National Association of State Foresters Weekly Newsletter March 4, 2022
NASF News
NASF launches Forest Carbon Network digital clearinghouse [NASF Blog]
NASF is pleased to announce the launch of a new digital clearinghouse for state forestry agencies that includes forest carbon and forest carbon market resources. New Smokey Bear PSAs feature fictional AI Assistant to remind Americans of important wildfire prevention tips [NASF Newsroom]
“Have you ever wondered: ‘what would Smokey Bear do?’ State forestry agencies want to make sure you have all the answers when it comes to wildfire prevention,” said Jay Farrell, NASF executive director.
“Smokey’s AI Assistant has answered some of your questions, but we know you have more. Consider asking your state forestry agency for help or visiting SmokeyBear.com for step-by-step safety guides on equipment maintenance and debris burning.”
In Your State
To save the Pinelands, New Jersey officials must burn them [Press of Atlantic City]
Prescribed burnings are routine, albeit a crucial part of fire management used around the world. The technique is especially important in the Pinelands, an ecologically fragile 1.1-million acre nature reserve in the center of the most densely populated U.S. state. Waterville, Maine, holds demonstration on removal of browntail moth nests [Central Maine]
“There are over 500 properties or individual trees in need of treatment in the city. The city has the measles. It’s coated.” Some of his crew members got the browntail moth rash last year, which he described as “horrible.”
More from Maine:
Rash-causing moth spreading due to warming, scientists find [The Express]
