Forest Service in the News
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NATIONAL NEWS
Hug an Old-Growth Tree - Earthjustice battles the Bush administration's attempts to increase old-growth logging, Earthjustice Newsroom
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Sounding the Alarm - A Republican environmental icon takes a reasoned swipe at Bush's record, Mother Jones Magazine
Park priorities - National Park Service director tours Bandelier to show how higher fees are helping address maintenance backlog, Santa Fe New Mexican
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Road Closed - USFS travel plan for the Pryor and Beartooth mountains, The Billings Outpost
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Clearing the Bosque - San Ildefonso restores land along Rio Grande to what it was like before the invasion of nonindigenous vegetation, Santa Fe New Mexican
Nasty Little Buggers -
An Interview with Matt Rix, author of Beating the Bark Beetles: Defending Your Valuable Trees Against Bark Beetles and Other Destructive Pests, Alibi Weekly
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Agile fishers' future shaky - Three isolated populations in Oregon and Northern California should be candidates for protection, biologists say, Oregonian
Wrightwood Is Warned of Fire Threat - Hoping to avoid devastating blazes like those that hit nearby areas, the Forest Service plans logging, brush clearance, firebreaks, Los Angeles Times
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Wild about morels: Chef and cookbook author shares secrets of serving these forest delicacies, Register-Guard
Fall flood damage hampers forest access - Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF says it will be 2005 before it has money to start fixing numerous washed-out trails, roads and bridges near Darrington, Everett Daily Herald
Hug an Old-Growth Tree - Earthjustice battles the Bush administration's attempts to increase old-growth logging, Earthjustice Newsroom
Agile fishers' future shaky - Three isolated populations in Oregon and Northern California should be candidates for protection, biologists say, Oregonian
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska