New law proposes permanent user fees, Idaho Mountain Express

Legislation proposed to make fee demonstration program permanent, Bend Bulletin

Don't weaken environmental act, Atlanta Journal and Constitution

Senate compromises on Healthy Forests Initiative, Colorado Daily

Rep. Walden addresses key issues in forest bill, Bend Bulletin

Moment of truth for healthy forests, Rocky Mountain News editorial

Forest Rangers Tell Congress, 'Let Us Do Our Jobs', National Center for Public Policy Research

Bush's greens: Too extinct to show up, Salon

AMA Backing Trail Responsibility Bill, Motor Sports Forum

America the Beautiful--the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass - H.R.3283: "Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act", Library of Congress

Oversight hearing on "Forest Service Recreation Fee Demonstration Program", House Resources Committee

Information on Forest Service Management of Revenue from the Fee Demonstration Program, GAO Testimony / House Resources Committee

Statement of USFS Tom Thompson on "FS Recreation Fee Demonstration Program"

Statement of American Whitewater on "FS Recreation Fee Demonstration Program"

'Western Slope No-Fee Coalition' Robert Funkhouser statement on "FS Recreation Fee Demonstration Program"

Interior Reverses Clinton Decision Limiting Mine Waste - Industry Cheers, New Mexican AP

Mining pollution policy jettisoned - Interior Dept. decision expands waste dumping on public lands, Post Intelligencer

25,000 public comments pour in on roadless rule - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to decide if Tongass NF will be exempted temporarily, Juneau Empire

"The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003" - Reaching Common Ground for Forest Communities, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee: U.S. Senate

Senator supports forest thinning - Feinstein stresses need for bipartisan solution for minimizing fires, Record Searchlight

Summary of Senate Committee substitute for HR 1904, US Senate [PDF]

Healthy Forest Legislation - Comparison of five bills, FSX

Oversight hearing on "Forest Health Crisis in San Bernardino National Forest", House Resources Committee

Oversight Field Hearing in Bend, Oregon on: "Crisis On Our National Forests: Reducing the Threat of Catastrophic Wilffire", House Resources Committee

Court right to sidestep monument case, Missoulian editorial

Administration Formalizes Wilderness Giveaway - Directive sets national policy to halt future Wilderness consideration, The Wilderness Society: News

Bush Administration Formalizes Anti-Wilderness Policy, Issues Directive to Halt Future Wilderness Consideration on BLM Land, The Wilderness Society: Feature

Pete Should Oppose Air-Tanker Boondoggle, Santa Fe New Mexican editorial

Endangered Species Act anniversary brings focus to Public Land and Resources Law Conference, Missoulian

U.S. May Expand Access To Endangered Species, Washington Post

EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's, Federal Register

Interior defends roads deal to Congress, Salt Lake Tribune

Keep pressure on Bush - Roadless Area Conservation Rule, Aspen Times

Don't play with fire - If the House insists on altering a Senate agreement on fire legislation, the whole deal will go up in flames , Oregonian editorial

Supreme Court Won't Challenge Clinton Monuments - Court nixes attempt to roll back order protecting federal land, New Mexican AP

Monuments weather attack, Rocky Mountain News

Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal on tussock moth spraying, SF Chronicle AP

DeGette aide says wilderness plan for valley running into roadblocks, Aspen Times

BLM Clarke Asks for New Mexico Wilderness, Albuquerque Journal

Feinstein forges deal on forest protection - Bipartisan group OKs compromise on plan to cut fire risk, San Francisco Chronicle

Feinstein forest bill may spur accord - But the bipartisan plan doesn't protect old-growth trees enough, critics say, Sacramento Bee

Senate bill protects old growth, Bend Bulletin

New Bush administration policy could open land to oil, gas development, ENN / Gehrke AP

Bush Guidelines Discard Wilderness Quality Public Lands, Environment News Service

How economics may reshape green policy - Regulation of the environment benefits the economy, says a White House report, CS Monitor

Review of Environment Rules Finds Benefits Outweigh Costs, New York Times

Mark Rey Testimony on: Public Lands Production Research Act, Valles Caldera Preservation Trust Act, & Northern Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act, USFS

Region 1: Studies favor keeping Forest Service jobs in-house, Ravalli Republic

Region 3: Forest Service Refutes Bush Job Initiative - New study finds federal workers are more efficient than those from the private sector, New Mexican

Region 4: Study finds USFS work efficient, Billings Gazette

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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF proposal would limit motorized travel, Montana Standard

