NATIONAL NEWS
Unsalvageable: Burned on the Biscuit - Despite angry environmentalists, rotting timber, and unenthusiastic logging companies, the
Bush administration is determined to push logging on roadless land burned by the Biscuit Fire in southwestern Oregon, High Country News
WORLD NEWS
Saving lives by saving trees - The rapacious destruction of precious forests and the short-term profits that motivate this must be confronted, even if progress is slow and the difficulties considerable, Taipei Times
Vampires Prey on Panama - Blood-sucking bats take a bite out of cattlemen's profits, but scientists say the creatures are too valuable to wipe out, Los Angeles Times
Beazley 'capitulated' on forests - The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has accused Opposition Leader Kim Beazley of losing his ticker over protection for Tasmania's native forests, The Daily Telegraph AAP
Corky Evans on Making the Woods Work - Markets are good, logging can be honourable, and the left must lay claim to the language of the right to achieve its goals - The debate has to evolve, The Tyee
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Taming fire threat - Five years after Jasper blaze, Black Hills has escaped another catastrophe But persistent threat prompts timber industry to propose further thinning, Argus Leader
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Getting deep in the forest - Middle schoolers mull problems of resource management during spring field day, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Unsalvageable: Burned on the Biscuit - Despite angry environmentalists, rotting timber, and unenthusiastic logging companies, the Bush administration is determined to push logging on roadless land burned by the Biscuit Fire in southwestern Oregon, High Country News
A political fungus in the forests - Lawmakers' meddling in the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests has driven logging to unsustainable levels, Portland Oregonian editorial
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Development finds the Gorge - The sale of the land sets a major precedent in the Gorge, where there is little private property among the sea of forest service land, The Smoky Mountain News
Flocking to town - The world's eyes are on a quiet corner of Arkansas after birders get a glimpse of the ivory-billed woodpecker, Star-Telegram
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Off-road rage - Environmentalists, ATV owners deeply split on use of four-wheelers in Adirondack Forest Preserve, Times Union
