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• July 16-31 Regional News Links

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2): Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

• Black Hills NF - Lakota tribe holds out for land's return - $500 million NOT acceptable, Aberdeen News
• Out of the Woods?, Black Hills Pioneer
• Forest summit draws 600, Rapid City Journal
• Forest-fire plan puts safety first, Rapid City Journal
• Decision-making must change, foresters say, Rapid City Journal
• Defensible space not enough, Rapid City Journal
• Lawmaker rips pricey privy near Bells, Denver Post
• Forest Service defends $1.6 million john, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Scripps Howard News
• Piñon trees dying from fungus, beetles, Durango Herald
• Bush touts new forest plan, Denver Post + comments
• Wilderness plan criticized, Daily Camera

• The Forest Business - Recreation fees in National Forests stir debate, Summit Daily News
• Forest Service forges on with lynx protection, Denver Post
• Group saddles up to support Divide trail, Denver Post
• Continental Divide Trail gaining support and attention - Alliance outlines completion plans, Summit Daily News
• Plans in motion for Bells facility, Aspen Times
• County may divert some federal funds, Steamboat Pilot
• Timber sales proceed north of New Castle ,Glenwood Springs Post Independent
• Crews work to assess Black Hills fire damage, Billings Gazette

• San Miguel takes a stance against Fee Demo, Durango Herald
• New 'hiking card' to help pay for rescues, Denver Post
• Dead trees fuel Mad Creek Fire. Daily Camera
• Beetles are flying and pines face infestation -- insect pests, Summit Daily News
• FS/Vail Mountain land swap rumors not true, 'Vail Resorts' says, Vail Daily News
• Appeals court dismisses suit over logging, FindLaw Legal News
• Court Decision on Medicine Bow NF Plan, Findlaw

• Environmental groups oppose roads in roadless area for mine expansion, Rocky Mountain News
• Proposal might end battle over A-Basin snowmaking system, Denver Post
• Trends favor revised plans for grasslands, Journal star
• Forest Service further studies Wyoming timber sale, Daily Camera
• McInnis vows residents will shape wilderness legislation, Aspen Times
• Feds aid Snake River cleanup - FS pays for boundary surveys, Denver Post
• Mad Creek fire called boon for blown-down timber area, Denver Post
• Forest Service, fire chief clash over cash, Journal Star
• Fires nearly whipped in Black Hills, 8-6-01 Black Hills Pioneer

• Forest Service OKs logging in Pike National Forest, Daily Camera
• Forest-thinning project OK'd - Eco-groups fear for big trees, Denver Post
• Road through White River forest roadless area to private inholding would set up development, Vail Daily News
• Risk-Ski Business - Can Aaron Brill's single lift save Silverton and earn salvation for the sport?, Westword
• Ouray's inside joke yucks it up for tourists - way, way up, Denver Post
• USFS trying to purchase Mt. Evans gateway acres, (scroll down) Denver Post
• Forests targeted for more drilling - House energy bill strips a safeguard, Denver Post
• Youth corps helps thin trees on Dolores Rim, Cortez Journal
• Wilderness protection recommended for western Colorado, Daily Camera - Katherine Vogt AP
• 8,000 offer remarks on Wyoming bear plan, Billings Gazette

• Fire burns while Forest Service watches, sweats, 8-3-01 Vail Daily News
• San Juan NF officials monitor burn in Plateau Creek area, Cortez Journal
• Garfield County Co. enacts fire ban - USFS more tolerant, Durango Herald
• Cleaning the forest, Cortez Journal
• Mad Creek firefighters light controlled burn, 8-4-01 Denver Post
• Fires continue to burn in southern Black Hills, 8-4-01 Billings Gazette
• Black Hills NF - Firefighters Gain Some Ground, Lose Some, 8-3-01 Press & Dakotan
• Weather offers firefighters reprieve; Arthur now 10 percent contained , 8-4-01 Billings Gazette
• Inferno defies firefighters - Yellowstone blaze hits steep terrain in Shoshone forest, 8-4-01 Rocky Mountain News
• Rain aids Yellowstone firefighters, 8-3-01 Modesto Bee
• Weather, terrain impede Yellowstone fire battle, 8-3-01 Daily Camera
• Shoshone NF - Dry, windy conditions hamper fight against Yellowstone blaze, 8-3-01 CNN

• Demand to drill in San Juan forest is high, Durango Herald
• White River NF inholding - Hunter Creek claim put on sales block, Aspen Times
• Sen. Allard picks wilderness plan, Denver Post
• Mountain Bikers Try to Hold Their Own on the Trails, New York Times
• Firefighters advance as winds die down, Black Hills Pioneer
• Lightning Sparks Fires On Wyoming-S. Dakota Border, Press & Dakotan
• Lightning Sparks Fires In Black Hills Region, Alliance Times-Herald
• Crews keep wary eye on slow-moving Colorado blazes, Denver Post

• Grasslands plan manages grazing; Badlands wilderness, Journal Star
• Wildlife Federation backs USFS grasslands plan, Billings Gazette
• Revised grasslands plan would allow development, Billings Gazette
• Northern Great Plains Management Plans Revision, Dakota Prairie Grasslands - Medicine Bow-Routt NF - Nebraska NF
• Black Hills NF - Federal judge throws book at Jasper arsonist - 10 years federal prison, Billings Gazette

