Forest Service in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Elemental and Natural - Forests, Fire and Recovery, Counterpunch
Cutting through smoke - As forest fires mount, one tragedy points to a system in trouble, US News and World Report
Beyond red extreme: Black means Stay Out of the forest, North County Times editorial
Forest Service IT workers win outsourcing competition, Government Computer News
Forest Service to cut IT jobs, Federal Computer News
Forest Service catches breath on competitive sourcing, Government Executive News
Backwoods brouhaha: Undoing the Roadless Rule, The HooK News
Feds pass roadless headache to states - States may have a say in forest protection — but can they afford it?, High Country News
'Conservation' strategy is a wolf in sheep's clothing, High Country News essay by Chris Wood
Tree farmers join enviros to fight new roadless logging rule - Odd Couple In Forest Road Fight, Casper Star Tribune AP
Lindstrom takes stand on roadless rule - "The commercialization of national forests and national parks is way out of hand," retired USFS Walt Rule said, Summit Daily
Chopping down protections, Arizona Daily Star op-ed
A fork in the road for forests - No danger from changes, Arizona Daily Star op-ed
Without the roadless rule, weeds will rule, Bozeman Daily Chronicle letter
One step taken to rein in pesky all-terrain vehicles, Writers on the Range at Summit Daily
Should the Forest Service log the beetle-killed trees in Basin Creek? 72 percent NO, 26 % YES - Take online poll results with a big grain of salt, Montana Standard editorial
Utah's forests are under siege - Age, beetles and drought killing off vast stretches of spruce trees, Deseret Morning News
Tribe and tribulations - Winnemem say raising dam would harm life, Redding Record Searchlight
Mine cleanup improves river's water, Durango Herald
Group of Trees in Wis. Forced Into the Future - Experiment Bathes Aspens, Birches and Maples In Ozone and Carbon Dioxide to Study Changes, Washington Post
Fee Demo for access to public land cannot be supported, Summit Daily News - Writers on the Range by Sen. Larry Craig
Forest Service Technology Employees Submit Winning Operations Bid, Washington Post
Landmark tree falls prey to vandals - 'Farthest North Spruce Tree', Fairbanks News-Miner
Tree doctor's branch of pathology on tap, Washington Times
Vandalism plaguing public lands, Helena Independent Record
The Trailer Menace, USFS
Today's campers like their communing with nature to come with high-tech comforts, Times Union
Boomer wanderlust has RV makers optimistic, Post-Intelligencer
How much ancient forest do you have in your home?, Greenpeace
Lumber's price tags bring good, bad news - Wood products firms are nailing profits; customers aren't so happy, Portland Tribune
Environmental Groups Prevail - Lawsuit Halts Iron Honey Timber Sale, The Ecology Center
Idaho Panhandle NF: Appeals court blocks timber project - Ruling against USFS plan pleases environmentalists, Spokesman Review
Iron Honey project nixed by appeals court ruling, KPBX Spokane Pubic Radio
Lands Council vs. USFS - The 9th Circuit Opinion on the Idaho Panhandle NF Iron Honey Project, US Court of Appeals
Multiple use group's injunction denied, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Protecting national land, Charlottesville Daily Progress editorial
Put the brakes on off-road vehicle abuses, Ravalli Republic op-ed
NPC Newsmaker News Conference Sept. 1 on OffRoad Vehicle Use on Public Lands, U.S. Newswire
Alaska: Overturning 'Roadless rule' is logical step, Juneau Empire editorial
State role in roadless rule decisions touted - Forest Service chief Bosworth says new approach will be beneficial if governors 'do it right', Rocky Mountain News
Roadless Rhetoric Misleads: USFS Regional Forester Harv Forsgren, Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Keep roadless lands free of industry inroads, SF Chronicle op-ed
Paving the way on roadless issue, Denver Post editorial
D.C. and drilling - Area residents concerned about San Juan NF roadless HD Mountains should note White House actions, Durango Herald editorial
