Forests in the News : June 1-13, 2005

NATIONAL NEWS

Forest Service Making Improvements To Recreation Fee Sites Nationwide For Enhanced Visitor Services, USDA Forest Service

Jury still out on forest fees, Whittier Daily News editorial

Valles Caldera Open for Mountain Biking, for $20, Albuquerque Journal

National forest fee sites are trimmed, Eugene Register-Guard

Forest Service ends some recreation fees - The cost of using national forest sites that have amenities such as toilets and trash cans will remain, Oregonian

Deschutes ends fees at 7 sites, Bend Bulletin

Some U.S. Forest Service rec. fees dropped, WDUN News

Cherokee eliminating nearly half its user fees - Will cost national forest about $50K a year in revenue, Knoxville News-Sentinel

Forest Service re-examines fee structures, KOLD News

Fee-free areas increase on road to Lemmon, Tucson Citizen

Sawtooth abolishes trailhead fees - Controversial 'experment' ends under new legislation, Idaho Mountain Express

Bow Wow! Tenaya Lodge Rolls Red Carpet for Rover, Business Wire

ARC Announces Initial Beacon Award Winners, American Recreation Coalition

Slick names belie Bush's horrid policies, Twin Falls Times-News

Roadless Rage, The Missoula Independent

Roadless Rumble - Schweitzer Tells Bush Off on Roadless Change, New West

Wyoming's roadless questions linger, Casper Star-Tribune

Gov. Huntsman Won't Petition On Roadless Issue, KUTV News

Reopening forests to industry the right way to aid rural communities, East Valley Tribune editorial

Forest Service, San Ildefonso Pueblo settle 50-year-old land claim, Star-Tribune AP

Simulator helps in fighting wildfires - Forest Service aims to increase aerial firefighting safety, Sacramento Bee

Fire managers worry West could dry out all at once, North County Times AP

US Forest Service are running with 1/3 of normal large air tanker capability, but do not see benefit of Il-76 Waterbomber, Profindpages News

Johanns Awards $4.4 Million For Woody Biomass Utilization Projects, USDA News

Johanns Announces More Than $860,000 In Urban And Community Forestry Grants, USDA News

Senator Burns vows to protect Fuels for Schools, Ravalli Republic

Harvesting a lost forest - A company retrieves a scarce commodity -- old-growth logs -- from the Columbia River, The Oregonian

For some in Yakutat, Timber sale spells grief - Salvage logging the blowdown caused by clearcuts: the first roadless timber sale in a U.S. national forest, Juneau Empire

Stouder Selected To Lead Forest Service's Research Program For Wildlife, Fish, Watershed And Air, USFS

Tags, chips start to sub for cattle branding, Oregonian

World Bank breaks promises on forests, Bretton Woods Project

Shrimp Industry Devastating Mangrove Forests, Interpress News

Date Palm Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seed, The New Mexican

Peaks' sacred essence key to tribes' fight vs. Snowbowl - Forest Service to rule on snowmaking soon, Arizona Republic

Pueblo Land Deal Announced - San Ildefonso Pueblo would buy approximately 7,700 acres of Santa Fe National Forest land, Albuquerque Journal

Sawtooth NRA land giveaways totally inappropriate, Idaho Mountain Express guest opinion by Coalition of Concerned Forest Service Land Managers

Rainbow Family looks for happier visit, The Charleston Gazette

Gov. Schweitzer says state can't assess forest roads, Missoulian

Plan for roadless research bashed, The Daily Inter Lake

Gov. Owens inks bill creating roadless areas task force, Summit Daily News

Owens paves way for roadless input, The Daily Sentinel

Testing Spirits around hot Springs, Idaho Mountain Express

China becomes largest destination of US hardwoods, Xinhua News

Foresters warn: No Kyoto carbon sinks, National Business Review

Oregon Legislature Calls for Repeal of Unpopular Federal Recreation Fee Program, Wild Wilderness

Fatally flawed: A few problems with Bush's "ownership society", Missoula Independent

No Pay to Play - Federal fees to use wildlands come under state attack, The Source Weekly

New user fee shifts Tongass funding to where it's needed, Juneau Empire editorial

Global Forest and Paper Summit: Bottom Line vs Conservation, Environment News Service

Getting to the root of forest-type definitions, Mail Tribune

No end to this Rainbow, Missoula Independent

Conservation icon plans a final campaign: Sequoia, Post-Intelligencer

Poachers endanger Kentucky's ginseng - Dye, tracking used to protect root, The Courier-Journal

Logging gang felled in Amazon raids, The Times

Ecologists, Diaspora Up In Arms Against Planned Iran Highway - Planned construction of new highway would wreak havoc on one of Armenia's last remaining virgin forests, Radio Free Europe

Forest Service May Sell Some Staff Facilities - The agency proposes to put 20% or more of its buildings on the auction block to raise funds for new construction and deferred maintenance, Los Angeles Times