• Black Hills National Forest - News Releases 2001
• Late-Breaking News and Press Releases from the San Juan National Forest
• Current News Releases from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests
• Current News Releases from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests  
• Current News Releases from the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests
• Current News Releases from the Nebraska National Forest
• Shoshone National Forest Press Releases 
• Latebreaking News and Press Releases from the White River National Forest
• Bighorn National Forest Current News Releases
• Pike & San Isabel National Forests News Releases
• Rio Grande National Forest Bulletin Board
• Pulse of the Rockies - Rocky Mountain Region Newsletter [PDF]

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3): Arizona and New Mexico

• Coronado NF Mt. Lemmon road named 'Sky Island Parkway', Tucson Citizen
• Coronado NF - Sabino Canyon work will mean fenced-off area, Tucson Citizen
• Santa Fe NF - Pilot blames self for dropping bighorn sheep to their deaths, KOBTV News
• Santa Fe NF - Five sheep die during transport, New Mexican
• Cibola NF - Manzano Crest Trail, Albuquerque Journal

• Southwest Area - Fire News, USFS

• Valles Caldera board schedules meeting, (scroll down) Santa Fe New Mexican
• Bicyclist rides to promote forest preservation, Las Cruces Sun News
• Santa Fe NF - Man caught in flash flood rescued from canyon, KOBTV.com
• Carson NF - La Madera post office saved, Santa Fe New Mexican
• Lincoln NF archaeologist Diane White goes to White Sands, Alamogordo Daily News
• Asarco seeks title to 400 acres of Ironwood Forest land, Arizona Daily Star

• Environmental group to get list of banks that make 'escrow waiver' rancher loans, Arizona Republic
• Carson NF West Entranas Prescribed Burn Aug. 7-17th, USFS Region 3
• Carson Hotshots have been all around, USFS Region 3
• Carson NF - State police called to quell La Madera protest, New Mexican
• Carson NF La Madera - Residents fight to keep `heart of the village', New Mexican
• Tiny La Madera post office ordered closed, Taos News
• Norton visits Placitas for an earful on development, Sandias ownership, Albuquerque Tribune
• NM Game and Fish should sign onto boreal toad protection, New Mexican
• N.M. mule deer struggle amid choked brush, Albuquerque Tribune
• Valles Caldera - Augest 16 Public Meeting, Santa Fe National Forest

• Two-Pronged Approach - Coconino National Forest, Tucson Weekly
• Coconino NF Pronghorn - Fenced In, Arizona Daily Sun
• Forest Service in middle of Anderson Mesa pronghorn conflict, Arizona Daily Sun
• Threats to pronghorn antelope, Arizona Daily Sun
• Anderson Mesa pronghorn problems, Arizona Daily Sun
• Ready to roll up sleeves for pronghorn, Arizona Daily Sun
• Coconino NF - Cattle numbers on Anderson Mesa, Arizona Daily Sun
• Anderson Mesa - Ranching the right way, Arizona Daily Sun
• Where do we go from here?, Arizona Daily Sun
• Deep divisions needn't hinder immediate help, Arizona Daily Sun
• Apache trout swimming back from near extinction, Environmental News Network
• Appeal delays Coconino NF Bellemont shooting range, Arizona Daily Sun
• What is the Gus Pearson Natural Area?, Arizona Daily Sun
• Turning back time: Interior, Forest Service leaders tour Arizona project to restore forest health, Missoulian AP
• The time is now to keep forests healthy, Arizona Daily Sun
• Norton dodges protesters, Arizona Daily Sun
• Fort Valley Ecosystem Restoration Project, Coconino NF
• Fort Valley 50% completed, Arizona Daily Sun

• SW Region to prepare wildland-urban interface EIS to eliminate 15% of protected owl areas, Federal Register - MSO protections will be removed in the 1/2 mile "intensive" WUI zone. There are 935 MSO "Protected Activity Centers" in the Region, 134 are within the intensive zone.
• Interior Secretary lauds Arizona project to thin forests, prevent fires, Arizona Republic
• Secretary of Interior lauds Arizona forest thinning project; protesters call it logging, Boston Globe AP
• Arizona Forest Restoration, KPNX-TV Phoenix, AZ
• Gus Pearson Natural Area Restoration, Ecological Restoration Institute
• Raising real Arizona - Tonto NF, Asbury Park Press
• Gov. Hull forms panel on wildfires - minus the USFS, Az. Republic

• Santa Fe NF 'garbologist' uncovers trash from the past, Santa Fe New Mexican
• Judge orders government to decide butterfly listing - Lack of funds not an excuse, Alamogordo Daily News
• Nivison 'flaps' over judge's butterfly ruling, Alamogordo Daily News
• Thunderbird Ecosystem Management Project Decision Made, Cibola National Forest
• Catron County YCC Program is a Success for All , [PDF] Gila National Forest
• Land grant shaped history in Pecos, Santa Fe New Mexican
• Sharing a love of wildlife, nature, Santa Fe New Mexican
• Santa Fe watershed thinning begins, [Scroll Down] Santa Fe New Mexican