Federal managers told to protect wildlife, delay some energy projects, SF Chronicle AP
Interior May Delay Oil and Gas Projects - BLM Officers Can Defer Leases on U.S. Lands While Resource Plans Developed, Washington Post
Smokey's Misleading Message, Alameda Times-Star op-ed
WORLD NEWS
Collaboration to strengthen national and international trade controls for Ramin urgently needed, Traffic International
Illegal logging a threat to prized timber - Illegal Asia trade in Ramin is rampant, monitoring group says, Reuters - Kuala Lumpur
Ramin briefing document, Traffic International
Framing the Picture: An Assessment of Ramin Trade in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, Traffic International
Thai activists demand protection after murder of conservationist, Agence France-Presse
Forest fires spread across E. Kalimantan, Jakarta Post
Forest guard arrested in Portugal for setting wildfires, Agence France-Presse
Greenpeace demands to save the unique Komi nature, Russia Forest News
Dadia Forest Reserve in the mountainous north of Greece, Kathimerini News
Illegal loggers ordered to pay 840,000/-, Tanzania Guardian
Threat to Rain Forest: The Amazon raiders - Squatters seize government-owned land by force in hopes of cultivating jungle for soybean crop, cash, Newsday
U.S., Panama Sign Second Debt for Nature Swap, Environment News Service
Battle royal over monarch habitat - Illegal logging by armed gangs a big threat to villages, butterfly reserve in Mexico, San Francisco Chronicle
Raw logs leaving B.C. may soon face an export tax - Critics say sales to the U.S. and others result in fewer processing jobs for B.C. millworkers, Vancouver Sun
British Columbia Mulls Tax on Exports of Raw Logs, Sun Reports, Bloomberg News
Eco-group joins logging fray - RAN claims 'People for Pemberton' drive has netted 1,000 letters to Weyerhaeuser, Whistler Question
Pesticide chemotheraphy for land: Chief, Thunderbay Source
Growing Aboriginal Forest Ranger Program, Thunder Bay Source
Court win for green protesters, The Age
Both sides claim win in battle of forest, The Australian
Greenies win payout, Melbourne Herald Sun
Picnic prompts forestry censorship row, ABC News
WA police break-up forest protest camp, Green Left Weekly
Forestry union threatens action in pay dispute, ABC News
Forestry Tasmania accused of new logging trials, ABC Tasmania News
Survivors of the ax are being loved to death - Tourism threatens Japanese forest, Agence France-Presse at IHT
Environmentalists, tourism operators seek forests protection, ABC Tasmania News
Protesters stand tall for the tuarts, ABC News
Protection sought for nature sites, Nine MSN
'Strips of life' in logged areas, The Mercury
Sumatra: Killer in the flash, Malaysia Star
Farmland Fight Moves to Isolated Argentine Woods, Yahoo! News
A Plan to Privatise the Amazon?, Tierramérica News
Seeing the Forest - Piecemeal efforts to protect tropical forests cannot do the job, Foreign Affairs
How much ancient forest do you have in your home?, Greenpeace
Siberian forest fires partly to blame for Seattle area violating EPA ozone limit, University of Washington
Pandas back from the edge of extinction - Cutting down trees and road construction are the major causes of decreasing the size of habitats for pandas, Aljazeera.Net
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Fire on the mountain: Unfettered flames an effective tool for Wilderness management, Ravalli Republic
Helena NF: Heavy rains show how fire leaves slopes open to erosion, Billings Gazette
Lincoln landslide- Snow/Talon fire, Helena Independent Record
Should the Forest Service log the beetle-killed trees in Basin Creek? 72 percent NO, 26 % YES - Take online poll results with a big grain of salt, Montana Standard editorial
Blackfoot River drainage imperiled, with others, group says, Montana Standard AP
This year is proving to be a difficult season for finding huckleberries, Missoulian
Arboreal old-timers on Mount Helena Ridge, Helena Independent Record
Sleds back on track in parks, Casper Star-Tribune
