Forest Service in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Nationwide Outdoors Pass: A 'one fee covers all' proposal for public lands, Post Intelligencer
Senate allows new job competitions at Interior, Forest Service, Government Executive Magazine
From Conquest to Conservation - A look at our public lands legacy, including its history, the present challenges, and the path toward a sustainable future by Michael Dombeck, Christopher Wood, and Jack Williams, reviewed at Tidepool
Sustainable Forest Management - Moving Forward Together, By Dale Bosworth - USFS
Future of national forests at crossroads, Register-Guard op-ed
Daschle says agreement near on forest legislation - Half of the money to be spent on forest thinning within one-half mile of communities, Black Hills Pioneer
Bingaman measure would keep forest thinning, fire-fighting fund separate, Alamogordo Daily News
Real-time 'Movies' Will Predict Wildfire Behavior For One Hour, ScienceDaily News
GAO - Geospatial sharing insufficient, Washington Technology
GAO weighs in on firefighting GIS, Government Computer News (GCN)
Geospatial Information: Technologies Hold Promise for Wildland Fire Management, but Challenges Remain, GAO-03-1047 [PDF]
The Woodwise Wardrobe, Care2.com
Senate Allows Harmful Grazing Practices to Continue Indefinitely - Interior bill aims to bar environmental review of and public involvement in federal lands grazing for years, Earthjustice
So-Called "Voluntary" Grazing Buyouts First Step to End Public Lands Grazing, 'Dear Colleague' letter from Rep. McInnis
Radical Self-Lobotomy, RangeBiome editorial re McInnis letter
Grazing lease buyout could be the best hope for public lands, Bozeman Daily Chronicle op-ed
Conservationists Release Old Growth Report, Call For Truce In War of the Woods - Ecology Center offers to work with Forest Service to avoid litigation, Ecology Center
September 22, 2003 letter to Regional Forester Bradley Powell , Ecology Center
Old Growth At A Crossroads - Executive Summary, Ecology Center [PDF]
Report, "Old Growth At A Crossroads", Ecology Center [PDF]
Senate increases funds to fight wildfires, denies Reid's effort to block "competitive sourcing", SF Chronicle AP
Senate Preserves Outsourcing Plan, Washington Post
Senate Fails to Stop Administration Plan to Outsource Park Jobs; Group Calls for Park Protections in Final Interior Bill, U.S. Newswire
Senate may resurrect Bush plan to farm out park jobs to the private sector, CS Monitor
Pay to play: Rec fees raise revenue, controversy, Billings Gazette
Stevens' Tongass plan survives vote - Senate rejects effort to remove timber sale amendment from budget bill, Anchorage Daily News
White House wants to weaken environmental law, Scripps Howard News Service
White House Panel Recommends Steps to Exclude Projects From Detailed Environmental Analyses, Easing Developers' Way, ABC News
Baucus announces Senate compromise on Forest Health Initiative, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Senators reach deal on Bush forest plan - The group, including Oregon's Ron Wyden, calls for landmark protections of old growth in a key forest management advance, Oregonian
Baucus brokers compromise to bill, Daily Inter Lake
The path to healthier forests - Finally, Senate negotiators chop through the political underbrush and clear the way for a balanced fire bill, Oregonian editorial
Key senators reach initial agreement on Bush's forest plan, Arizona Republic
Baucus accepts plan to limit enviro lawsuits, Billings Gazette
Baucus Brokers Compromise On Healthy Forests Bill, Sen. Baucus website
House GOP welcomes Senate deal on forests, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP
Senators Cut Deal on Bush Administration's Wildfire Policy, Sierra Club
Critics bash Bush on forests, St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Colorado Daily
Healthy Forests, Lufkin Daily News editorial
Healthy forests plan a sham, Arizona Republic letter
We Must Fight Fire With Fire—Literally, Newsweek op-ed
Forest Advocate, Fall 2003, National Forest Protection Alliance [PDF]
National Forest Protection Alliance and Buckeye Forest Council: Fifth Annual National Convention, September 26-29, 2003, NFPA
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act: Fact Sheet, NFPA [PDF]
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act: H.R.2169, Library of Congress
Project Learning Tree: Education by Omission, Common Dreams
Whitebark Pine: Some trees inspire true love, Telluride Daily Planet
Using Ground-Penetrating Radar To Estimate Tree Root Biomass, ScienceDaily News
Utility of Ground-Penetrating Radar as a Root Biomass Survey Tool in Forest Systems, USFS
Leahy/Boxer "Forestry and Community Assistance Act of 2003" S.1453
Senator moves to bar new job competitions at Interior, Forest Service, Government Executive Magazine
McInnis backs off stance on rec fees - Future of Forest Service program in doubt, he says, Rocky Mountain News
Congress debates user-fee program, Summit Daily
Recreational Fee Demonstration Program Enhances Visitor Facilities and Services - Assistant Secretary Lynn Scarlett, U.S. Newswire
Congress rethinks recreation fees for public lands, Albuquerque Tribune
Public lands, private bands - Volunteer vigilantes patrolling America's backcountry may be the result of privatization's not so 'Brave New World', WorkingForChange
Dust-Up Over Off-Roaders Roars Across Backcountry - Urban refugees and riders alike use guerrilla tactics. Authorities say they are overwhelmed, Los Angeles Times
Forests Burn Making Baby Forests, Forest Conservation News
Bad Planning for Forests, Washington Post letters
Smokey Started It All - Carved Icons a New Fad, Albuquerque Journal
Fire Fight - With forests burning, U.S. officials are clashing with environmentalists over how best to reduce the risk of catastrophic blazes, Smithsonian
Dousing forest fires and soaking the taxpayers, Citizen
Invasion of the Killer Worms - Commonly viewed as beneficial, the creatures are slowly destroying the ecosystem in many North American forests, where they're not native
Congress may move to curb unpopular forest-use fees, Ventura County Star
