Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Landscape Amnesia and Wilderness, Lowbagger
Logging Leopold's Land - Aldo Leopold Foundation Logging Trees Planted by Leopold Himself, NBC15 News
Multiple Use National Forest Management: Is Politics Trumping Science?, New West Network
Passing fancy: 'mobile skiers - Use of snowmobiles heats up the issue of backcountry access, Denver Post
Sled-Skiers are the Newest Player in the West's Backcountry Fracas, Headwaters News
Where have all the rangers gone?, High Country News at Summit Daily
Roadless forest plans draw crowds and lawsuits, High Country News at Summit Daily News
Forest Fever, New York Times
Mark Twain NF: Old Christmas trees being put in lake as fish habitats, Az. Republic AP
BLM to zap pest plants - Proposal to spray invasive species draws greens' ire, Salt Lake Tribune
NEPA Task Force Issues Draft Findings and Recommendations - Opens 45-day comment period, House Resources Committee
Enviro Rules Need Review, Albuquerque Journal editorial
Burundi bans Christmas trees to save forests, IOL News AP
Why Christmas Trees Are Not Extinct, Science Daily
Storing Carbon to Combat Global Warming May Cause Other Environmental Problems, Study Suggests, Duke University
Tree-planting projects may not be so green - Attempts to undo CO2 damage a short-term fix, The Guardian
Climate change tactic could damage environment, SciDev.Net
Trees help global warming: study, The Herald-Sun
Tree planting not always green, Nature magazine
All ash trees in northeast Indiana city to be cut down, Journal News AP
An intriguing new development in the forest, USA Today
Cabin rentals go online, Helena Independent Record
Battle brews over timber payments to schools, Capital Press
Feds should keep promise to schools, Capital Press
Timber program means millions to local schools, Klamath Falls Herald and News
U.S. lumber producers appeal decision to go along with free trade panel, Canadian Press
Sustainable or salvaged, wood's origins become a big sell for furniture, The Bellingham Herald
Seed spheres make it easy to reforest, El Universal/The Herald Mexico
Aerial firefighting industry: Companies try to regain footing, Casper Star-Tribune AP
Christmas trees combat bird flu, Globe and Mail
Flame retardant kills R.I. statehouse tree, New Mexican AP
BLM, FS will prepare Supplemental EIS on "survey and manage" standards and guidelines for rare, but unlisted species in areas covered by Northwest Forest Plan, Federal Register
Forest Service proposes to add a new categorical exclusion to facilitate the implementation of limited oil and gas projects on leases on National Forest System lands, Federal Register
Forest narrows review of drilling work, Billings Gazette
The Presidio's progeny - Right-wing Republicans are moving to privatize national parks. Guess where that idea started, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Nancy Pelosi's legacy: Public lands privatization, San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial
Otter, Brady Spar Over Bill to Sell Public Land for Storm Relief, KIFI News
Mining land sales set off war of words - Both sides say other has the facts wrong, Jackson Hole News&Guide
Congressman Pearce discusses timber sales in National Parks at Pea Ridge military park, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
USDA Announces $380 Million in Funding for Schools and Roads, USDA News
Entrepreneurs log the unwanted urban forest, CS Monitor
Global Warming Dramatically Changed Ancient Forests, NASA News
Biologist uses carbon trading to grow forests, Reuters
Oh, Christmas tree - An Oregon writer laments the spread of fake Christmas trees, Writers on the Range at Tidepool
Is God Green? - Strange bedfellows take up the fight to save all things bright and beautiful, Boise Weekly
Angry Santa Declares War on Arbor Day - Seeks Revenge For War on Christmas, Experts Believe, The Borowitz Report
Post-fire logging is bad for forests and wildlife, Seattle Times
Sierra Club critical of Walden's forest bill, East Oregonian
Legislative Hearing on HR 4200, House Resources Committee
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act - H.R. 4200, Library of Congress
Recreation Fees on Public Lands, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Protests End Plan to Sell Federal Land for Mines, NPR
Red or Blue? Mining Law Defeat is Proof the West is Neither, New West Network
Mining defeat draws cheers, Jackson Hole Daily
Keep public involved in sale of our land , Post-Intelligencer column by Mike Dombeck and Jack Ward Thomas