• Carson Hotshots head to Yellowstone -
  The Carson Hotshots crew, based in Taos, are being reassigned to Yellowstone National Park in Montana to the Hoppe Fire. Carson National Forest officials said Saturday that the crew has been on the Green Knoll Fire in Jackson, Wyo., since July 25. That fire, in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, was about 90 percent contained on Aug. 2, according to a news release. This fire season the Carson Hotshots have been assigned to 13 different fires, including Barker Wilson in Cimarron, Homestead in the Lincoln National Forest and Hobbs in the San Juan National Forest in Colorado., New Mexican 8-6-01

• Catron County YCC Program is a Success for All!!!, Silver City Sun-News
• New Gila NF Supervisor, Marcia Andre, confronted by constitutionalist & 'Killer Tree', Silver City Sun-News Letter to the Editor
• Gila firefighters battling fires in the west, Silver City Sun-News
• Grant to assist landowners in thinning woods, Ruidoso Daily News
• Valles Caldera continues to cause introspection, Farmington Daily Times
• Public Hearing on Mountain Lions, KPNX-TV Phoenix, AZ

• Comments sought on plan to keep forests free of roads, logging, New Mexican
• Carson NF - New Mexico Game and Fish plans for bighorn-sheep resurgence, New Mexican
• Lincoln NF - Rancher wants to see Sacramento Mountain elk herd reduced, Alamogordo Daily News
• Cloudcroft campgrounds reopen after revamping, Alamogordo Daily News
• Havasupai tribe fears energy plan will lead to Kaibab NF uranium mine, New Mexican
• Proposed power plant sets up showdown, Arizona Republic
• National Forest grazing conflict - Public 'therapy' behind closed doors no cure at all, Arizona Daily Sun

• Residents invited to tour Santa Fe watershed, Santa Fe New Mexican
• Gila NF Brett Myrick - Cyclist embarks on 700 mile trip campaigning for Roadless Policy, Silver City Sun-News
• Wolf Whistle, Tucson Weekly
• Lincoln NF makes plans for timber contract in burn area, Alamogordo Daily News

• Cibola National Forest News Releases 
• Gila National Forest News Releases  [updated]
• Tonto National Forest News Releases 
• Coronado National Forest News Releases
• Prescott National Forest - News
• Coconino National Forest News Page
• Current News Releases from the Kaibab National Forest
• Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests 

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4): Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming

• Fire fighting center may be in Ogden, Standard Examiner
• Boise NF - Hot, dry conditions hamper prescribed fire plans, Idaho Statesman - Gallagher AP
• Uinta NF - Feds Sue Utahn for Wildfire Costs, Salt Lake Tribune
• Eastern fire crews fight flames, strange terrain, Las Vegas SUN

• Ranchers appeal grazing closure - Rep. Simpson spurs Forest Service to reconsider, Idaho Mountain Express
• Idaho Watersheds Project confronts new obstacle, Idaho Mountain Express
• 'Land Board' Contempt for Idaho's Constitution, Idaho Mountain Express Editorial
• Caribou-Targhee NF - Rancher's sheep moved out of grizzly bear habitat, Idaho Falls Post-Register
• Wildfire scorches slopes above Triumph - Air and land fire fight saves homes, Idaho Mountain Express
• Firefighters triumph again, Idaho Mountain Express
• Otter talks timber with Veneman, Idaho Statesman
• Grants help Idaho towns plant trees, Idaho Statesman
• Green Knoll Fire cost $14 million, Daily Camera

• Caribou-Targhee NF - Judge blocks land exchange at ski resort, Spokesman-Review
• Wasatch-Cache NF - Controversial Endurance Race Returns to Utah, Salt Lake Tribune
• 70,000 acres burning in Nevada, pioneer trail threatened, Sonner AP - SF Chronicle
• Tanker pilots take on wildfires - P-2V5 plane can weather the harsh fire conditions, Idaho Statesman
• Ag chief Veneman to visit fire center - NIFC becomes popular stop for Bush officials, Idaho Statesman
• Agency Takes a Youthful Approach to Fire Safety in West, Los Angeles Times
• Humboldt-Toiyabe NF Terri Jerrell - Sparks woman supplies frontline firefighters, Reno Gazette Journal
• Ownership of 'monument' shovel in question, Missoulian

• Groups sue to protect wolves - SNRA grazing restrictions requested, Idaho Mountain Express
• Wolf Lawsuit Underscores Wildlife-Livestock Debate in West, WWP
• Mill sees cash in junipers, Idaho Press-Tribune
• Avalanche patrols will be out in force during 2002 Games, Standard Examiner
• Utah wants to show off lands in 2002 - Maps, signs, advice all part of getting word out, Standard Examiner
• Utah wild lands set for Olympic influx, Daily Herald
• On political, social and environmental activism, Idaho Mountain Express column

• Stream rechanneled to avoid road - The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and a handful of other agencies have finished an excavation and fill project that has changed the course of about 1,000 yards of the White River through Wasatch County near Soldier Summit. The project is intended to save a U.S. Forest Service road from erosion damage and to improve the quality of cutthroat trout habitat. Salt Lake Tribune