McInnis questions future of Forest Service fee program, Casper Star-Tribune
Recreation fee program under scrutiny, Aspen Times
Forest Recreation Fees - Critics give lawmakers an earful, The Olympian
Citizens debate merits of fee demo areas, Vail Daily
Fee-demo programs to take a hike out - or up, Vail Daily
Recreation Fees: Information on Forest Service Management of Revenue from the Fee Demonstration Program, GAO-03-1161T [PDF]
ReserveAmerica and Federal Government Expand Relationship, PRNewswire
A New Federal Spoils System, Vail Daily - Writers on the Range
End Corporate Outsourcing - Support S. 1314, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Coming soon to a forest near you 'rent-a-rangers - Government outsourcing proposals could affect USFS, Colorado Ski-writer
It's not easy being green - Forest Service finding rigs tougher to come by in traditional color, Ravalli Republic
Wildland Fire Fuels Reduction - Additional Actions Required to Better Identify and Prioritize Lands Needing Fuels Reduction, GAO-03-805 [PDF]
Investigators: Forest Service, Interior lack fire prevention priorities, SF Chronicle AP
U.S. agencies criticized on tracking fire funds , Oregonian
Gov. Napolitano says Congress not focused on money for forests, SF Chronicle AP
Negotiating forest health, Oregonian
Bush angles for forest plan, Oregonian
Bush logging plan will increase severe fires, Tahoe Union letter
Agency reports forest thinning numbers are misleading, Bend Bulletin
Some tree cutting will no longer need NEPA assessments, Silver City Daily Press
Niners Affirm Lower Court Ruling in Methow Water Suit - Forest Service upheld, Fish.Net's NW Fishletter
Court Upholds Citizens' Rights to Challenge National Forest Rules, Western Environmental Law Center
Green Groups Blast Bush in Wyoming Forest Road Case, Planet Ark
Federal 'roadless' policy officially ends - Forest Service chief: Decision changes little, Denver Post
Study shows massive tree loss in U.S. cities, ENN - Reuters
Most Overgrazed Public Lands Poll - 2003, Rangenet
In the forest of the night - If we lose wild predators, will we lose something of ourselves?, CS Monitor
Endangered Forests - Endangered Freedoms. NFPA - Greenpeace
Help Save National Forests, Defenders of Wildlife
Profile: Allen Hershkowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council, Grist magazine
Forest Service develops wildfire smoke model, SF Chronicle AP
Declare Harvest of Old-growth Forests Off-limits and Move On, Post-Intelligencer column by Mike Dombeck and Jack Ward Thomas
Smokey Bear's Squirrelly Sister, E/The Environmental Magazine
Selling Out Our Forests, Washington Post Edward O. Wilson op-ed
Best Way to Healthy Forests, Wa. Post - U.S. Dep't of the Interior Fuels Coordinator replies to Edward O. Wilson op-ed
Where We Agree On Preserving Forests, Washington Post - Mark Rey letter
What's Wrong with the "Healthy Forests Initiative" - Industrial Logging Under The Guise of Fuels Reduction and Forest Health, Heritage Forests Campaign
The old-growth timber battle heats up, E/The Environmental Magazine
Symbols & Stealth - Are 30 Years of Environmental Protection Up For Grabs?, Open Spaces magazine
"My Take" on recent Healthy Forest Initiative Actions and Events, USFS Chief Dale Bosworth
Wildfires continue to drain forest budgets, Casper Star-Tribune
Interior Secretary Pushes Forest Thinning Plan, Environment News Service
'Our woods are a mess and we've got to fix it', Daily Inter Lake
We must invest in forest solutions, Daily Inter Lake editorial
Machine may develop markets for forest slash, Bend Bulletin
National Forests: Fire-fighting plan opens too much to timber industry, Detroit Free Press editorial
Forest Service's annual Fall Foliage Hotline now available, USFS
The cost of wood is going right through the roof - Strong demand has driven wholesale lumber prices up sharply in recent weeks, Post-Intelligencer
Plywood Prices Approach All-Time High, Yahoo! News AP
Buyers Hurt by Soaring Price of Lumber, Washington Post
Forest Service Battles Fire Fighting Costs, Environment News Service
Owner concerned about firefighting pay-schedule policy, Bend Bulletin
Outsourcing Stretches Forest Service Firefighting Costs to Half Billion Over Budget - Forest Service Lacks Staff to Oversee Contracts, PEER
Outsourcing is just another privatization scheme, Lake County Leader & The Advertiser letter
Private firm to review status of owl, murrelet, Oregonian
Private cabins in public's woods, Oregonian
'Play and Pay': Recreation fees raise revenue, controversy - Congress to decide what to do with pilot program started in 1996, Idaho Statesman
Senate Panel Eyes Permanent Fees for Public Lands, Environment News Service [PDF]
Money to Burn - Forest Service Cited For Spending Abuses, Wasteful Government Spending in the Name of Smokey Bear, ABC News
End abuse of government credit cards, Visalia Times-Delta
U.S. Forest Service National Leadership Proposal for Selection of Work Activities for Competitive Sourcing Study, PEER
USFS Road Maint Outsourcing Study, FSEEE Outsourcing Discussion
New Forum: Government-public sector outsourcing experiences, FSEEE Outsourcing Discussion
Pending "competitive sourcing" legislation, FSEEE Outsourcing Discussion
Behind The Curtain: Competitive Sourcing Resources, website
Interior Department proposing new nationwide recreation passes, San Francisco Chronicle AP
Senators support national park fee, Portland Press Herald
USFS 'Adventure Pass' is losing support, San Francisco Chronicle
S.1107 - Recreational Fee Authority Act of 2003, Library of Congress
Department of the Interior Testimony on S.1107, US Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee
Bush plan to streamline forest rules nears completion, ENN - AP
The definition of health - Bush's Forest Act creeps toward a vote, Missoula Independent
The mark of a mature nation - by Mike Dombeck and Chris Woods, Denver Post - Writers on Range
The results of thinning could take years, Forest Service chief says, Bend Bulletin
Reducing the Threat of Catastrophic Wildfire to Central Oregon Communities and the Surrounding Environment, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics testimony
