National Association of State Foresters Weekly Newsletter May 30, 2025
NASF News
The National Association of State Foresters has an immediate opening for Vice President, Fire Programs [NASF Job Board]
This is a senior leadership position providing subject matter expertise and analysis of wildland fire issues as staff to executive management and the NASF Wildland Fire Committee. Serves as principal advisor for communications and policy positions related to wildfire. Advances state forestry priorities and partnerships in an interagency wildland fire environment. Requires extensive experience in all aspects of wildland fire management, state forestry programs, and wildland fire operations. Requires expert knowledge of federal agency legislation, polices, and political processes related to wildland fire. This is a remote position requiring frequent travel.
Meet NASF's 2025 summer intern Colin Reese! [NASF Blog]
Please join us in welcoming the 2025 James Hubbard Intern for Policy, Colin Reese!
Originally from northwest Wyoming, Colin is a rising senior at Michigan State University (MSU) working towards a double major in Comparative Cultures and Politics and Interdisciplinary Social Studies. Colin spent last summer in Dublin, Ireland with Coastwatch UK, supporting sustainable coastal and environmental resources management.
We're excited to have you on board!
Out West
Could Colorado be home to the BLM's national headquarters — again? [CPR News]
For decades, populists in Western states have complained that decisions about what can and can't be done with that land are made in faraway Washington. In 2019, President Trump told the Bureau of Land Management to pick up and move its headquarters to the Grand Junction, Colorado, a city of fewer than 70,000 people.
New Montana law aims to incentivize new wood products facilities [KPAX]
A law passed during the 2025 legislative session could provide $6 million in low-interest rate loans for an entity that wants to start up a wood products facility. "A lot of the newer sawmills are very automated, very streamlined," said Pyramid Mountain Lumber owner Todd Johnson.