New Mexico Officials Ask Congress To Transfer Land To Land Grant Heirs: Privatization of millions of acres of federal public land including large parts of Santa Fe and Carson national forests possible, AzJournal News

In-house wisdom, or White House meddling? - Forest Service insiders say the President's Council on Environmental Quality added new corporate rules to the agency's planning program, Boise Weekly

Forest Service reprisal against whistle-blower, Albuquerque Tribune editorial

FSEEE raises pesticide concerns, Albuquerque Tribune

Paying to Play - Privatization of America's public lands is "common sense" environmentalism for the Bush Administration, Dissident Voice

Paying to play (part 2) - Privatization of America's public lands proceeds at a rapid clip, Working for Change

This Message brought to You By..., Forest Magazine

Inner Voice: Summer 2005, FSEEE

Liquid Assets, Forest Magazine

From Forest to Faucet - Mike Dombeck interviewed, Forest Magazine

Reading Water, Forest Magazine

Managing for Scarcity, Forest Magazine

Just Add Water, Forest Magazine

Forest rangers' jobs change with times, Durango Herald

Hard to believe, Los Alamos Monitor editorial

Timber towns told to take reins in debate - Find forest solutions locally, Dombeck urges, Missoulian

People-First Forestry, Forest Magazine

Environmentalists wary of Forest Service's collaborative plans, Ravalli Republic

Beware of planting aggressive 'pioneer' trees - Some species are quite disruptive, so know the facts before proceeding, San Francisco Chronicle

Alerce: From Thousand-Year-Old Sentinel to Traffickers' Booty, New York Times

WORLD NEWS

Shrimp Industry Devastating Mangrove Forests, Interpress News

People of the Forest: Amazon Indians fear highway will change their way of life, Mail & Guardian

As Amazon Crops Grow, a Forest Shrinks, Washington Post

The Amazon Can't Be a Soy Farm, Christian Science Monitor editorial

Moth outbreak threatens hemlocks at national park, CBC News

Next year worst for beetles, Williams Lake Tribune

Operators say Robson logging affecting tourism, Robson Valley Times

Protection from logging, mining urged for 41 per cent of Vancouver Island, Canadian Press - The Province

A chain-saw massacre: book review of "The Golden Spruce", Contra Costa Times

Summary of the Europe and North Asia 'Forest Law Enforcement and Governance' Preparatory Conference, FLEG Bulletin - International Institute for Sustainable Development

Russia to tackle growing threat to its forests, Yahoo! News AFP

In Russia, opportunity grows on trees, The Hindu Business Line

Armenia's Shikahogh Nature Reserve and Mtnadzor Forest at Great Risk, PR Newswire

British tree species will make way for continental neighbours - Beech and birch could be replaced by walnuts and Corsican pine as climate change shapes the face of British woodlands, edie news centre

Northern Ireland opportunity to save Borneo's forests, Northern Ireland News

Monrovia: Forest Resources Risk Depletion, The Analyst

Kenyan rights group condemns eviction of indigenous minority - Ogiek evicted from Mau forest home, Angola Press

Kenya: Ntimama Accuses Kanu of Land Fraud, The Nation

World Bank breaks promises on forests, Bretton Woods Project

Logging threatens Borneo species - Illegal logging will lead to the extinction of rare species, BBC News

Indonesia: Minister of Forestry Bans Imported Woods for Aceh's Rehabilitation, Tempo-Interactive News

In Indonesia, orangutans get a second chance at life in wild, Los Angeles Times at Seattle Times

Clearing the land for those with connections, Bangkok Post

'Make degraded forest land available to paper industry', New India Press

Greens Senator Wins Partial Halt to Tasmanian Logging, Environment News Service

Debus agrees to forest logging meeting, ABC News

Otways gains national park status, ABC News

Park leaves timber fighting tourism, The Australian

Gulaga Forest Vigil a focal point: compartment 3046, Narooma News

Forests saved, Koalas spared, Narooma News

A Koala's Guide To The Treetop Buffet, Australian National University

Logging in State forests deplored, Bega News

Logging revelation - Solomon Islanders are losing millions of dollars to foreign logging companies, Solomon Star News

Protesters attack PNG forestry bill, 7news AAP

PM taken to task again, PNG Post-Courier

Environmental protest angers PNG prime minister, ABC News

Conventional Logging Blamed For Dwindling Timber, Malaysian National News Agency :: Bernama

Musa: Forests won't be depleted, Malaysian Star

Want to know Mindanao's vegetative cover? Mindanao Mapping project, Mindanao News

Madagascar: Tapia forests and water supply projects get World Bank funding, IRIN News - Reuters