Park Service Revs Up Snowmobile Use in Yellowstone, Environment News Service
U.S. Would Allow 720 Snowmobiles Daily at Yellowstone, New York Times
No Snowmobiles, New York Times editorial
Feds try again to jam snowmobiles into Yellowstone, Idaho Statesman editorial
Environmental Groups Prevail - Lawsuit Halts Iron Honey Timber Sale, The Ecology Center
Idaho Panhandle NF: Appeals court blocks timber project - Ruling against USFS plan pleases environmentalists, Spokesman Review
Iron Honey project nixed by appeals court ruling, KPBX Spokane Pubic Radio
Lands Council vs. USFS - The 9th Circuit Opinion on the Idaho Panhandle NF Iron Honey Project, US Court of Appeals
Multiple use group's injunction denied, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
A Hard Look at the Bitterroot "Burned Area Recovery Plan", National Forest Protection Alliance and The Ecology Center
Bitterroot Forest clarifies working relationship, communication with county, Ravalli Republic
Stevi district ranger fills in at Nez Perce NF, Ravalli Republic
Vandalism plaguing public lands, Helena Independent Record
Put the brakes on off-road vehicle abuses, Ravalli Republic op-ed
Floods trail would trace route of natural disaster, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Report says Blackfoot mines ripe for cleanup, Missoulian
Some weep as willows felled in downtown Spokane park - Trees removed for Convention Center work; replanting planned, Spokesman Review
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Greens: Wilderness will shrink under Bighorn alternatives - Forest Service says it is working toward multiple-use mandate, Casper Star-Tribune
Unique settlement gets both sides away from long legal process, Gillette News-Record
Off-road vehicles off limits - Forest Service closes Botany Canyon to vehicles after citizen complaints, publicity, Rapid City Journal
Black Hills NF: Group takes comments on off-road travel, Casper Star-Tribune
Ranchers ready to fight prairie dogs, Rapid City Journal
Group asking to reclaim land for Indian sobriety camp, KOTA News
Despite efforts, land slow to heal after drilling - Area's carbon dioxide wells feed hungry Texas oil industry 500 miles away, Durango Herald
Lindstrom takes stand on roadless rule - "The commercialization of national forests and national parks is way out of hand," retired USFS Walt Rule said, Summit Daily
Maybe it's best: Kill Fee Demo, Summit Daily op-ed
No free lunch, no free rescue, Summit Daily op-ed
Public lands getting crowded, Aspen Daily News
San Juan NF: Public-Comment Period Extended for Northern San Juan Basin Coal Bed Methane Draft EIS, USFS
Mine cleanup improves river's water, Durango Herald
Forest Service aids cleanup of old mines, Denver Post
Balancing the forest, Durango Herald
VR steps up with Vassar deal, Vail Daily editorial
Keystone rezoning gets the nod, Summit Daily News
All hail the maple family, Vail Daily
Searching for 'shrooms, Aspen Times
Aphid attack on Aspen's cottonwoods called 'worst ever' by local expert, Aspen Daily News
Dillon asks, 'To cut or not to cut?', Summit Daily
D.C. and drilling - Area residents concerned about San Juan NF roadless HD Mountains should note White House actions, Durango Herald editorial
Paving the way on roadless issue, Denver Post editorial
State role in roadless rule decisions touted - Forest Service chief Bosworth says new approach will be beneficial if governors 'do it right', Rocky Mountain News
Vail Resorts buys Vassar Meadows for USFS land swap, Vail Daily News
About that Forest Service bill, Vail Daily News op-ed
IMBA volunteers talk tools, trails, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
San Juan NF: Fire crew watching burning tree, Durango Herald
Black Hills NF: Off-road changes get hearing, Rapid City Journal
Law. Co. board agrees with Meade Co. on off-road vehicle use in forest, Black Hills Pioneer
Riflepit logging project approved, Rapid City Journal
Black Hills NF: Riflepit Project - Public Involvement Documents for Review, USFS
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Philips site proposed for new Forest Service office in Albuquerque, Albuquerque Tribune