Under Wildfire Smoke 'Healthy Forests' Debate Continues, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Behind the smoke of Bush's forest plan, San Francisco Chronicle
Forest Service interim final rule extends transition period for site-specific project decisions in the Forest Service land and resource management planning regulations adopted Nov. 9, 2000, Federal Register
The Endangered Species Act: Thirty Years on the Ark, Open Spaces magazine
Home fires burning - The risky business of fire camps, Missoula Independent
Wildfires Facts, TWS -Grist
Wildfire slurry for homes comes to Colorado, Denver Post
Slurry system protects homes, Durango Herald
Group reports increase in threats, attacks on federal land managers, Salt Lake Tribune
Vertex Standard Receives U.S. Forest Service Orders Totaling $2 Million, PR Web
Forest Service recreation fees in spotlight again - Senate bill could end program, The Vail Trail
Forest Service costs assailed - Audit questions $2.7 million spent by agency in '01, Rocky Mountain News
Audit Finds Forest Service Credit Misuse, KC Star AP
Forest Service Purchase Cards - Internal Control Weaknesses Resulted in Instances of Improper, Wasteful, and Questionable Purchases, GAO-03-786 [PDF]
Violence Against Forest Service, BLM and Wildlife Staff Rises for Third Straight Year, Peer News
Bush cuts federal employee pay hike, Albuquerque Tribune
"A Season of Fire" reviewed, Oregonian
Dousing forest fires, soaking taxpayers, Chicago Tribune
Healthy Forests - Better ways to spruce up our forests, Winston-Salem Journal editorial
Healthy Forest Reality Tour - Facts and Myths behind President Bush's Forest Policies
Protect Our Forest, Bristol Herald Courier letter
Climate Change Is Really Bugging Our Forests, Washington Post
Saving forests is the best way to cheap, clean water, says study, ENN Reuters
USFS chief says old growth won't be cut under bill, Montana Forum
The Other Healthy Forests Initiative - Community-based forestry takes root in the U.S., Grist magazine
Cultural sensitivity - Pueblo leaders seek Indian firefighters to protect sacred sites, Helena Independent Record AP
FSEEE Outsourcing Discussion Board
End Corporate Outsourcing : Collaborative Forest Health Act S.1314, Library of Congress
Privatization — Government for Sale, American Federation of Government Employees
Wildfire News, FoxFire Media
National Fire News: Wildland Fire Update, NIFC
WORLD NEWS
Woody Plants on the Move - A Biological Brake on Global Warming, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
XII World Forestry Congress Bulletin, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Storm Erupts Over Nepal's New Forest Products Tax, Environment News Service
FPAC Issues Certification Challenge to Forest Producing Nations Seeking Enhanced Free Trade in Forest Products, Canada Newswire
Tribes and Hayes enter bid for TFL 46, Victoria Times Colonist
Canadian Forest Service researchers deliver key events at World Forestry Congress, Natural Resources Canada
Coast IWA strike looms - Forests shutdown would hit markets in Japan hardest, Vancouver Sun
Moving to Protect a Vast Forest Haven - The boreal forest of Canada is one of the last great expanses of unspoiled vegetation on earth, New York Times
Boreal forest: Flushed away, Greenpeace
New report reveals Canada's Boreal Forest under siege - Greenpeace demands moratorium on industrial development in endangered forests, Greenpeace
Through the Trees, the Truth behind Logging in Canada, Greenpeace [PDF]
Home building boom fuels run on strandboard, Vancouver Sun
We must keep cool heads about forest fires, by David Suzuki
'Wrecking ball' hangs over coastal mills, forest companies say, Vancouver Sun
WA Govt approves controversial forest mining compromise - 70 per cent of tuart trees to be retained, ABC News
Scapegoats for Indonesia's timber problems - Malaysian and Singapore "timber laundering", Asia Times
Sustainable Forest Management - Tangible Achievements Needed, Accra Mail
Sale of forests to private loggers could create ecological crisis - It's Europe's lungs and home to many rare species. But to Russia it's £100bn of wood, Guardian
Forest homes furore - Council, conservation groups to mount appeals against Hawaan estate decision, Sunday Times - South Africa
Parks Congress/Governments Embrace Spatially Extensive Forest Conservation, Forest Conservation News
New Report Reveals Canada's Boreal Forest Under Siege: Environmental groups demand moratorium on industrial development in endangered forests, Canada Newswire
Survey applies satellite data to Canada's forests, CBC News
Satellite Imagery Reveals New Picture of the Wild Forests of Canada's East Coast, Canada Newswire
Forest Products Association of Canada Comments on Global Forest Watch's Atlas of Canada's Large Intact Forests, CNW
Canada's Large Intact Forest Landscapes, Global Forest Watch [PDF]
Forest policy flamed - 'Toba cited for clearcutting, park logging, Winnipeg Sun
Weyerhaeuser, other firms brace for B.C. Strike, Seattle Times
Bosses are passing the buck - Forest company CEOs want union to pay for revamping coastal mills, IWA says, Vancouver Sun
B.C. coastal forest workers vote 89 per cent in favour of strike, Canadian Press
Conservationists at loggerheads with EPA over forest finding, ABC News
Business support for tuart forest mine plan, ABC News
Report highlights limited forest logging, ABC News
Mexico-to-Yukon conservation proposal unveiled, SF Chronicle AP
Room To Roam - Saving Wildlife Linkages Along the Spine of the Continent, Wildlands Project
Brazil snags 17 in raid on illegal logging, ENN
New Green Corridor Creates Brazilian 'Super-Park', Reuters
As Isabel Nears, Americans Pay the Price for What Is Likely an Industry-Engineered Plywood Shortage, Baltimore Independent Media Center
Vision for rebuilding Coastal forest sector unveiled by industry leaders, Canada Newswire
Church groups, producers meet in Cancun to create fair trade guidelines for Easter palms, ENN AP
Chocolate may help preserve rain forests, Journal-Sentinel
