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NATIONAL NEWS
Forest Service firing official concerned about pesticide misuse - Region 3 to fire pesticide whistle-blower, Corvallis Gazette-Times AP
Forest Service and Industry Dishonesty and Fraud Exposed, Native Forest Council
Foraging for Profit - Cash crop for migrant workers, Oregon mushroom buyers, Eugene Weekly
Law Firm Sanctioned for Forest Service Suit - Judge orders developer's lawyers to pay $267,000 for a 'frivolous' action against federal workers, Los Angeles Times
Law Firm Fined Over 'Frivolous' Suit, SF Chronicle AP
Fines levied against Marina Point developer's law firm, Big Bear Grizzly
Forests' Recreational Value Is Scaled Back - U.S. Lowers Estimate of GDP Contribution, Washington Post
U.S. slashes estimated recreational value of national forests 90% - Environmentalists fear more logging could result, San Francisco Chronicle
Forest Tourism: Figures seem overly pessimistic about benefit of recreation, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Oregon State Univ Study Says Crime In Forests And On Public Lands A Growing Concern, Grants Pass News
Forest Crimes A Growing Concern, KVAL 13 - Eugene
Reservoir Logs - Timber industry turns to underwater crop, Grist magazine
New Pest Rule Will Have a Few Bugs, Critics Say - A U.S. plan to keep a forest-eating beetle out of wood packaging in imports boosts use of an ozone-depleting, highly toxic chemical, Los Angeles Times
Oregon State Univ 200-Year Experiment Changes Face Of Forest Management, Grants Pass News
Don't discourage use of prescribed fire - It takes more than chain saws to reduce forest fire danger, Missoulian
Take Pride in America Releases New Public Service Announcements With Clint Eastwood -Campaign Encourages Americans to Care for Our Nation's Public Lands Through Volunteerism, PR Newswire
Wilderness: reservoirs of freedom, Oregonian
Fossil forest points to rapid climate change, scientists say, ABC News
Ecological Overshoot: Our Gift to Posterity, Unitarian Universalist Congregation
New plan for the Great Plains: Bring back the Pleistocene, Christian Science Monitor
Kline Study to Examine Herbicides as First Line of Defense Against Invasive Plants, PRNewswire
American national forests getting 'loved to death', MSNBC News
Wildfire management for our woods: Two views, Santa Fe New Mexican
America's Public Forests Landlocked By Sea Of Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Social issues may trump science in debate over roadless areas, Pocatello Idaho State Journal
Schweitzer talks roadless realism with county reps, Ravalli Republic
Washington state sets a good example - Forest Service should do the same, by withdrawing old growth from logging, Daily Astorian editorial
High Carbon Dioxide Levels Spur Southern Pines to Grow More Needles, Duke University
Georgia moves ahead with plans for deadhead - logging, The Daily Times AP
Forest Service Scientist Uses X-Rays To Understand Wood-Decay Mechanism, Forest Products Laboratory
U.S. Loses Appeal on Canadian Lumber Tariffs Ruling, Bloomberg News
Canada claims victory in dispute with U.S. about softwood-lumber tariffs - It demands repayment of penalties by U.S. after NAFTA panel's ruling, Statesman Journal AP
Sierra Club Honors Three Members of a Mexican Forest Group, ENN AP
The forest and the IMF, Planeta Porto Alegre
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - H.R. 3420, Library of Congress -XML
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - H.R. 3420, Library of Congress -text
The truth on rec fees, Denver Post op-ed
USFS, Martinezes clash on grazing permit issue, Copper Era at Eastern Arizona Courier
Appeals court strikes down logging plan for Alaska's Tongass, Los Angeles Times at Seattle Times
Major Court Ruling in Tongass Forest Case - Federal appeals court throws out plan that favored logging, Earthjustice: Newsroom
Judge rules logging plan illegal - A Bush administration decision to stop surveying for rare species linked to older forests before harvesting is struck down, Oregonian
Judge rejects easing of logging rules, Seattle Times
Judge Says Bush's Easing of Forest Plan Is Illegal, Los Angeles Times
Federal judge strikes down change in Northwest Forest Plan - Judge blocks move by Bush administration to ease logging, Seattle Times AP
Judge Upholds Protections for Old-Growth Forests - Bush administration plan to eliminate protection for rare plants and wildlife must be reconsidered, Oregon Natural Resources Council
