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NATIONAL NEWS
Bush uproots forest conservation, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial
Management plan meets needs of forests, public, Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed by regional forester Robert T. Jacobs
Forest Service Prepares to Tackle Off-road Vehicle Problem - Will Effort Result in Real Reform or More Hollow Rhetoric?, Natural Trails & Waters Coaliton

Senate moves to fully fund Healthy Forests Act, boosts budget authority to $760 million for fuels-reduction work - Currently, the Bush Administration budget slashes funds from other vital Forest Service programs and moves those dollar amounts into HFRA without providing real new funds for the law, Bend Bugle
Hot ideas give firefighters a safety boost - From shelters to `saw-proof' chaps, innovations aim to cut hazards, Spokesman-Review at Firehouse

The Politics of Timber Theft - Steal a Tree, Go to Jail; Steal a Forest, Meet the President, CounterPunch / Dissident Voice
Dear editor: Oppose Forest Service Fees, Cleveland Daily Banner [TN]
On misusing our technology, Helena Independent Record editorial
Bush Administration Bails on Promises to Protect Communities from Wildfires - Budget Numbers Fall $285 Million Short of "Healthy Forests" Agreement, Sierra Club
Measure progress in acres, not dollars - Hold administration to its fuel-reduction goal next year, Missoulian editorial
Government Argues To Have Hayman Fire Starter Pay Restitution - Judge To Decide Whether Barton Pays $14.7 Million, The Denver Channel
Going for the Brass Ring, Timber West Journal

Federal agencies announce forest thinning guidelines - Bush orders quicker forest thinning, SF Chronicle AP
Beetlemania - Responses to Colorado's spruce beetle epidemics have mimicked responses to fire: Stomp It Out, Forest Magazine
Troubled Tahoe Trouts, Forest Magazine
Endangered Species—Surviving the Next Thirty Years by Representative John D. Dingell, Forest Magazine
Stacking Sticks, Forest Magazine
Biscuit Salvage Brouhaha, Forest Magazine
Waste Not Want Not, Forest Magazine
E-Mail Blast Seeks Data on Bush Plans For Public Lands - Group Asks Interior Workers To Identify Possible Threats, Washington Post
WORLD NEWS
Call to protect Tassie forests, The Daily Telegraph
Clash Over Aceh Road, Laksamana.Net [scroll to bottom]


Softwood talks slip to back burner, Victoria Times Colonist

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Statement of Mark Rey on USFS FY 2005 Budget, House Committee on Resources
Senate moves to fully fund Healthy Forests Act, boosts budget authority to $760 million for fuels-reduction work - Currently, the Bush Administration budget slashes funds from other vital Forest Service programs and moves those dollar amounts into HFRA without providing real new funds for the law, Bend Bugle
Opening Statement of Richard Pombo on Sierra Nevada forest logging plan - It's inadequate, House Committee on Resources

Sportsmen protest Bush's outdoor policies, Scripps Howard News Service
Myers is the wrong choice for 9th Circuit - He received a tepid endorsement from the American Bar Association, and his environmental record isn't good, Sacramento Bee op-ed

Bush Administration Bails on Promises to Protect Communities from Wildfires - Budget Numbers Fall $285 Million Short of "Healthy Forests" Agreement, Sierra Club
Funding the Caldera - State's senators want federal money to improve and open up more of the national preserve to the public, Santa Fe New Mexican

Endangered Species—Surviving the Next Thirty Years by Representative John D. Dingell, Forest Magazine
Hunting for Votes, National Review
Forest Protection Act Empowers Tribes, Environment News Service
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Gallatin Forest to hold Mining Waste meeting, Billings Gazette [scroll down]
Judge delays contempt ruling, Casper Star-Tribune
Grizzly populations spread south - USFS putting bear protection plans into the various forest plans, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Bison Killing Continues in Yellowstone, Environment News Service
It's all a haze, Casper Star-Tribune

On misusing our technology, Helena Independent Record editorial
Measure progress in acres, not dollars - Hold administration to its fuel-reduction goal next year, Missoulian editorial
Fire-ravaged forests vulnerable to erosion, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake

Cashing in on fire, Missoulian
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

GOCO gives nod to B&B grant - Land would eventually be donated to the U.S. Forest Service, Summit Daily News

Beetlemania - Responses to Colorado's spruce beetle epidemics have mimicked responses to fire: Stomp It Out, Forest Magazine
Stretch of Colo. land becomes battleground - Developers want Roan Plateau to serve 'major energy need,' but many locals fear plunder of treasured territory, USA Today
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Local Energy's Suggestion for Managing Pinon Die-off - Local Energy's Biomass Project and New Mexico Forest Stewardship, The Local Energy Meter
Gila NF: Regrettable Roundup - Laney's invoke "Ruby Ridge and Waco" fears, Albuquerque Journal
Cattle roundup begins on Diamond Bar, Silver City Daily Press