Illegal chainsaw operations pose threat to environment, Ghana News Agency

Anglesey: It will be a good red squirrel year - experts, Independent Online

Wentwood Forest: Campaign to save ancient woodland, BBC News

Armenian Government Road Would Slash Rare Nature Reserve, Environment News Service

Armenia Tree Project , website

Environmental journalism program celebrates 10 years of history and grant for its future, Michigan State University Newsroom

New UN map shows Latin American forests depleted by cattle ranching, UN FAO

Rain Forest "Lungs" Myth Goes Up in Smoke Over the Amazon, Los Angeles Times

WWF warns that Borneo's forests could be destroyed within a decade, Yahoo! News AFP

Borneo lowland forests face extinction - WWF, Reuters AlertNet

Indonesia: NGOs seek support for review of land decree, Jakarta Post

19 sawmills suspended: DENR, Mindanao Times

Forestry law ire, PNG Post-Courier

New Forestry Bill queried, PNG Post-Courier

China becomes largest destination of US hardwoods, Xinhua News

Protesters block and chipmill entrance, Eden Magnet

Illegal logging and pulp fiction, The New Zealand Herald

Foresters warn: No Kyoto carbon sinks, National Business Review

Brazil arrests civil servants in crackdown on Amazon logging trade, UK Independent

Dozens held over Amazon destruction, The Guardian

Logging gang felled in Amazon raids, The Times

Rain forest plunder: 86 held, The Scotsman

Brazil Police Arrest 78 Officials and Businessmen in Crackdown on Illegal Logging, ENN AP

Dozens nabbed in Brazil logging crackdown, Times-Leader AP

Brazil busts major Amazon logging gang, arrests 89, Yahoo! News - Reuters

Swoop on Brazilian logging gang, BBC News

New logging permits banned in Amazon state, Herald-Leader

Brazil Fells Massive Amazon Timber Fraud Ring, Environment News Service

A Brazil That Can Say No, Los Angeles Times editorial

The Amazon at risk, The New York Times at IHT

Rio's poor sprout life anew on denuded rain forest hillsides - Slum dwellers have rooted 4 million trees in their backyards, San Francisco Chronicle

A Call for Action to Save Forests through Cooperation, WWF International / World Bank

Changing planet revealed in atlas - Satellite images reveal how the environment has changed dramatically in recent decades, BBC News

Global Forest and Paper Summit: Bottom Line vs Conservation, Environment News Service

Siberian forests fall far faster than the Amazon - Fire is destroying Siberian forests faster than the chainsaws rip through through the Brazilian Amazon, edie news centre

Taking root in Africa, Boston Globe editorial

U.S. Ambassador Makes Chimpanzee Protection a Priority, Environment News Service

Madagascan Police Intercept Illegally Logged Wood, Planet Ark : Reuters

Ecologists, Diaspora Up In Arms Against Planned Iran Highway - Planned construction of new highway would wreak havoc on one of Armenia's last remaining virgin forests, Radio Free Europe

B.C.: Mountain Pine beetle outbreak continues to build, Hope Standard

Shrimp farm owner facing charges, Bangkok Post

Anti-illegal logging task force head shot in Butuan, The Philippine Star

Illegal logging not just about smuggling timber, The Jakarta Post

Forest industry rejects foresty-cancer link claims, ABC News

Brown's forest victory, The Mercury AAP

Court sends Wielangta logging matter to trial - Greens Senator Bob Brown says the court action is a fight to save wildlife in the Wielangta forest, ABC News

Govt to push Gunns' pulp mill project, ABC News

Gunns activist gets big award, The Mercury

Hundreds Protest Canada's Forest Destruction At Global Forest Summit, Canada NewsWire

British Columbia: Logging ban urged to protect caribou, Canadian Press

Plan to spray central Alta pine and spruce questioned, Calgary Herald

Province to respond to forestry report, CBC New Brunswick News

Minister defends another forest study, CBC New Brunswick News

Beetle a Boon and Blight for Canada's Timber Industry, Planet Ark- Reuters

Spraying and public forests don't mix, Toronto Star - Red Deer Advocate editorial

Stop profiting from shrinking Amazon, New York Times editorial at Taiwan News

No letup in onslaught on rain forest, Toronto Star

Alerce: From Thousand-Year-Old Sentinel to Traffickers' Booty, New York Times

Huge rise in Siberian forest fires puts planet at risk, scientists warn, The Guardian

Fire threat to Siberia's forests, BBC News

A toast to timber: a three-day festival of all things wooden, Daily Post: North Wales

Timber utilization contract faces bleak future, Ghana News

Madagascan Police Intercept Illegally Logged Wood, Planet Ark- Reuters

Protesters arrested during logging blockade, ABC News

Tasmanian conservationists make appeal to French Govt, ABC News

Fishers fear logging may harm water catchments, ABC News

Forest Fight Flares, Narooma News

Log old growth not regrowth, says miller, Collie News

Anti-illegal logging task force head shot in Butuan, The Philippine Star

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON

Unlikely partners unite on the environment - Allies: Such diverse groups as nature lovers and hunters find they are stronger together, The Baltimore Sun

Senator Burns vows to protect Fuels for Schools, Ravalli Republic

Wyden , Smith Secure Funds For Oregon Natural Resource Projects, Gold Hill News

Pueblo Land Deal Announced - San Ildefonso Pueblo would buy approximately 7,700 acres of Santa Fe National Forest land, Albuquerque Journal

Sawtooth NRA land giveaways totally inappropriate, Idaho Mountain Express guest opinion by Coalition of Concerned Forest Service Land Managers

Entire National Landscape Conservation System in Jeopardy, Environment News Service

National Park Service: Revenues Could Increase by Charging Allowed Fees for Some Special Use Permits. GAO Report

Fatally flawed: A few problems with Bush's "ownership society", Missoula Independent

Oregon Legislature Calls for Repeal of Unpopular Federal Recreation Fee Program, Wild Wilderness

Boise fire officials moving to D.C. - NIFC leader, 16 to 19 others to be reassigned, The Idaho Statesman

Goodlatte Reviews New Forest Planning Rule - 2004 Rule Streamlines Expensive and Cumbersome Planning Rules, House Committee on Agriculture

NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho

Roadless Rage, The Missoula Independent

Roadless Rumble - Schweitzer Tells Bush Off on Roadless Change, New West

Montana wants help with roadless areas, Star-Tribune

Roadless input will be good thing, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake editorial

Put forest restoration ideas to work - Forest Service's Middle East Fork project represents a healthy change in approach to forest management, Missoulian editorial

Senator Burns vows to protect Fuels for Schools, Ravalli Republic

9th Circuit denies request to shut down Lewis and Clark Trail logging, Missoulian

Group presses for Mike Horse Dam removal, Missoulian

Group urges state to remove dam, Great Falls Tribune

Conservation group calls for removal of Mike Horse Dam, Independent Record AP

Group file suit to protect wolverines, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

'Last Log' spells end for mill, Billings Gazette

Rock Creek still trying to dismantle mine decisions - Group might join foes in appeal of ruling, Bonner County Daily Bee

Ninemile Ranger Station veterans gather for 75th anniversary, Missoulian

Log truckers put on brakes - Plum Creek doesn't pay enough for them to stay in business, The Daily Inter Lake

Park Service taking heat on Yellowstone cell towers, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Panel of scientists lends expertise on Middle East Fork project, Ravalli Republic

Gov. Schweitzer says state can't assess forest roads - Montana wants help with roadless areas, Missoulian

Plan for roadless research bashed, The Daily Inter Lake

Montana to Fight Spread of Noxious Weeds, ENN AP

Lack of logic, Bigfork Eagle letter

Fatally flawed: A few problems with Bush's "ownership society", Missoula Independent

Clearwater NF: Judge approves Idaho timber sale on historic trail, Seattle Times

Salvage loggers race against decay, possible court order, The Lewiston Tribune

Anticipated hordes of Lewis and Clark fans never materialized, Star-Tribune AP

An Iowa native has been named supervisor of the Helena National Forest, WQAD News

Roads around Helena sloppy; Mike Horse dam remains stable, Helena Independent Record

Current danger - Mike Horse threat to Blackfoot clear, Missoula Independent

No end to this Rainbow, Missoula Independent

Bitterroot NF: Ravalli, Missoula leaders mull future of planned resort, Ravalli Republic

Rehberg undermines Forest Service plan, Billings Gazette letter

Federal Court Upholds Key Healthy Forests Provision, The Heartland Institute

Clearwater NF Wendover Ridge: Judge reviewing Idaho salvage logging, Missoulian

Old-Growth Cut Down in Roadless Wildland Along Historic Lewis and Clark Trail on Clearwater National Forest as Part of "Healthy Forest Initiative" Project, Native Forest Network

Timber towns told to take reins in debate - Find forest solutions locally, Dombeck urges, Missoulian

People-First Forestry, Forest Magazine

Environmentalists wary of Forest Service's collaborative plans, Ravalli Republic

Grant funds whitebark pine study, Billings Gazette

Helena NF: Mac Pass biathlon plan worries neighbors, wildlife group, Helena Independent Record

Clearwater and Nez Perce NFs forest plans to be revised by 2005 NFMA regs, Federal Register

Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle NFs forest plans to be revised by 2005 NFMA regs, Federal Register

Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo NFs forest plans to be revised by 2005 NFMA regs, Federal Register

In the Footsteps of History, Forest Magazine

USFS finishing Mickinnick Trail, Bonner County Daily Bee

Swan Valley group gets grant to study pines, Missoulian

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Optimism takes root 3 years after Missionary Ridge Fire, Durango Herald

Lawsuit seeks to bar 2 methane wells, Denver Post

Feds scrambling to keep up with surge in drilling, Aspen Times

Endangered places: Canyon of the Ancients among those threatened, Durango Herald

CMC eyes Forest Service land for future campus, Summit Daily News

CMC lunge for Forest Service land could take years, Summit Daily News

Another lift to get on Vail Mountain?, Summit Daily News

Remembering Bobcat - Today marks 5th anniversary of devastating wildfire, The Daily Reporter-Herald

Berthoud Pass ski lodge torn down - Many see the building's fall as a tragedy. But the Forest Service hails a new era for the scenic area, Denver Post

Documentary tells story of U.S. Forest Service, Aspen Times

Pike & San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands: Land Management Planning--Transition to 2004 Planning Rule for Previously Initiated Plan Revision, Federal Register

Arapaho and Roosevelt NFs: Canyon Lakes Ranger District Re-issuance of Long Draw Reservoir Special Use Authorization to Occupy National Forest System Land, Federal Register

Wyoming's roadless questions linger, Casper Star-Tribune

Medicine Bow-Routt NFs, BLM release DEIS for the Rock Creek Integrated Management Project, Federal Register

Black Hills National Forest, Bearlodge Ranger District, Wyoming, Dean Project Area Proposal and Analysis, Federal Register

Black Hills NF: Man charged with vandalizing rock in Craven Canyon, Rapid City Journal

Gov. Owens inks bill creating roadless areas task force, Summit Daily News

Owens paves way for roadless input, The Daily Sentinel

Hefty project aims to improve Straight Creek's water quality, Summit Daily News

Perry headed to Washington, D.C., Rapid City Journal

Feds halve the cost of Maroon Bells season pass, Aspen Times

This Message brought to You By...,: Black Hills NF, Forest Magazine

Prairie: Where is Here?, Forest Magazine

Forest rangers' jobs change with times, Durango Herald

Making most of money a challenge then, now for Forest Service, Durango Herald

Climber dies in fall on Bells, Aspen Times

Happy 100th to the USFS, Wet Mountain Tribune

Event this Sunday to mark Forest Service's 100th, Wet Mountain Tribune

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico

Coconino NF: Snowmaking approved at Snowbowl, tribes head to court, Arizona Republic

Tribe: See you in court - Vow to fight move to use wastewater on sacred site, Native American Times

Snowbowl gets nod to make snow from treated wastewater - Native Americans have opposed idea on religious grounds, Arizona Republic

Coconino NF: Snowmaking upheld; Court fight next, Arizona Daily Sun

Regional Forester Affirms Snowbowl Improvement Project, Ski Press World

Valles Caldera Open for Mountain Biking, for $20, Albuquerque Journal

Fat tires to again roam Valles Caldera, Los Alamos Monitor

Federal funding set for Valles Caldera Preserve at $5.15 million, Los Alamos Monitor

Forest Service, San Ildefonso Pueblo settle 50-year-old land claim, Star-Tribune AP

San Ildefonso's land claim settled, Los Alamos Monitor

Forest Service re-examines fee structures, KOLD News

Fee-free areas increase on road to Lemmon, Tucson Citizen

Officials to close almost all of Tonto National Forest to campfires, Arizona Republic

Cibola National Forest instituting fire restrictions, KRQE News

Reopening forests to industry the right way to aid rural communities, East Valley Tribune editorial

Ranchers, Environmentalists Agree It's Time for a Change for Grey Wolf, Albuquerque Journal

Mexican Gray's Presence in Wild Challenged, Albuquerque Journal

Beating the Brush - The Arizona Trail gets eight miles closer to being done, Tucson Weekly

Pueblo Land Deal Announced - San Ildefonso Pueblo would buy approximately 7,700 acres of Santa Fe National Forest land, Albuquerque Journal

Endangered: National Fish Hatchery and Fish Technology Center, The New Mexican

Peaks' sacred essence key to tribes' fight vs. Snowbowl - Forest Service to rule on snowmaking soon, Arizona Republic

Canadian firm buys Santa Rita Mountains mine site, Green Valley News & Sun

Board seeks answers on Santa Cruz outage, Green Valley News & Sun

Santa Fe NF: Forest Road Saved; Emergency Repairs Provide Access to Popular Campground, Albuquerque Journal

Mining in the Valley Vidal: Stealing beauty or seizing opportunity?, The New Mexican

N.M. Trails, Monuments, Wilderness Among Endangered Areas on List, Albuquerque Journal

Santa Fe's Forest Guild Awarded Woody Biomass Grant, Congressman Tom Udall

Rio Grande Flooding Flushes Away Debris, Gives Trees a Good Soaking, Albuquerque Journal

Mining firm will buy Santa Ritas tract - Copper dig is iffy in area studied for preservation, Arizona Daily Star

Forest Service reprisal against whistle-blower, Albuquerque Tribune editorial

FSEEE raises pesticide concerns, Albuquerque Tribune

Hard to believe, Los Alamos Monitor editorial

Kaibab NF: Plea is for old-growth trees, Arizona Republic

Smaller air tankers playing bigger role during fire season, Arizona Republic

Gila Wolf Eludes Pursuers, Albuquerque Journal

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming

Dixie Forest deal pleases managers, wilds activists, Deseret Morning News

Hatchet job, The Herald Journal

Utah roadless areas in danger? - Huntsman sees no need for petition; greens say inaction could doom forests, Salt Lake Tribune

Gov. Huntsman Won't Petition On Roadless Issue, KUTV News

Scars on the mountain, Standard-Examiner

Heber Ranger District of the Uinta NF will be preparing an EIS to analyze authorization of livestock grazing by updating allotment management plans (AMPs) on three grazing allotments, Federal Register

Wyoming's roadless questions linger, Casper Star-Tribune

Sawtooth abolishes trailhead fees - Controversial 'experment' ends under new legislation, Idaho Mountain Express

Environmentalists fail to stop logging near Lewis and Clark trail, KBCI News

Retiring forest official Jerry Reese sought to manage for long haul, Pocatello Idaho State Journal

Wildmen for wildfires, Twin Falls Times-News

School gets first biomass heat system, Idaho Mountain Express

Resort: Yes to new hotel, maybe not for gondolas, Idaho Mountain Express

Sawtooth NRA land giveaways totally inappropriate, Idaho Mountain Express guest opinion by Coalition of Concerned Forest Service Land Managers

Testing Spirits around hot Springs, Idaho Mountain Express

Caribou NF: Agency rejects appeal on mine, Casper Star-Tribune

A number of new trails making tracks in Top of Utah, Standard-Examiner

Living with grizzlies, Star-Tribune

Boise fire officials moving to D.C. - NIFC leader, 16 to 19 others to be reassigned, The Idaho Statesman

It's up to volunteers to keep up trails, Star-Tribune

Forest plan would open up Reno's back yard - Martis Strategy covers mountains west of city, Reno Gazette-Journal

Coalition envisions trail from Reno to Tahoe Rim, Reno Gazette-Journal

Volunteers sought in burned areas, Reno Gazette-Journal

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California

Jury still out on forest fees, Whittier Daily News editorial

Bow Wow! Tenaya Lodge Rolls Red Carpet for Rover, Business Wire

F.S. to reduce off-road vehicle use in Klamath National Forest, Sierra Times

Plan to kill bighorns draws protests, Los Angeles Times at Casper Star-Tribune

Endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Face Culling, Environment News Service

State wants to kill endangered bighorns, KESQ News

Lawsuit aims to spark search for wolverines, Redding Record Searchlight

Eldorado NF: Forest maps under review in Georgetown, Auburn Journal

Lumber dispute coming to a head - State water panel to rule on harvesting, San Francisco Chronicle

Fire season now in effect - Officials urge residents to keep proper clearance, Sierra Star

Simulator helps in fighting wildfires - Forest Service aims to increase aerial firefighting safety, Sacramento Bee

Attack helicopter, one-of-a-kind U.S. - Forest Service flight simulator help pilots battle summer blazes, The Argus

Fire lookout offers unusual overnight experience, Redlands Daily Facts

Forest replanting begins in Idyllwild, North County Times

YMCA deal preserves redwoods, Oakland Tribune

Cleveland NF: No increased protection for endangered onion, Riverside Press-Enterprise

Plan to Kill Bighorns to Protect Herds From Disease Protested, Los Angeles Times

OHV users upset West Point residents, The Calaveras Enterprise

Conservation icon plans a final campaign: Sequoia, Post-Intelligencer

Angeles NF: The quads are back in town: Off-road park reopens after cleanup, San Gabriel Valley Tribune

San Bernardino NF: Ride Sky Chair to mountain biking and hiking trails, U-Redlands Daily Facts

Anger Piqued Beneath a Peak - A plan for luxury homes on the road to the Mt. Whitney trailhead stirs fears that the stunning vista will be marred, Los Angeles Times

Snowed in all summer? Highway 2 may not open this year, several sections still buried deep under winter snowfall, Victorville Daily Press

Klamath NF: Salamander identified using DNA, Mt. Shasta News

Timber in Southern California Still Yielding Low-Grade Opportunities - Drought, Insects, Fire Create Brief Window of Low-Grade Salvage Timber, Industrial Reporting, Inc.

Fuels reduction workshop set, The Union Democrat

Beware of planting aggressive 'pioneer' trees - Some species are quite disruptive, so know the facts before proceeding, San Francisco Chronicle

First female fire lookout blazed pioneering trail, Redding Record Searchlight

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington

Forest Service ends some recreation fees - The cost of using national forest sites that have amenities such as toilets and trash cans will remain, Oregonian

National forest fee sites are trimmed, Eugene Register-Guard

Deschutes ends fees at 7 sites, Bend Bulletin

Oregon makes big plans for recreational trails, The Seattle Times

Growth cuts access to public trails, Bend Bulletin

Mount Hood NF: ATV riders' abuse closes 11,000 acres, Statesman Journal

Forest Service to Determine Colville National Forest's ORV Access - New OHV Route System Underway in the Colville NF, ATV Rider Magazine

Commissioners not satisfied with new Umpqua NF Steamboat road closure plan, The News-Review

Short trail offers look at Rogue-Umpqua Divide, Mail Tribune

Deschutes NF: Historic Fall River Guard Station being renovated, Bend Bugle

Harvesting a lost forest - A company retrieves a scarce commodity -- old-growth logs -- from the Columbia River, The Oregonian

Wyden , Smith Secure Funds For Oregon Natural Resource Projects, Gold Hill News

Lawsuit seeks to protect reclusive wolverine in West, Mail Tribune

Wild animals may get bridges to cross I-90, Post-Intelligencer

Forests in Oregon: standing at a crossroads, Oregonian

USFS gives $250,000 local biomass grant, Wallowa County Chieftan

Umpqua NF: Volunteer host needed at Eagle Rock, Statesman Journal

No Pay to Play - Federal fees to use wildlands come under state attack, The Source Weekly

Oregon Legislature Calls for Repeal of Unpopular Federal Recreation Fee Program, Wild Wilderness

Text of Senate Joint Memorial No.4, Oregon Legislature

Legislative History of Senate Joint Memorial No.4, Oregon Legislature

Forest passes waived June 4, The Port Townsend Leader

Oregon timber harvest up in '04, Bend Bulletin

National housing boom boosts harvest of Oregon timber, Register-Guard

Mill shortage trims timber effort; BLM plans forum, field trip to explain thinning project, Mail Tribune

Home grown housing, Bend Bulletin

Oregon Companies Receive Nearly $1.2 million In Federal Investments For Biomass Utilization, Applegate News

Blazing new trails - 10-year plan focuses on making Oregon's paths more accessible, Statesman Journal

Trove of rock art wasting away - Clues link up the agents that are involved in a chain reaction contributing to the ruin of petroglyphs in Hells Canyon, Oregonian

Managing a national forest's conflicts - Ranger Andrei Rykoff leads the Clackamas River district through the turmoil of layoffs and the tangle of diverging interests, Oregonian

Taking a Stand on Timber: Environmental groups, Eugene councilors want old-growth logging stopped in the McKenzie watershed, Eugene Register-Guard

Reading Water, Forest Magazine

The Thursday May 26, 2005 R6 Update, USFS

State, feds to update murrelet plan in Elliott forest, Coos Bay World

Salmon Drift Watershed Council receives grant, Newport News-Times

Forest Festival Perserveres Despite Logging Decline, Kitsap Sun

Forest Festival shows off skills, The Olympian

SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Cherokee eliminating nearly half its user fees - Will cost national forest about $50K a year in revenue, Knoxville News-Sentinel

Some U.S. Forest Service rec. fees dropped, WDUN News

Forest Service promises to protect trout stream in timber sale, WDUN News

Prehistoric Decline Of Freshwater Mussels Tied To Large-scale Maize Cultivation, Southern Research Station - USDA Forest Service

In search of a very rare bird deep in the Arkansas swamps, Dallas Morning News

Lord God! Good news - Rare woodpecker gives science, struggling towns, new hope, Arkansas Times

Comeback Bird - Tales from the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker, Science News

Apalachicola NF: Residents rally for lake, Tallahassee Democrat

Roan Mountain's beauty towers among grassy balds, Ohio Beacon Journal

Rainbow Family looks for happier visit, The Charleston Gazette

Tribe tries to stop logging operation - Caddo Nation says area possibly site of burial ground, Native Times

Save Lake Atoka, website

Prehistoric Decline of Freshwater Mussels Tied to Rise in Maize Cultivation, Southern Research Station - USDA Forest Service

Prehistoric decline in freshwater mussels coincident with the advent of maize agriculture, Conservation Biology

New Research Shows Invasive ''Super Termites'' Can Be Conquered, Business Wire

ORV trail proposal meeting in Broaddus, The Lufkin Daily News

Sting leads to arrests of men on hiking trail, The Sun Herald

Canine cops sharpen their skills, Lexington Herald-Leader

Chattahoochee NF: Healthy forest is good for tourism, group says, Gainesville Times

Donor gives 42 Yonah acres to USFS, White County News Telegraph

Work to resume near rare Ark. woodpecker, Miami Herald AP

A quest takes flight - Tim Gallagher's against-all-odds glimpse of an ivory-billed woodpecker has the characteristics of a myth, Orlando Sentinel