Threatened species: Judge rightly upholds rule protecting old-growth forests, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Money talks - Costs force abandonment of extensive national forest roads system, Daily Astorian
Grazing up the Land?, Living on Earth
Task force takes aim at NEPA, freaks out environmentalists, Grist Magazine
N.M. residents help feds assess environment act, Albuquerque Tribune
Valles Caldera: The public-land challenge - Balance of nature, Albuquerque Tribune
Former oil & gas industry leader opposes drilling in Carson NF Valle Vidal area, Star-Tribune AP
New Study Explores Patterns In Species Diversity And Genetic Diversity, University of Chicago Press Journal
America's public forests landlocked by sea of development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Homeowners Decline Wildfire Insurance, Newsday AP
Alpha female in wolf reintroduction program dies, Eastern Arizona Courier
New chapter for book industry: 'Green' printing methods, USA Today
Greening the National Map, American Forests Magazine
Grad Student Believes Wood May Replace Oil, ENN AP
WORLD NEWS
Global Consequences of Land Use, Science magazine
Squirrel 'apartheid' plan boosting red against grey, Belfast Telegraph
Kenyan parliament passes long-delayed law to protect dwindling forest cover, Yahoo! News AFP
Ont. to help failing forestry industry, Canadian Press
Canada cancels lumber meeting with U.S., Seattle Times
B.C. Forest Manager Rebuked for Ignoring Endangered Plants, Environment News Service
Uruguay's President Says Pulp Mills Will Be Built Near Argentine Border, ENN AP
Indonesia: Environmentalists criticize draft ruling on forest use, Jakarta Post
Plantation in Heart of Borneo Forest, ENN AP
Govt policy to blame for flash floods - Rapid expansion of tangerine plantations the main culprit of deforestation and the resulting flash floods, Bangkok Post
Fossil forest points to rapid climate change, scientists say, ABC News
Minister urged to keep colleague out of forestry case, ABC News
Anti-loggers lounge in protest, Yahoo! News AFP
Aussie experts help tackle Sumatra fires, Sydney Morning Herald AAP
Sierra Club Honors Three Members of a Mexican Forest Group, ENN AP
Brazil to Step Up Efforts to Stop Illegal Logging in Amazon, Bloomberg News
Tiny Uruguay Pressed by Neighbor to Halt Pulp Mills, ENN AP
U.S. Loses Appeal on Canadian Lumber Tariffs Ruling, Bloomberg News
Canada claims victory in dispute with U.S. about softwood-lumber tariffs - It demands repayment of penalties by U.S. after NAFTA panel's ruling, Statesman Journal AP
Take a Bough: Forest meets felon in John Vaillant's 'The Golden Spruce', Grist Magazine
The forest and the IMF, Planeta Porto Alegre
Loggers destroying Bosnia's forests, Terre Libere
UK Government Makes "Clear Cut" Decision on Timber, Friends of the Earth
Over 116,000 ha of forest on fire in Russian Far East, Itar-Tass
Erosion Threatening Bangladeshi Afforestation Program, Yahoo! News
Madagascar's unique forest under threat, The Observer at The Guardian
Timber companies failing to pay bid fees, Ghana News Agency
Poachers as forest guards carve out a conservation success, OneWorld South Asia News
Illegal logging goes on in Yunnan, Asia Times
From lumbermen to forest guards, Xinhua News
Japan's cuts strike at heart of forestry, The Mercury
Pristine forest bulldozed - $12 million of ferns and logs ripped from native forests, Herald Sun
Trio to stand trial over tree fern scam, ABC News
Govt won't back away from forest agreement, ABC News
Forest debate thwarted, Bega News
South Island forest under protection, Stuff- New Zealand News
Dong Phayayen-Khoa Yai Forest: Dams to be built despite protests - The National Park Board has already revoked the national park status of the site to pave the way for dam construction, Bangkok Post
Palm oil to be used to power car engines, generators, Business Times: Malaysia
Orang Asli living in fear of another landslide, New Straits Times - Malaysia News
Malaysian, Indian investors look to build Borneo paper plant, The Star -AFX
Malaysia chokes on Indonesia forest fires, Reuters
Indonesia Warns Forest Fires Could Get Worse as Haze Chokes Malaysia, Radio Singapore International
North Quezon folk welcome log transport ban lifting, Philippine Daily Inquirer
DENR allows log transport out of Aurora and Quezon, Philippine Daily Inquirer
US Group Sees Red In Rising Popularity Of Palm Oil, Dow Jones News
Mexican Woods Offer a Look at California Forests' Past, University of California, Berkeley
Foresters 'inoculating' pine trees, CBC British Columbia
