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ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2): Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
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Habitat loss blamed for birds' decline, Rocky Mountain News
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A-Basin snowmaking efforts on track, Summit Daily News
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Environmentalists downplay resources, Rocky Mountain News
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Group to sue feds over trout protection, Denver Post
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White River NF - Golden Horseshoe trails may get special attention, Summit Daily News
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Breck open space planners object to some FS trail closures, Summit Daily News
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This fraud dwarfs all others - Timber baron Bernie Ebbers, Denver Post
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Groups make progress - Permit for ski tours on Buff Pass discussed, Steamboat Pilot
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Dirt-bike group sues over closure - Forest Service shut trails because of damage by riders, Rocky Mountain News
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Allard can't hide from environmental record, Denver Post
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Officials tout forest change, Rapid City Journal
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Tree rings tell tale of drought, Alamosa Valley Courier
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Interior official speaks on national forests' health, Durango Herald
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Beetles take advantage of drought and fire, attack pinion pine, San Francisco Chronicle
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The beetle business, Summit Daily News
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Grand Mesa NF - Open house to address Leon Lake gas well, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel<
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Shoshone NF - Commission unhappy timber sale cut back, Billings Gazette
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Hayman fire overdue, touring feds told, Denver Post
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Government breaks its promise to help? Some Hayman fire victims give up on seeking reimbursement for work, Douglas County News-Press
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Fire season doesn't go out peacefully, Alamosa Valley Courier
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Firefighters hampered by clearing yards, Durango Herald
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Fire, drought pose danger to 'threatened' butterfly, Rocky Mountain News in News-Sentinel
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Students learn about forest health by looking at fire's havoc from air, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
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Students get close look at forest controversy, Aspen Times
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Joint Donation to Fund the Planting of 60,000 Trees, American Forests News
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Prescribed burns are slated for Swan Mountain and Lake Hill this fall, Summit Daily News
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County Open Space working to buy 832 acres in Lower Blue - Ultimately would like to trade the parcels with USFS, Summit Daily News
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Eco-Terrorist Group Threatens 'International Day Of Action' - White River NF on guard, The Denver Channel
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Breck "discouraged' by White River forest plan's outcome, Summit Daily News
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Town, county scrambling to map trails for FS travel management plan, Summit Daily News
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Tearing it up in the backcountry, Vail Daily
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BOCC learns it likes Frisco's housing idea on Forest Service land, Summit Daily News
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Beeline Advantage program a go at Copper Ski Resort - White River NF OKs plan, Summit Daily News
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Federal funds for buying historic land diverted, Durango Herald
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Baumgartner, Chapman defend pursuit to profit on Red Mountain Pass, Durango Herald
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Forest health act OK'd in committee, Summit Daily News
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White River NF travel management planners must decide which road to take, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
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Colorado Trail rerouted, Summit Daily News
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Trail stewardship program proposed, Vail Daily
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Project designed to improve forest health, Summit Daily News
- Prescribed burn near Canon City goes as planned, Pueblo Chieftain
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Southwest Colorado Forest Reopened - 9,000 Acre Million Fire Destroyed 11 Homes, The Denver Channel
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A tour of duty on a western fire, The Daily Journal
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Forest rangers visit hunting camps , Billings Gazette
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Federal Protection for Endangered Mountain Plover in Sight, U.S. Newswire
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A railroad through Wyoming and South Dakota national grasslands is a stab to the heart, WOTR/ Ken Steinken
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Keep Guanella unspoiled, Denver Post editorial
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Public opinion sought ahead of logging, Durango Herald
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Congressional candidates clash over forest management, Vail Daily
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Committee to vote on forest health bill today, Summit Daily News
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Conservationists hack at compromise forest-thinning bill, Denver Post
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Colorado Wild joins in appeal, The Steamboat Pilot
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Buy your own remote Co. ski lodge, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
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Vail Resorts appeals wildlife corridors, Denver Post
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Wildland burn planned south of Gypsum, Vail Daily
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Brutal fire season finally leaves Colo., Denver Post
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Pressure Mounts To Drop Charges Against Firefighter, The Denver Channel