Puzzles remain in cacao's ecology - Goal of researchers is to find conditions where tree flourishes, forest endures, farmers prosper, Journal-Sentinel
Natural Gas Project in Peru Loses Bid for U.S. Funding - Forest Spared, Washington Post
State forests for sustainable production consolidate new model for Brazilian Amazon, WWF Newsroom
Moi protests over forest destruction, East African Standard
Action Alert - Several Hectares Of Mangrove Forests To Be Destroyed In Ogoniland, Other Parts Of The Niger Delta By Obasanjo Government, Mangrove Action Project
Protect our pristine forest, African Eye News Service
Ancient forest is site of modern battle, Business Report
Forest logging roads fuel Pygmies' bushmeat trade woe, BBC News
My stance on Atiwa forest is not anti-gov't - Okyenhen, Ghana News
Minister: No licence for mining in forest reserves yet, Ghana News
Demand rises for goods from legally logged trees, Japan Times
Scientist warns on catchment logging - Many of Tasmania's watercourses may be starved by forestry, according to a geohydrologist, Tasmania Examiner
Save the Strzelecki forests!, Green Left Weekly
Scheme aims to boost Indigenous forest jobs, ABC News
Winds of change blow through forestry, New Zealand Herald
World Bank denies interfering in PNG forest management, Go Asia Pacific News
Indonesian president admits difficult to stop illegal logging, eTaiwan News
ADB Suspends Loan for Sundarbans Conservation Project in Bangladesh, The New Nation
A Tangled Tale of Life and Death in the Mangroves, Planet Ark
Durrani Assures Strict Implementation Of Forest Laws, Pakistan News Service
Fires part of vicious cycle, says prof, CBC News
Natives gathering to discuss forest policy changes, Prince George Citizen
Denim pine could help forest industry stop feeling blue, Times Colonist
Judge reserves judgment on anti logging granny's release from jail, Canadian Press
Natural gas to top forests as Victoria's revenue earner, Vancouver Sun
NAFTA Panel Backs Canada in Lumber Fight, MSN Money
TimberWest puts Youbou forest land up for sale, Victoria Times Colonist
You are what you eat - Canfor poisoning natives food supply to grow timber, Prince George Citizen
Canada-U.S. forest firefighting agreement to be signed, Globe and Mail
Mystery moth poses threat to Europe's chestnut trees, Yahoo! News
Europe's forests need intensive care after fires, WWF Newsroom
Fires Increasingly Damaging World Forests, Firehouse
Protected forests crucial to supplying the world's biggest cities with cheaper clean water, WWF
Wildlife Group Promotes Forest Protection for Clean Water, Guardian Unlimited
Deforestation + Climate Change = Water Crisis (& Lots More), Forest Conservation News
Film stars ease their consciences with trees, Telegraph News
Gabon - Rescuing One of Earth's Last Wild Places, National Geographic Magazine
Freetown's forest vanishing - Environmental degradation follows war in Sierra Leone, Nature
The Benefits And Cost of Exploiting Our Mineral And Forest Resources, Ghanaian Chronicle
Ratchaburi MP's brother accused of bulldozing forest, Bangkok Post
Loggers destroy 100 rai of forest reserve, Bangkok Post
New atlas of Canada's Large Intact Forests to be released at news conference September 15, Global Forest Watch
] Who Owns Canada's Forests?, Taiga News
Cost of forest fires surpasses half billion, B.C. says - Premier urges vigilance with fires still raging, Vancouver Sun
Free Trade In Forest Products Makes Important Strides In Cancun, Forest Products Association of Canada
Woods for the People - Scottish 'Land Reform' & Woodlands, Taiga News
Bikin River Logging Threat, Taiga News
Rare cat closer to extinction following Portugal wildfires, Terra Daily
Boise Cascade to stop purchase of old-growth wood, ENN Reuters
Boise Cascade Sees the Light, AlterNet
Boise's Environmental Statement Sets New Industry Standard, Important Step For Endangered Forest Protection, Rainforest Action Network
RAN Challenges "Dirty Dozen" U.S. Loggers: Get Out Of Old Growth Or Go Out Of Business, Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network's letters to Sierra Pacific Industries, Weyerhaeuser, and Georgia-Pacific, RAN
65 yellowwood trees cut down illegally - Some of the trees were 800-years-old, SABC News
Bush, don't fund Peru rain forest ruin, say celebrities, ENN Reuters
U.S. Funding Denied for Project in Peru - Halliburton, Hunt gas pipeline judged dangerous to rain forest, New Mexican
Tangerine growers found trespassing face eviction - Satellite images to help define forests, Bangkok Post
4th Certification Watch Conference to Cover Asian Developments, Certification Watch
Protesting sadhu falls off tree, Mid-day News
Hearts of Oak at Risk - Woodlands are threatened by climate change, Western Morning News (UK)
Wilting in the heat: the woodlands in desperate need of foreign implants, UK Independent - LAM
His Excellency John Ralston Saul to speak at unveiling of declaration by notable Canadians supporting boreal forest conservation, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
B.C. fires destroy billions in timber - Industry to salvage partly burned trees, The Globe and Mail
Forest fires force thousands in western Canada to evacuate, Channel NewsAsia 9-8-03
More international forest news - Forest Conservation Portal
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Nationwide Outdoors Pass: A one fee covers all proposal for public lands, Post Intelligencer
Senate allows new job competitions at Interior, Forest Service, Government Executive Magazine
Senate Opts Not to Block Bush Outsourcing Plan, Environment News Service
Bingaman measure would keep forest thinning, fire-fighting fund separate, Alamogordo Daily News
Daschle says agreement near on forest legislation - Half of the money to be spent on forest thinning within one-half mile of communities, Black Hills Pioneer
Daschle praises Senate deal on bill to reduce forest fire, Aberdeen American
Report finds strengths, weaknesses in Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program, SF Chronicle AP
Endangered Species: Fish and Wildlife Service Uses Best Available Science to Make Listing Decisions, but Additional Guidance Needed for Critical Habitat Designations, GAO [PDF]