Forest Stewardship Council Statement on National Forests: The USFS is conducting an independent evaluation without any involvement by the FSC, Forest Stewardship Council [PDF]
Record Timber Production, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Forest Service Over-Regulation - Wilderness Act Does Not Ban Mountain Biking, New West Network
A Natural Alliance Foiled, New West Network
'No simple answer' for global warming - Growing more trees would only cool things off for a time, scientists say, New York Times at Houston Chronicle
Catalogs Clogging Santa's Sack, Advocacy Group Says, Scripps Howard News
WORLD NEWS
Kenyans left homeless after fresh forest evictions, Reuters AlertNet
The politics of floods, Mindanao News
Ilahas 'environmental champion' of Negros Occidental, Visayan Daily Star
Continuing forest problems remain unresolved, The Jakarta Post 12-31
Brazilian Reporter Defends Amazon, The Daily Journal
Let minister know how you feel - Valhalla Block to be clearcut -- one of the last intact old growth black spruce forests in Ontario, Durham Region
Stumpage Rates Yet to Be Set, Opinion250 News
Logging frenzy destroys pine-beetle study area, Vancouver Sun
Finland and Minnesota share forestry knowledge; Ecologists work toward biodiversity on both sides of ocean, Business North News
Hunan province takes pains to plant trees to prevent deforestation, Channel NewsAsia
A break on softwood, Times Colonist
Senate scraps Byrd Amendment - Trade legislation allowed U.S. companies to share the cash from penalties on imports such as Canadian softwood, Vancouver Sun
Year of contrasts draws to a close for forest industry, The Vancouver Sun
British Biologist Uses Carbon Trading To Grow Forests, ENN Reuters
Burundi bans Christmas trees to save forests, IOL News AP
Kenya: Farmers in Forest to Be Evicted, The Nation (Nairobi)
Team to survey Kenya's Mau forest afresh, Africast News
Forests under threat from illegal logging in Cameroon, Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Cameroon forest faces illegal-logging threat, IOL News
Greenpeace sting exposes pirate loggers, Greenpeace International
Dangerous times on Brazil's Amazon frontier, Reuters
Brazilian reporter defends Amazon forest, Times Leader AP
Colombia and Panama Jungle Power Plan Worries Environmentalists, ENN AP
Seed spheres make it easy to reforest, El Universal/The Herald Mexico
Jamieson targets logging industry, Whistler Question
Carollers highlight caribou plight - Woodland caribou one of the most secretive forest animals, The Winnipeg Free Press
Interfor sells tree forest licence to Squamish Nation, Victoria Times Colonist
U.S. lumber producers appeal decision to go along with free trade panel, Canadian Press
Rain Forest Guardians, Wildilife Conservation News
Environment Minister Strives To End Illegal Logging in Aceh, Antara News
Pak Hasan: Campaigner against illegal logging, The Jakarta Post at Asia News Network
Indonesia: Illegal logging 'rampant' in Aceh, The Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Illegal Logging Still Rife In Aceh: Environment Forum, Antara News
E Kalimantan Police Set Up Special Force to Fight Illegal Logging, Antara News
Indonesia: Govt must think twice in plantation plan, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Tsunami: Mangroves 'saved lives' - Researchers say mangroves absorbed the impact of the tsunami, BBC News
Lumads unite against mining, logging firms, Sun.Star Davao
Logging eyed as cause for Caraga floods, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro
Environment agency blames slash-burn farmers for worsening flashfloods, Sun.Star Zamboanga
Thaksin takes action to save forests - Wants aerial photos taken for comparison, Bangkok Post
Beware timber mafias, women at guard - Orissa's Badakhala forest was turning into a barren land, till these women took charge, Financial Express
Existence of Sitakunda mangrove forest at stake - Land grabbers fell hundreds of growing trees of the mangrove forest, Bangladesh: Daily News
Sandalwood bonanza, planting tree that is worth more than gold, New Straits Times
Palm oil may rise to 1,600 ringgit by April on bio-fuel demand, Bloomberg News
Timber council in cahoots with S'wak timber giant, Malaysiakini News
Coal mining prohibited - Far from allowing mining in the Maliau Basin, Sabah is in fact working to achieve World Heritage Site status for the bio-diversity rich area, New Straits Times - Malaysia News
Disappearing haven, The Star
Logging plan delay angers Wilderness Society, ABC News
Fragile systems face new threat, The Australian
Storing Carbon to Combat Global Warming May Cause Other Environmental Problems, Study Suggests, Duke University
Tree-planting projects may not be so green - Attempts to undo CO2 damage a short-term fix, The Guardian
Climate change tactic could damage environment, SciDev.Net
New Forestry Law Sets Colombia Back Half a Century, IPS News
Greenpeace Buys Tons of Illegally Cut Brazilian Wood, Delivers it to Police, ENN AP
Group cites lax Brazil deforestation laws, San Luis Obispo Tribune AP
Bolivian rainforest certified to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, The Nature Conservancy
When Money Buys Grizzly Lives - How good a deal was the purchase of coastal hunting rights?, The Tyee
Article Missed the Grizzly Truth - Raincoast rebuts Tyee piece on buying hunting rights, The Tyee
Americans appeal move to chop Cdn. lumber duties, CTV.ca News
Grassy blockade members join calls for sanctions against Abitibi - Members of the logging road blockade at Grassy Narrows First Nation support calls for sanctions against Abitibi, Miner and News
UN maintains sanctions against Liberia, IOL News
Conservationists criticise Tas Govt over tree protection, ABC News
Logging demise creates a saw point, The Age
Survey highlights mature tree logging, ABC News
Scrapping dams and saving forests, Bangkok Post editorial
Forestry Minister: National Forest in Deplorable Condition, Antara News
Forestry Ministry Urged to Set Up Conflict Resolution Unit, Antara News
State Only Owns 12 Million of 120 Million Hectares of Forest in Indonesia, Antara News
Police Have Names of 40 Illegal Logging Financiers on Wanted List, Antara News
MAF applauds sentences for illegal logging, Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Boise Cascade Donates Plywood to Build Homes for Tsunami Victims - Donation helps preserve coastal mangrove forests in Indonesia, PR Newswire
Mangrove Forests Saved Lives In 2004 Tsunami Disaster, United Nations
Davao Oriental environment council nixes logging resumption, Sun.Star Davao
Group pays to end killing on central coast - Conservationists buy rights to big-game hunt, Vancouver Sun
Working for Mountain Caribou, Conservation Northwest
Action plan announced to improve safety for B.C. logging truck drivers, The Canadian Press
Forty-second log industry death, Williams Lake Tribune
Monarch butterflies get armed guard, Miami Herald
Police Kick Brazilian Indians Off Disputed Land, Reuters: Planet Ark
The nun who died for the Amazon: Sister Dorothy Stang, BBC News
Fears for Dwindling Forests in Pakistani Quake Zone, Planet Ark: Reuters
Environmentalists oppose changes in Forest Rights Bill, The Hindu
Bangladesh: The Lure of Liquid Gold - Pushed off their land by shrimp farms, many villagers in southwest Bangladesh turn to hunting for wild honey in a tiger-infested jungle, Los Angeles Times
Kenya: Forest Evictees Back As State Threatens to Throw Them, East African Standard (Nairobi)
Stop land theft, warns Hun Sen - PM sees danger of farmers' revolt, Phnom Penh Post
Philippine Dep't Goes High Tech In Drive VS Illegal Logging, Yahoo! News
Bad cops undermine illegal logging raids, The Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Whose Forest? - The palm-oil business is pressuring wildlife, Newsweek International
Leatherwood honey under threat by logging, ABC News
Logging protest staged in E Gippsland, ABC News
Queensland protects more rainforest areas, Yahoo! Australia & NZ News
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
The Pombo petting zoo, High Country News letter
Mining for reform, Register-Guard editorial
Public land sales would hurt outdoor enthusiasts, wildlife, Idaho Statesman op-ed
A break on softwood, Times Colonist
Senate scraps Byrd Amendment - Trade legislation allowed U.S. companies to share the cash from penalties on imports such as Canadian softwood, Vancouver Sun
Forest Service Chief announces Hank Kashdan as successor for business operations, USFS
NEPA Task Force Issues Draft Findings and Recommendations - Opens 45-day comment period, House Resources Committee
Enviro Rules Need Review, Albuquerque Journal editorial
House Task Force Recommends Changes To Speed Federal Projects, ENN AP
Otter supports flawed giveaway of public land, Idaho Statesman editorial
Stop Pombo's mining land grab, Ashland Daily Tidings op-ed
Battle brews over timber payments to schools, Capital Press
Feds should keep promise to schools, Capital Press
Timber program means millions to local schools, Klamath Falls Herald and News
Property rights fight goes on - Hage couple details continuing battles with government, Fort Morgan Times - Journal Advocate
Congressman Pearce discusses timber sales in National Parks at Pea Ridge military park, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Otter, Brady Spar Over Bill to Sell Public Land for Storm Relief, KIFI News
Mining land sales set off war of words - Both sides say other has the facts wrong, Jackson Hole News&Guide
Nancy Pelosi's legacy: Public lands privatization, San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial
The Presidio's progeny - Right-wing Republicans are moving to privatize national parks. Guess where that idea started, San Francisco Bay Guardian
S. Dakota congressional delegation critical of mining provision, Rapid City Journal
USDA Announces $380 Million in Funding for Schools and Roads, USDA News
Parks director loves nature of his work - USFS David Holland 'retires' to Ca., San Mateo County Times
Post-fire logging is bad for forests and wildlife, Seattle Times
Sierra Club critical of Walden's forest bill, East Oregonian
Legislative Hearing on HR 4200, House Resources Committee
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act - H.R. 4200, Library of Congress
Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, House Resources Committee
Statement of Dale Bosworth, Chief USDA Forest Service re HR 4200, House Resources Committee
Crapo introduces bill that would reform species act, Idaho Statesman
Pombo Statement on Crapo, Lincoln ESA Bill, House Resources Committee
Trouble with the ESA is us - Endangered species should be saved because they are, not for what they can do for us, High Country News 'Writers on the Range' at Tidepool
Recreation Fees on Public Lands, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Protests End Plan to Sell Federal Land for Mines, NPR
Red or Blue? Mining Law Defeat is Proof the West is Neither, New West Network
Keep public involved in sale of our land , Post-Intelligencer column by Mike Dombeck and Jack Ward Thomas
Rep. Gibbons Aims to Keep Dialogue on Mining Reform Open, Tables Section of Mining Law, House Resources Committee
Gibbons: "Outrageous claims threaten livelihood of rural American communities", House Resources Committee
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Mining Provision, House Resources Committee
Drafting the future of parks, The Missoula Independent
Balancing Conservation and Recreation in National Parks - Subcommittee to hold hearing on NPS Organic Act, House Resources Committee
NPS chief opposes dropping conservation mission, Star-Tribune - Heilprin AP
Field hearing slated for Monday at Pea Ridge military park - Hearing on park landscape restoration programs and retention of funds from timber removal, Benton County Daily Record at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Texas parks are on life support - Effects of state's starvation budget not visible to public, Houston Chronicle op-ed
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - H.R. 3420, Library of Congress
Bill Summary & Status for 116 House Bills about National Forests -2005, Library of Congress
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Flathead NF: Applications available for Artist-Wilderness-Connection residency program, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Gallatin NF: Forest cabins rental procedure changing nationwide, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Constitution prohibits eviction from forest property, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Budget cuts limit Forest Service hours in Sheridan, The Montana Standard
Roadless debate just beginning, The Montana Standard
Federal money available to assist with roadless recommendations, Ravalli Republic
Snowmobile vs. Caribou?, Spokane: KXLY News
Multiple Use National Forest Management: Is Politics Trumping Science?, New West Network
Land grabbed, swapped, Missoula Independent
Montana tycoon adds to Idaho acreage, Billings Gazette AP
Expansion proposed at Snowbowl, Missoulian at Billings Gazette
Idaho Panhandle National Forest cancels NOI to prepare an EIS for the Chloride Bush Project, Federal Register
Death of a Sawmill, WSJ Opinion Journal
Bruins - Delisting Only Starts Next (and bigger) Fight for Yellowstone Grizzlies, New West Network
Cabin rentals go online, Helena Independent Record
Forest Service centralizing cabin reservation system, Billings Gazette AP
Otter supports flawed giveaway of public land, Idaho Statesman editorial
Judge requires timber sale bond, Missoulian
Groups fighting timber sale must post $100,000 bond - Environmentalists vow to appeal, Montana Standard
Judge orders environmental groups to post bond in logging case, Billings Gazette
Judge halts snowmobile grooming, Bonner County Daily Bee - Hagadone News Network
Judge blocks trail grooming, Casper Star-Tribune AP
Lynx habitat the topic of upcoming meetings, Missoulian
Carollers highlight caribou plight - Woodland caribou one of the most secretive forest animals, The Winnipeg Free Press
Fifty share views on roadless forest use - Speaker: 'Cult' of environmentalists destroyed logging, Coeur d'Alene Press
Helena Forest thinning project in Big Belt Mountains up for comment, Helena Independent Record
USFS Forest Legacy Program: Federal grant to go towards Ballard Hill conservation, Sentinel & Enterprise
Yellowstone snowmobile debate quiets, The Idaho Statesman
Otter, Brady Spar Over Bill to Sell Public Land for Storm Relief, KIFI News
Idaho gets $150,000 for roadless effort, Casper Star-Tribune
Jefferson County wants feds to open closed roads, The Montana Standard
Forest narrows review of drilling work, Billings Gazette
Court overreaches in Lolo forest ruling - If anything is arbitrary and capricious, it's the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and the illogical double-standard it applied to forest-management decision, Missoulian editorial
Green group expands in Montana in an effort to guide the U.S. Forest Service "toward more of a conservation mission", Star-Tribune AP
Helena NF: Tab for cost of Mike Horse Dam study unsettled, Billings Gazette
No start to study of dam, Independent Record at Billings Gazette
Rock Creek mine opinion nearing completion, Bonner County Daily Bee
Changing their mines, The Missoula Independent
Timber, conservation interests find common ground in coalition, The Spokesman-Review at Conservation Northwest
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Skico scales back summer plan in effort to protect elk - Summer activity at Snowmass will be steered away from key habitat, Aspen Times News
Bill would protect those who open their lands for public use: Fourteeners' trails, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
Where have all the rangers gone?, High Country News at Summit Daily News
Group fights to preserve Yankee Girl Mine, Montrose Daily Press
Passing fancy: 'mobile skiers - Use of snowmobiles heats up the issue of backcountry access, Denver Post
Elevation gain - No-frills ski area's expansion would add 325 acres in Montezuma Bowl to meet growing demand - USFS accepting comments through Jan. 6, Denver Post
Roadless forest plans draw crowds and lawsuits, High Country News at Summit Daily News
CO: State Wildlife Areas to begin charging fee for access, Summit Daily News
Summit County releases draft wildfire protection plan, Summit Daily News
Miner, Forest Service fight goes to federal court, The Daily Sentinel
Medicine Bow-Routt NF cancels NOI for EIS "to assess and disclose the environmental effects of issuing a road easement to allow motorized access to private property surrounding Matheson Reservoir." Federal Register
Forest Service study focuses on wet slab avalanches, Aspen Times
Property rights fight goes on - Couple details continuing battles with government, Fort Morgan Times - Journal Advocate
Keystone's green efforts earn prestigious USFS stewardship award, Summit Daily News
Agency: Project, lynx can co-exist - Final ruling by U.S. Fish and Wildlife a victory for Wolf Creek development, Durango Herald
Federal agency says ski village won't threaten lynx, Provo Daily Herald AP
Eco-terror returns to the news, HCN Writers on the Range at Tidepool
The spirit of the Mining Act, Denver Post
Mining land sales set off war of words - Both sides say other has the facts wrong, Jackson Hole News&Guide
S. Dakota congressional delegation critical of mining provision, Rapid City Journal
Crews turn slash into firewood for tribal members, Aberdeen American AP
GMUG NF: Firm pushes for go-ahead to drill near Grand Mesa, The Daily Sentinel
Rare bats found in Aspen-area mine - Feds fighting with miner over activities in mountain's caves, Vail Daily News
Lynx linger, but not in Blue Sky Basin, Vail Daily News
Year of the cat?, Summit Daily News
Beware the lynx and hare, Vail Daily News
Huge bat colony inhabits old mine in Colorado, Aspen Times at Star-Tribune
Advisory board hosts final forum on off-highway vehicles, Black Hills Pioneer
DeWolfs, Harvey, Fox inductees into Aspen Hall of Fame, Aspen Times
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Valles Caldera: Possible Elk Decline Studied, Albuquerque Journal
Rethinking Manzano Tajique Plan Is a Good Idea, Mountain View Telegraph editorial
Cibola NF: Feds to Review Manzano Mountains Thinning Proposal, Mountain View Telegraph
