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May 16-31 2001
NATIONAL NEWS
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Court blocks timber sales, saying government studies inadequate, Las Vegas Sun AP
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Clinton Forest Chief Joins National Wildlife Federation, Environment News Service
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Dombeck Named NWF Senior Fellow, National Wildlife Federation
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Forest roadless rules should be implemented, Albuquerque Tribune
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U.S. Enlists Thousands of Firefighters in Readiness Effort, New York Times
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Green groups offer to limit suits for deal on species list, Tucson Citizen
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Safeguarding Citizen Rights under the ESA, [PDF] Center for Biological Diversity
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Bush Budget's Fine Print Includes Death Warrant For Endangered Species - Budget Guts Citizen Enforcement Of ESA, US Newswire
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Hundreds of Scientists, Citizen Groups, Blast Bush Proposal on Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species Coalition
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Green bigots vs. human beings, Elko Daily Free Press
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Super-heated Steam For Papermaking, CSIRO
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Science may hold sweet deal for timber industry - Profit potential seen in pulp mill waste, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Freckles in the Forest - How One Blueprint Drives Sprawl and Deforestation, Tidepool
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Disturbance can benefit some rare forest plants, Eureka Alert
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Fragmentation may limit songbird sex lives, Eureka Alert
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Fragmentation linked to stress in birds, Eureka Alert
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`You can't eat GNP' - U.S. should place more value on most precious assets, scientist says, Mercury News
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Selling wilderness, Post-Register Editorial
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Can "Multiple-users" Rule the World?, BlueRibbon Coalition
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New FS chief has no big plans to increase logging, Mercury News interview
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Agency's new chief moves in, makes changes, Pfleger AP
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Tim-ber! There goes Bush credibility on U.S. forests, Free Lance-Star
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Days of the Alpha Wolf - Why we make deals with developers on endangered species, Tucson Weekly - Endangered Species Series
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Tit for Tat - The Endangered Species Act is a Republican Plot, Tucson Weekly
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The Next Holocaust - The real story on endangered species, Tucson Weekly
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Saving Endangered Species by 'Re-Creating Habitat'? Let's Not Fool Ourselves, Daily Camera
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Some unexpected relief for endangered species, CS Monitor
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Wildland Fire News Page
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Environmentalists are right on both economic issues and science, Tacoma News Tribune
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Counterpoint: Idaho has good reason to challenge roadless rule, Al Lance in Star Tribune
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Implementation of Roadless Rule put on hold, Challis Messenger
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Forest roads a small battle in larger war, Peoria Journal Star [link updated]
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Maybe now roadless squabble can be resolved sanely, Intermountain Forest Association in Spokesman-Review
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Timber Industry Goes to Battle Over Rival Seals for 'Green' Wood, Wall Street Journal
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West braces for fierce fire season, Missoulian, Gardner AP
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Timber Harvest and Recreational Use Policies, Eco-Watch
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What would you be, if you were a tree? A man!, Evansville Courier & Press
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America's urban forests are diminishing, Augusta Chronicle
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As Others Abandon Plains, Indians and Bison Come Back, New York Times
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Speedy action on forest road construction vowed, Billings Gazette
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Forest chief seeks broader role for local rangers, Deseret News
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Judge tells Forest Service to restore public lands, Billings Gazette
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Forest Service official says fire plan will take time - Deputy chief: Stay the course and results will come, Missoulian
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The Wildland-Urban Interface: Protecting Communities from Forest Fires, Southwest Forest Alliance [PDF]
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Water rights policy might shift under president, Daily Camera
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Joint Oversight Hearing on "Bypass Flows" on National Forest Lands, Resources Committee
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Lawmakers hope to sink FS instream flow policy, Vail Daily News
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Trees no savior for global warming, CS Monitor
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Studies Challenge Role of Trees in Curbing Greenhouse Gases, New York Times
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Soil fertility limits forests capacity to absorb excess CO2, Eureka Alert
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Hansen hears pleas to relax land rules, Deseret News
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Oversight hearing on Recreational Access to Public Lands, Resources Committee
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Some say the concept of national public lands is obsolete. Where would that leave sportsman? - No Place Whatsoever, Field & Stream
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Forest Service Pushes Back New Planning Regulations, Society of American Foresters
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FS issues an interim final rule to extend for one year the date by which all land and resource management plan amendments and revisions
would be subject to new planning regulations, Federal Register
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FS reviewing Nov. 9, 2000, rule governing land and resource management plans, Federal Register
- Planning Regulation Compliance Deadline Extension -
Interim Final Rule, and a new
Proposed Rule, [PDF] US Forest Service
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Raiding the Rain Forest - U.S. demand for finished wood is growing, Phil. Inquirer, last of 3 parts
