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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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icon Current Status of Biofuels: Research and Future Opportunities (5MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - May 19, 2008
Presentation from Chris Risbrudt at the WFLC Spring 2008 meeting

icon National Roundtable on Sustainable Forests: (5MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - May 17, 2008
Presentation by Jim Finley at the WFLC Spring 2008 meeting.

icon Great Plains Tree and Forest Invasives Initiative: (3007K) - March 21, 2008
flyer describing the multi-state effort for education, mitigation and utilitzation.

icon Western Forests and Climate Change: (5MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - February 27, 2008
presentation given at the Roundtable on Sustainable Forests workshop describing the WFLC Climate Change Policy and current issues.

icon Western Forestry Leadership Coalition's Mission, Goals and Priorities (209K) - January 22, 2008
A concise, well-designed, one-page description of who we are, a member directory, our goals and strategic priorities.

icon Western Forestry Leadership Coalition Orientation (5MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - January 21, 2008
Who we are and what we do - a presentation to introduce the WFLC.

icon Urban and Community Forestry: (1618K) - June 15, 2007
Tools for Marketing and Communications

icon Guest Presentations from WFLC Spring 07 Meeting (100MB) - May 15, 2007
Right click and choose 'save as'. It will take 15 minutes to download. The zip file will open into the separate presentations, including one on Ecosystem Markets, two on Conserving Working Lands and four on Climate Change .

icon Private Forests Are at Risk: (314K) - February 27, 2007
The Need for Action in the 2007 Farm Bill

icon Western Bark Beetle Epidemic (11MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - December 1, 2006
Impacts on Forest Health, Communities, and Economies

icon Public Benefits from Private Forestlands: (17MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - October 27, 2006
Panel presentation sponsored by the WFLC at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Foresters'.

icon "Bark Beetles. They are back! Are your trees at risk?" (2623K) - October 24, 2006
This 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 Intermountain, Forest Health Protection.

icon Introduction to the Environmental Threat Assessment Centers (1090K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - September 1, 2006

icon Biomass - A Western Perspective (6203K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - June 12, 2006
From Initiative to Institution - Policy Perspectives on Biomass. Presented to the 30th Annual National Indian Timber Symposium, Fairbanks, AK.

icon Community Wildfire Protection Planning in the West (687K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - March 6, 2006
WFLC presentation addressing west-wide progress toward CWPP development.

icon The Pacific Invasives Learning Network (374K) - January 18, 2006
Empowering Effective Invasive Species Management Across the Pacific

icon Community Wildfire Protection Plans (1052K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - June 1, 2005
"How To" presentation by the National Association of State Foresters.

icon Woody Biomass Utilization (2354K Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - January 14, 2005
Remarks by the Federal Interagency Biomass Working Group. The presentation includes: Woody Biomass Overview, Policy Underpinnings, the Interagency Team, Current Activities & Initiatives and Keys to Success. The information on U.S. energy production & consumption are 2003 data from the DOE's Energy Information Center website.

icon Timber-processing Capacity & Capabilities in the Western U.S. (170K) - November 16, 2004
A 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.

icon What’s All This About Biobased Products? (56K) - October 6, 2004
All Federal agencies will be required to purchase them, but what are they and where can you find them? Prepared by the USFS Forest Products Lab.

icon Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (858K) - July 14, 2004
Handbook to Help At-Risk Communities Better Prepare for Wildfires.

icon Climate & Wildfire Patterns in the Western U.S. (62.5 MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - May 25, 2004
Perspectives on Long Term Climate and Wildfire Patterns in the Western U.S. - Thomas W. Swetnam, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research. The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. As presented at the WFLC meeting May 3, 2004.

icon Wildfire Hazard Mitigation- Congressional Briefing (2.6MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - April 8, 2004
Delivered at the WFLC Congressional Briefing, this presentation highlights the history of Wildfire Hazard Mitigation with a focus on Community Wildfire Protection Plans.

icon Fuels for Schools - POWERPOINT (4.7MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint) - January 1, 2004
The Fuels for Schools program is an innovative venture between public schools, State Forestry Agencies and the Northern and Intermountain Regions of the US Forest Service. Please see the attached presentation. For more information please visit www.fuelsforschools.org

icon Fires, Bark Beetles and Healthy Forests (1.5MB)
This is a powerful poster displaying the risk and effects of the interactions between Bark beetles and fire regimes. An important lesson learned from the treatment area in the Rodeo-Chediski Fire area is described. This poster can be printed as a flyer or poster depending on your graphic abilities.

icon Forests at Risk - POWERPOINT (2.4MB Requires Microsoft© PowerPoint)
This is a visual PowerPoint display describing the condition and solutions to our forest health crisis with a focus on the coalition's key messages; follow-up materials and contact information are included. The eleven-slide PowerPoint document may be viewed as a educational tool or copied for your outreach efforts.