Forest Service in the News©
NATIONAL 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
GAO weighs in on firefighting GIS, Government Computer News (GCN)
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
Radical Self-Lobotomy, RangeBiome editorial re McInnis letter

Senate increases funds to fight wildfires, denies Reid's effort to block "competitive sourcing", SF Chronicle AP
The path to healthier forests - Finally, Senate negotiators chop through the political underbrush and clear the way for a balanced fire bill, Oregonian editorial
House GOP welcomes Senate deal on forests, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP
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
Forest Advocate, Fall 2003, National Forest Protection Alliance [PDF]

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
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

A New Federal Spoils System, Vail Daily - Writers on the Range
End Corporate Outsourcing - Support S. 1314, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics


Help Save National Forests, Defenders of Wildlife

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
The old-growth timber battle heats up, E/The Environmental Magazine
We must invest in forest solutions, Daily Inter Lake editorial
The cost of wood is going right through the roof - Strong demand has driven wholesale lumber prices up sharply in recent weeks, Post-Intelligencer

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
USFS Road Maint Outsourcing Study, FSEEE Outsourcing Discussion
Pending "competitive sourcing" legislation, FSEEE Outsourcing Discussion

Senators support national park fee, Portland Press Herald
Department of the Interior Testimony on S.1107, US Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee
Behind the smoke of Bush's forest plan, San Francisco Chronicle
Wildfires Facts, TWS -Grist

Healthy Forest Reality Tour - Facts and Myths behind President Bush's Forest Policies
Protect Our Forest, Bristol Herald Courier letter
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
Tribes and Hayes enter bid for TFL 46, Victoria Times Colonist

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
Scapegoats for Indonesia's timber problems - Malaysian and Singapore "timber laundering", Asia Times

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
Canada's Large Intact Forest Landscapes, Global Forest Watch [PDF]


Puzzles remain in cacao's ecology - Goal of researchers is to find conditions where tree flourishes, forest endures, farmers prosper, Journal-Sentinel
Protect our pristine forest, African Eye News Service
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

You are what you eat - Canfor poisoning natives food supply to grow timber, Prince George Citizen


More international forest news - Forest Conservation Portal
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
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
Report on NEPA Task Force Recommendations Released, Council on Environmental Quality: NEPA Task Force
Modernizing NEPA Implementation, CEQ NEPA Task Force Report
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
Radical Self-Lobotomy, RangeBiome editorial re McInnis letter

Senate increases funds to fight wildfires, denies Reid's effort to block "competitive sourcing", SF Chronicle AP

House GOP welcomes Senate deal on forests, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP
Senators near deal on forests, Salt Lake Tribune
Critics bash Bush on forests, St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Colorado Daily

WGA: Gov. Owens seeks Endangered Species Act changes - Governor to stress recovery, keeping animals, plants off endangered list, Denver Post
Wildlife advocates should be heeded, Glenwood Springs Post Independent editorial

End Corporate Outsourcing - Support S. 1314, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics


Senators support national park fee, Portland Press Herald
Leave national park management to public trusts, Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment

The plights of parks, CS Monitor/ Albuquerque Tribune
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1): Montana and Northern Idaho
USFS buys elk habitat, Billings Gazette
Tours to view fire areas, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake

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



Keep Taylor Fork wild and cow-free, Billings Gazette [scroll down]
Tin Cup Dam Emergency Repair 2003, Bitterroot National Forest


Bosworth bemoans lack of firefighting funds - Forest Service chief visits Ninemile fire camp, Missoulian
Eyes in the sky keep fires at bay, Helena Independent Record
BLM moves on logging plan, Helena Independent Record
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2): Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Autumn's artwork astounds, Rocky Mountain News
Catch a peek of fall colors at their peak, Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Priest Lake lowered for safety, Telluride Daily Planet
Pickers plunder plants, Rocky Mountain News
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
Judge in 'roadless' case cleared, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP

Officials fight fossil hunting, Rapid City Journal

Local FS officials focus on Red Zone, Summit County Independent Daily
White River misses out on forest health funding, Summit County Independent Daily

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 eyes million-acre I-70 project, 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



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
ESA Protection Denied for Mountain Plover Despite Mammoth Threats, Low Numbers - Bush Administration Decision Sets Stage for Extinction, Forest Guardians

New CE rules invoked in logging project, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
White River use not that heavy, Summit Daily letter
Call of wild draws crowd to White River NF, Glenwood Springs Post Independent editorial

When a tree is cut in the forest, everybody hears, Glenwood Springs Post Independent editorial
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
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
Forests May Help Keep City Warm, Albuquerque Journal
3 Endangered Wolves Killed, Albuquerque Journal

Healthy forests plan a sham, Arizona Republic letter
Dead Piñons Headed for Landfill, Albuquerque Journal

Stewardship Register - Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Project, Valles Caldera National Preserve [Word.doc]
Piñon Cutting Booms in Santa Fe, Albuquerque Journal

