by Web Editor | Apr 16, 2018 | News, News/PR
The National Association of State Foresters applauds the House Agriculture Committee for its work to develop and introduce a robust 2018 Farm Bill with Forestry Title provisions that would help ensure the long-term health and sustainability of all America’s...
by Web Editor | May 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced the 2016 theme for Arson Awareness Week: Prevent Wildfire Arson—Spread the Facts Not the Fire. USFA and its partners will use the week of May 1 – 7 to focus attention on wildfire arson, particularly in the...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2015 | News, News/PR
Forests and forest products have long represented a substantial resource endowment in the United States. The nation consumes and produces, when aggregated across product categories, more forest products than any other country. A recent report entitled “The...
by Web Editor | Jun 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
As the rural forestry coordinator for the Kansas Forest Service, Bob Atchison has a broad perspective toward the state’s 5.2 million acres of forest land. “Healthy forests, woodlands and windbreaks are as important to our national infrastructure as roads and bridges,”...
by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2011 | News
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), has recently been awarded a cooperative agreement by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to develop a Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) initiative aimed at raising the level of wildfire risk awareness among the public, and...