White House panel recommends steps to exclude projects from detailed environmenal analyses, SF Chronicle AP
Report on NEPA Task Force Recommendations Released, Council on Environmental Quality: NEPA Task Force
Modernizing NEPA Implementation, CEQ NEPA Task Force Report
White House Keen to Speed Up Environmental Review, Environment News Service
White House Environmental Office Recommendations Could Shut Out Public from Environmental Review Process, Says NRDC, Natural Resources Defense Council
Senate Allows Harmful Grazing Practices to Continue Indefinitely - Interior bill aims to bar environmental review of and public involvement in federal lands grazing for years, Earthjustice
So-Called "Voluntary" Grazing Buyouts First Step to End Public Lands Grazing, 'Dear Colleague' letter from Rep. McInnis
Radical Self-Lobotomy, RangeBiome editorial re McInnis letter
Grazing lease buyout could be the best hope for public lands, Bozeman Daily Chronicle op-ed
Senate increases funds to fight wildfires, denies Reid's effort to block "competitive sourcing", SF Chronicle AP
Senate Preserves Outsourcing Plan, Washington Post
Senate Fails to Stop Administration Plan to Outsource Park Jobs; Group Calls for Park Protections in Final Interior Bill, U.S. Newswire
Senate may resurrect Bush plan to farm out park jobs to the private sector, CS Monitor
Bingaman Bill Would Limit Commercial Use of National Mall, Albuquerque Journal
Senate budget has no money to protect Pacific Crest Trail, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
White House Panel Recommends Steps to Exclude Projects From Detailed Environmental Analyses, Easing Developers' Way, ABC News
Panel Backs Faster Environment Review, Washington Post
Green Groups Fear Environmental Review Changes, Reuters Planet Ark
Stevens' Tongass plan survives vote - Senate rejects effort to remove timber sale amendment from budget bill, Anchorage Daily News
Baucus announces Senate compromise on Forest Health Initiative, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Senators Cut Deal on Bush Administration's Wildfire Policy, Sierra Club
Baucus accepts plan to limit enviro lawsuits, Billings Gazette
Senators reach deal on Bush forest plan - The group, including Oregon's Ron Wyden, calls for landmark protections of old growth in a key forest management advance, Oregonian
Baucus brokers compromise to bill, Daily Inter Lake
Key senators reach initial agreement on Bush's forest plan, Arizona Republic
House GOP welcomes Senate deal on forests, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP
Senators reach tentative agreement on forest bill , SF Chronicle AP
Senators near deal on forests, Salt Lake Tribune
Baucus Brokers Compromise On Healthy Forests Bill, Sen. Baucus website
At Leavitt Hearing, a Chance to Vent on Bush Policies, Washington Post
Critics bash Bush on forests, St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Colorado Daily
Governors, feds pledge wildlife cooperation, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
WGA: Gov. Owens seeks Endangered Species Act changes - Governor to stress recovery, keeping animals, plants off endangered list, Denver Post
Wildlife experts blast Owens, Denver Post
Wildlife advocates should be heeded, Glenwood Springs Post Independent editorial
Analysis: CEQueuing up to change NEPA, UPI Science News
Senator moves to bar new job competitions at Interior, Forest Service, Government Executive Magazine
McInnis backs off stance on rec fees - Future of Forest Service program in doubt, he says, Rocky Mountain News
Congress debates user-fee program, Summit Daily
Congress eyes changes in recreation fees for public lands, Albuquerque Tribune
End Corporate Outsourcing - Support S. 1314, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Congress may move to curb unpopular forest-use fees, Ventura County Star
McInnis questions future of Forest Service fee program, Casper Star-Tribune
Recreation fee program under scrutiny, Aspen Times
Forest Recreation Fees - Critics give lawmakers an earful, The Olympian
Gov. Napolitano says Congress not focused on money for forests, SF Chronicle AP
Negotiating forest health, Oregonian
Bush angles for forest plan, Oregonian
'Play and Pay': Recreation fees raise revenue, controversy - Congress to decide what to do with pilot program started in 1996, Idaho Statesman
Federal government won't appeal roadless ruling, Casper Star-Tribune
Forest change proposals have groups guessing about impact, The News-Review
Forest policy plan stalls in Congress, Billings Gazette
Baucus put on the spot over healthy forests bill, Daily Inter Lake
Governor Martz Urges Senator Baucus to Support Healthy Forest Initiative, Office of the Governor
Offspring of Ancient Pine Tree Arrive in Washington, New Mexican
Senators support national park fee, Portland Press Herald
S.1107 - Recreational Fee Authority Act of 2003, Library of Congress
Department of the Interior Testimony on S.1107, US Senate
Interior proposes revised departmental policies and procedures for compliance with NEPA, Federal Register
Reducing the Threat of Catastrophic Wildfire to Central Oregon Communities and the Surrounding Environment, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics testimony
Report: McInnis to move on, Durango Herald
On McInnis' decision to leave Congress - With McInnis goes influence, Denver Post editorial
Land for peace - An end of 'grazing war'? - "Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act of 2003" coming, Salt Lake Tribune
Leave national park management to public trusts, Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
Bush cuts federal employee pay hike, Albuquerque Tribune
USFS chief says old growth won't be cut under bill, Montana Forum
Rep. Udall asks feds for beetle relief, Vail Daily
Forest Service recreation fees in spotlight again - Senate bill could end program, The Vail Trail
The plights of parks, CS Monitor/ Albuquerque Tribune
End Corporate Outsourcing : Collaborative Forest Health Act S.1314, Library of Congress