Bitterroot NF: Crews aiding fish passage with new culvert network, Ravalli Republic

'From black to gold' - Helicopters scatter straw to protect burned areas from erosion, Ravalli Republic

Flathead NF: Timber salvage gets under way, Montana Forum AP

State hopes to salvage Wedge timber soon, Hungry Horse News

Thanks to protesters, Hungry Horse News

Firefighters say thanks, Hungry Horse News

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Sheep Creek Fire Salvage amended NOI to prepare an EIS, Federal Register

Purdy fire salvage timber sale appealed, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

CEO: Plum Creek can make more money from land deals, Hungry Horse News

The colors of autumn - Leaves of aspen forest brighter this year than usual, Minot Daily News

Studies favor keeping Forest Service jobs in-house, Ravalli Republic

Robert Who? - Investigators track responsibility for Flathead NF Robert fire, Missoula Independent

Bitterroot Forest burned areas to be assessed, Ravalli Republic

Blackfoot land deal announced, Missoulian

Nature Conservancy, Plum Creek strike deal, Helena Independent Record

'High' burn areas can be hazardous, Daily Inter Lake

We need a sensible approach to fighting wildfires, Salt Lake Tribune / Writers on the Range

Endangered Species Act anniversary brings focus to Public Land and Resources Law Conference - Agenda listed, Missoulian

Bull trout settlement reached - Government to designate critical habitat along more than 18,000 miles of streams, Missoulian

Flathead NF: Timber salvage project ramps up, Daily Inter Lake

Flathead NF: Group sues again to stop Swan timber project, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake

Dam wilderness: Bitterroot National Forest, Missoula Independent

Activists cited for entering site of Idaho-Panhandle NF Myrtle Creek fire to photograph conditions - Men are members of a group at odds with Forest Service role of logging in wildfire, Spokesman-Review

Forest Service hit with another land sale lawsuit, Missoulian

Bitterroot NF: New rangers start work at Darby, Sula, Ravalli Republic

Forest officials forging ahead with marginal timber sale, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Plan to log biggest trees shocks conservationists - State says move takes advantage of existing market, Spokesman-Review

Election cycle at odds with forest cycle, Montana Forum op-ed

Gas drillers poised along Rocky Mountain Front , Post Intelligencer

Officials mopping up successful Scapegoat burn, Great Falls Tribune

Burns Kootenai Forest aid too late, official says, Missoulian

Gallatin NF - Elk group gives grant to forest, Montana Forum

Gallatin NF: Timber sale plan changes, Montana Forum

Effort aims to slow erosion after Gold 1 fire, Ravalli Republic

'Flow Check' devices to be used to prevent erosion in Boise NF fire areas, Spokesman-Review

Activists cited for entering site of Myrtle Creek fire - Men are members of a group at odds with Forest Service role of logging in wildfire, Spokesman-Review

Roads deadly for grizzlies, research finds, Prince George Citizen

Conservationist backtracks on wolf remarks, Missoulian / Headwaters News

Region One: Studies favor keeping Forest Service jobs in-house, Ravalli Republic

How big is the fire? Wildfires burn in patches, Montana Standard

Forest Service considers land swap near Gardiner, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Groups sue Forest Service over Big Hole fire proposal, Montana Standard

Forest Service hit with another land sale lawsuit, Montana Standard

Helena NF has new deputy chief, Helena Independent Record

Forest Service helps forest's rebirth along, Helena Independent Record

Helena NF: Scapegoat burn under way, Great Falls Tribune

Thompson Park: Cut those trees, convince trustees, Montana Standard

Thompson Park deserves money, Montana Standard

Forest Service proposes logging in Thompson Park, Montana Standard

Timber sales proposed for Fleecer, Sheepshead, Montana Standard

Bitterroot deputy forest supervisor may seek Idaho post permanently, Ravalli Republic

Gallatin NF: Ecosystem officer takes on big job, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Group says Forest Service neglecting old growth, Missoulian

Sen. Burns tries to aid timber sales - Rider would restart Kootenai NF logging projects, Missoulian

Kootenai NF Cabinet Mountains Wilderness: Rock Creek Mine appeal denied - Environmental groups say they will sue in federal court, Missoulian

Fire season eats up most of the $50 million, Missoulian

Lewis and Clark National Forest: Prescribed burn to be ignited Saturday Oct. 4, Great Falls Tribune

Forest Service officials allay fears at sparse Augusta meeting, Great Falls Tribune

Bitterroot National Forest plans 'moonlight' series finale, Ravalli Republic

Not just a predator - Wolves bring a suprising ecological recovery to Yellowstone, Boston Globe

Potlatch agrees to preserve N. Idaho forest - Deal bars homes but not logging or recreation, Idaho Statesman

Plum Creek: Conservation easement largest in Montana state history, Missoulian

Black Hills NF: Twiss urges 'aggressive' forest action, Rapid City Journal

Physician to urge monitoring of ozone levels - Forest Service studies opening HD Mountains to gas production, Durango Herald

Shoshone NF: Agencies receive N. Fork mitigation proposals, Cody Enterprise

Experts offer little hope for saving pinons, Cortez Journal

Off-road, off-limits - The growth of off-road vehicles, particularly `rock crawlers,' is a serious threat to the last wild places in the West, Albuquerque Tribune op-ed

Forest vandalism spurs inquiry - Damage to trees near Boulder may be result of OHV dispute, Rocky Mountain News

Trees may have fallen prey to forest feud - Forest Service investigating timber downed across popular off-road paths, Denver Post

Ouray volunteers patrol a former land of the fee, Denver Post

Lap maps at Vail? Not likely, according to VR brass, The Vail Trail

Chairlift ads generate USFS rift, The Vail Trail

Keep ads, logos off chairlifts, Summit Daily editorial

Bush erases wilderness protections, Summit Daily

Udall urges Norton to keep wilderness policy, Summit Daily

America's Wildlands Stripped of Future Protections - Bush Administration Removes 600,000 acres of Colorado Public Lands from Wilderness Consideration, The Wilderness Society

Squeezing multiple use, Denver Post

Appeal creaks through Front Door - Forest Service Land Swap Sought, Vail Daily

Arapaho-Roosevelt NF: Berthoud backers keep eye on future - New uses mulled for failed ski area, Denver Post

Battling the ips, Durango Herald

Udall looks into geospatial tech, Summit Daily

Eagle, Vail homes get breathing room, Vail Daily

Better forest funding priority needed, Summit Daily letter

Medicine Bow-Routt NF to prepare EIS on a Plan of Operations submitted by Broken Arrow Mining, LLC, to conduct mineral exploration at the Lost Cabin Mine, Federal Register

USFS seeks comments on Arapaho NRA draft plan, Grand County Friday Daily Tribune

Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) Forest Health Project Draft EIS - Comments due Oct. 14, 2003, USFS

ANRA Forest Health Project Map, USFS [PDF]

Frequently Asked Questions: ANRA Forest Health Project, USFS [PDF]

Black Hills NF: Officials withdraw Cement timber sale, Rapid City Journal

Fire burns in Black Elk Wilderness area, Rapid City Journal

Fire danger remains high throughout Black Hills, Rapid City Journal

National needs, local concerns - Three Colorado communities at odds with president's agenda on natural gas drilling, Denver Post

Saving a forest by cutting it, Vail Daily

Forest Service struggles to battle beetles, Summit Daily

USFS archaeologists take job to new heights, Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Cross-country Continental Divide Trail needs federal boost, Vail Daily

DeGette aide says wilderness plan for valley running into roadblocks, Aspen Times

Students get overview of wilderness debate, Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Tamarisky business - Weed managers battle thirsty nonnative species, Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Beaver Park firewood quality both questioned and defended, Rapid City Journal

Forest Service says firewood from infected trees poses no danger, Aberdeen American AP

Environmentalists call for protection of Black Hills snail, Casper Star-Tribune

Saratoga sawmill sold to Colorado company - Medicine Bow/Routt NF asked to supply trees, Casper Star-Tribune

Bridger-Teton and Shoshone NFs: Work slated for alpine pass, Casper Star-Tribune

Opposition stalls plans to develop campground - Forest Service would begin charging fees at Little Molas, Denver Post

National needs, local concerns - Three Colorado communities at odds with president's agenda on natural gas drilling, Denver Post

Forests face fresh threats, Denver Post editorial

Invest now in healthy forests, Denver Post editorial

Forest fires misunderstood, Denver Post editorial

New ATV rules necessary, Denver Post editorial

Open spaces disappearing, Denver Post editorial

Forest invasion, Denver Post editorial

Dry forests result in scourge of insects, Denver Post - Guest Commentary

Delta National Forest gains 200 acres for public use, The Clarion-Ledger

Segment of National Forest blocked by landowners, Durango Herald

Ski industry split over putting ads on chairlifts, SF Chronicle AP

Ski Industry Considers Putting Ads on Chairlifts - Forest Service has approved limited advertising, New Mexican

Ski-lift ads should benefit Forest Service - Resorts shouldn't profit from logos on safety bars, Coloradoan editorial

Forest Service bans ads on chairlifts - Divided agency could reverse ruling, Denver Post

Ski resorts get OK to sell ads on lifts, Marin Independent Journal

"This is Cultural Genocide at its Worst" – Environmental Activist Rod Coronado On UofA's Plans For Construction On Apache Sacred Ground in Coronado NF, Democracy Now!