War in the woods - Valley to be burned to combat mountain pine beetle, Edmunton Sun
Poisonous trees used for pestles, Ghana News Agency
Myanmar Forest Officials Receive U.S. Prize for Environmental and Wildlife Conservation, ENN AP
Happy Hallow residents lead in environment conservation, Sun.Star Baguio
China goes green for the economy - China plans to have a quarter of the country covered by forest, IOL AFP
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Undersecretary Mark Rey praises Gallatin County's open lands program, Bozeman Chronicle
Bitterroot Resort developers to present proposal for Lolo Peak, Ravalli Republic
Lawsuit filed to help endangered caribou in Idaho Panhandle NF, Seattle Times AP
Conservation Groups Call on Forest Service to Save Woodland Caribou - Selkirk Population Dwindles to Three as Agencies Promote Expanded Use of Snowmobiles in Vital Habitat, Defenders of Wildlife
Court rejects Dry Fork plan - Appeal reverses judge's approval of logging project, Great Falls Tribune
Don't discourage use of prescribed fire - It takes more than chain saws to reduce forest fire danger, Missoulian
Rep. Rehberg to join trail ride backed by supporters of motorized rec, Billings Gazette
Forest Service agrees to suspend grazing rules, take public comment, Grand Forks Herald AP
Schweitzer talks roadless realism with county reps, Ravalli Republic
Still time to comment on Front travel proposals, Great Falls Tribune editorial
Horseback riders repair stretch of Spanish Creek Trail, Bozeman Chronicle
The beginning of everywhere - From atop Montana's Lolo Peak, a connection with the 'wholeness' of wilderness takes hold, Writers on the Range
Kootenai NF: Agencies seek comment on wilderness mine, Billings Gazette
Environmental groups split over grizzlies, The Washington Post at Seattle Times
Park snowmobile study to cost millions more, Billings Gazette
Sula District approves timber salvage along U.S. 93, Ravalli Republic
Gov. Schweitzer seeks input on roadless suggestions, The Daily Inter Lake
Montana Mill Optimizes Small Log Line, Industrial Reporting, Inc.
Stimson Lumber Lays Off 120, Missoulian
Fossil poaching a growing problem - Fossil poachers proliferating on federal grasslands, MSNBC AP
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Forest Service to fire pesticide whistle-blower, The New Mexican
Forest Service firing official concerned about pesticide misuse, Union Tribune AP
Santa Fe NF: 27 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Sent from N.M. to Arizona, Albuquerque Journal
Moth Infestation Hits Pino Canyon, Albuquerque Journal
Gov. Pledges to Protect Valle Vidal, Albuquerque Journal
Governor Wants Valle Vidal Water Protected, Albuquerque Journal
Carson National Forest - Valle Vidal Land Management Plan Amendment, USFS
Carson NF: Rally for the Valle Vidal - August 19-21, Forest Guardians
Valle Vidal - Protect our national treasure, Coalition for the Valle Vidal
Rep. Wilson Flies Over Valle Vidal, Albuquerque Journal
Forest Program To Protect Vallecitos, Albuquerque Journal [scroll down]
State announces purchase of first Forest Legacy land, Los Alamos Monitor
Valles Caldera Set to Change Grazing Plan, Albuquerque Journal
Grazing Program Sought for Valles Caldera, Albuquerque Journal
Ghost Ranch Resuscitates Nearby Living Museum 6 Years After Forest Service Closed It, Albuquerque Journal
Max Cordova: The good fight, The New Mexican
Voice your Support for Mexican Wolves - Please help the Mexican gray wolf recover in Arizona and New Mexico!, Forest Guardians
Environmental groups in NM win grants from REI, New Mexico Business Weekly
Coconino NF: Officials make largest marijuana crop bust in Arizona history, The Payson Roundup
Pot farms in national forests a growing problem in Arizona, Union Tribune AP
Wildfire management for our woods: Two views, Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe NF: R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to streams, The New Mexican
Man Who Rescued Smokey Bear 55 Years Ago Recalls the Experience, Albuquerque Journal
Protester ends sit-in over axing mall trees, Arizona Republic
USFS, Martinezes clash on grazing permit issue, Copper Era at Eastern Arizona Courier
N.M. residents help feds assess environment act, Albuquerque Tribune
Environment Law Divisive; Hearing Examines Act's Effectiveness, Albuquerque Journal
Cibola NF: Logging Project Will Harm Region, Mountain View Telegraph op-ed
Meeting Looks at Forest-Use Issues, Mountain View Telegraph
Valles Caldera: The public-land challenge - Balance of nature, Albuquerque Tribune