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act: H.R.2169, Library of Congress
Bill Summary & Status for House Bills about Forests, Library of Congress
Status of FY2004 Appropriations Bills, Library of Congress
HR 2691 - FY 04 Interior Appropriations Bill, Library of Congress
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1): Montana and Northern Idaho
Conservationists Release Old Growth Report, Call For Truce In War of the Woods - Ecology Center offers to work with Forest Service to avoid litigation, Ecology Center
September 22, 2003 letter to Regional Forester Bradley Powell , Ecology Center
Old-growth forest neglected, group says, Billings Gazette
Old Growth At A Crossroads - Executive Summary, Ecology Center [PDF]
Report, "Old Growth At A Crossroads", Ecology Center [PDF]
Forest Service buys land on Yellowstone river, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
USFS buys elk habitat, Billings Gazette
Conference explores broadening uses for small-diameter trees, Missoulian
Bill could expedite Flathead timber salvage sales, Daily Inter Lake
Tours to view fire areas, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Grazing lease buyout could be the best hope for public lands, Bozeman Daily Chronicle op-ed
Backwoods bard: Ferguson's book chronicles remote season, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Recreation reconstruction - Popular Bitterroot campground, trailhead get makeover, Ravalli Republic
Senate OKs $53 million for Montana projects, Great Falls Tribune
Fire costs vary greatly with terrain, Billings Gazette
Fire crews often buy goods locally, Billings Gazette
Forest fuels reduction project approved with new exclusions, Ravalli Republic
Fire: 'A very historic year', Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Future of tanker base up in the air, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Tanker base plays crucial role, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake editorial
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF Rangers keep ATV users on road to conservation, Missoulian
What in the blazes? - Official says letting fires burn sometimes can have great benefits, Missoulian
Company fined for cutting trees in Clearwater national forest, CNN AP
Seeley Lake conference to focus on uses for forest waste, Missoulian
Plywood prices go through the roof, Great Falls Tribune
Builders decry jump in plywood prices, Billings Gazette
Beetles bore through northern forests, Great Falls Tribune
Drought blamed for infestations, Montana Forum
Fire season is slowing to a crawl, Missoulian
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: New trail would trace history near Gibbons Pass, Ravalli Republic
It's not easy being green - Forest Service finding rigs tougher to come by in traditional color, Ravalli Republic
Gallatin Forest would expand Taylor Fork grazing allotment, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Keep Taylor Fork wild and cow-free, Billings Gazette [scroll down]
Tin Cup Dam Emergency Repair 2003, Bitterroot National Forest
Biomass part of solution for grid, Daily Inter Lake
Baucus put on the spot over healthy forests bill, Daily Inter Lake
Red River drainage timber sale proposed, Spokesman-Review
High hopes for mountaintop towers - Colville forest buildings among last of their kind, Spokesman-Review
Clearwater elk habitat improving with fires, Spokesman-Review
City takes stand on fire protection, Whitefish Pilot
Creating healthier forests will be focus of conference, Leader & The Advertiser
Officials weighing Frank Church wilderness plan, Ravalli Republic
New district forest rangers named at Sula, Darby, Ravalli Republic
Conservation groups OK'd to defend amendments, Missoulian
Emergency work planned for Tin Cup Dam, Ravalli Republic
Burned area emergency response teams assess fires, Ravalli Republic
Burned area emergency response teams assess Lolo NF fires, Ravalli Republic
Home fires burning - The risky business of fire camps, Missoula Independent
A Battle for Turf Where the Grizzlies Ruled, New York Times
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF will prepare an EIS on forest plans for it and Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Federal Register
Two groups file protests to halt BLM logging project, Helena Independent Record
BLM, Forest Service start EIS on Front drilling - Feds' survey queries locals about values of scenery, Missoulian
Front drilling battleground - Choteau feels heat of national debate, Great Falls Tribune
Lands Council refutes Bush's forest initiative, Salt Lake Tribune AP
No-salvage pledge - Environmentalists say they'll fight every effort to log burned areas, Missoulian
Complex forests no place for dogma, Missoulian editorial
Project looks to Montana for cloning its biggest trees, Montana Forum
White bark pine in trouble, Montana Forum
Some forest lands reopen for business ... er, fun, Missoulian
Bosworth bemoans lack of firefighting funds - Forest Service chief visits Ninemile fire camp, Missoulian
Report details threat of weeds in wake of fires, Missoulian
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF - Nature at work - Secrets ready to unfold in remains of charred forest, Montana Standard
Historic fire policies give blazes a bad image, Montana Kaimin
Helena National Forest Supervisor Tom Clifford - Let's not fiddle while our forests burn, Helena Independent Record op-ed
Fruits of labor - Years of mapping boost fire defense near Petty Creek, Missoulian
Lightning quick: initial-attack team, Missoulian
Army force faces down new kind of enemy - 'Soldiers of Fire' prove tough foe for blazes, Missoulian
The heat that hides - Crews in the wilderness approach firefighting from the ground up, Missoulian
Damage control - Homeland Security official surveys Missoula-area fire damage, Missoulian
Preliminary Assessment Completed for Rehabilitation of Severely Burned Areas in Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest, USFS, NPS - Missoulian
Forest fires - Can anti-environmentalists say drought?; Plum Creek's managed land saved us, Missoulian letters
Firefighting: Water 'bombs' proven ineffective;