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

More Tree Thinning in Area Funded, Mountain View Telegraph
Officials release report on wolves, Silver City Daily Press
Ranchers, CBD debate wolf removal, Eastern Arizona Courier
Recovery plan for Gila trout revised, Silver City Daily Press

Elden hermit still lives in our imagination, Arizona Daily Sun editorial
Hermit's eviction a lose-lose situation, Arizona Daily Sun letter
Others do far more damage to forest, Arizona Daily Sun letter


Carson NF - Taos County Village Has Forest Thinning Worries - Village, Forest Service Debate Thinning Plan , Albuquerque Journal
Carson NF - Price of Solitude, Santa Fe New Mexican
War of the Weeds, Santa Fe New Mexican
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4): Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming

Caribou-Targhee NF Montpelier Ranger District preparing an EIS to analyze the effects of continued domestic livestock grazing on eight cattle allotments and two sheep allotments within the South Bear River Ranger project area, Federal Register

Jarbidge shovel plaque may be moved, Elko Daily Free Press

Jarbidge campground squabble, Elko Daily Free Press
Trail bridge work begins, Elko Daily Free Press

Wasatch-Cache National Forest plan hides a sucker punch: Shoshone ORV Trail System, Salt Lake Tribune


Boise Cascade to change forest policy, Seattle Post-Intelligencer AP
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Vehicle Noise in Forests, Los Angeles Times letters
Most PL logging cleared by judge, Eureka Times-Standard

The battle over Cave Rock, San Francisco Chronicle
Stanislaus NF: Dust-Up Over Off-Roaders Roars Across Backcountry - Urban refugees and riders alike use guerrilla tactics. Forest supervisor Tom Quinn says USFS is overwhelmed, Los Angeles Times

CCC center scheduled to close, Porterville Recorder

The old-growth timber battle heats up, E/The Environmental Magazine
California fire funds sent from north to south - Shell game funds "Healthy Forests", Sacramento Bee
USDA Secures Additional $5 Million for San Bernardino Forest Health Crisis - New Healthy Forests Initiative tools are making a difference in expediting projects, USFS
Environmentalists vs. environmentalists, Tahoe Daily Tribune letter
Forest thinning on fast track, Tahoe Daily Tribune

Adventure Pass is losing support, San Francisco Chronicle

Judge chops state logging regs, Eureka Times-Standard
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Landscape Management System, University of Washington



FS to prepare EIS on a proposed action to salvage dead and severely damaged trees, utilize small diameter forest products, and plant trees to assist in the restoration of the area burned in the Davis Fire on the Crescent Ranger District of the Deschutes NF, Federal Register
The end of the trail? - Cattle ranchers say cows have grazed on Soda Mountain for generations without harming the environment, Mail Tribune

Declare Harvest of Old-growth Forests Off-limits and Move On, Post-Intelligencer column by Mike Dombeck and Jack Ward Thomas
Call me, owl, Albany Democrat-Herald
Pay level out of line, Coos Bay World letter

Selective cutting gains ally - 'Northwest Ecosystem Alliance' environmentalist Dave Werntz says thinning forests allows sunlight in, boosts biodiversity, Spokesman-Review
Oregon groups eye Bush plan, Coos Bay World AP
In fire's aftermath, salvage logging makes a comeback - Bush administration pushes to cut trees burned by Oregon's Biscuit Fire, science be damned, High Country News

Washington State Attempts to Restore Balance to Forest - Fire-suppression policies changed the mix in the woods, with firs replacing big fire- resistant pines. Officials hope to shift it back, Los Angeles Times AP

Yes, there is a forest holocaust, Juneau Empire op-ed
Oregon's fiery summers, Oregonian editorial
Arson sparked wildfire, Statesman Journal letter
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Forest protest aimed at greed, Lynchburg News & Advance
Chesapeake: Push for Delmarva Wildlands Project Heats Up, Virginia Land Rights Coalition at Sierra Times

Healthy Forests, Lufkin Daily News editorial
Foresters now serve a new role, New Bern Sun Journal


Activists real danger to environment, Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky tree may help bring chestnut back, Louisville Courier-Journal


EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Chesapeake: Push for Delmarva Wildlands Project Heats Up, Virginia Land Rights Coalition at Sierra Times



Mark Twain NF plans extra burns in 1,200 acres, Daily Journal - St. Francois County

Senators support national park fee, Portland Press Herald
Superior NF: Aspen & Pulp, Lake County News-Chronicle
Scientists seek public link with lynx, The Pine Journal - Cloquet, Minnesota

National Forest plan comments due Thursday, process far from perfect - The process of providing for public input into the management of the Superior and Chippewa National Forests draws to a close, Ely Echo editorial
Growing a wilderness, Boston Globe editorial
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska


Greenpeace Ship Tours Alaska, NPR Morning Edition [audio]

Land of the Giants - Alaska's Tongass National Forest is home to 800-year-old trees and an array of wildlife not seen in the Lower 48 for a century. So why would anyone want to log this place?, Audubon magazine
Blades that turn profits, and turn tempers - Rise in aerial sightseeing over Alaska's glaciers and forests sets off a fight over noise, safety, and tourism, CS Monitor

 


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