Forest Service proposes salvaging burned trees, Tucson Citizen

An Examination of the Summerhaven, Arizona Home Destruction Related to the Local Wildland Fire Behavior during the June 2003 Aspen Fire, Jack D. Cohen / FSEEE

Forest Service sees merrit in Laissez-faire approach, Prescott Daily Courier

Rep. Renzi hopes for Yavapai land exchange by end of year, Prescott Daily Courier

Prescott College crews labor to restore popular hiking trail, Prescott Daily Courier

Forest Service considers banning vehicles from Porter Mountain, White Mountain Independent

Goats a powerful fire maintenance tool, Arizona Daily Sun

SW Willow Flycatcher: Ruling could force changes in grazing practices on Gila NF, Silver City Daily Press

Alamogordo to hire lawyer to represent city in suit against Lincoln NF, Alamogordo News

Ranch values outgrowing land income: USFS study, Raton Range

Experts offer little hope for saving pinons, Cortez Journal

New Mexico uses new weapon in salt cedar war, ENN / AP

Raymond Sandoval: Bomb Was Purely 'Political' - Man who bombed Forest Guardians sentenced to seven years in prison, Santa Fe New Mexican

USFS cancels NOI to prepare WUI EIS in the Southwest - "The need to amend forest plans to modify standards and guidelines for Mexican spotted owl and northern goshawk within wildland-urban interface areas varied throughout the forests and grasslands of the Southwestern Region. As such, a region wide amendment of all forest plans was not deemed necessary.", Federal Register

Tamarisk: Taking Up Arms Against Invasive Trees, Albuquerque Journal

A War on a Weed: to Restore Cottonwoods & Willows, Albuquerque Journal

Kaibab NF: Logging appeal denied, Arizona Daily Sun

Sierra Club Unhappy With Arizona Forest-Thinning Plan - Regional forester rejects appeal, New Mexican AP

Real lesson of forest fires goes unheeded, Arizona Republic

Red Rock fees on the ropes?, Arizona Daily Sun

The Land of the Free Is Being Stolen From Us, AZ No Fee Coalition

Hail to the caveman! - He has the right idea, Arizona Daily Sun letter

Pinecone harvest will help fire-ravaged area, Arizona Daily Sun

Coconino NF records three-decade low in number of human-caused fires, Arizona Daily Sun

Stop global warming to save forests, Arizona Daily Sun editorial

Biomass: Power play comes to Flagstaff, Arizona Daily Sun

Coronado NF: Lemmon tram idea said worth exploring, Arizona Daily Star

Coronado NF: Sabino quicksand signs vanish, Arizona Daily Star

Fire-spawned floods ravage park's pools, Tucson Citizen

Coconino NF: Wildings permits available now, Arizona Daily Sun

Ironwood Forest protection preserved, Tucson Citizen

Changing colors reach their Peaks, Arizona Daily Sun

Prescott NF: Reunion and Re-dedication of the Hyde Mountain Fire Lookout and the Walnut Creek Ranger Station, FSX

Fire Hazard - Concerned with an epidemic of dead trees, fire officials prepare for the worst, Santa Fe New Mexican

Vicious cycle - Bark beetles are attacking drought-ravaged pinons. And as long as the dryness persists, so will the infestation, Albuquerque Tribune

Bark beetle epidemic slows, SF Chronicle AP

Loss of Pinon Trees Threatened Traditions, Santa Fe New Mexican

Forest health may rely on fire prevention effort, El Defensor Chieftain

Agents Seek Information In Suspected Illegal Deaths of Mexican Wolves, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Elms Wear Out Their Welcome, Albuquerque Journal

Cibola NF: Mt. Taylor accident injures four, Cibola County Beacon

Pecos Man Knows Using the Land Takes Responsibility, Santa Fe New Mexican

BLM Clarke Asks for New Mexico Wilderness, Albuquerque Journal

Let it burn; put it out - How Rincons and Catalinas went their own ways in wildfire management, Arizona Daily Star

