NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF
FOREST
SERVICE RETIREES
REPORTS, LETTERS AND
COMMENTARY
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National
Forest Policy Assessment, October 2008
University of Montana Report to Senator John
Tester (pdf)
Wildfire
Funding Letters, September 2008
Fire
Funding Letter To House Chairmen Signed by 48 Natural Resource
Organizations (pdf)
National
Asscociation of State Foresters Fire Funding Letter to House Chairmen
(pdf)
Forest Service Funding Transfer
Table (pdf)
Fort
Valley Experiment Station 100th anniversary, September 2008
NAFSR Letter to Rep.
Peterson re. Fort Valley Experiment Station (pdf)
NAFSR
2008-2009 Agenda and Action Plan, September 2008
2008-2009 Work Agenda Letter to
Members and Partners (pdf)
Salvage
Logging in the Sequoia National Forest , August 2008
Bellingham
Herald August 28, 2008 article, Investigators find no wrongdoing in
giant Sequoia tree cutting (pdf)
Impact
of Fighting 2007-2008 Wildfires on Forest Service , August 2008
Forest
Service Letter to Partners Addressing Impact of Fighting Wildfires (pdf)
Forest
Biomass in the News, August 2008
Rapid
City Journal August 18, 2008 article, Finding energy in forest waste
(pdf)
Forest
Service and Climate Change, August 2008
Forest Service and Climate
Change Video Introduced by Chief Gail Kimbell (wmv)
Forest
Service Biomass Research and References, August 2008
Forest biomass
research and application references from the USDA Forest Service Forest
Products Lab (pdf)
Forest
Service Budget and Wildfires, July 2008
SacBee Columnist Les
Blumenthal: Forest Service Burns Through Its Budgets (pdf)
John Marker's message to Les
Blumenthal (pdf)
Forest Biomass and Wildfires, July 2008
Wyoming State
Forester's Op-Ed Piece: Fuel For Flames or Fuel For Energy (pdf)
FLAME
Act , July 2008
Rep Goodlatte (Rep VA)
Statement on House Version of FLAME Act (pdf)
HR5541,
The FLAME Act, Passed by the House (pdf)
Oregon Sen. Wyden's Proposed Forest
Management Legislation, July 2008
John
Marker's July 8, 2008 Letter to Senator Wyden (pdf)
Public's Understanding of Wildfire, June 2008
Dick
Pfilf's June 7, 2008 Letter to The National Geographic Society (pdf)
Forest Biomass Removal, June 2008
Dick Pfilf's 6/6/2008 Letter
to Editor of Reno Gazette-Journal
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 3,
Issue 2 for 2008
Lookout
Volume 3 Issue 2, 2008 (pdf version)
California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission NAFSR Update, May 2008
Bob Harris' 2008
Commission Meeting Report (pdf)
2008 Tahoe Fire Commission
Briefing Paper (pdf)
2008 Tahoe Fire Commission
Findings & Recommendations (pdf)
Reforestation backlog in California, May 2008
The Forest Foundation and NAFSR
Review of California's Reforestation Backlog (pdf)
Proposed FY 2009 Forest Service Budget , April 2008
NAFSR Budget Recommendations
(pdf)
House
Committee on Natural Resources April 10, 2008 Hearing on FLAME
Act, April 2008
Hearing Opening
Remarks By Chairman Rahal (pdf)l
Rahall,Grijalva
and Dicks Comments (pdf)
Hearing Witness List (pdf)
FLAME
Act of 2008, March 2008
Letter From 4 Former Chiefs
to Rep. Rahall II re. FLAME Act (pdf)
FY 2009 FS
Budget, March 2008
NAFSR Recommendations To
House Sub-committee (pdf)
Rogue River/Siskiyou Wilderness Wildfire
Response, March 2008
NAFSR Director Marker's
Message to Rogue River/Siskiyou Supervisor (pdf)
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 3,
Issue 1 for 2008
Lookout
Volume 3 Issue 1, 2008 (pdf version)
NAFSR Accomplishments and 2008 Program,
January 2008
Executive Director's Summary of
NAFSR Accomplishments and 2008 Program (pdf)
Executive Director's Letters Re.