Caldera Mineral Rights in Bill; Purchase Measure Seeks to Protect Preserve, Albuquerque Journal
Former oil & gas industry leader opposes drilling in Carson NF Valle Vidal area, Star-Tribune AP
Valle Vidal Drilling Has High-Profile Opponent, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: State Forestry attempts to give rare plant a hand, KRQE News
Vandalism Closes Carson Forest Area, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Damage control, The New Mexican
Cibola NF: Group Comes to Aid of Stranded or Injured Hikers in the Sandias, Albuquerque Journal
Dead trees puzzle landowner, The New Mexican
Collars might have killed spotted owls, KRQE News
U.S. Senate OKs bill on land swap - Rancher's patience tested, Arizona Republic
Researchers taking part in probe of climate change - How are the forests of Arizona affected by global warming?, East Valley Tribune
Land-use planning for Arizona way past due, Tucson Citizen op-ed
Activists back state trust lands reform, East Valley Tribune
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Appeals Court Stops Fishlake NF Timber Project, KUTV News
Study seeks to determine value of trees in Boise, the city of trees, KTVB News
Wasatch-Cache NF: Bumpy forest roads anger Cache officials, Salt Lake Tribune
Social issues may trump science in debate over roadless areas, Pocatello Idaho State Journal
Boise NF: Environmentalists fear gold mining near Atlanta will contaminate water supply, KTVB News
Boise to take part in national tree study, KTVB News
Trails group looks to the future - Stewardship, education is group's mission, Idaho Mountain Express
Ensign touts fast-track plan to purchase Incline Lake, Reno Gazette-Journal
Ensign says Forest Service will expedite Incline Lake purchase, Las Vegas Sun AP
County offered endowment - Washoe could get $10 million if proposal to sell land to federal government OK'd, Reno Gazette-Journal
Forest Service wants to close some roads on Reno's Peavine Peak, KTNV News
Plan may protect Peavine, Reno Gazette-Journal
Forest Service wants to close some roads on Reno's Peavine Peak, Las Vegas Sun AP
Fishlake NF: Input on OHVs sought, Salt Lake Tribune
What's legal? in Wasatch NF, Salt Lake Tribune letter
Threatened species: Judge rightly upholds rule protecting old-growth forests, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Judge halts grazing on 800,000 acres near Jarbidge, Twin Falls Times-News
Western Watersheds wins massive land use case, Sun Valley News
Judge rules nearly one million acres of public land off limits to grazing, KTVB News
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
On the trail heading toward packer permits - Forest Service seeks comments on EIS it will use to issue long-term permits, The Inyo Register
Law Firm Sanctioned for Forest Service Suit - Judge orders developer's lawyers to pay $267,000 for a 'frivolous' action against federal workers, Los Angeles Times
Law Firm Fined Over 'Frivolous' Suit, SF Chronicle AP
Fines levied against Marina Point developer's law firm, Big Bear Grizzly
Judge Slaps Lawyers With Hefty Fine, NBC Sandiego News
San Bernardino National Forest to explain fees, Big Bear Grizzly
New leader chosen for San Bernardino national forest, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Spotted owl needs help, The Olympian
Suit battles stream poison - Killing off one trout to save another isn't necessary, critics say, Sacramento Bee
Effort to rebuild Glacier Lodge now moving along - Landowner and U.S. Forest Service pleased with firm's plans after dismal offerings from contest 'winner', Inyo Register
Pioneering a path around Donner Lake, Sierra Sun
Local fire safe councils receive $295,000 in USFS grants, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Ranch's Easement Spawns Controversy - The land-use agreement, which offers tax breaks for conservation, allows owner to cut oak trees, Los Angeles Times
Forest Service plans meetings on fee rules - The agency will discuss at various Inland locations changes to its Adventure Pass program, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Lassen NF: Efforts sprout to save aspen trees, USA Today
Mendocino Forest leader leaving for regional post, Chico Enterprise Record
Lawyers: Public could have right to access Tahoe Mountain trail, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Tree-sitters fight hard for California redwoods - In a bid to deter loggers from clearing old-growth forests, activists lodge themselves in trees, Los Angeles Times at Detroit News
Tiny species of wasp threatening native wiliwili tree, KPUA Hawaii News