Coronado NF - Quicksand warning signs disappear from Sabino Canyon, KGUN 9 News

Coalition focuses on wildfire prevention in Huachucas, Sierra Vista Herald/Review

Forest Service Refutes Bush Job Initiative - New study finds federal workers are more efficient than those from the private sector, Santa Fe New Mexican

Dead Pinons Could End Up Heating Homes, Santa Fe New Mexican

Loss of Piñon Trees Tarnishes Artists' Work, Albuquerque Journal

Tree Infestation Saps Tradition, Albuquerque Journal

Feds say Owl suit raises fire risk, Arizona Daily Star

Environmental Group Sues Over Owls, Could Stop N.M. Thinning Projects, New Mexican AP

Mexican Spotted Owl Entangled In Endangered Species Debate, Environment News Service

State Opens Nine Areas for Woodcutting - Firewood is free of charge with a permit, Santa Fe New Mexican

Researchers Study Grazing Patterns of Cattle at Valles Caldera NP, Santa Fe New Mexican

Fourth Gray Wolf Found Dead, Albuquerque Journal

Adding fuel to the fire, Arizona Republic editorial

Rodeo-Chediski timber sales under way, but harvest may be limited, SF Chronicle AP

Officials: Bark beetle epidemic has slowed, Prescott Daily Courier [or PDF]

New law proposes permanent user fees, Idaho Mountain Express

Enviro groups may appeal East Fork grazing decision, Idaho Mountain Express

Counting the trees — Bellevue completes tree inventory, Idaho Mountain Express

Shovel Brigade outraged; USFS defends outhouse helicopter, Las Vegas Sun

Uinta NF: Forest Service makes cuts to pay for Cascade II fire

Cascade fire puts heat on agency's budget, Salt Lake Tribune

Forest Service ready to set 3 more fires, Salt Lake Tribune

Video to be produced on new electric bear fence, Casper Star-Tribune

Bull trout settlement reached - Government to designate critical habitat along more than 18,000 miles of streams, Missoulian

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF: Feds cancel wilderness fish kill in debate over states' role, SF Chronicle AP

$15,000 tab likely for USFS helicopter to empty Nevada outhouse, SF Chronicle AP

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF - Grand jury indicts two in theft of petroglyphs near Reno, SF Chronicle AP

C Hill flag (on USFS land) progresses in Carson City, SF Chronicle AP

Access to public land: A tale of two slopes, Pahrump Valley Times

Forest, Park services plan prescribed burns in northern Utah and Zion, Casper Star-Tribune

Simplot to explore mining in Caribou NF South Manning Creek roadless area, Pocatello Idaho State Journal

Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management to share office, Pocatello Idaho State Journal

South Manti Timber Salvage Revised NOI to prepare an EIS, Manti-La Sal National Forest, Federal Register

Interior defends roads deal to Congress, Salt Lake Tribune

Ranger credits employees for Sawtooth NRA's successes, Idaho Mountain Express

Grazing to be curtailed in Sawtooth NRA East Fork drainage, Idaho Mountain Express

Plan to log biggest trees shocks conservationists - State says move takes advantage of existing market, Spokesman-Review

Region Four: Study finds USFS work efficient, Billings Gazette

Dangerous mountain bikers, Salt Lake Tribune letter

Burned forest already healing - Fire team hoping to keep ash out of nearby fisheries, Deseret Morning News

Forest Service sorry about smoke - Out-of-control burn did not violate state air quality rules, Deseret Morning News

Fining the feds, Salt Lake Tribune editorial

The one that got away, Salt Lake Tribune editorial

Fine Forest Service, Salt Lake Tribune letter

A no-win situation, Salt Lake Tribune letter

Up in smoke, Salt Lake Tribune letter

Fire size not planned, but effects will be good, Salt Lake Tribune

Environmentalists balk at plan for Idaho's old-growth timber, Salt Lake Tribune

Shattering the solitude of 'the Frank' - More jet boats shouldn't be an option in Idaho wilderness, Idaho Falls Post Register / Headwaters News

Bridger-Teton and Shoshone NFs: Work slated for alpine pass, Casper Star-Tribune

Archaeologists find evidence of Chinese camp in Sierra, Las Vegas Sun

Facing the Fire Danger, Daily Bulletin

Klamath, Shasta-Trinity, and Modoc NFs - Geothermal power firm attracting heat, Redding Record Searchlight