Energy Independence and Security Act, January 2008
Letter
to Editor of The Custer County Chronical (pdf)
Letter to Editor of
The Rapid City Journal (pdf)
Letters to Congressional Delegates Re.
Energy Independence and Security Act, January 2008
John Marker Letter to
Representative Hooley (pdf)
Charles Hendricks
Letter to Senator Salazar (pdf)
Testimony Before the Senate Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee,
December 2007
Introduction by NAFSR
Executive Director Kenops (pdf)
Testimony of Phil Aune,
PSW Redding Silviculture Lab Retiree (pdf)
Testimony of Doctors Norman
Johnson & Jerry Franklin of OSU and UofW (pdf)
Written Testimony
of Michael E. Dubrasich, Exec. Dir. Western Institute for Study of the
Environment (pdf)
NAFSR Activities in 2007, December 2007
Executive Director Kenops' Year-end
report (pdf)
National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning Rule,
October 2007
NAFSR
Submits Comments on Planning Rule (pdf)
USDA Group Award to Forest Service,
October 2007
USDA
Group Award to Forest Service for Wildland Fire Reduction (pdf)
FS Message to NAFSR President
Leonard re. USDA Award (pdf)
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 2,
Issue 3 for 2007
Lookout
Volume 2 Issue 3, 2007 (pdf version)
Wildfire Management, September 2007
Executive Director Kenops's
Letter to The Economist Magazine (pdf)
Economist
Magazine Article, Wildfire: Burn Baby Burn
California-Nevada Fire Comission, August
2007
Board
Member Richard Pfilf's Letter to the Reno Gazette Journal (pdf)
Carbon Emissions From Wildfires, August 2007
John Marker's Letter to New York Times
Columnist, Nicholas Kristof (pdf)
NAFSR Chairman Comments on Chief's
Encouragement of Professional Society Membership, August 2007
Chairman Leonard
Applauds Chief's Letter Encouraging Membership (pdf)
Forest Service Strategic Plan for FY 2007
through 2012, August 2007
Forest
Service Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012 on line
Executive Director's Comments
on New Strategic Plan (pdf)
Wildfires and Forest Service Funding,
July 2007
PLF & NAFSR Letter to Sen.
Baucus re. Stable Fire Funding Act (pdf)
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's
Wildfires Floor Statement July 24, 2007 (pdf)
Executive Director's July 26th
Editorial Opinion in Idaho Statesman (pdf)
Idaho Statesman Opinion - Fire Management,
July 2007
Executive Director's Letter
to Editor of Idaho Statesman (pdf)
Idaho Statesman:
Opinion on Fire Managment From David Bayles (pdf)
San Francisco Chronicle article about Tahoe
Wildfire, June
2007
NAFSR Executive Director's Thanks
to Chronicle columnist, Carl Hall (pdf)
Biscuit Fire area recovery OP-ED by
Supervisor Conroy, June
2007
NAFSR Executive
Director's Thanks to Supervisor Conroy (pdf)
NSO Spotted Owl Recovery Plan, June
2007
NAFSR Executive Director's
Letter to the Spotted Owl Recovery Team (pdf)
Comments on Conviction of Van Bateman, June
2007
Thoughts From FS Fire Director and
Comments from NAFSR Chairman (pdf)
Forest Service Budget, May
2007
NAFSR Executive Director's Letter to Friends,
Citizens and Leaders (pdf version)
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 2,
Issue 2 for 2007
Lookout
Volume 2 Issue 2, 2007 (pdf version)
Wildfire
Suppression Funding and FY 2008 Forest Service Budget, April
2007
Statement of 5 Former Forest
Service Chiefs Re. Forest Service Budget (pdf version)
Tongass National Forest Management Plan
Amendment DEIS, April 2007
NAFSR Chairman's Letter to
Tongass NF Supervisor Cole re. TLMP amendment DEIS (pdf version)
FY
2008 Appropriations and Fire Suppression Funding, March 2007
NAFSR Chairman Leonard's Letter to
Senate and House Appropriations Committees (pdf version)
Support for the Evergreen Foundation, March 2007