Cibola NF: Tajique Watershed Project Gets More Planning Work, USFS
Mexican wolf to remain on list, Copper Era at Eastern Arizona Courier
Apache-Sitgreaves NF: First round goes to wild horses, The Payson Roundup
Valles Caldera Preserve Protected Now From Drilling, Albuquerque Journal
Caldera Board All Wrong on Grazing, Albuquerque Journal editorial
Powell, Hazlett defend Caldera efforts, The New Mexican
Ex-Valles Caldera Officials Question Deficit Report, Albuquerque Journal AP
Safeguard Added at Valle Vidal, Albuquerque Journal editorial
Cibola NF: Forest Service Eyes Sandia Land Trade, Albuquerque Journal
Local Residents Stop 17,000 Acre Healthy Forests Logging Proposal, Environment News Service
Caldera Trust opts for steers, Los Alamos Monitor
Preserve Protected Now From Drilling - New law bans Caldera drilling, Albuquerque Journal AP
LANL assessment group examines trails, Los Alamos Monitor
Sledders to have snow play area in northern Arizona, KVOA News
Carson NF: Valle Vidal Waters Protected, Albuquerque Journal
Take stand against public-land thefts, The New Mexican editorial
Valles Caldera Preserve's trust faces big deficit, The New Mexican
Valles Caldera Grazing Plan OK'd, Albuquerque Journal
Valles Caldera Offers Overnight Winter Stays on Weekends, Albuquerque Journal
Students harrassed after Peaks vigil, Indian Country Today
Once again, our native cultures are trampled, Arizona Republic letter
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Schools look to forests for heat, Capital Press
Sawtooth NRA buys conservation easement on private ranching land, KPVI News
See Remote Utah Via Ski Touring, Stellar
BLM to zap pest plants - Proposal to spray invasive species draws greens' ire, Salt Lake Tribune
Otter supports flawed giveaway of public land, Idaho Statesman editorial
Utah wilderness gets green light, Deseret Morning News
Comments support Teton pathways, Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
Forest seeks skier input on sheep - Bridger-Teton wants to protect isolated bighorn herd from winter disturbance, Jackson Hole News&Guide
Bridger-Teton NF seeks to protect bighorns in Tetons, Casper Star-Tribune
Bridger-Teton NF seeks to protect small bighorn sheep herd, Casper Star-Tribune AP
Otter, Brady Spar Over Bill to Sell Public Land for Storm Relief, KIFI News
Brady criticizes Otter's land use bill, KTVB News
Forest Service buys 2,100 acres of conservation easements in Sawtooth NRA, Idaho Mountain Express
Forest Service purchase expands Sawtooth NRA snowmobile trail, Twin Falls Times-News
Idaho among states to get federal money for roadless petitions, KTVB News
Forest seeks skier input on sheep - Bridger-Teton wants to protect isolated bighorn herd from winter disturbance, Jackson Hole News&Guide
Wasatch-Cache NF: Snowmobile Ban In Logan Canyon Dispute, KUTV News
Crapo introduces bill that would reform species act, Idaho Statesman
Mining defeat draws cheers, Jackson Hole Daily
Machine politics - Wasatch-Cache Forest-use mediation outcome challenged, The Herald Journal
Simpson may put central Idaho quarry sale into wilderness bill - Selling public lands in a "wilderness" bill?, KTVB News
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Pacific Lumber's last available old growth being logged in Headwaters - The trees, some of which are 12 to 15 feet in diameter, are considered high-quality habitat for the sea bird that nests on big branches of old redwoods and Douglas fir: The marbled murrelet, Eureka Times-Standard
13 Questions for forest protector Jeny Card, North Coast Journal
Land Trust purchases 240 acres on Donner Summit, Sierra Sun
New call for forest labor review - Rialto congressman will seek hearings on working conditions of the pineros, Sacramento Bee
A Looming Threat to Oldgrowth Forests - The Attack on Marbled Murrelet Protections, SF Bay Area Indymedia
Forest Service proposal finishes scoping process for QLG Diamond Vegetation Management Project, Plumas County News
Experimental forest designated in Sierra, Contra Costa Times
Plumas National Forest to prepare a supplemental EIS for the Empire Vegetation Management Project, Federal Register
CA. national forest appeals time extended - 22-page section that dealt with public comments on wildlife issues was inadvertently left out, The Press-Enterprise
Forest landowners playing role in fight against global warming, Mercury News
Rookery rebirth - Monterey cypress trees, or native spruce?, Eureka Times-Standard
Don't let this vista take flight: Indian Island rookery, The Times-Standard
Angeles Forest To Be Closed To Protect Endangered Frog, CBS News
