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NATIONAL NEWS
Coalition seeks end to RAT fee - North Idaho No-RAT (Recreation Access Tax) Coalition seeks repeal of Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, Bonner County Daily Bee
Wheels vs. Wilderness, Salt Lake Tribune
House panel studies motorized recreation on public lands, Gannett News at Reno Gazette-Journal
The West's defender of wild places - An architect of the Wilderness Act, Stewart Udall still knows 'good wilderness' when he sees it, Los Angeles Times
Anti-logging activists besieged - A logging war continues between farmers who have seen their hills stripped of trees and wealthy landowners who have reaped profits from lumber sales, New York Times at El Universal

Give simpler forest rules a chance, The Daily Inter Lake editorial
Don't close Angelina NF Sawmill trail, Lufkin Daily News op-ed
Debate rages over cypress - Sustainability is in dispute as loggers gear up to cut 80 yr old second growth, The Sun Herald
Forest Service sets sights on unmanned aircraft - The vehicles could relay data to help track, fight blazes, Sacramento Bee
That Tree Stood for So Much, Los Angeles Times
Jerry Franklin - Leadership Interview, Forest Certification Watch
Who do you want managing our National Parks?, PERC: Property and Environment Research Center

Group Calls for More Fire Use in the Southwest - Forest Guardians' review of USFS fire use in the southwest finds widespread failure to utilize fire as a cost-efficient and ecologically superior management tool, Forest Guardians
Company-Community Forestry Partnerships: From Raw Deals to Mutual Gains?, International Institute for Environment and Development
Revenue Enhancement: Good v. Evil, Forest Policy - Forest Practice
Catch-22 and Maladaptive Organizations, Forest Policy - Forest Practice
WORLD NEWS
Anti-logging activists besieged - A logging war continues between farmers who have seen their hills stripped of trees and wealthy landowners who have reaped profits from lumber sales, New York Times at El Universal
Museum's rain forest up for sale, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Camphor forest gazetted for educational use, Malaysia: New Straits Times
New markers of climate change, Society for Experimental Biology
Johor expands buffer zones, New Straits Times - Malaysia

Goodall makes plea for Africa: Renowned chimpanzee researcher implores crowd to seek solutions - Logging by big Western timber companies is gobbling African rain forest ... Clear-cuts turn rain forests into deserts, Aspen Times
Seed of extinct date palm sprouts after 2,000 years - When the Romans invaded ancient Judea, thick forests of date palms towering up to 80 feet high and 7 miles wide covered the Jordan River valley, San Francisco Chronicle
Forest SOS on illegal mining, The Calcutta Telegraph
Lobby protests forest evictions, East African Standard
Bark is worse than its bite, Belfast Telegraph
The new world of Haida Gwaii, The Vancouver Sun



Greenpeace Forest Crimes Unit surrounds Kimberly-Clark headquarters - Kleenex manufacturer targeted for destroying Canada's Boreal forest, including Ontario's Kenogami Forest, Canada NewsWire
Company-Community Forestry Partnerships: From Raw Deals to Mutual Gains?, International Institute for Environment and Development
Artistry From the Rainforest, Albuquerque Journal
Plans to link fragmented forests, Malaysia New Straits Times
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Coalition seeks end to RAT fee - North Idaho No-RAT (Recreation Access Tax) Coalition seeks repeal of Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, Bonner County Daily Bee
Kootenai NF will prepare EIS on environmental effects of timber harvest, prescribed fire, and watershed rehabilitation in the Marten Creek project area on the Cabinet Ranger District, Federal Register

Give simpler forest rules a chance for Flathead NF, The Daily Inter Lake editorial
Scorched Earth; Greens Stick to Obstructionist Tactics, Colorado Springs Gazette editorial
Rock Creek analogy collapses, The Missoula Independent
Local citizens invited to see rare Fringed Orchid in bloom on USFS Sheyenne National Grassland, Times Record

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Environmentalists to present conservation plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, The Daily Sentinel

Proposed Hills land deal raises hope and criticism - RMEF would add ranch to Black Hills National Forest, Rapid City Journal
Wilderness at issue in Bighorn forest plan, Casper Star-Tribune at Billings Gazette

Officals rebute roadless directive claims, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
BLM hopes to OK 1,000 new permits, Gillette News-Record
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Hopi to sue Forest Service, Gallup Independent
Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications Reach Milestone in Construction of Discovery Channel, i-Newswire
The West's defender of wild places - An architect of the Wilderness Act, Stewart Udall still knows 'good wilderness' when he sees it, Los Angeles Times
Lincoln NF: Smokey Bear Days, Alamogordo Daily News

Tribal council endorses legal action over business expansion at sacred site - Lawsuit against feds gets the go-ahead, Native American Times
Coronado NF: Keep it clean, Tucson Citizen editorial
Prescott NF: Too hot to ride? Take your horse camping, San Tan Monthly at Arizona Republic
State to tackle climate change - 2 groups to work on plans for cutting Ariz. greenhouse gases - A state forest-health task force already has a subgroup at work on a study of the effects of climate change and variability on Arizona's forests, The Arizona Republic
Rumored Mexican viper not to be found in Four Corners - U.S. Forest Service safety managers may have contributed to the rumor mill, The Daily Sentinel

Group Calls for More Fire Use in the Southwest - Forest Guardians' review of USFS fire use in the southwest finds widespread failure to utilize fire as a cost-efficient and ecologically superior management tool, Forest Guardians
It's Time to Fight for Valle Vidal, New Mexico News Service
Hopi Plan Action against Forest Service, Indian Country Today at ENN KRT Wire
Invasive species fuel lowland fires - Persistent nonnative plants change the biological face of desert areas, Arizona Daily Star
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
District ranger receives national award - Clark Tucker receives award from Forest Service chief Dale Bosworth, Green River Star
Wheels vs. Wilderness, Salt Lake Tribune

Environmental groups sue over proposed phosphate mining on Caribou-Targhee NF, Grand Forks Herald
Environmental groups sue BLM, Forest Service, Pocatello Idaho State Journal
Forest Service upholds expanded heliskiing plan for Bridger-Teton and Caribou-Targhee NFs, Casper Star-Tribune
Battle of the Bighorn: Humboldt-Toiyabe NF, Los Angeles Times
Wild Horses: BLM keeps herd in check - Roundup focuses on young, old animals so that those between can thrive, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Why the trail was closed, Salt Lake Tribune letter
No compromise on Jarbidge road- Shovel Brigade locks horns with Forest Service, Great Old Broads again, Elko Daily Free Press
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
The Shasta-Trinity National Forest proposes to authorize a 30-year term permit to Seven Resorts, Inc. to build and operate a resort marina at Turntable Bay on Shasta Lake, Federal Register
OHV route review ends Sept. 30 - The forest service will soon limit the trails bicylists, equestrians and quad riders can use on the Lassen National Forest, Lassen County Times

Objections Stop Six Projects in National Forests - Logging plans are delayed amid complaints over how public was notified, Sacramento Bee
Logging stopped, impacts not shared, Red Bluff Daily News AP
More nature to see for free - Adventure Pass: Fewer areas within nearby national forests now require the $5 display tag, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Angeles NF: Officials consider reservoir project - Excavation proposed to remove tons of sand, L.A. Daily News
That Tree Stood for So Much, Los Angeles Times
Tahoe's bears are fussy about fish, Reno Gazette Journal at Contra Costa Times
Cleared brush helps fence in fire, Riverside Press-Enterprise

No more drilling in Los Padres, Ventura County Star
Council opposed to mining plan in Angeles NF, Los Angeles Daily News
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Timber counties offer deal to state, Tillamook Headlight-Herald
Senate Democrats pressured to vote against Forestry budget - Conservationists oppose what they call aggressive logging while lawmakers cite the need for "an expected level of harvest", Oregonian
Tillamook Burn, rebirth focus of talk - A Crossroads Lecture will cover the hand planting of 72 million Douglas fir seedlings in the state forest
Cities have new forests land bank - Superheated housing market makes Community Forest Authorities valuable, Daily Astorian

Gifford Pinchot NF: Copper Mine Possible North of St. Helens; Outdoor Enthusiasts Fear Project Would Taint Health of Residents, Environment, The Columbian
Jerry Franklin - Leadership Interview, Forest Certification Watch
Timber companies sue for reparations - Companies say the government owes them for money they lost when courts stopped their projects, Oregonian

Timber companies sue for reparations - Companies say the government owes them for money they lost when courts stopped their projects, Oregonian
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
DNR Forest Service to Test Health of Trees at Government, State House Using Special MRI-LIKE Equipment - Trees identified as having potential decay problems, Maryland DNR
Protecting America's spaces, Charlotte Observer op-ed

Sale saves more ancient forest, The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Don't close Angelina NF Sawmill trail, Lufkin Daily News op-ed
Debate rages over cypress - Sustainability is in dispute as loggers gear up to cut 80 yr old second growth, The Sun Herald
Restoring a swamp's trees - Logging operations are just part of the strategy for replenishing rare Atlantic white cedars in the national wildlife refuge, The Daily Press

High-tech plan set to protect refuges - Surveys devised to map invasive plants, stem wildlife-habitat threat, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Kirtland's warbler numbers hit high - Most counted in Crawford, Ogemaw counties, Record-Eagle
Forest harvest not bad, Dayton Daily News
Museum's rain forest up for sale, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Project highlights housing boom: the development of open space into high-end residential property, Bennington Banner

Northern Forest Revisited, Bangor Daily News editorial

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