Mexican Woods Offer a Look at California Forests' Past, University of California, Berkeley
USFS: Radioactive mine to be filled in, Union Democrat
Helicopters lifting dead timber to lessen San Bernardino forest damage, Monterey Herald AP
Workshops on OHV Route Designation for Tahoe National Forest, USFS at Yuba.net
Report: Firefighters Didn't Have Adequate Escape Route In Fatal Fire in Stanislaus NF, KTVU News
Sen. Feinstein Calls For Pot Cultivation Crackdown, CBS 5 News
Little reason to disturb forest habitat, Santa Maria Times
Supporters of roadless land keep fighting losing battle, Stockton Record at Contra Costa TImes
"Fiddlin' Foresters" on Aug. 27th, Bear Valley News
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Name Change - Sisters-Deschutes and Ochoco NF officials are proposing 23 name changes to landscape features in Central Oregon, KVAL 13 - Eugene
Crime finds a playground in forests, too , Oregonian
Oregonians offer wide range of ideas to forestry board - The state panel will sort through comments to determine priorities, Statesman Journal
Foraging for Profit - Cash crop for migrant workers, Oregon mushroom buyers, Eugene Weekly
Thoughts of thinning: Limited harvesting would promote a healthy watershed, official says, Corvallis Gazette-Times
New forest supervisor named at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie forest, Tacoma News Tribune
Oregon State Univ Study Says Crime In Forests And On Public Lands A Growing Concern, Grants Pass News
Forest Crimes A Growing Concern, KVAL 13 - Eugene
Strapped Forest Service struggles with crowds climbing South Sister, Eugene Register-Guard
Spotted owl needs help, The Olympian
Why are the Northwest forest wars still raging?, Oregonian op-ed
Saving Northwest Forests - Time for a Fresh Look, Counterpunch
Log exports quietly fall away, Post-Intelligencer
Two Oregon congressmen search for solutions while hiking Mount Hood, The Oregonian
Private land, public interests - In a landmark "takings" case, Oregon's high court sets the right balance between property rights and societal values, The Oregonian
Mission: To protect and preserve, The Oregonian
More Gifford Pinchot NF timber sales needed to achieve East End recovery, The Chronicle
Lumber magnate Giustina dead at 87, The Register-Guard
New spotted owl rescue bids get under way, Post-Intelligencer
State acts on spotted owl - Wider spotted-owl protection backed, The Olympian
Washington sets a good example - Forest Service should do the same, by withdrawing old growth from logging, Daily Astorian editorial
Bully of spotted owl targeted for death - Feds to save owls by shooting species' cousin, The Olympian
Spotted owl is on a dangerous decline - State to review areas of protection put in place 10 years ago, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Details scant on federal plan for spotted owl, Tacoma News Tribune AP
Logging Protests Force Forest Road, Trail Closures In Effect Until Oct. 31, KOIN News
Temporary Closures Announced in Hobson Fire Salvage Timber Sale Area, Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest - Newsroom
Timber firm loses compensation fight - Wildlife safeguards that scaled back logging operations did not deprive the firm of the property's full value, Oregon justices ruled, Oregonian
High court rules preserving trees around eagle nest not a taking, Seattle Times AP
Logging limits go too far, cut jobs across state, Statesman Journal op-ed
Multi-value forestry - Oregon's Camp Namanu enhances its recreational appeal while earning timber income, Tidepool
Agriculture officials work to stop spread of gypsy moths, KATU News
Learn more about the gypsy moth , USFS
Air pollution increasing in Columbia River Gorge, KATU News
Judge rejects easing of logging rules, Seattle Times
Judge rules logging plan illegal - A Bush administration decision to stop surveying for rare species linked to older forests before harvesting is struck down, Oregonian
Judge Says Bush's Easing of Forest Plan Is Illegal, Los Angeles Times
Federal judge strikes down change in Northwest Forest Plan - Judge blocks move by Bush administration to ease logging, Seattle Times AP
Judge Upholds Protections for Old-Growth Forests - Bush administration plan to eliminate protection for rare plants and wildlife must be reconsidered, Oregon Natural Resources Council
Threatened species: Judge rightly upholds rule protecting old-growth forests, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Deal could resolve dispute over Mount Hood slope - The plan involves a Mt. Hood Meadows land swap that would expand the wilderness on the north side, The Oregonian