Forest management - Bush plan just doesn't add up;
Mark Rey's fueling paranoia, Missoulian letters
Smoke clogs skies, but blazes across state mostly tame, Great Falls Tribune 9-5-03
Eyes in the sky keep fires at bay, Helena Independent Record
Policy Blowup - 1988 fires ignited political firestorm, Montana Forum
On a mission from God, fighting fires because we can, Missoulian
BLM/USFS logging plan slips under group's radar, Missoulian
Fuel reduction, thinning to take place on 815 acres, Montana Forum
BLM moves on logging plan, Helena Independent Record
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2): Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Beaver Park firewood headed to Oglala Sioux homes, Black Hills Pioneer
Rancher booted off Bighorn grazing allotment, Casper Star-Tribune
Rockies wildlands vision emerging, The Vail Trail
Forest Service bans ads on chairlifts, Denver Post
Pine Cone Harvest Under Way In Hayman Burn Area - Seedlings To Be Placed In Devastated Area, The Denver Channel
Hayman cost: $237.8 million - Unthinned forest, drought fueled blaze, U.S. report concludes, Rocky Mountain News
Study puts cost of Colorado's worst-ever wildfire at $238 million, SF Chronicle AP
Preventive efforts cut Hayman damage, Denver Post
San Juan NF: Forest Service dumps Little Molas plan, Durango Herald
Photo: Fire on the Mountain, Durango Herald
Judge rules against Vail in Gilman case - Turkey Creek now controls fate of controversial parcel, The Vail Trail
Autumn's artwork astounds, Rocky Mountain News
Catch a peek of fall colors at their peak, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Wildlife 'linkages' targeted - Vail Pass focal point of protected-crossings plan, Denver Post
Forest Service upholds pricey perk for public lands access, Billings Gazette
Priest Lake lowered for safety, Telluride Daily Planet
Pickers plunder plants, Rocky Mountain News
Beetle battle goes on in wilds - Relaxed rules allow logging in a hurry, Rocky Mountain News
What's next? A flag on every peak?, Summit Daily letter
Aspen presenting their own gold rush - Trees' annual extravaganza expected to peak this weekend, Denver Post
Black Hills NF bug-tree wood turned into fuel - Beaver Park non-commercial thinning logs forest for free firewood for Wounded Knee Lakota, Rapid City Journal
Council dismisses Brimmer 'conflict of interest' complaint, Casper Star Tribune
Judge in 'roadless' case cleared, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP
Out on a limb, protesting forest initiatives, Aberdeen American AP
Group gathers to protest forest initiatives, Aberdeen American AP
Protesters tackle local land issues, Rapid City Journal
Officials fight fossil hunting, Rapid City Journal
Feds say scientific data being lost, Rapid City Journal
Pending bill may tighten fossil rules, Rapid City Journal
Shoshone National Forest gets extra funds for wildfire-risk reduction, Montana Forum AP
San Juan NF - Campground plans appealed, Durango Herald
To protect or to puncture?, The Aspen Times
Recreation fee program under scrutiny, Aspen Times
Citizens debate merits of fee demo areas, Vail Daily
Fee-demo programs to take a hike out - or up, Vail Daily
Enviros, Forest Service at loggerheads, Durango Herald
Plan to log Durango fire area sparks battle, Denver Post
Bugs threaten forests - Tiny beetles emerge as huge problem in Colorado as pest populations surge, Denver Post
White River NF - Bigger cleanup underway at Camp Hale, Vail Daily
Volunteers to Clean Up Pike National Forest Near Hayman Fire Area in Denver As Part of National Public Lands Day, PRNewswire
Forest Service: Old Berthoud Ski Area Lodge Must Go, New Mexican AP
Sept. 11 memorial flag on Colo. mountain in national forest is burned, SF Chronicle AP
Local FS officials focus on Red Zone, Summit County Independent Daily
White River misses out on forest health funding, Summit County Independent Daily
Tree sitter focuses on Hills - Tour takes aim at logging, shooting, climbing rights, Rapid City Journal
Screening to benefit legal fund, Rapid City Journal
Volunteer tackles slash's aftermath, Rapid City Journal
Mailing error delays thinning project, Rapid City Journal
Keep forest advisory board work public, Black Hills Pioneer editorial
Former FS official questions Copper's Beeline pass, Summit County Independent Daily
Buffalo Mountain Trail finally gets attention, Summit County Independent Daily
The secret life of mushrooms, Summit County Independent Daily
USFS wildlife mitigation may tighten backcountry ski access, Summit County Independent Daily
Udall takes a look at Copper's Beeline - Pass program may be inconsistent with Forest Service policy, Summit County Independent Daily
USFS eyes million-acre I-70 project, Summit County Independent Daily
Copper's Beeline gets OK - Local Forest Service report pans preferred pass program, Summit County Independent Daily
Wildernest road foes fire up website, Summit County Independent Daily
New Wildernest Road?, Business Men Making Decisions Involving the National FOrest
Prescribed burn planned in Shoshone forest, Casper Star-Tribune
Biologist keeps close tabs on Wyoming's wolves, Billings Gazette
Shoshone forest spends $20 million on wildfires, Casper Star-Tribune
Gasified: Pinus ponderosa - What kind of fuel am I?, Rapid City Journal
Coalition says logging in San Juan NF burn area harmful, Durango Herald
Mud, rock, water close road, threaten homes, Durango Herald
Vallecito tree sculptures memorialize life during fire, Durango Herald
State Forest Service keeping eye on bugs, Coloradoan
Forest Service costs assailed - Audit questions $2.7 million spent by agency in '01, Rocky Mountain News
Infusion for national forests in works - Up to $9 million allocated for projects in the Rockies, Denver Post
Copper's Beeline ski pass questioned, Denver Post
Wildfire slurry for homes comes to Colorado, Denver Post
Slurry system protects homes, Durango Herald
Silverton sides with group opposing Molas project, Durango Herald
Residents, Conservation Groups Sue to Stop Colorado Timber Sale; Forest Service Using Excuse of Fire Danger to Clearcut Public Lands, U.S. Newswire