Bird-dogging the ivory-billed woodpecker, Post-Dispatch

Poachers endanger Kentucky's ginseng - Dye, tracking used to protect root, The Courier-Journal

Mammoth Cave ready for ginseng poachers, WKYT News

Ramsey's Draft offers a wild trek - Valley's awesome trees on tough and wet trail in Virginia mountains, Beacon Journal

Oklahomans Propose Better Use for Lake Atoka Forest, Surfbirds News

Officials unveil proposal to build 'hardened' off-road trails in Angelina forest, Lufkin Daily News

Forest Service working to reopen roads through N.C. mountains Pisgah NF, News 14 Carolina

Angelina NF: Meeting will examine off-road vehicle damage, Longview News-Journal

Forest's ORV trails to be discussed tonight, The Lufkin Daily News

Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association Officer and Georgia Pinhoti Trail Association Member Named Volunteer of the Year, The Weekly

EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin

Appeals Court Blocks Green Mountain National Forest Logging, Times Argus AP

Court blocks logging plans, Rutland Herald

Shawnee NF: Landowner left with debt of forest cleanup, The Southern Illinoisan

Groups sue to block Huron-Manistee NF gas well - Two groups have joined the Sierra Club to fight exploratory drilling near Gaylord, Au Sable River, Detroit News

Governor can safeguard Superior National Forest, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Chequamegon-Nicolet Natural* Forest staff studies court ruling on vegetation management projects, Rhinelander Daily News

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest responds to court order re "Northwest Howell Project", Federal Register

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest responds to court order re "McCaslin Project", Federal Register

Chequamegon-Nicolet NF, Eagle River-Florence Ranger District, intends to prepare an EIS to disclose the environmental consequences of a vegetation and transportation management project, Federal Register

Expert care critical to forests - 65% in N.Y. in private ownership, Poughkeepsie Journal

Vintage collection depicts logging life - Old logging photos shed light on lost time, The Ithaca Journal

Fund Forest Legacy, Bangor Daily News

Maple fungus blackens leaves, Bangor Daily News

Fungus infecting trees, but they can withstand it, Portland Press Herald

The River Wild - Canoeing Big Black inspires thoughts on the nature of things, The Boston Globe

Huron NF: Opponents sue to block gas exploration near Mason Tract, Detroit Free Press

Anglers to sue to stop drilling near Mason Tract, Bay City Times

Timber industry asks to enter Sierra Club case over a proposed timber management plan for the Superior NF, Duluth News Tribune

Nonmotorized designation sparks wilderness debate, Grand Forks Herald

Forest seeks public participation - Chequamegon-Nicolet NF seeks public input, Ironwood Daily Globe

Signs of acid rain in NYC watershed, Times Herald-Record

"May The Forest Be With You" - a panel discussion on the present and future of Hoosier NF and Indiana's public land, WFHB Radio [MP3]

Lawsuit claims over-cut of land, Rutland Herald

Indian Visions on National Trails Day, Send2Press Newswire

Alliance benefits Duluth forest - Duluth and the Nature Conservancy come together to protect the Magney-Snively Forest from logging and development, News Tribune

Superior NF: Gunflint ranger answers county board criticisms, Cook County News-Herald - Grand Marais, Minnesota

Chippewa NF: Forest Service, Itasca County at odds over 131-year-old right-of-way law RS 2477, Grand Rapids Herald-Review

Ottawa NF: Forest planners concerned, Ironwood Daily Globe

Logging plans open for comment, Record-Eagle

Money running out in fight against tree-killing beetle in Ohio, Detroit Free Press

Small army aims at dangerous beetle in New York - Forest firefighters enlisted to help, The Boston Globe

Green Mountain NF: Petition seeks to protect 17,000 acres of wilderness, Rutland Herald

Chippewa NF: Meadowlands depend on fire to live, Herald-Review

Wisconsin Man Takes Forest to Finished Floor, Industrial Reporting, Inc.

Logging/spray plan delayed at Gov. Dick, Lancaster New Era

ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska

For some in Yakutat, Timber sale spells grief - Salvage logging the blowdown caused by clearcuts: the first roadless timber sale in a U.S. national forest, Juneau Empire

$1 million from USFS to help Alaska communities deal with wildfire dangers, News-Miner

Watch For Spruce Aphids Warns Forest Service, SitNews

21 Greenpeace Protesters Plead Guilty for chaining themselves to logging equipment on the Tongass NF, Guardian AP

New user fee shifts Tongass funding to where it's needed, Juneau Empire editorial

Legislature helps fund for loggers, Anchorage Daily News

Dozer a good bet for Valley rail trail, Anchorage Daily News

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Whistle Stop Project on the Chugach National Forest, Federal Register