Cibola National Forest; New Mexico; Tajique Watershed Restoration Project: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, Federal Register
Death of Bosque Trees May Be Due to Groundwater Chemicals, Albuquerque Journal
New pack of Mexican gray wolves will be released in Gila Wilderness this week, Silver City Daily Press
Animas Creek spared from poisoning, Silver City Daily Press
Delaying tactics could result in forest disaster, Prescott Daily Courier editorial
Legislators tout their work on Arizona forest health legislation, White Mountain Independent
Chopping down protections, Arizona Daily Star op-ed by Sky Island Alliance Matt Skroch
A fork in the road for forests - No danger from changes, Arizona Daily Star op-ed by USFS Harv Forsgren
Expand Petrified Forest, Arizona Daily Star editorial
USFS, Yavapai Ranch land exchange - McCain should make it happen, Arizona Republic
Finally, a case is made for land swap, Arizona Republic letter
New Mexico Out to Help 2 Species in 'Peril': Sand dune lizard and Jemez Mountains salamander, Albuquerque Journal
Roadless Rhetoric Misleads: USFS Regional Forester Harv Forsgren, Albuquerque Journal op-ed
D.C. and drilling - Area residents concerned about San Juan NF roadless HD Mountains should note White House actions, Durango Herald editorial
Canopy of Trees Comes Down on Silver Avenue, Albuquerque Journal
A Little Arsenic is good for the soul, The New Mexican
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Salmon-Challis NF: Cutting through smoke - As forest fires mount, one tragedy points to a system in trouble, US News and World Report
Some fires in Boise National Forest will be allowed to burn - But crews will be sent if blazes are human-caused, Idaho Statesman
Forest Service to use lightning as tool - Lightning-caused fires can clear trees, restore the environment, Spokesman Review
Input wanted on forest travel directive, South Idaho Press
Utah's forests are under siege - Age, beetles and drought killing off vast stretches of spruce trees, Deseret Morning News
Backcountry Feud - Helicopter skiers and canyon preservationists battle over mountain access, Salt Lake City Weekly
Grazing permit transfer plan draws fire - Other uses for land might be recreation or conservation, Deseret Morning News
Ashley National Forest, Flaming Gorge Ranger District: Cedar Springs Marina Upgrade Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, Federal Register
East Shore fire drill - Officials, residents happy with practice, Reno Gazette-Journal
Land Sales Aimed at Fueling Growth - State's lawmakers say selling off federal land will spur growth. Foes see it as a giveaway, Los Angeles Times
Unusual alliance forms to clean mining wastes from Utah canyon, SF Chronicle AP
Partners to clean up mine pollution - Saving watersheds: Private landowners, government and environmentalists pitch unity to get rid of toxic minerals, Salt Lake Tribune
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Elemental and Natural - Forests, Fire and Recovery, Counterpunch
First of Apple Fire salvage areas auctioned, Roseburg News-Review
Forest Health Subcommittee comes to Sisters - How Well Was B&B Fire Fought?, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Deschutes Forest debate topic: Is there need for speed? - Walden holds hearing in Sisters; uninvited enviros appear anyway, Bend Bugle
Forest Advocates Come Uninvited to Central Oregon GOP Events, Portland IMC
Bend Pine Nursery changes hands, Bend Bulletin
Text of Veneman's remarks at Bend Pine Nursery, Bend Bugle
Kids on hand as Pine Nursery changes hands, Bend Bugle
Anger afoot along 31-mile Klickitat Trail - Despite tension between users and landowners, upgrades and a higher profile are coming to the route that follows a rail bed
Norton calls for more volunteers to improve parks, Albany Democrat-Herald
Eyeing Chief Joseph's land, Oregonian
Linn board opposes Oregon forest ballot measure, Albany Democrat-Herald
Timber Sale without controversy - Tomatillo sale on Umpqua National forest could be a groundbreaking example of cooperation between timber industry, environmentalists, Roseburg News-Review
