NATIONAL NEWS
Conflict-of-Interest - FSEEE has filed the first-ever petition calling for the appointment of independent judges to hear citizen appeals of timber sales, Yuba.net News
A Rotten Legacy in the Making - Former U.S. Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck fears the environmental record George Bush may leave in his wake, Tidepool - Writers on the Range
Utah Wilderness Appeal Rejected - Federal court sends case allowing oil and gas exploration back to the original judge, who will hear the challenge from environmentalists, Los Angeles Times
Nun shot dead in Amazon - American nun Dorothy Stang defended rain forest from illegal loggers and ranchers, Reuters News
Local power - Call it collaboration or consensus, a new book explores ways Westerners can get things done with less conflict, Headwaters News
WORLD NEWS
Cut logging, gain jobs - Report: Saving a third of coastal lands from logging could yield a $200-million economic boost, study claims, Vancouver Sun
Nun shot dead in Amazon - American nun Dorothy Stang defended rain forest from illegal loggers and ranchers, Reuters News
Swept Into the World - Ancient knowledge saved endangered tribes from the tsunami, but the aid that poured in from outside could imperil their future, Los Angeles Times at Newsday
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Utah Wilderness Appeal Rejected - Federal court sends case allowing oil and gas exploration back to the original judge, who will hear the challenge from environmentalists, Los Angeles Times
Scientific tampering - Political pressure, commercial concerns often override findings by agency researchers, watchdog survey finds, Newsday
Survey: Science, politics at odds - Politics trumps science when it comes to the government's role in protecting endangered species and the environment, federal scientists said in a new survey, USA Today
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Utah Wilderness Appeal Rejected - Federal court sends case allowing oil and gas exploration back to the original judge, who will hear the challenge from environmentalists, Los Angeles Times
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
A line in the snow - Frosty acrimony between snowmobilers and cross-country skiers, Los Angeles Times
Eye on the mountains - The U.S. Forest Service provides a Central Sierra Avalanche forecast, Sierra Sun - News
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
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
Mattson gains top award - William Mattson is the chief insect ecologist at the USFS North Central Research Station, Ironwood Daily Globe