Resort barks up wronged trees, Rocky Mountain News
Trees plagued by nature - Urban greenery succumbing to effects of drought, storms, bugs, Denver Post
Government approves gas exploration near Grand Mesa, Casper Star-Tribune
Routt NF to prepare EIS on issuing a road easement to allow motorized access to private property surrounding Matheson Reservoir, Federal Register
Forest Service to ease raptor rules, Billings Gazette
Pawnee Nat. Grasslands - Plover not on endangered list, Greeley Tribune
ESA Protection Denied for Mountain Plover Despite Mammoth Threats, Low Numbers - Bush Administration Decision Sets Stage for Extinction, Forest Guardians
Bighorn National Forest timber sale approved, Casper Star-Tribune
New farm program helps Kansas landowners plant trees, San Francisco Chronicle
Forest Service approves DM&E Railroad expansion across protected grassland, Aberdeen News
Rail project gets Forest Service approval, Gillette News-Record
New CE rules invoked in logging project, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Residents and Conservation Groups Sue to Stop Colorado Timber Sale - Forest Service using excuse of fire danger to clearcut public lands, Forest Guardians
Residents, Conservation Groups Sue to Block Colorado Timber Sale, Environment News Service
Newton to head Dillon Ranger District, Summit Daily
Copper's BeeLine must be stopped before Intrawest takes it elsewhere, Summit Daily letter
White River National Forest wins popularity contest - Sees more visitors than any other national park, forest, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
White River NF most popular recreation area in U.S., Summit Daily
White River use not that heavy, Summit Daily letter
Call of wild draws crowd to White River NF, Glenwood Springs Post Independent editorial
White River National Forest enacts new rules for long-term campers, Summit Daily
Forest Service reverses Peak 1 flag decision, Summit Daily
9/11 memorial flag to be allowed on peak, Denver Post
Forest Service denies permit for Peak 1 flag, Summit Daily
Proposed land swap now involves Minturn property, Vail Daily
When a tree is cut in the forest, everybody hears, Glenwood Springs Post Independent editorial
To the citizens of Summit County: an apology for cutting trees, Summit Daily letter
Rep. Udall asks feds for beetle relief, Vail Daily
How's life in Blue Sky Basin? - Conversion of forest to meadow in Blue Sky Basin amounted to 21.6 percent of the area, Vail Daily
Time for hikers and bikers to give back to national forest, Summit Daily
'Trail Action Group': On the Trail, Vail Daily letter
When you head outdoors, respect your Mother, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3): Arizona and New Mexico
Groups Appeal Salvage Project, Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe NF: Timber Salvage Opposed, Albuquerque Journal
Fact Sheet on Lakes BMG Timber Salvage Project, Forest Guardians
Appeal of Lakes BMG Timber Salvage Project, Forest Guardians [PDF]
Bingaman measure would keep forest thinning, fire-fighting fund separate, Alamogordo Daily News
Tesuque Company Awarded a Nearly $1.3 Million Federal Grant, Sen. Bingaman website
Grand-Scale Tree Removal - Whose Duty is It?, Santa Fe New Mexican op-ed
Forests May Help Keep City Warm, Albuquerque Journal
3 Endangered Wolves Killed, Albuquerque Journal
Wildlife crossing urged for Tijeras, Albuquerque Tribune
Cibola NF - Wildlife Corridor Would Cross I-40, Albuquerque Journal
Archaeologists Dig for History of Valles Caldera, Albuquerque Journal
N.M. Uses New Weapon in Salt Cedar War, Albuquerque Journal
Conservation Groups Sue to Stop Illegal Cattle Grazing on National Forests, Center for Biological Diversity
Enviros Want to Stop Catron County Ranchers, Santa Fe New Mexican
Test plots are carved out in Kaibab forest, Arizona Daily Sun
Critics denounce Coronado NF power-line proposal, FOX 11 News
Key senators reach initial agreement on Bush's forest plan, Arizona Republic
Senate OKs $400M, doubling funds to fight wildfires, Tucson Citizen
Healthy forests plan a sham, Arizona Republic letter
Lemmon cabins sprouting - Reconstruction off and running after June fire, FOX 11 News
Utah and Arizona unite via Great Western Trail, Salt Lake Tribune
Lincoln NF - Water Project Dries Up La Luz Canyon, Suit Says, Albuquerque Journal
Bark Beetles Lunch South in Santa Fe, Albuquerque Journal
Dead Piñons Headed for Landfill, Albuquerque Journal
Fall Prescribed Burns for Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe New Mexican
Plan for national ATV Ads Stalled - Carson NF overwhelmed already, Albuquerque Journal
Domenici Says Forest Service Should Be Careful In Ordering Cattle Removed, Santa Fe New Mexican
Stewardship Register - Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Project, Valles Caldera National Preserve [Word.doc]
Bosque's Russian Olive Trees Unjustly Marked for Eradication, Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Chess in the Wild - The sport of orienteering requires a map, a compass and plenty of creative reasoning, Santa Fe New Mexican
Smokey Started It All - Carved Icons a New Fad, Albuquerque Journal
Bark Beetles Swarm Into City Different, Santa Fe New Mexican
Bug Expert: Bark Beetles Branching Out, Attacking Not Only Piñon Trees, New Mexican
Piñon Cutting Booms in Santa Fe, Albuquerque Journal
Only in Santa Fe: Will the Governor's Plan Save Us From a Fiery 2004?, Santa Fe New Mexican
Forest Service Rejects Jemez Appeal - Forest Guardians and other groups plan to sue federal government over thinning project, Santa Fe New Mexican
Gov. Napolitano says Congress not focused on money for forests, SF Chronicle AP
New lawsuit claims USFS endangers fish species, Eastern Arizona Courier
Some tree cutting will no longer need NEPA assessments, Silver City Daily Press
Trees Burned in Mammoth Arizona Fire Brittle Enough to Fall, New Mexican
Coronado NF - Preventing fire on our mountain - Local government officials and forestry experts want to prevent a large forest fire from engulfing Mount Graham, Eastern Arizona Courier
Trail in the Works for Arizona Volcanic Caldera, New Mexican AP