Brochures & Presentations
With a focus on western forest issues, these on-line products are for use with the general public, forestry professionals, media, students and congressional members.
These materials were created by the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition, unless noted otherwise. Please use and distribute them to meet your needs. Please contact our Marketing and Communications Director with any questions or concerns.
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2010 WFLC Flyer on Strategic Issues (199K) - March 16, 2010Easy-to-print, good for all outreach, includes a member directory. Please contact diane.denenberg@colostate.edu for hard copies.
State Assessments and Strategies (8 mb) - October 9, 2009Regional examples presented at NASF, September 24, 2009
Threats to Western Private Forests - A WFLC Strategic Initiative (698K) - September 14, 2009This project engages diverse stakeholders to explore threats to the health and sustainability of private forests in the western U.S. This handout descibes the process and project.
Forest Products and Forest Health (978K) - August 21, 2009This color hand-out lays out the issues and recommendations from the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition. Please contact us for printed copies. Please also see the new video posted below!
NEW VIDEO - Forest Products and Forest Health: (63 MB) - August 10, 2009Conversations with Western Forestry Leadership Coalition - will give you information and insight into the complex interactions among the forest products industry, community economics, forest health and wildfire safety. Learn how new renewable energy and partnerships can benefit us all! Accompanying hand-out, posted above, gives clear recommendations. 8:47 seconds.
UPDATED - "Bark Beetles. They are back! Are your trees at risk?" (2623K) - July 1, 2009This updated 12-page publication is a comprehensive look at bark beetles, tree id, susceptibility, signs and symptoms, treatments, prevention, challenges for land managers, insect id and more. Hot off the press from the US Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Intermountain and Northern Regions.
Great Plains Tree and Forest Invasives Initiative: (3205K) - May 21, 2009Updated information describing the multi-state effort for education, mitigation and utilitzation.
Council of Western State Foresters - Brochure (341K) - May 20, 2009describes the benefits, influences and affects of working together as Council.
An Orientation to the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (1637K) - May 19, 2009The Who, What, Where, When and Why of the WFLC.
WFLC Webinar: (201K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - May 7, 2009Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Forest Carbon Accounting Approaches for Use in Regulatory and Financial Trading Schemes
WFLC Webinar: Small Biomass Boilers and Air Quality: (554K) - March 26, 2009New Regulations Being Developed by the Environmental Protection Agency. This file contains the presentations and background materials.
The True Cost of Wildfire in the Western U.S. (1965K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - March 25, 2009This presentation give a brief overview and outline of the report posted at www.wflcweb.org/infomaterials/reports.php
Communication Recommendations on the Ecological Role of Fire (38K) - October 17, 2008
Opinion Research - Written Analysis and Graphs on the Ecological Role of Fire (208K) - October 17, 2008
Great Plains Tree and Forest Invasives Initiative: (11MB) (9K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - May 20, 2008This presentataion outlines the following: Resource Concern, Programmatic Environment, Objectives, Accomplishments, Current and Future Needs
Blue Stain Wood Products () - March 7, 2008This informational flyer was developed by the Council of Western State Foresters and the CO-WY Chapter of the Society of American Foresters.
Western Forests and Climate Change: (5MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - February 27, 2008presentation given at the Roundtable on Sustainable Forests workshop describing the WFLC Climate Change Policy and current issues.
Urban and Community Forestry: (1618K) - June 15, 2007Tools for Marketing and Communications
Private Forests Are at Risk: (314K) - February 27, 2007The Need for Action in the 2007 Farm Bill
Western Bark Beetle Epidemic (11MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - December 1, 2006Impacts on Forest Health, Communities, and Economies
Public Benefits from Private Forestlands: (17MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - October 27, 2006Panel presentation sponsored by the WFLC at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Foresters'.
Biomass - A Western Perspective (6203K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - June 12, 2006From Initiative to Institution - Policy Perspectives on Biomass. Presented to the 30th Annual National Indian Timber Symposium, Fairbanks, AK.
The Pacific Invasives Learning Network (374K) - January 18, 2006Empowering Effective Invasive Species Management Across the Pacific
Community Wildfire Protection Plans (1052K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - June 1, 2005"How To" presentation by the National Association of State Foresters.
Timber-processing Capacity & Capabilities in the Western U.S. (170K) - November 16, 2004A presentation on milling capacity of western forest products. Among other things, this information is relevant to assessing the capacity to process biomass from fuels treatment activities. This is constantly being updated, to give your input please contact charles.keegan@business.umt.edu.