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Firefighting Plane Crash Hearing Under Way - Denver Hearing To Discuss Preventing Future Crashes, The Denver Channel
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Shoshone NF - Vandals attack sculpture again, Billings Gazette
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Fire sale - Forest Service offers blackened timber north of New Castle, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
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More munitions found at Camp Hale, Vail Daily
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McInnis bill aimed at forest health, Durango Herald
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Group says forest report was rushed, [scroll down] Durango Herald
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Suit to block Medicine Bow-Routt NF timber sales dismissed, Billings Gazette
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Agreement reached for Routt NF outfitter, Steamboat Pilot
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Residents look for alternative route, Steamboat Pilot
- Public land tax ruling has Co. state make assessments for "possessory interest" tax -
Value of leased property assessed, whether it's a ski resort, grazing rights on public land, or a booth at the Colorado State Fair, Pueblo Chieftain
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Copper sweetens Beeline special, Denver Post
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Black Hills arsonist’s sentence upheld, Rapid City Journal
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Agency plans biking clinic, The Dickinson Press
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Logging proposed in burned areas, Durango Herald
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County spared from mudslides, Durango Herald
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Land closed by fire to reopen, Durango Herald
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Urban Forests Help Environment, Report Says, The Denver Channel
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Sheepherders used aspen trees as message boards, Pueblo Chieftan - SF Chronicle
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Gypsum White River appeal all about water, Vail Daily
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White River National Forest Lifts Fire Ban - Wildfire Danger Not Over, Say Experts, The Denver Channel AP
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Forest Service lifts fire ban in White River Forest, Summit Daily News
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Go ahead, light a campfire (if you can find dry wood), Aspen Times
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Boulder County Showcases Fire-Prevention Techniques, The Denver Channel
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More Controlled Burns Planned In Colorado Forests, The Denver Channel
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Burn area becomes laboratory - Researchers flock to Missionary Ridge fire site, Daily Camera AP
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State pressures feds to clean Camp Hale, Denver Post
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Forest Service site off city's possible housing list, Aspen Times
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Have a favorite trail? Tell the Aspen Ranger District, Aspen Times
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Wrapping up another trail season, Summit Daily News
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Putting an end to those 'renegade' trails, Summit Daily News
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White River NF - Stay on forest's beaten paths, Denver Post editorial
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San Juan NF - Fires first topic of mountain summit, Durango Herald
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Action needed to prevent repeat of summer fires, forester warns, Durango Herald
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Missionary Ridge FireTimber to be salvaged, Rocky Mountain News AP
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Experts flocking to the Missionary Ridge burn area, Durango Herald
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Million Fire burn area reseeded, Alamosa Valley Courier
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Choppers reseed Million burn area, Denver Post
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Parts of wilderness to reopen, Denver Post
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It was only a tree, Denver Post
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Treating bug trees, Rapid City Journal
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Shoshone NF - Revised logging proposal offered, Billings Gazette
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Fire crews begin preventive work, Cortez Journal
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Forest Service, Dolores trade properties, Cortez Journal
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FS to prepare EIS for Missionary Ridge Burned Area Timber Salvage and Public Scoping, San Juan National Forest, Federal Register
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Missionary Ridge to be closed while mudslide project begins, Durango Herald
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Black Hills National Forest - News Releases
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Late-Breaking News and Press Releases from the San Juan National Forest
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Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests News
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Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests News Releases
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Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests News
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Current News Releases from the Nebraska National Forest
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Shoshone National Forest News Releases 2002
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Latebreaking News and Press Releases from the White River National Forest
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Bighorn National Forest Current News Releases
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Pike & San Isabel National Forests News Releases
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Rio Grande National Forest Bulletin Board
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3): Arizona and New Mexico
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4): Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6): Oregon and Washington
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
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Parrot recovery to be topic of meeting, Golden Gate Gazette
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Desoto NF - Volunteers learn about ancient settlement at archaeological site near Brooklyn, Picayune Item
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Hemlock woolly adelgid 'greatest threat' to forests, MSNBC
