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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

GNA Spotlight – Montana, June 2026

The Jackknife GNA project includes over 1,000 acres of commercial fuels reduction work on the Tally Lake Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest.
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GNA Spotlight - Wyoming, April 2026

The Wyoming State Forestry/BLM Harper Good Neighbor Authority project is one component of a broader cross-boundary effort spanning Bureau of Land Management, state, and private lands.
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GNA Spotlight - Colorado, February 2026

Widespread mortality from spruce beetles and sudden aspen decline affects roughly 40% of spruce and aspen stands on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (GMUG) in western Colorado.
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GNA Spotlight - Nevada, November 2025

The Nevada Division of Forestry, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service under the Nevada Shared Stewardship GNA Agreement, is undertaking treatments to reduce fuels, increase forest health, and enhance riparian functionality across 150 acres in a popular recreation site.
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2025 Pacific Islands Forestry Committee Executive Committee Meeting

The 2025 PIFC Executive Committee Meeting was held on September 19–20, 2025, in Waimea, Hawai‘i.
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GNA Spotlight - Washington, July 2025

The Washington National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Activities Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) agreement is a full-service agreement covering all necessary activities to complete NEPA work on national forests across Washington State.
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GNA Spotlight, New Mexico, April 2025

In the fall of 2024, work began on a new phase of the Santa Fe Mountain Lands Resiliency Project, which is authorized under a Good Neighbor Authority Agreement between the Santa Fe National Forest and the New Mexico Forestry Division.
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GNA Spotlight, Arizona, February 2025

In Arizona, the Poco Pino Fuels Reduction Project, completed under a Good Neighbor Authority agreement, completed fuels reduction work on over 700 acres and helped to mitigate the impacts of a landscape-scale fire.
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Meet a Forester, Troy Heithecker

This month, we are pleased to feature Troy Heithecker, Regional Forester for the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region.
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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.
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