• Sawtooth wolf pack comes first, suit says - Groups say feds should quit giving livestock precedence, Idaho Statesman
• Suit filed over wolf killings in Sawtooth - Environmentalists say wildlife takes precedence over livestock, Spokesman-Review - Gallagher AP
• Uinta NF - Questar installing new pipeline, Daily Herald
• Bush Undermining Wilderness, Salt Lake Tribune letter to editor
• Forest Service road plan fails to win commissioners' support, Las Vegas SUN
• Ranchers Vow to Fight - The government seizes their cattle in a grazing rights dispute, but John Vogt and Ben Colvin won't take it lying down, Tucson Citizen
• Cattle grazing fuels feud between feds, local police - Ranchers protest seizure of livestock by U.S. authorities, The Detroit News
• Fire restrictions take effect in park, Bridger-Teton forest,Billings Gazette
• Caribou-Targhee NF Teton fire may be contained today, 8-4-01 Spokesman-Review
• Snowshoe Fire flares then lays low, Challis Messenger
• Cheney coming to Boise to talk wildfire, Idaho Statesman

• Rainbows make good on promise to clean up - Forest Service hands out final grade today, Idaho Statesman
• In the Meadow at the Rainbow Family Gathering, Idaho Observer
• Counties acted quickly to preserve area, Idaho Statesman
• Panel will take a look at gathering's impact, Idaho Statesman
• FS Walt Rogers 'not satisfied' with Rainbow cleanup, KTVB Idaho News
• Out of the woods, blithe spirit, High Country News

• River of No Return Wilderness Snowshoe Fire flares then lays low, Challis Messenger
• Salmon-Challis NF cobalt mine planned, Idaho Statesman
• Wolf killing probed, Denver Post
• Western Watersheds, Idaho Conservation League Sue USFS To Protect Wolves, Western Watersheds Project
• Caribou-Targhee NF to prepare EIS for a proposed timber sale and road reconstruction in the Big Hole Mountains, Federal Register
• Sawtooth NF Eve Gulch ... Off-shoot of Adam's Gulch is a real challenge, Twin Falls Times-News
• Wheeler Creek plan strikes rare accord - Sierra Club, Forest Service agree on limits, Standard Examiner

• NASA Watches 'Green Knoll' Wyoming Wildfire, Space News
• Cause of Sage Fire still under investigation - Hillside conflagration is 'effectively' extinguished, Idaho Mountain Express
• Bombing the blazes out of the blazes - Tanker pilots put it where it counts, Idaho Mountain Express
• Baby of the big-lift helicopters helped stop Sage Fire - Amazing flying machine and crew took center stage, Idaho Mountain Express
• Sage Fire calls attention to prevention, Idaho Mountain Express Editorial
• Gratitude poured upon Sage Hill firefighters, Idaho Mountain Express
• How Wyoming pulled victory from ashes, CS Monitor

• Sawtooth National Forest News Releases
• Salmon-Challis National Forest News Releases
• Bridger-Teton National Forest Press Releases
• Uinta National Forest News Releases
• News Releases for the Dixie, Fishlake and Manti-LaSal National Forests
• Caribou National Forest and Curlew Nat. Grassland Newspage
• Payette National Forest News
• Boise National Forest News Releases

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California

• Military Deployed to Fight Wildfires, 8-17-01 ABC News

• Lassen, Plumas and Tahoe National Forests will prepare a supplemental EIS in response to court decision - SEIS will address maintenance of defensible fuels profile zones in the Quincy Forest Project Area, Federal Register
• Shasta feud reflects religion's volatility, Sacramento Bee
• Man wanders eight days in Sequoia forest before finding car, Daily News
• Gap Fire Narrative & Summary, Tahoe NF
• Interstate 80 still stalled by Gap Fire
• Wildfires spread across California and Northwest - 8,500 called in to battle blazes -- evacuations in High Sierra, 8-14-01 San Francisco Chronicle

• Survey Lists 300 Pathways as Vital to State Wildlife, Los Angeles Times
• Cleveland NF - Mountain bikers' blues - Wilderness-designation plan would bar them from many favored trails, Orange County Register
• Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction - Santa Ana River Flood Control Project Interchange, San Bernardino National Forest, Federal Register
• Pacific Lumber blames environmentalists for layoffs, Press Democrat
• Tahoe NF slow-motion trek- Four-wheel-drive fans love each bump in their Sierra path, Sacramento Bee
• Keeping Vigil- Fire spotting dying as technologies emerge - Lookouts once numbered 5,000 in national forests, Las Vegas Review Journal
• Plumas NF Antelope Lake roads reopen -- lightning fire burned 3,654 acres, Sacramento Bee
• Decker Canyon Fire killed six firefighters in August 1959, North County Times
• Brush fire claims 10,200 acres in Mendocino National Forest, 8-12-01 Sacramento Bee
• 1,400 on the Line of Mendocino Blaze, 8-12-01 Los Angeles Times
• Firefighters deploy emergency shelters in big Sierra fire, 8-11-01 Sacramento Bee