Thinning the norm for Siuslaw National Forest, Roseburg News-Review
Timber harvest can enhance owl habitat, Roseburg News-Review letter
Biscuit Logging Project: Fiddler Mountain- Babyfoot Lake area threatened, Siskiyou Wild Rivers Campaign
Latest campaign developments, Siskiyou Project News
Protestor Locked to 250 pound Stump outside Umpqua Bank, Portland IMC
Oregon Forest Defenders Occupying Senator Wyden's Office, Portland IMC
Forest Advocates Occupy Senator Wydens Office, Portland IMC video
Kitzhaber takes on forest deadlock, Register-Guard op-ed
Noise increasing over proposed ban on gas motors - The U.S. Forest Service is floating a proposal to ban all motorboats on Waldo lake, Statesman Journal
Backcountry hunters, anglers: Don't lock up the land, Mail Tribune
Cascadia cathedral - Opal Creek hike brings out the child in all of us, Silverton Appeal Tribune
Response to Lake Whatcom logging plan worries local leaders, Bellingham Herald
Port Townsend: State law makes city manager throw damper on water-for-revenue idea, Peninsula Daily News
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Support efforts to restore cypress forests, Baton Rouge Advocate editorial
Tree farmers join enviros to fight new roadless logging rule - Odd Couple In Forest Road Fight, Casper Star Tribune AP
Backwoods brouhaha: Undoing the Roadless Rule, The HooK News
Clinch Coalition Responds, Kingsport Times News letter
We must act now to save our wild and mighty Chattooga River from desecration, Asheville Citizen-Times
George Washington NF tree picked for Capitol, Times Dispatch
Restoring Sweetgrass to the South Carolina Lowcountry, USFS Southern Research Station
Mock fire drill to be held at Kisatchie NF Fort Polk, Leesville Leader
USFS: Lake Okhissa project back on track, The Daily Leader
Davy Crockett National Forest Resource Advisory Committee seeks project proposals, Lufkin Daily News
Forest One and Texas Forest Service Awarded USDA Forest Service Research Grant to Address Critical Pine Beetle Infestation in the Southeast Using Geospatial Technologies, Directions Magazine
Ozark-St. Francis NF: History, nature found at Blanchard Springs, News-Leader
Bark Camp Timber Sale: Bid packages sent; coalition letters followed - George Washington and Jefferson NF, Coalfield Progress
Protecting national land, Charlottesville Daily Progress editorial
Pisgah National Forest: What is causing a spike in bacteria in Lake Powhatan? - Popular mountain lake closed by high bacteria levels, Asheville Citizen Times
King of the swamp - A mighty cypress and the characters of Cat Island, MSNBC
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Scientists study trees to get to root of pollution debate - Researchers in northern Wisconsin examine the effects of high levels of carbon dioxide and ozone on forests, Duluth News Tribune
Superior NF: Forest plan draft: More cutting, motorized trails, Cook County News-Herald - Grand Marais, Minnesota
Off-road ride ban proposed on federal land, The Detroit News
Huron Manistee NF: Public comment sought on Grayling well, Record-Eagle
Report says drilling in Grayling would not be loud, Bay City Times
USFS orders closure of some campgrounds on Grand Island in effort to reduce problems involving black bears, Detroit Free Press
Wayne NF: Judge hears timber sales arguments, The Ironton Tribune
Controversy swirls around Mt. Sunapee expansion, Union Leader
Green Mountain NF: City ditching abandoned reservoir property, North Adams Transcript
Town considers best use for its public forest, Brattleboro Reformer
Judge hears arguments over disputed timber sales in Wayne National Forest, Akron Beacon Journal
Authority aims to refile logging case - Bethlehem agency checking whether its solicitor can prosecute in theft of watershed trees, The Morning Call
Logging the old-fashioned way, Mitchell County Press-News
Horse power aids Fish Creek, Ashland Daily Press
New Jersey beetle infestation is wider than thought, Philadelphia Inquirer

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