fire Use Report. Since 2011, the two organizations have partnered to prepare reports (in 2012, 2015, and 2018, and 2020) on prescribed fire activity, state-level programs, and barriers to prescribed fire implementation. [read more]

The 2021-2022 NASF Annual Report highlights the association’s many efforts to advance the policy and communications priorities of its membership. In the last 12 months, NASF has had a number of notable successes: Boosted the relevance of NASF’s policy positions in Washington, D.C., and the reputation of state foresters nationwide with strategic communications. NASF advanced the [read more]

NASF celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020 and 2021 with a Centennial Challenge campaign, honoring both the work of the association in providing a unified voice for state and private forestry, as well as the tremendous social, environmental, and economic contributions of state forestry agencies nationwide. As part of the celebration, NASF’s 59 forestry agency [read more]

This Communities At Risk (CAR) Report provides a national snapshot of wildland fire risk, preparedness, and capacity using the latest USDA Forest Service National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting System data for Fiscal Year 2021. For more information about this report, contact NASF Fire Director Jim Karels at jkarels@stateforesters.org.

The latest statistics report on the nation’s state forestry agencies is now available. The State Foresters by the Numbers report relies on NASF biennial survey data to illustrate the key roles state foresters and their agencies play in protecting and enhancing America’s forested landscapes. Learn more by viewing or downloading the PDF linked below.

The 2020-2021 NASF Annual Report highlights the association’s many efforts to advance the policy and communications priorities of its membership. In the last 12 months, NASF has had a number of notable successes: Shared recommendations with a new administration and Congress for policies and legislation most important to state forestry. Increasing federal investments in forest [read more]

Meaningful, landscape-scale forest restoration doesn’t happen without collaboration across ownership boundaries. It is spurred and strengthened by the support of a determined executive, and underpinned by federal financial support largely conveyed through the USDA Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry (S&PF) mission area. Investments in S&PF programs and a shared commitment to working across jurisdictions [read more]

The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) and the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils (CPFC) worked collaboratively to produce the 2020 National Prescribed Fire Use Report. Since 2011, the two organizations have partnered to prepare triennial reports (in 2012, 2015, and 2018) on prescribed fire activity, state-level programs, and barriers to prescribed fire implementation. These [read more]

The 2019-2020 NASF Annual Report highlights the association's many efforts to advance the policy and communications priorities of its membership. In the last 12 months, despite the challenges of COVID-19, NASF has had a number of notable successes: Securing funding for priority programs. This spring, NASF policy efforts contributed to increased or steady funding for [read more]

Greater support for state forestry agencies and their work to sustain, enhance, and protect America's forests is needed now more than ever. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an ailing national economy, and a substantial backlog in federal forest management and rural infrastructure maintenance, the nation's state foresters have put forth a policy platform designed to bolster [read more]