Wetsel-Oviatt sells assets to Sierra Pacific, Mountain Democrat

USFS: Workers will continue maintenance, more efficient than private sector, Stockton Record

Mt. Whitney: Rock and Risk - Inyo NF ranger Garry Oye sees changes, Los Angeles Times multimedia feature

Private firms won't get jobs in federal forests, Record Searchlight

Forest Service efficiency audit proves a waste, Record Searchlight editorial

Light being shed on forest fens - Researchers finally focus on the lush Sierra ecosystems, Sacramento Bee

Logging Our Own or Importing It - Where will the wood come from?, San Francisco Chronicle

Senator supports forest thinning - Feinstein stresses need for bipartisan solution for minimizing fires, Record Searchlight

Man sentenced for accepting trees stolen from Six Rivers NF, Eureka Times-Standard

Modoc, Klamath and Shasta NFs: Two survey methods proposed in geophysical study, Herald and News

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF: Feds cancel wilderness fish kill in debate over states' role, SF Chronicle AP

Consideration of Alternatives Sought For Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Center for Biological Diversity

Eldorado National Forest to prepare EIS for Kirkwood Mountain Resort's 2003 Mountain Master Development Plan, Federal Register

Southern California Forest Plans Revision: Forest plans in process, Big Bear Grizzly

Oversight hearing on "Forest Health Crisis in San Bernardino National Forest", House Resources Committee

Survey finds Sierra's glaciers are shrinking - Mt. Shasta bucks trend -- ice expands on 'lonely mountain', Los Angeles Times / SF Chronicle

Where there's fire, there's smoke, Eureka Times-Standard

Energy project celebrated - Generator eats wood chips, produces power, Record Searchlight

Groundbreaking biomass project kicks off today, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News

Presidio trees might fall to save plants, Contra Costa Times

Final Headwaters plan wrapped up, Times-Standard

Headwaters Forest plan would curb visitor access, Contra Costa Times

BLM releases Headwaters Forest Reserve Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final EIS/Environmental Impact Report, Federal Register

Growers mull fate of avocados' Eve, Contra Costa Times

Mendocino NF: Logging plan disputed, Ukiah Daily Journal

County loses forest suit, Tulare Advance-Register

Mapping the Forest Disaster, Lake Arrowhead Mountain-News

Grizzly Creek redwoods bought from Pacific Lumber, Eureka Times-Standard

Supervisors endorse Buckeye forest request, Eureka Times-Standard

State of denial: World's other forests feed state's appetite for timber, Sacramento Bee

State report says California sapping world's timber, Mercury News AP

Two dead as firefighting air tanker crashes in San Bernardino National Forest, SF Chronicle AP

Air Tanker Crashes on Way to Base, Los Angeles Times

Mendocino NF - Environmentalists sue over logging near Northern California wilderness, San Francisco Chronicle

Feinstein forges deal on forest protection - Bipartisan group OKs compromise on plan to cut fire risk, San Francisco Chronicle

The Hot Zone: 'Season of Fire' is a measured look at "a far more complex issue than is often depicted", Newhouse News Service / Union Tribune

Memorial to honor Lassen NF firefighters - Three north state residents died on duty, Record Searchlight

Cloning Methuselah closer to reality - Seed from world's oldest living tree comes to S.F., San Francisco Chronicle

Breakthrough for treatment of oak death - Scientists say product helps infected trees fight disease, San Francisco Chronicle

Scientists find sudden oak death defense, Post-Intelligencer AP

Franklin vs. Rey: Debate over forests is a difference in priorities, Post Intelligencer

Issues evolving in forest debate: Federal official, UW professor sound off, Seattle Times

Protesters greet federal forest overseer Rey, Arizona Daily Sun AP

Studies: Timber-salvage returns don't compute, Mail Tribune

Distrust can't restore distressed forests, Eugene Register-Guard: Guest Viewpoint By Hal Salwasser

Legislation proposed to make fee demonstration program permanent, Bend Bulletin

Klamath NF/Tribal plan meets opposition - Conservation groups say a proposed land transfer threatens old growth and wilderness, Oregonian

Tribes not seeking water-land swap, Herald and News

ONRC plans rejected by tribal leader, Klamath Falls Herald and News

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 'Monster log', Idaho County Free Press