• Fee-Demo articles, Kern Valley Sun
• Anti-logging movement barks back, Contra Costa Times
• Public Input Sought on Use of Certified Weed-Seed Free Hay and Straw in Ca. Forests, Region 5 USFS
• Group seeks ban on grazing at Tahoe, Las Vegas SUN
• Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Lookouts keep eye on the forest, San Bernardino County Sun
• San Bernardino NF - Area ski resort tumbles into Chapter 11, Inland Empire
• Modoc National Forest Request for Public Comment for Ditch Vegetation Treatment project, USFS
• Crop seizures could match last year's record, Daily News
• 4 crew members brace for battery of tests to prove they can be Type I firefighters, Modesto Bee
• For family members, firefighting in the blood, Modesto Bee
• I love the redwoods, San Francisco Chronicle
• Linking habitat areas called vital for survival of state's wildlife - Scientists map main migration corridors, San Francisco Chronicle

• Filming permit fees - Funds to be returned to forest, Los Angeles Times
• Logging debate heats up as forest, court actions counter timber money, Sacramento Bee
• Annual confab a chance to underscore Tahoe commitment - Nevada senators hope to get Bush staff at Tahoe summit, Las Vegas SUN
• Angeles NF turns away Jujubeats rave, Orange County Weekly
• Knock on wood, cuttings will preserve U.S. trees, Contra Costa Times
• Hiking high - Mount Baldy offers plenty of trails and an abundance of beauty for an inexpensive family outing,
• Watchdog Sierra Madre's Tomlinson helps protect Angeles NF river, Whittier Daily-News
• Low water level at Lake Shasta forces restrictions, Oakland Tribune
• Angeles NF Shooting range reopens after 7-month closure, Daily News
• Angeles NF Shooting Park ready for business - Facility in Burro Canyon opens, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Community Fire Assistance Grants Awarded, Lake Tahoe Basin, USFS
• Blaze of Glory- Hotshots, Modesto Bee
• Stanislaus NF - Teamwork conquers Mariposa fire, Modesto Bee
• Fed money dampens brush fires, Garden Island News

• Groups Sue to Protect Owl, Fisher, Yahoo AP
• Suit seeks Sierra protection for spotted owl, ENN - Reuters
• Conservation Groups Sue U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service For Failing To Protect California Spotted Owl And Pacific Fisher, US Newswire - Yahoo
• Lawsuit seeks curbs on Sierra logging, Pawtucket Times - UPI
• Nowhere bridge in no man's land - Thrill jumpers stand to lose a favorite site, Whittier Daily-News
• 6,000 Marijuana Plants Found in National Forest, Los Angeles Times
• Reliance on fire lookouts fades with new technology, Contra Costa Times
• Los Padres NF Seeks Public Input on Fire Prevention, Bay City News Service
• Forest Service Seeks Public Input on Proposal to Reduce Hazardous Fuels, Los Padres NF

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• Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) News Releases

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6): Oregon and Washington

• Wenatchee NF - Forest Service lands big donation, Post Intelligencer
• Forest Service receives 1,881-acre donation, Eastside Journal
• Gifford Pinchot NF will prepare an EIS to restore migratory fish passage, and aquatic and riparian habitat at Hemlock Dam on Trout Creek, Federal Register
• Malheur NF will prepare a supplement to the draft EIS for the Silvies Canyon Watershed Restoration Project, Federal Register
• Bank draws timber protesters, Mail Tribune
• Forest Service backs Crystal Mountain resort expansion, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
• Toxin fears bring end to Diamond Lake water recreation, News-Review
• Gorge Commission Plans Study on Visibility Pollution, KGW News
• Bland winter should boost deer population, Seattle Times

• Hikers evacuated from wilderness areas, Seattle Times
• Night Is the Time to Get Near Fire, New York Times AP
• Huge wildfire gets within few miles of Oregon town, Tucson Citizen
• Wildfires Threaten Washington Town, CBS News
• Fears of evacuation of Monument cooling, 8-18-01 Register-Guard - Cain AP +
• Thousands told to prepare for evacuation, The Olympian
• New Fire Sparks in Washington, KGW News - Ashton AP
• Fierce winds rekindle fires, Seattle Times
• Homes top priority in wildfire fight, Denver Post
• Fire Camps Become Instant Hubs, KGW News
• Guardsmen Join in Fight Against Oregon Wildfires, KGW News
• Military Deployed to Fight Wildfires, 8-17-01 ABC News
• Oregon Wildfires Force Evacuation of Homes and Popular Camping Areas, KGW News

• Wildfire Update - The Lands Council

• Forest Service Recommends Cutting Back Eagle Creek Timber Sale, KGW News
• Forest Service proposes trimming Eagle Creek timber sale, KATU TV News
• Environmentalists Set Up Tree Sit, Protest Old-Growth Logging, KGW News
• Tree-sitters protest Oregon logging efforts, Seattle Times
• Forest Service forges on with lynx protection, Denver Post
• Moths Gnaw at Gifford Pinchot National forest, KGW News
• Forest Service backs ski resort's expansion - Public comment invited on Crystal Mountain, South County Journal
• Ashland sets up plan to defend watershed, Mail Tribune
• Diamond Lake campers brave algae stench, Mail Tribune
• OSU studies logging's effect on watersheds, Register-Guard
• Lawmaker tours proposed Index wilderness, Everett Herald
• Republicans band together to help nature, Business Journal of Portland
• Norton: Interior can't ease land rule, Oregonian
• Blood on Their Hands - Congress must act to kill this venomous snake, the Endangered Species Act, NewsMax
• Get deadly fire facts straight, Denver Post Editorial