Money talks - Costs force abandonment of extensive national forest roads system, Daily Astorian
Deschutes NF: B and B Fire recovery project record of decision released, Bend Bugle
Diamond Lake cleanup funding OK'd - $375,000 grant boosts efforts to banish tui chub, Statesman Journal
Oregon to pay $375,000 to rid lake of unwanted tui chub, KATU News AP
Fremont-Winema NFs: Illegal dumping a problem in Basin, Klamath Falls Herald and News
Help Stop Old Growth Logging Near the Applegate River! - Bald Lick Project would log 300-year old trees, roadless wild lands, and important fish and wildlife habitat in Southern Oregon, Oregon Natural Resources Council
A man speaks up for silence, Seattle Time
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Historic mountain paradise or hog heaven? - Giles County officials welcome the new federal money, but critics call it congressional pork, New River Current
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest office looks to relocate - Headquarters would not leave Hall County, Gainesville Times
High Carbon Dioxide Levels Spur Southern Pines to Grow More Needles, Duke University
Study yields mixed results on potential for pine trees to store extra carbon dioxide, Duke University
Georgia moves ahead with plans for deadhead - logging, The Daily Times AP
Trees Are Killed to Save Rare Woodpecker, ENN AP
Hilliard new head of N.C. national forests, Asheville Citizen-Times
Are Hurricanes Increasing? Ask A Georgia Pine Tree, Geological Society of America
Daniel Boone NF: Logging foes celebrate forest decay, Lexington Herald-Leader
Lawsuit seeks to block power line through Daniel Boone forest, WKYT News
Task force takes aim at NEPA, freaks out environmentalists, Grist Magazine
Plan would allow more logging in Monongahela NF - Federal proposal includes four new wilderness areas, The Charleston Gazette
Hot Springs forestry lab faces uncertain future in wake of budget cuts - Officials hope center can remain open, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Ivory Bill's Doubters Convinced by Tapes, ENN AP
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Plans upheld for Superior and Chippewa forests, Duluth News Tribune
Some towns need windmill zoning, The Nashua Telegraph
Spirit and Solitude: Johnson County's Millstone Bluff a mythical place, The Southern Illinoisan
Conservationists begin campaign against changes in Monongahela forest plan, The Charleston Gazette
Federal judge blocks another Chequamegon-Nicolet NF timber sale, Duluth News Tribune
Judge stops Cayauga timber sale, Duluth News Tribune
Federal court halts forest timber sale near Clam Lake: Chequamegon-Nicolet NF, The Ashland Daily Press
Deal to preserve state timberland after logging, Appleton Post-Crescent
Proposal to protect land for public use - State negotiates deal to buy 18,512-acre easement from timber company, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
State easement buy has many benefits, The Journal Times editorial
State agrees to buy 18,500 acres of forest adjacent to Nicolet NF, Business Journal of Milwaukee
Forest Service Scientist Uses X-Rays to Understand Wood-Decay Mechanism, USFS Forest Products Laboratory
Huron-Manistee NF: Battle brews over revived pine forests in Michigan, Chicago Tribune
Urban refuge - The Superior Municipal Forest, 4,500 acres within city limits, adds peace and quality to life in the region, Duluth News Tribune
No protection for Green Mountain national forest waters, Times Argus: Vermont News
\ Keep Lamb Brook wind-farm free, Times Argus: Vermont News
Plan would protect Cumberland forest, Portland Press Herald
Trees are cool, VillageSoup
Dead trees? Not just for firewood anymore, Game Commission says, Philly News
America's public forests landlocked by sea of development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Housing Density: High-resolution images, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Persuade officials to save our lands, Journal Gazette letter
Rare Beetle Found in Massachusetts Forest, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Maine Forest Conservation Project Gets Big Boost From Congress, Appalachian Mountain Club
Winds of Change on Green Mountain NF, Brattleboro Reformer editorial
Vermont wind project gets good reviews from public, North Adams Transcript
Missouri Hosts Top Pallet Trade Show of 2005 in September, Industrial Reporting, Inc.

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