Students balance forest perspectives, Register-Guard

Young work crews easing Black Butte fire danger, Bend.com

Weyerhaeuser debt rated 'junk', Seattle Times

Willamette & Mount Hood NFs - Judge Halts Six Timber Sales, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Judge extends halt to old-growth logging, Seattle Times AP

Judge suspends logging on six sales in Oregon, Oregonian

Ruling Puts Logging in Deep Freeze, KVAL 13 - Eugene

Activists applaud ruling on timber sale, Eugene Register-Guard

Malheur National Forest to prepare EIS on Crawford Timber Sale, Federal Register

Wallowa-Whitman NF: Groups appeal Hells Canyon plan, KATU 2 News

Records salvaged after fire destroys Hells Canyon field office, Spokesman-Review

Fire destroys Hells Canyon recreation field office, KTVB News

Region 6: Forest work going up for bid soon, Klamath Falls Herald and News

ONRC announces its ideas for tribal lands: Private lands - instead of Forest Service lands - to re-establish a reservation for the Klamath Indian Tribes, Herald and News

Basin landowners bash ONRC plan, Klamath Falls Herald and News

Klamath plan meets opposition - Conservation groups say a proposed federal land transfer threatens old growth and wilderness, Oregonian

Bull trout settlement reached - Government to designate critical habitat along more than 18,000 miles of streams, Missoulian

Truce maintained in federal 'war in the woods', Bremerton Sun

Winema-Fremont NFs: What to do now that the fire is out, Klamath Falls Herald and News

Jack Cohen: Thoughts on the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Problem, Plumas County Fire Safe Council

Erosion effects on Biscuit fire site should diminish, Medford Mail Tribune

Oversight Field Hearing in Bend, Oregon on: "Crisis On Our National Forests: Reducing the Threat of Catastrophic Wildfire", House Resources Committee

Decision-making focus of Stewardship program - Jim Shackelford, U.S. Forest Service Assistant Region 5 Director, said there is a real problem with fuels management and habitat loss in the forest, Herald and News

Watershed restoration to reap vast benefits, Daily Astorian

Accord to protect forest near Gold Bar from development, Everett Daily Herald

The Thursday Oct. 9, 2003 R6 Update, USFS

The Thursday Oct. 2, 2003 R6 Update, USFS

Logging with a light touch - Patch of woods owned by the Girl Scouts needs careful thinning to reduce fire danger, Medford Mail Tribune

Amid Flames and Fuel, Artist Wields a Pencil, Los Angeles Times

Plundering of forests must end, Register-Guard op-ed

Potential for bias raised on spotted-owl review, Seattle Times

The Spotted Owl Review - Will a new review of the Spotted Owl's Status Lead to Better Protection, Or Worse?, Tidepool ebbTIDE

Mt. Ashland: Ski area comments go to USFS, Medford Mail Tribune

Tribes set to release forest plan - Klamath Tribes' plan for former reservation lands key to negotiations for reacquisition, Klamath Falls Herald and News

Mount Hood NF - Man sentenced to jail, cleanup of illegal dump, Oregonian

Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal on tussock moth spraying, SF Chronicle AP

Healthy Forest Militia Gives Forest Service the Boot, Infoshop News / EF! journal

Putting Hoyt's tree treasures to work, Oregonian

Mount Hood NF: Scofflaw shooters force limits, Oregonian

Project tests tree-thinning plan - City hopes venture improves forest, Puget Sound Business Journal

Burn the Forest for the Trees - It's time for Smokey Bear to retire, for the good of the woods, Seattle Weekly

Forest bill would boost thinning projects, create Oregon center, Tahoe Daily Tribune

Senate bill protects old growth, Bend Bulletin

Wyden timber plan follows natural path - Loggers and environmentalists must work together to reach goals, Statesman Journal editorial

Spotted owl population drops sharply, Post Intelligencer AP

Congress Considers Forest Practice Compromise, Oregon Public Broadcasting

A better forest plan Bush should support changes, back funding, Register-Guard editorial

Umpqua NF - Meeting focuses on fixing sick lake, Register-Guard

Pistol-packin' citizens patrol Western parks - Unpaid 'rangers' help Forest Service, but some fret about weapons and vigilantism, CS Monitor

Let science direct forestry, Oregonian letter

More oversight for Forest Service, Oregonian letter

Forest service leads Agenda 2020 western forestry research, USFS

A forest education program hits 40, Capital Press Ag News

Old shooting sites to be new rec area - Cleaning up, clamping down along Snoqualmie's Middle Fork, Post Inteligencer