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U.S. lumber industry gets win, Spokesman-Review
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Clearinghouse on Forests & Corporations, Endgame Research - Public Information Network
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Lumber prices reach 21-month high amid home-building boom, Post-Intelligencer
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Lessons Learned from Existing Biomass Power Plants, Western Regional Biomass Energy Program
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Biomass Power Plants - Executive Summary, WRBEP
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Burn, Baby, Burn, New York Times
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Bush's energy plan to affect forest road ban, ENN.com
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Wyoming sues to block roadless initiative, Billings Gazette AP
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On the Roadless Again - Have the Bushies done enviros a favor?, Grist
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Map Maker Fired Over Arctic Chart a Cult Hero, Los Angeles Times
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Myth of the Martyred Mapmaker, Washington Post
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Local authorities prepare for Rainbows, Spokesman-Review
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Toxic Forests, Spokesman-Review AP
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Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth Statement, House Resources Committee, May 15, 2001
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Bush Considers Forest Rules, Las Vegas SUN
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Idaho requests immediate end to FS roadless plan, Spokesman-Review
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Idaho wants roadless plan permanently scrapped, Albuquerque Tribune AP
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Roadless policy injunction is appalling judicial policy, Portland Press Herald
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Bush Failure to Defend Roadless Area Conservation Rule Means Loss of Protection for America's Wild Forests, TWS Newsroom
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Former Forest Service chief discusses Clinton-era legacy now under fire, Albuquerque Tribune
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Pro: Roadless --25 years’ study shows support for wildlands, Billings Gazette
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Con: Roadless , Locking up land isn’t good stewardship, Billings Gazette
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Wildfire Expert Has Radical Solution to West's Problem - Let It Burn!, The Salt Lake Tribune
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Indians play pivotal role in fighting nation's wildfires, CS Monitor
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Public Lands-- Is No Use Good Use?, PERC
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Bush Energy Policy Threatens Wildlands, Health and Safety of American People, American Lands
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Is Dick in the Dark or Just Dishonest?, TomPaine.com
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Misinformation and Scare Tactics, Jimmy Carter in the Washington Post
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Alliance for America's 11th Annual Fly-In for Freedom - Agenda
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Alien Species: Common, Costly and Destructive, Environment News Service
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Pollen barrage may be work of male dominance in city trees, Bergen Record
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Judge's roadless decision appealed, Spokesman-Review
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USDA To Move Forward With Responsible Process That Addresses Roadless Concerns Despite Injunction, USDA
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May 15, 2001: Oversight Hearing on: the Views and Vision of the New Chief of the Forest Service, Dale Bosworth, House Resources Committee
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Bingaman Uses Cerro Grande Fire Anniversary to Urge Expansion of Key Forest Health Initiative, Bingaman Press Release
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The West Is Culling Forests That Fueled Fires of the Past - Lincoln NF, New York Times
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REP America Disappointed by Forest Rule Injunction, Republicans for Environmental Protection
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Judge Blocks National Forest Roadless Rule, Environment News Service
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Idaho Wins Injunction Blocking Roadless Rule, Idaho Atty. Gen. Al Lance
- The Roadless Rule - NPR Living on Earth, Real Audio [Transcript not yet available]
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Bosworth wants more saws buzzing in the woods, Portland Business Journal
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Back into the woods - The West goes to work cleaning up its forests, High Country News
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Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away, Now - Land Swapping in the New West,
Jeffrey St. Clair, in The Progressive
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Forest Magazine - March/April 2001 issue - Now available online
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FSEEE Guide to Free Speech in the Forest Service Workplace
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International Forest News
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New Zealand - A Momentous Decision - Govt to transfer all indigenous forests from Timberlands to the Dept. of Conservation, West Coast Forests' Announcement - Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
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Govt Announcement On The Future For West Coast Indigenous Forests, NewsRoom - Conservation Minister Sandra Lee's Speech
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Canada to talk with U.S. on lumber, not negotiate, Yahoo
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Lumber producers call temporary cease-fire, Globe and Mail
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Six forestry firms to spend millions on surveys for U.S. trade tariff ruling, CBC News
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Canadian company to buy wood-fired biomass power plants, Lewiston Sun-Journal
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Cree Villagers flee forest fire, 5-28-01 Montreal Gazette
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'Plenty of interest' in forest assets, The Age
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Wood prices to fall further, ABC Rural News
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Illegal logging in wildlife preserve - The lady throws down the gauntlet, Bangkok Post
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Saving the gentle giants of western China, CS Monitor
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Timber group urges help for poor tropical states, Planet Ark
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Finnish timber exec says cooperation worth effort, Pioneer Planet