• Wildfires, Seattle Times
• Helicopter company busy with fires, but would rather do more logging, Business Journal of Portland
• Hundreds of fires blaze across NW, 8-14-01 Seattle Times
• Wildfires rage across Oregon, 8-14-01 Bend Bulletin
• Washington fires burning from the Cascades to the Idaho border, Post Intelligencer
• Albertson's Blazes Into Fire Efforts with Fuel for Firefighters, PR Newswire
• Fires Force Evacuations of Popular Campgrounds, KGW News
• Lightning causes nearly 40 fires in Deschutes forest, 8-13-01 Bend Bulletin
• Fire outside Ashland destroys homes, forces evacuation, Statesman Journal

• Politics Sway Forest Research, FS Scientists Say, The Columbian
• Forest Research Sacrificed to Politics, Say USFS Scientists - Survey of Pacific Northwest Lab Paints Bleak Picture, PEER
• 2001 Survey of the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station - Employees Speak Out!, PEER
• USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station Survey Results, June 2001, PEER

• The issue is trust - Which way did Cascade-Siskiyou monument letters lean? County should find out, Mail Tribune Editorial
• Umpqua NF Diamond Lake closed to swimmers due to toxic algae bloom, Mail Tribune
• Toxic Algae Closes Diamond Lake, KGW News
• Sierra Club to sue federal agency over rare plants at USFS Mt. Ashland - Group wants to protect the species from ski resort's expansion - , Statesman Journal
• Colville NF - Salvage timber lies rotting, Spokesman-Review
• Tree disease creeps into Oregon territory, Oregonian
• Oregon oak trees at risk for disease - Sudden Oak Death has ravaged trees in California, and some fear it could come here, Statesman Journal
• Sudden oak death found in isolated Oregon forest, San Francisco Chronicle
• 'Sudden oak death' makes its way to Oregon, Mail Tribune
• Where tales of logging, trapping and drinking are still served up, Mail Tribune
• Wilderness treks open eyes on the shadowy world of bats, Bellingham Herald
• Fire brings urban peril into focus, Oregonian
• Wildfires burning on three sides of Oregon town of Rome, 8-11-01 Spokesman-Review
• Area’s forests still face severe wildfire risk, Bend Bulletin
• Exploiting tragedy for political purposes, Wenatchee World in Evening Sun
• Why was water delayed for the Thirtymile crew?, (scroll down) Methow Valley News

• Tanker pullout alarms ex-pilot - Says moving base to K-Falls will boost rural fire risks here, Mail Tribune
• Siskiyou activists- Comments backed larger monument, Register-Guard
• Tillamook timber cut falls into place despite criticism, Oregonian
• Extreme fire danger brings new restrictions, Mail Tribune
• Klamath Fire Expands to 1,650 Acres, 8-6-01 KGW News
• U.S. fish protections didn't kill firefighters, Tacoma News Tribune
• Forest Service: Families, agency not helped by speculation, San Francisco Chronicle

• Northwest's Famous Views In Jeopardy, KOIN.com
• Rogue River NF - Project uses tractor to clear brush so elk will have new plants' shoots to eat, Mail Tribune
• Totem project melds river valley, art - McKenzie Ranger District, Register-Guard
• Group revisits Cascade-Siskiyou monument issue - Analysis of letters conflicts with county's message, Mail Tribune
• Mount Hood NF - Answering the Call of the Wild, Los Angeles Times
• USFS - Nooksack shutdown aimed at aiding salmon, Bellingham Herald
• Commercial river floaters may face new fees, Mail Tribune
• Boaters May Need to Dig Deeper - More fees, KGW.COM News
• Franken-forest - Scientists are messing with the genes of trees- Is it a threat to the environment or a boon?, Seattle Weekly
• Public kept from Tillamook logging site, Register-Guard
• Hiker's disappearance highlights practical use of permits, Register-Guard
• Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF - Four arrested for bear baiting, Everett Daily Herald
• Oregon cougar sightings increase with population, Register-Guard
• Residents play it safe as fires threaten homes, Register-Guard
• Prayers, panic as deadly wildfire raged, Missoulian
• Mike daLuz "first priority" - Fire crew safety eclipses endangered species, Denver Post

• Forest Service Abandons Wilderness Zoning on Mount Hood, Outside magazine
• Mount Hood NF - Foresters call off test of open wildernesses, Oregonian
• Vandals trash Kiwanis Cabin - Site on Forest Service land rented to visitors, used for outdoor school, East Oregonian
• Cowlitz Stays Neutral in Mount St. Helens Highway Proposal, Columbian
• Logging cut short for salmon, High Country News
• Opal Creek Awaits Forest Management Plan, Funding, Statesman Journal
• Kitzhaber urges monument consensus, Oregonian
• Tribe drawing attention to plight of mountain goats, The Register-Guard
• Multnomah Falls hiker wins staredown with cougar, KATU TV News
• Last log passes through Ochoco Mill, Bend Bulletin
• Residents blame illnesses on tree-farm pesticides, Post-Intelligencer

• Warrant issued for man sought in wildfire near Chelan, Seattle Times
• Investigators Say Chelan Wildfire Was No Accident, KGW News
• Fires hover like dark cloud over Chelan tourist season, Seattle Times
• Residents of more than 50 homes near Chelan told to evacuate, Post Intelligencer
• Chelan wildfire burns 3 homes, Missoulian
• Wind-fed flames spread rapidly from chips at mill, Register Guard
• Exploding Pingpong Balls Fight Wildfire, KOMO