NAFSR Executive Director's
Letter to Director of Evergreen Foundation (pdf version)
Reauthorization of Secure Rural Schools and Communities, February
2007
NAFSR Executive
Director's Letter to Baltimore Sun (pdf version)
Wildfire Firefighting Funding, Item 2, January 2007
NAFSR Executive Director's Letter
to Casper Wyoming Star Tribune (pdf version)
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1 for 2007
Lookout
Volume 2 Issue 1 2007 (pdf version)
Wildfire Firefighting Funding, January 2007
Funding Wildland
Firefighting Issue Paper (MS Word version)
Funding Wildland Firefighting Issue Paper
(pdf version)
Congratualations to new Chief Kimbell
Congratulations Letter to
New Chief (MS Word version)
Congratulations Letter to New Chief (pdf
version)
Retirement Congratulations to Chief
Bosworth
Congratulatory
letter to retiring Chief Bosworth (MS Word version)
Congratulations letter to retiring Chief
Bosworth (pdf version)
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter,
Volume 1, Issue 3 for 2006
The Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 2 for 2006
The
Lookout NAFSR Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 for 2006
Proposed
changes to mining
laws, December 2005
Dick Pfilf's letter to Senator
Domenici regarding Title VI amendments relating to mining (MS Word
version)
Dick Pfilf's letter to Senator
Domenici regarding Title VI amendments relating to mining (pdf version)
Sally Fairfax and James Lewis
articles in Journal of Forestry, August-September 2005
Jon Marker's letter to SAF executive vice
president (MS Word version)
John Marker's letter to SAF executive vice
president (pdf version)
Calkins fire costs and fuels article in
Journal of Forestry, June 2005
Dick
Pfilf's letter to Journal of Forestry editor (MS Word version)
Dick Pfilf's letter to Journal of
Forestry editor (pdf version)
Salvage
logging debate, November 2005
NAFSR Newsletter
Federal
Role after Catastrophic Events Affecting Forest Lands, October 2005
Endangered
Species
Act
Reauthorization, September 2005
NAFSR
Recommendations to Congress (MS Word version)
NAFSR Recommendations to Congress
(pdf version)
Roadless
Area
Rule, July 2004
Press
Release re. Roadless Area Rule and Park Service Retirees (HTML version)
Press Release re. Roadless Area Rule
and Park Service Retirees (pdf version)
Forest
health crisis,
September
2003
Forest
health
crisis
statement of
Allan West before House Natural Resources Committee (HTML version)
Forest health crisis statement of Allan
West before House Natural Resources Committee (pdf version)
NAFSR
news
release:
Forest
Service retirees urge active forest management in southern California
(HTML version)
NAFSR news release: Forest Service
reitrees urge active forest management in southern California (pdf
version)
Sierra
Nevada Forest
Plan
amendment,
September
2003
NAFSR letter to R-4 and R-5 Regional
Foresters regarding Sierra Nevada Forest Plan amendment DSEIS (pdf
version)
NFS
Land &
Resource
Management
Planning
Rule, April 2003
NAFSR letter to
FS
re.
Proposed rule, 36
CFR 219, Land & Resource Management Planning (HTML version)
NAFSR letter to FS re. proposed rule, 36 CFR
219, Land & Resource Management Planning (pdf version)
NAFSR
John R. McGuire
Award,
June 2003
NAFSR grants
first
John R.
McGuire
award to Bend/Fort Rock District Ranger Schloer (HTML version)
NAFSR grants first John R. McGuire award to
Bend/Fort Rock District Ranger Schloer (pdf version)
Appeals
Rule
Procedures,
February 2003
NAFSR letter
to
FS re.
Proposed rule
regarding appeal procedures (HTML version)
NAFSR letter to FS re. proposed rule
regarding appeal procedures (pdf version)
Healthy
Forest
Initiative,
January
2003
NAFSR letter
to
FS re.
