Latest News

This section provides the latest information from WFLC member states and territories, as well as links to recent press releases and news mentions. 

If you are looking for WFLC publications, please visit the Resources section. 

For media inquiries, please contact: 

Sara Goodwin, Director of Communications
303-893-0359
sgoodwin@westernforesters.org

Latest Blog Posts

Meet a Forester, Randon Jack

This month, we are pleased to feature Randon Jōbro Jack, Chief of Forestry/State Forester for the Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Natural Resources and Commerce.
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Highlights from the 2024 PIFC Executive Committee Meeting

The Pacific Islands Forestry Committee (PIFC) Executive Committee convened for its 2024 meeting from October 21 to 23 in Majuro, Marshall Islands.

Representatives from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Republic of Palau, the Territory of Guam, and Hawai’i attended the meeting. Also in attendance were USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) staff, Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) staff, and Forest Service Graduate Fellows from American Samoa and Palau.  

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GNA Spotlight, Idaho, December 2024

December 2024 

Authored by Jon Songster, Bureau Chief - GNA, Idaho Department of Lands 

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Competitive Grant Opportunities in the West

The Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF) and the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) assist with multiple forestry-related grant programs in the Western region. The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG), and Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) are three main grant opportunities that CWSF/WFLC staff help program managers and applicants learn about program updates and apply for the grant programs.
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GNA Spotlight, Wyoming, October 2024

The Sandstone Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) Fuels and Forest Health Project is located on the Medicine Bow – Routt National Forest in southeast Wyoming. The project resides on the western slope of the Sierra Madre Range in one of the headwaters of the Colorado River.
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GNA Spotlight, Alaska, October 2024

A Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) agreement between the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection and the Tongass National Forest is intended to help conduct timber sales on remote Alaskan islands.
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GNA Spotlight, Wyoming, October 2024

The North Prong Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) Projects are located on the High Desert Bureau of Land Management (BLM) District in southeast Wyoming.
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GNA Spotlight, Montana, October 2024

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (MT DNRC) is partnering with the Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest through the Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) to carryout Basin Creek Municipal Watershed fuels reduction. This is a series of projects to facilitate fuels reduction in the municipal watershed for Butte, Montana which is at high risk damage in the event of a high severity wildfire.

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GNA Spotlight, Colorado, October 2024

The July 2024 Wellington Fire, near Breckenridge, Colorado, was quickly contained thanks to prior Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) fuel reduction efforts by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) in partnership with the White River National Forest, Summit County Open Space, and Town of Breckenridge, highlighting the importance of such mitigation work in preventing wildfire spread.
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GNA Spotlight - North Dakota, September 2024

The North Dakota Forest Service (NDFS) and the Dakota Prairie Grassland (DPG) Woodlands & Grasslands Sustainability Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) Agreement provides a framework for the cooperative effort to perform forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on and off National Forest System (NFS) lands. The agreement covers the entirety of the DPG, and the first project underway is fuels reduction within the 7000-acre ponderosa pine stand located on mixed ownership in Slope County.
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Meet a Forester, Valerie Hipkins

This month, we are pleased to feature Valerie Hipkins, Station Director for the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Research Stations.
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Community Navigators Initiative Q&A with Thérèse d’Auria Ryley

WFLC connected with Thérèse d’Auria Ryley from Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. to answer commonly asked questions about the Community Navigators Initiative. This blog post is intended to help answer these questions and share resources of interest.
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2024-2025 CWSF Executive Committee and WFLC Executive Board

The transition of the CWSF Executive Committee and WFLC Executive Board occurred in late September following the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) Annual Meeting.
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Partners Celebrate Success of Wyoming Forest Legacy Project

In August, the Wyoming State Forestry Division, USDA Forest Service, and partners gathered together to celebrate the closing of the Munger Mountain Phase III (MM3), also known as Chimney Draw, conservation easement.
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GNA Spotlight, California, August 2024

A Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) Master Agreement was signed between California Natural Resources Agency and the Forest Service Region 5 in January 2016.
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