Halt the Hunt - Protestors want Sabino Canyon cougars to survive - Nearly 200 demonstrators picket the Federal Building in downtown Tucson, FOX11AZ News
Coronado NF: Killing lions, Arizona Daily Star editorial
Bear, elk lawsuits influence lion hunt - Game and Fish feels it has no other option, lawyer says, Arizona Daily Star
Other lion developments, Arizona Daily Star
Readers oppose killing Sabino Mountain lions, Tucson Citizen letters to the editor
Cougars a threat? Shoot 'em!, Tucson Citizen letters to the editor
USFS Targets Sabino Canyon Mountain Lions, Center for Biological Diversity

Funding the Caldera - State's senators want federal money to improve and open up more of the national preserve to the public, Santa Fe New Mexican
Feds confiscate rancher's cattle - Family's multigenerational livelihood threatened by government's action, World Net Daily
Sabino lions solution: Kill them - Officials say they have no choice because the mountain cats show no fear of humans and, in fact, are stalking them, Tucson Citizen

Scientists Letter, Forest Trust
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Ponderosa plan presented to trustees, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Planners OK Eagle Ridge plan - Provision in plan provides 40-foot public access easement to USFS lands, Record-Courier

Dallas to head three districts, Elko Daily Free Press
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Logging in Sierra Continues Under New Plan - Loggers are now allowed to eliminate a wider range of trees in hopes of bolstering fire safety, The Hornet
Opening Statement of Richard Pombo on Sierra Nevada forest logging plan - It's inadequate, House Committee on Resources
Ponderosa plan presented to trustees, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Hoopa, Yurok tribes plan settlement, Eureka Times-Standard
County fights logging decision, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Woman charts uncertain future for herself, former reservation - Land may go to Forest Service, Union Tribune
Oak disease turns up in L.A. nursery, Marin Independent Journal

The forest for the trees, Sierra Club: Daily Scoop
Symposium on redwoods set in Rohnert Park: Striking a balance between the economics of redwood forest land and protecting it, Eureka Times-Standard
Redwood Region Forest Science Symposium - A three day regional science conference exploring the conservation, management and planning of California's coastal forests and timberlands, Univ. of California
Recall fallout: Time to move on, Eureka Times-Standard

Troubled Tahoe Trouts, Forest Magazine
Report: Firefighters Unprepared For October Blazes - Firestorm Blackened More Than 13 Percent Of County, San Diego Union Tribune
Voters Reject Attempt to Recall North Coast D.A. - A timber company bankrolled the effort to remove the Humboldt County official, Los Angeles Times
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Judge says no ATVs on Hells Canyon road - The Forest Service intends to keep the road open despite the ruling, Register Guard
McDonald-Dunn Forest plan debated, Corvallis Gazette-Times

Wild Sky Refuge Faces Long Odds - A bill to protect the area in Washington state is stalled in Congress. Logging would be barred but recreation could continue, Los Angeles Times

The Politics of Timber Theft - Steal a Tree, Go to Jail; Steal a Forest, Meet the President, CounterPunch / Dissident Voice
States to offer pass for day-use areas, Corvallis Gazette-Times

Timber giant faces court fight - Lawsuit brought against Weyerhaeuser by four small alder mills challenges its expansion, Oregonian

Waste Not Want Not, Forest Magazine
Biscuit Salvage Brouhaha, Forest Magazine
Stacking Sticks, Forest Magazine
Plan needed to save endangered birds - A proposal would limit activity on beaches where snowy plovers live, Statesman Journal
Speaker shares herbicide horrors - 'Agent Orange' was used on PNW forests, Casper Star Tribune
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Blister rust: A sticky condition, Timberjay Newspapers
Firewood prices skyrocket - Price of firewood locally has gone up between 25 and 40 percent over last year, The Original Irregular
N.J. makes 'last stand' to protect Highlands - New proposals may include Morris towns in core areas of master plan, Daily Record News

Dear editor: Oppose Forest Service Fees, Cleveland Daily Banner [TN]
Harvest to protect rare pine barren, Portland Press Herald
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
Forest Service, SEACC to hold Couverden info sessions - Hearings on Chilkat Peninsula timber sale set for Hoonah, Gustavus, Juneau Empire
Sportsmen protest Bush's outdoor policies, Scripps Howard News Service

The Politics of Timber Theft - Steal a Tree, Go to Jail; Steal a Forest, Meet the President, CounterPunch / Dissident Voice

 


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