- Chattahoochee NF - Tiny bird may get federal protection - North Georgia's cerulean warbler on the decline, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Fall color report, Asheville Citizen Times
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Digging In Against A Green Monster, Washington Post
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Mountains-To-Sea Trail needs army of volunteers, Marion McDowell News
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Speaking of shelters - Croatan National Forest, News Observer
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Clinch Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service wants your help to clean up the North Fork of Pound lake, Coalfield Progress
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Daniel Boone NF - Land swap could put coal mine near lake, Lexington Herald-Leader
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Chattahoochee NF - Survey gauges visitor interest in forest areas, Gainesville Times
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Conservationists Applaud Forest Service Action on ORVs, US Newswire
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Ocala National Forest closing 7,000 acres from offroad access, Jacksonville Times-Union AP
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Forest Service is closing trails, Gainesville Sun - Ocala Star-Banner
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Parts of Ocala Forest Closed to Off Road Vehicles, Environment News Service
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Florida Panther's Great Leap Hits a Wall, New York Times
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Effort initiated to restore fish species to Tellico River, Knoxville News-Sentinel
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Pinhoti trailblazers reach Georgia line, Rome News-Tribune
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Kisatchie NF - Environmental assessment shows no impact at Fort Polk, Leesville Daily Leader
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Kisatchie NF - Students learn about forest at Awareness Day, Leesville Daily Leader
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National Forest Products Week October 20 - 26, Fayette Citizen-News
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Weekend workshop taught basics of tree sitting, Coalfield Progress
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How the platform works, how to get a person up there, Coalfield Progress
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Forest Service curbs Jefferson NF tree-cutting, Washington Times
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Francis Marion NF - 300 pound Long-leaf pine rosin blob to aid Givhans department
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Clinch Coalition wants Board of Supervisors to endorse plan, Bristol Herald Courier
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Ocala NF - Goats cause problem, Star Banner
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San Mateo man offers use of 16 acres for goats, Palatka Daily News
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Planting trees may help break up livestock odor plumes, Amarillo Globe-News
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Defenders Hails Return of Fishers to Tennessee - Transplants from Chequamegon NF, US Newswire
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Expiring TVA contract may leave Ocoee competitions up the creek - U.S. Forest Service invested $14 million in river facilities, News-Sentinel
- Daniel Boone National Forest - Land Exchange Project, Exchanging two Federal Tracts for 98.17 Acres of
Privately Owned Land located in Owsley County, Federal Lands to be considered are Tract 107AB (52.15 acres) located on Langdon Branch in
Leslie County and Tract 745 (39.96 acres) located on Spicer Fork in Perry County, KY.
Summary - EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential adverse impacts from the proposed land exchange and reasonably foreseeable surface
mining activities on the long-term quality of headwater streams. The final EIS should describe how the water quality of Buckhorn Lake will be protected.
EPA releases comments on draft EIS's
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Report Finds Sprawl Threatens Southern Forests, Environment News Service
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Chattahoochee-Oconee NF - Don't yield forests to ATV users, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial
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Bankhead NF workers start survey - Results to help determine future use of the national forest, Decatur Daily
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Beating back a beetle, Bland County Messenger
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Ocala NF - Umatilla bear fest going strong, The Daily Commercial
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Trashing the Public, St. Petersburg Times editorial
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Forest Service offers ideas to protect homes from wildfires, Daily Post-Athenian
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The sound and the fury - ATVs in forests rile environmentalists, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Ruckus over ATVs - Opening forest to ATVs riles nature lovers, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Forest service announces changes to Bark Camp timber sale, Coalfield Progress
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South, East Coast Feel Destruction of Trees, Albuquerque Journal
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Warm winters, drought help pine beetles thrive, News Observer
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Time for Fall Colors, Monroe County News
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Regional News Releases, Southern Region Newsroom
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News Releases for the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
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Ouachita National Forest News Releases
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Ozark - St. Francis National Forest News Releases
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Land Between The Lakes News Releases [updated frequently]
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National Forests in Alabama: What's New
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National Forests in Florida Newspage
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Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests: News and Press Releases
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Current News Releases from the Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
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Cherokee National Forest - News Room
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Current News Releases from the North Carolina National Forests
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George Washington and Jefferson National Forests - In The News
EASTERN REGION (Region 9): Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
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