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Peru Creates Huge New Park in Rainforest, Environment News Service
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Keeping Loggers on the Straight and Narrow , Washington Post
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Death in the forest he loved, Edmonton Journal
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Gentle rain from heaven cools Slave Lake fire, Edmonton Journal
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Cold, rains slow giant Alberta forest fire, CBC News
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Cool, damp weather allows hundreds to return home near northern Alberta fire, Calgary Herald News
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Alberta forest fire rages, hundreds evacuated, 5-30-01 Planet Ark
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'We've been left with nothing' - Albertans begin to mourn the loss of their homes, Globe and Mail
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Forest fire threatens up to 270 mill jobs, Edmonton Journal
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Pipeline through paradise / Oil route across Ecuador's cloud forest threatens birds -- and ecotourism, San Francisco Chronicle
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Peru Preserves Untouched Andean Rainforest in New National Park, Environment News Service
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Guyana's Rainforest Wilderness Threatened by Major Road Project, AP
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Icons of B.C., Arbutus trees are dying - Disease, climate change thought to be main culprits, Vancouver Sun
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US Commerce official to take part in Missoula lumber hearing, Billings Gazette
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Ontario firefighters head to Alberta, 5-27-01 The Star [link updated]
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Families return home after Alberta forest fire evacuation, 5-26-01 CBC News
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Fires spark 'high alert', 5-26-01 Edmonton Journal
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Alberta forest fire growing, 5-25-01 CBC News
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Dam the Dayaks dread - Sarawak deforestation nearly complete, San Francisco Chronicle
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Forest destruction linked to kamnan, Bangkok Post [link fixed]
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Syndicates linked to illegal logging in Kedah forest reserves, The Star
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Tree smuggling racket busted, Times of India
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Alarm over razing of Liberian rainforest, Sydney Morning Herald
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The Forestry Industry in the State of Chihuahua - Economic, Ecological and Social Impacts Post-NAFTA, Texas Center For Policy Studies
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NAFTA Forestry Report, [PDF] Texas Center For Policy Studies
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Wildfires blazing in dry B.C., Vancouver Province
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Raiding the Rain Forest - U.S. demand for finished wood is growing, Philadelphia Inquirer, last of 3 parts
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Logging fuels crimes, corruption in Cameroon, Philadelphia Inquirer, part 2 of 3
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Large firms dominate logging trade, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Raiding the Rain Forest - For a global treasure, a new threat, Philadelphia Inquirer, part 1 of 3
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Map of Worlds' Tropical Rainforests, Philadelphia Inquirer
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PHOTOS - Raiding the Rain Forest, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Liberia's vanishing rain forests - President, foreign firms ravage nation's lush jungles for profit, San Francisco Chronicle
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Romania Makes High-Level Commitment to FSC Forest Certification, FSC
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$9.7 million tree-planting program funded in Latin America, ENN.com
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GM gives $10 million for endangered Brazil forest, Reuters Planet Ark
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Shell pledges to avoid Bangladesh forest tiger areas, ENN.com
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Environment matters in free-trade negotiations, ENN.com
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Trade Commission to continue softwood lumber investigation, Billings Gazette
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Canada dismisses U.S. lumber industry ruling, Excite
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Canada lumber `dumping' hurts U.S., panel says, Bloomberg News in Register-Guard
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800-year-old cedar wins 45-day reprieve, Post-Intelligencer
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Home Depot C.E.O. defends Canadian position in softwood lumber dispute, CBC
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Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Shrinking Fast, Environment News Service
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Amazon destruction hits 5-year high, MSNBC
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Amazon deforestation up 15 percent, ENN.com
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General Motors preserves 30,000 acres of rain forest, Bloomberg News
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Forest minister asks officials to sit up, Times of India
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Logging may put state funds at risk, The Age
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
REGIONAL
NORTHERN
REGION (Region 1): Montana and Northern Idaho
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Tin Cup overfloweth at taxpayers’ expense, Missoula Independent
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Drilling clash resurfaces for Lewis & Clark NF, Great Falls Tribune
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Gallatin NF - Cell phone service in canyon offered, Billings Gazette
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Time to dust off wilderness bill, Missoulian Editorial
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Yellowstone area: Grizzly losing ground, say researchers, Missoulian AP
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Forest Service defends wilderness work, Missoulian
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Bitterroot forest - Environmentalists say let nature heal itself, Missoulian
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Bitterroot forest plan - Thin, and plant, Missoulian
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The Forest for the Trees, The Independent
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Lolo NF - Prescribed fire awakens, now burns near Paradise, 5-25-01 Missoulian
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Lolo NF - Firefighters battle blaze near Plains, 5-25-01 Missoulian
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Lolo National Forest to prepare EIS on effects of vegetation treatment through prescribed burning,