Forest Service `takes back' Middle Fork Snoqualmie land, King County Journal

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF: Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Watershed ATM EA, USFS

Forest Service plan alters access to Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Post Inteligencer

The Thursday Sept. 25, 2003 R6 Update, USFS

Pisgah NF: Forest Service purchase of tract near Lake James is good news for WNC recreation, environment, Asheville Citizen-Times

USFS/Cradle of Forestry: Program creates scientists from high school students, Asheville Citizen-Times

Alabama Nature Conservancy, USDA Forest Service working to preserve forests, Auburn Plainsman

The next environmental war: Exotic species, Greenville News

Cherokee and Nantahala NFs - Cherohala Skyway offers mountain vistas without crowds, Daily Sentinel

Acorns mean more oak trees - 'Growing Native' to gather acorns October 18th, Cumberland Times-News

The national forests belong to the people, News & Advance editorial

Fight looms over logging, Lynchburg News and Advance

Purpose of forests questioned, Lynchburg News & Advance

Forest loss rate up sharply - Since 2000, A-C lost 2 percent of tree cover, Athens Banner-Herald

Forest land vanishing in Carolinas - Charlotte region lost 20%, Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Regions Leading The State In Loss Of Forests, NCPIRG

Sumter NF: Lake proposal gathers steam, The State

Pisgah NF: Forestland preserved in McDowell, Citizen Times

Down and dirty Airborne ozone can alter forest soil, USFS North Central Research Station

Ground-level ozone degrades soil, study says, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

$42.7M sought to battle ash borer - Beetle attacks 6 million trees in Michigan, Lansing State Journal

Michigan asks U.S. for $42 million to fight ash borer, MLive.com - NewsFlash AP

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: 25 years of nature and fighting, Star Tribune

The BWCA Today: An Uneasy Truce - The 1978 agreement that protected a huge tract of wilderness in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has held firm, but the hard-won compromise might be fragile, Saint Paul Pioneer Press

Foresight 25 years ago helped BWCA thrive today, Pioneer Press editorial

BWCAW: The Law and Its Legacy, Pioneer Press

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie plants delay Will Co. power plant, Chicago Sun Times AP

Student group protests store's role in logging endangered forests, Poughkeepsie Journal

Office Depot says environmental protestors are misguided - Grassroots environmental groups critical of company's paper supplies, Boca Raton News

Win or Not, It's Time to Fight the Right Fight, Timberjay editorial

Bats may reveal clues about forest health, Pittsburgh Tribune Review

171,000-Acre CT Headwaters Now Protected (NH) - $11 million from USFS, Trust for Public Land

Nature Conservancy and Logging Contractor H.C. Haynes Find Balance Between Commerce and Conservation, The Nature Conservancy

Ottawa ranger offers update, Ironwood Daily Globe

Ottawa NF meeting set, Ironwood Daily Globe

Zoning panel rejects appeal, Ironwood Daily Globe

Boreal Forest Fires Send Mercury to Northeast U.S., Environment News Service

Ravenous Rabbits Threaten Chicago Trees, Yahoo! News

"Wisconsin's Appalachia" - Worthless timber cutover peddled as rich farmland 100 years ago, Stevens Point Journal

Sen. Stevens' Tongass rider imperils communities, Anchorage Daily News op-ed

25,000 public comments pour in on roadless rule - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to decide if Tongass NF will be exempted temporarily, Juneau Empire

Interior Appropriations Bill to Moves to Conference - Tongass Rider Still an Issue!, Alaska Rainforest Campaign

Alaska's not-so-permanent frost - With winters warming eight degrees in three decades, large sections of northern forests are collapsing into swamps of melting permafrost, CS Monitor

Wildlife author killed, eaten by bears he loved, Anchorage Daily News

Up in Smoke - $500,000 for Chugach NF Kenai trail and huts sent south to fight fires in the West, Anchorage Daily News

Forest Service Loses $35 Million a Year on Logging the Tongass, Environment News Service

Taxpayer Losses and Missed Opportunities - How Tongass Rainforest Logging Costs Taxpayers Millions, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council [PDF]

Tongass Timber Myths Busted in New Economic Report, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council [PDF]

Study eyes losses in Tongass sales, News-Miner

Alaska land swap gets House panel OK - Berners Bay: Some say it's an uneven trade, Anchorage Daily News

It's Hillbilly Heaven vs. Park Service - Road Leads to Alaska-Size Standoff, Washington Post

Papa's passage, Anchorage Daily News