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