• Remarks On Fire Deaths Condemned, Spokesman-Review - Pfleger AP
• Rep. Scott McInnis blames ESA for firefighters' deaths, New York Times
• Endangered Fish Policy May Have Cost Firefighters' Lives, FOX News
• Did red tape contribute to fire deaths? - McInnis claims bureaucratic delays in tackling forest blaze, Rocky Mountain News
• Why Thirty Mile Fire raged without water, Seattle Times
• Lack of water on fire line at issue, Post Intelligencer
• Back to the woods: 30 years later, hippie Hoedads celebrate the birth of their tree-planting cooperative, The Register-Guard
• Rumors of arson in Humboldt County fire, San Francisco Chronicle
• Giant noxious weed turns up in Oregon, The Register-Guard

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• Okanogan National Forest News Room
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• Olympic National Forest - What's New 2000
• Gifford Pinchot NF Latest Press Releases
• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Press Room
• Mount Hood NF News Releases
• Current News Releases from the Willamette National Forest
• Current News Releases from the Deschutes National Forest
• Current News Releases from the Umpqua National Forest
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SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

• Homochitto NF - Planning continues on lake development, Daily Leader
• 8th Workshop on Seedling Physiology and Growth Problems in Oak Plantings, Forest Service Institute of Tree/Root Biology
• Firemen from Mississippi head west, Enterprise Journal

• Bats swoop in for Delta National Forest research, Link Fixed - The Vicksburg Post
• Daniel Boone NF - Chasing echoes in the night, Evansville Courier & Press
• A bad mixture in the sky, The Lynchburg News & Advance
• Cherokee NF improvements include razing familiar landmark, Elizabethton Star
• Arkansas Forestry Commission Announces the Sale of Tree Seedlings Online, Yahoo News
• Citrus: Controlled burns return to forest, St. Petersburg Times

• Francis Marion & Sumter NFs - Plan for limits on logging has foes fired up, Myrtle Beach Sun News
• Talladega NF - Stewart named head ranger of Shoal Creek District, The Anniston Star
• 2002 Prescribed Fire Program Scoping Letter - Comments due Aug. 27th, Oconee National Forest
• Beetle invasion spreads, Orlando Sentinel
• City aid in beetle war may be reduced, Gainesville Sun
• Reaction to gypsy moths differs - Counties weigh joining U.S. plan, Roanoke Times Dispatch
• Smith Creek Trail: Good North Georgia hiking, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Loblollies, burning laws make up a forester's day, The Lynchburg News & Advance
• A forgotten memorial returns to the spotlight - Retired ranger discovers the special purpose of a stand of spruces, Charlotte Observer

• New rules for timbering headed for commission, Fayette Citizen-News
• Public meetings to discuss AEP line through forests, Roanoke Times
• GW&J NF - SDEIS available on crossing of federal lands with a 765,000-Volt transmission line, Federal Register
• Driving the Appalachian Trail, Washington Post
• Gypsy moths strip leaves off Va. trees, Roanoke Times
• Orange Beach land swap hearing set for Thursday, Mobile Register

• Sumter NF - 2 men charged in forest fires -
  COLUMBIA - Two Westminster men have been charged with setting fires in the Sumter National Forest, the U.S. Agriculture Department's Forest Service said. John D. Holbrooks, 47, and Jimmy E. Blackwell, 64, were charged with arson Friday. The fires were set on Spy Rock and Riley Moore Ford Roads in the national forest, the department said. Both men have been released on their own recognizance. If convicted, each could face up to five years in prison. Charleston Post & Courier

• Cherokee NF fugitive gets prison term, Elizabethton Star
• Washed-out trestle on Virginia Creeper Trail could take months to replace, Bristol Herald Courier
• Audubon Society Recognizes International Paper's Southlands Forest in Georgia as Important Bird Area, ENS
• Southeast Regional Forestry Economic Summit, Troy Messenger
• Texas Forest Service Activates Air Tankers for Standby, ABC News
• Forest Service sued over 'sensitive' species, Birmingham Business Journal

• Important Notice: The region 8 web address has changed. The new address is www.southernregion.fs.fed.us. The old web address http://www.r8web.com will expire on August 1, 2001.

• Regional News Releases, Southern Region Newsroom
• News Releases for the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
• Ouachita National Forest News Releases
• Ozark - St. Francis National Forest News Releases
• Land Between The Lakes News Releases [updated frequently]
• National Forests in Alabama: What's New
• National Forests in Florida Newspage
• Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests: News and Press Releases
• Current News Releases from the Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
• Cherokee National Forest - News Room
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• George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

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EASTERN REGION (Region 9): Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin

• Park, forest admission fees deter some residents, The Telegraph Online
• Superior NF - Clear-cut forest areas not fit for multi-use, Duluth Tribune
• Landowner group opposed to Wi. forestry department, Pioneer Planet
• Preston County company named outstanding logger, The Dominion Post
• Forest fires in White Mountains contained, Sun Journal