Healthy
Forest Initiative in 67 CFR Number 241 (HTML version)
NAFSR letter to FS re. Healthy Forest
Initiative in 67 CFR Number 241 (pdf version)
Forest
health and
fire,
October
2002
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Health
and
Fire" report
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NAFSR
Paper
"Forest
Health and
Fire:
An Overview and Evaluation"
Forest
health and fire
vulerability,
September 2002
NAFSR
letter to
House
Speaker Hastert (HTML version)
NAFSR letter to House Speaker Hastert (pdf
version)
James
Freeman, NAFSR
Board
Member,
on
managing
America's
forests August 2002
Managing
America's
forests:
Will we do it? (HTML version)
Managing America's
forests: Will we do it? (pdf version)
NAFSR
comments to R-5
Regional
Forester
re. Sierra
Nevada
Forest Plan May 2002
December
2001 Federal
Register
Notice on
Forest
Transportation
System Analysis. Feburary 2002
NAFSR comments
to FS
calling
for
additional
clarity in proposed rule (HTML version)
NAFSR comments to FS calling for additional
clarity in proposed rule (pdf version)
Conflicting
laws and
regulations
preventing
effective
FS management. Feburary 2002
Forest
protection groups
ask
Staples to
stop selling
paper
from U.S. public land trees. November 2001
NAFSR letter to
Staples
CEO
asking him to
withstand unreasonable tactics of pressure groups (HTML version)
NAFSR letter to Staples CEO asking him to
withstand unreasonable tactics of pressure groups (pdf version)
National
Forest
Protection
Alliance
Ten
Most
Endangered
National Forests. October 2001
NAFSR
Refutes "Ten
Most
Endangered" story in
Roanoke Times (VA) (HTML version)
NAFSR refutes "Ten Most Endangered" story in Roanoke Times (VA) (pdf version)
Laws
Which Prevent FS
From
Managing
Effectively.
October
2001
Testimony for
October
25th
House resources
committe (postponed) (HTML version)
Testimony for October 25th House resources
committee (postponed) (pdf version)
USDA
Forest Service
Roadless
Area
Advance Notice of
Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPR). July 2001
Letter to Chief
Bosworth
with
responses to
ANPR questions (HTML version)
Letter to Chief Bosworth with responses to ANPR
questions (pdf version)
Bitterroot
Burned Area
Recovery
Draft
Environmental
Impact
Statement (DEIS). July 2001
Letter to
Bitterroot
Supervisor recommends
selecting DEIS alternative D. By: Jim Freeman. (HTML version)
Letter to Bitterroot Supervisor recommends
selecting DEIS alternative D By: Jim Freeman (pdf version)
Sierra
Nevada Forest Plan
Amendment: A
Review and
Evaluation.
April 2001
Letter to
Secretary
Veneman (HTML version)
Letter Secretary Veneman (pdf version)
Review
and
comments on
the
Sierra Nevada
Forest
Plan Amendment, Final Environmental Impact Statement, and Record of
Decision.
By: Analysis Team (HTML version)
Review and comments on the Sierra Nevada Forest
Plan Amendment, Final Environmental Impact Statement, and Record of
Decision. By: Analysis Team (pdf version)
Sierra
Nevada
Forest
Plan
Amendment:
Comparison
of Three Alternatives. By: Dr. Ron Stewart (HTML version)
Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Comparison
of Three Alternatives. By: Dr. Ron Stewart (pdf version)
Some
Observations
On
the
Sierra
Nevada
Forest
Plan Amendment. By: Jack S. Levitan (HTML version)
Some Observations On the Sierra Nevada Forest
Plan Amendment. By: Jack S. Levitan (pdf version)
A
Review of the
National Fuels
Management
Strategy
and the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. By: Dr. Ron Stewart (HTML
version)
A Review of the National Fuels Management
Strategy and the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. By Dr. Ron
Stewart (pdf version)
FS
Fire
Capabilities.
March
2001
NAFSR's
report on Forest
Service
wildfire protection capabilities (HTML version)
NAFSR's report on Forest Service wildfire
protection capabilities (pdf version)
FS
Planning
Regulations.
February
2001
Letter
to
Secretary
Veneman
expressing NAFSR concerns about FS planning regulations (HTML version)
Letter to Secretary Veneman expressing NAFSR
concerns abouut FS planning regulations (pdf version)
Roadless
Area FEIS.
December
2000
NAFSR's
letter to former
Secretary
Glickman expressing concerns with roadless area FEIS (HTML version)
NAFSR letter to former Secretary Glickman
expressing concerns with roadless area FEIS (pdf version)
Roadless
Area DEIS.
July
2000
Washington area retiree club responds to
roadless area DEIS (HTML version)
Washington area retiree club responds to
roadless area DEIS (pdf version)