timber harvest, reforestation, precommercial thinning, and noxious weed spraying in the Maier Gulch, Weber Gulch, Dry Gulch and Ashley Creek drainages, Federal Register
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Yellowstone Pipe Line wins permit - Forest Service tells company to protect water sources, Idaho Statesman
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Gallatin National Forest - Renting a lookout towner in Montana, Star Tribune
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Democrat wants Martz to recant letter - Party leader says statements on USFS roadless plan are a lie, Missoulian AP
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Forest fire victims eligible for tax cut, Billings Gazette
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Student winners named in state forestry contest, Spokesman-Review
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Forest Discovery Days - Class among the conifers, Missoulian
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Age means more thoughtful approach to traversing mountains, Missoulian
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Judy Krausser - She helps restore native habitats, Sacramento Bee
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Environmentalists ask state about caribou reintroduction, Idaho Statesman
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Forests Expected to Yield Morels, Las Vegas SUN
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As Others Abandon Plains, Indians and Bison Come Back, New York Times
EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's -
ERP No. D-AFS-J65334-MT Rating EC2, Keystone-Quartz Ecosystem
Management, Implementation, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Wise
River Ranger District, Beaverhead County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with low standard
roads. EPA suggests that the final EIS include information regarding
enforcement of off-road vehicle travel restrictions, and proposed
noxious weed treatment, including potential environmental impacts from
weed control chemicals.
ERP No. D-AFS-J65335-MT Rating EC2, Dry Fork Vegetation Restoration
Project, To Improve Forest and Watershed Health and Sustainability,
King Hill Ranger District, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Cascade and
Judith Basin Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with low standard
roads and recommends restoration. EPA recommends that the final EIS
include information on aquatic monitoring, enforcement of off-road
vehicle travel restrictions, proposed noxious weed treatments, and
potential environmental impacts from weed control chemicals.
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Officials grapple with wild-areas ruling, Missoulian
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Judge tells Forest Service to restore public lands, Billings Gazette
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Forest Service ordered to maintain, restore wilderness study areas - Judge says agency has 'abused its discretion', Missoulian
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Forest Service official says fire plan will take time - Deputy chief: Stay the course and results will come, Missoulian
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Auditor: Gov. Martz lied about state land , Billings Gazette
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Tweaking the environment, Post-Register Editorial
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Joint session - Governor, Forest Service chief meet with loggers to discuss the need for cooperation, Missoulian
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Roadless issue challenge gets no reply, Billings Gazette
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Battle over forest lands isn't over, Charles Levendosky in Duluth Tribune
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Rough ride for conservation, Seattle Times
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In it for the log haul - Mill supporters crowd Eureka's streets to draw attention to lack of timber sales, Missoulian
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Log haul symbolizes solidarity, Spokesman-Review
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Thousands turn out for log haul extravaganza, SF Chronicle AP
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Local authorities prepare for Rainbows, Spokesman-Review
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Toxic Forests, Spokesman-Review AP
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Meth cooks dump waste in forests, Spokesman-Review
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Forest Service wants to put communication boxes in national forest, Billings Gazette
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Forest Service changes plan for Thunder Basin, Billings Gazette
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Forest Service required instream water flows imperiled, Idaho Statesman
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Idaho requests immediate end to FS roadless plan, Spokesman-Review
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What would Marshall think of mountain-top 'communication huts?', Great Falls Tribune Opinion
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Panhandle, Kootenai and Lolo Forest Plans for Grizzlies Getting Public Review, Spokesman-Review
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Grizzlies - A test of President Bush's environmental agenda, WOTR/ Tom France
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Blaze 36 miles northwest of Billings grows to 1,500 acres, Billings Gazette
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Acerbic fervor among town's antigreens, CS Monitor
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Mill owner-- Timber supply is key to survival, The Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
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Log haul delivers the right message, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake Editorial
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Cabins must be removed from Beartooth wilderness area, Billings Gazette
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Forest Service burns timberland near Chadron, Casper Star-Tribune
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Judge blocks road ban in national forests - Gallatin NF map, Billings Gazette
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Gallatin National Forest not selling enough timber to complete land swap, Missoulian
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Court Upholds Forest Service Decision to Not Permit Drilling Along Rocky Mountain Front, Earthjustice
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Current Bitterroot National Forest News and Information
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Idaho Panhandle National Forests Press Releases
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Lewis & Clark National Forest News
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Current News Releases from the Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest
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Current News Releases from the Helena National Forest
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Current News Releases from the Gallatin National Forest
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Dakota Prairie Grasslands
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Northern Region News Releases
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