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NAUFRP Representatives are invited to participate in the Executive Committee and General Assembly meetings as well as the NAUFRP-SAF Leadership Reception.  See information on these events below. The meetings will be a hybrid format. 

October 24th 10:00-4:00: NAUFRP Executive Committee at the California Museum, 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA.  See the agenda here. 

See the June 2023 issue of 'NAUFRP NEWS' here 

US Forestry Research and Development Priorities Summit co-hosted by the Society of American Foresters and the US Endowment for Forests and Communities. The in-person summit will take place on June 6-8 in Washington, DC.  This is by invitation, however, a waitlist has been developed to accommodate the overwhelming interest in the event.  Please follow this link if you are interested Waitlist: US Forestry R&D Priorities Summit (google.com)

Southern NAUFRP will meet June 19, 2023 in Nashville, TN in conjunction with the National Conference of Private Forest Landowners.  For more information contact Hans William, Chair, SNAUFRP at hwilliams@sfasu.edu or https://www.forestlandowners.com/conference/

October 24, 2023 NAUFRP Executive Committee, Sacramento, CA

October 24, 2023 NAUFRP-SAF Leadership Reception, Sacramento, CA

October 25, 2023 NAUFRP General Assembly, Sacramento, CA

October 25-29 Society of American Foresters Convention, Sacrament, CA 

Nominations are invited for two national Family Forest Education Awards.  Award information and submission requirements can be found here.  Nomination packages are due by August 25, 2023. 

The NAUFRP Executive Committee will meet in Washington, D.C. on March 20-21, 2023.  The meeting will be at Dentons, 1900 K Street, NW beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the 20th and adjourning approximately lunchtime on the 21st. 

Rooms have been blocked at the Hotel Lombardy located at 2019 Pennsylvania Ave, NW.  Please call and make reservations directly 800-424-5486 or 202-828-2600 by February 17th.  

Find the meeting agenda here 

The following is the link to the "Global Assessment of Forest Education" recently published by FAO: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc2196en/.  It is a synthesis of assessments conducted in six regions of the world, all of which are also available on the FAO website at https://www.fao.org/forestry/forest-education/99204/en/.  Forest education is defined as all education related to forests and encompasses K-12 through higher education

Please find the latest edition of the newsletter /sites/default/files/2022-08/NAUFRP%20News%20August2022f.pdf

The NAUFRP Executive Committee met Monday September 19, 2022 in Baltimore, MD Convention Center Room 332.  Please find the agenda and  presentation by Doug Steele, Vice President, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.