• Ancient trees offer view into Missouri history, Kansas City Star
• Storms cause heavy damage in northeastern Minnesota forests, Star Tribune
• White Mountain National Forest gives computers to schools, Fosters
• Stubborn fire continues to burn on Mt. Madison, New Hampshire Union Leader
• FS will prepare an EIS to analyze eradicaiton of Kudzu infestations on the Shawnee NF, Federal Register
• Storm flattens 11,000 forest acres, 8-10-01 Timberjay
• Master Logger program gets state funding, Timberjay
• The Finger Lakes: Landscape With a Storied Past, New York Times
• Maine Woods National Park project debated in Greenville, Bangor Daily News
• 'Master logger' certification right direction for industry, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel

• Putting Her Money Where Maine's Woods Are, New York Times
• Falmouth land trust adding to preserve, Portland Press Herald
• N.J. man faces charge linked to Maine forest fire that destroyed lakeside cottage
• Oak wilt disease menaces trees around KC area, Kansas City Star
• Oak Wilt - Ceratocystis fagacearum, Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 29, USDA Forest Service
• USFS Christmas tree to Congress will stop first in Standish, Bay City Times
• Every tree doesn’t need a treesitter, Evansville Courier & Press
• Foresters support Wi. DNR plan to create new agency, Marshfield News-Herald
• DNR neglects timber issues, foresters say, Journal-Sentinel

• Loggers in a changing world - Long-term future of logging way of life uncertain, Rutland Herald - Boston Globe AP
• Maine needs wild forestlands, too, Portland Press Herald
• Fire danger rises in northeast, Rutland Herald
• Forest service increases surveillance, Portland Press Herald
• Dry conditions blamed for fire - Firefighters douse three grass fires, Sun Journal
• Board opposes dividing DNR, Journal Sentinel
• Protection sought for 9500 acres of forested WPS land, Green Bay Press-Gazette
• Down to Earth - How wild is north woods?, (scroll down) Duluth Tribune

• Comment Period for Road Ban, Southern Illinoisan
• New Director Bosworth Might Mean Changes for Shawnee NF, Southern Illinoisan
• A spruce will fall, but also stand tall, Detroit Free Press
• Wisconsin National Forests Under Siege, Superior Wilderness Action Network
• Outdoor groups push for veto on Wi. agency split, La Crosse Tribune
• Natural Resources Board passes resolution urging Governor to veto forestry split provision in budget, Wisconsin State DNR
• Some say flooding was inevitable - Scientist says mining, logging not factor in floods, Charleston Daily Mail
• Firefighters scramble to stop remote blazes, Bangor Daily News
• Connecticut River panel endorses forest land sale, New Hampshire Union Leader

• Environmentalists win Boise Cascade appeal , Timber Jay
• Dombeck comes home for a GEM of a job - Ex-Forest Service chief takes university post, Stevens Point Journal
• Dombeck's ties should aid Univ. of Wi., Stevens Point Journal

• White Mountain NF Current Projects
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• Wayne National Forest - Projects & Quarterly [link updated]
• Hoosier NF News Releases
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• Mark Twain National Forest News Releases
• Chippewa National Forest News Releases [link updated]
• Superior National Forest News Releases [link updated]
• Chequamegon-Nicolet NF News Releases [link updated]
• Ottawa National Forest News
• Hiawatha National Forest - News and Events
• Huron-Manistee National Forest News
• Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska

• Group seeks more trails for off-road vehicles, Anchorage Daily News

• In Alaska, Logging Ban And Local Hopes Collide, Washington Post
• Logging threatens mystical underground world, USA Today
• Suntaheen Creek Fish Barrier Modification DN/FONSI, Tongass National Forest
• Loop logged - Trees topple in city's war against wildfires, Anchorage Daily News
• Tongass NF- Independent travelers can find beauty and great fishing beyond the clear-cuts on Alaska's Prince of Wales Island, Seattle Times

• Alaska's Division of Forestry has a final draft of the Tanana Valley State Forest Management Plan available for review and public comment. The plan, found at http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/tvsfmp.htm, covers timber harvest, recreational use, private property rights, tourism, wildlife habitat protection, and other concerns for over two million acres of state land throughout the Fairbanks, Delta, and Tok regions. Comments can be submitted to Paul Maki at Forest_Plan@dnr.state.ak.us until September 10, 2001. - Defenders of Wildlife

• Plane to spy on beetles eating Alaska forest, Detroit News
• Arctic Ignorance and Bliss, Los Angeles Times

• U2 joins beetle battle, Anchorage Daily News
• Comments Sought on Helicopter Glacier Tours EIS - due Sept. 24, Tongass National Forest
• Welcome to the Chugach National Forest Revision Page, USFS
• Charitable Land Acquisitions - S.F. fund helps save Alaskan wilderness - Key properties bought for preservation, SF Chronicle
• Federal Agencies, CIRI settle Russian River access, Anchorage Daily News
• State revises Tanana Valley forest plan, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
• Wet weather wreaks havoc on Copper River roadways, Anchorage Daily News
• Bill jumps House hurdle - CARA: Resources Committee passes land conservation act, Anchorage Daily News
• U.S. Forest Service holds grand reopening of Portage center, Anchorage Daily News
• A fearsome trail, Anchorage Daily News

• Tongass National Forest News Releases
• Alaska Region What's New

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