Mountain logging plan on hold, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Surplus wood finally put to good use, San Bernardino County Sun/Contra Costa Times
Time to move on?, Times-Standard Editorial
Bickford Ranch suit settled - Housing developers will pay $6.05 million for saving Placer oak woodlands, Sacramento Bee
Sequoia National Forest Decides To Fully Protect Resources - Conservation groups support today's decision, Center for Biological Diversity
FS to prepare EIS: Shasta-Trinity National Forest proposes to thin trees and reduce existing fuels on approximately 1,700 acres in the Gemmill Thin project, Federal Register
Nancy Pelosi's legacy, San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial
The Presidio's progeny - Right-wing Republicans are moving to privatize national parks. Guess where that idea started, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Public mining lands won't go on market - New Try Vowed: Large swaths of California acreage would be affected if 1872 legislation is ever amended, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Crews have removed more than 220,000 felled by fire, drought, disease, Union-Tribune
Thinning funds - Money to remove trees, stop more wildfires falls through, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Critical Habitat Proposed for Laguna Mountains Skipper Butterfly on Cleveland National Forest, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Reopening forest should be priority, Pasadena Star-News
Hot on the trail - Scientists trek into the backcountry to get samples of a mystery landslide in Los Padres NF, Santa Barbara News-Press
Cutting Christmas trees keeps forests healthy, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
San Francisco renting Christmas trees, Times Leader
EPIC and CDF respond to Headwaters ruling, Eureka Times Standard
Palco wins redwood logging appeal - The Pacific Lumber Co. has won a major reversal of a 2003 ruling that invalidated key elements of the Headwaters Forest deal, Eureka Times Standard
Hawaii experts try to save wiliwili plant from bug - Mysterious bug attacking the wiliwili, the only native dryland tree that is still widespread, Honolulu Advertiser - Times Leader AP
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Nature's rhythms play out through year of a Douglas fir, Mail Tribune
Gifford Pinchot NF hopes to boost Mowich huckleberries, Columbian
Wreaths, boughs add value to '05 harvest, Capital Press
Chopping away at heating costs, The News-Review
A push for recycling to save forest - Is that tissue environmentally responsible?, Seattle Post Intelligencer
A Looming Threat to Oldgrowth Forests - The Attack on Marbled Murrelet Protections, SF Bay Area Indymedia
Ski plan clears Forest Service - The Summit at Snoqualmie wants to expand, Tacoma News Tribune
Bigger, better Snoqualmie envisioned, Seattle Times
Okanogan NF: Comments sought on Buckhorn proposal, The Omak Chronicle
Legislators target Washington state park fees, The Daily World
Keep Marys Peak pristine, protected, Corvallis Gazette-Times letter
Illegal drivers get stuck on Marys Peak, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Health care replaces wood as Jackson Co.'s economic fuel, The Register-Guard
Timber bridges Wahkiakum budget gap, Longview Daily News
Friends of trees seek simpler, tighter code, Portland Oregonian
'Community forest' may be state's first, Oregonian
An intriguing new development in the forest, USA Today
Timber program means millions to local schools, Klamath Falls Herald and News
Battle brews over timber payments to schools, Capital Press
Feds should keep promise to schools, Capital Press
Job Growth: County has fought to recover from timber industry job losses, News-Review editorial
Ecologist Chuck Meslow honored for spotted owl work, Register Guard
Giving healthy forests their due in our lives: Global warming, Oregonian op-ed
English ivy emerges as an ecological threat to urban forests, Los Angeles Times at Miami Herald
Sustainable or salvaged, wood's origins become a big sell for furniture, The Bellingham Herald
End old-growth logging, Oregonian letter
BLM, FS will prepare Supplemental EIS on "survey and manage" standards and guidelines for rare, but unlisted species in areas covered by Northwest Forest Plan, Federal Register
Grants will pay for improvements, police at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF, Tacoma News Tribune
Siuslaw NF: Marys Peak can tempt — or turn a profit, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Oh, Christmas tree - An Oregon writer laments the spread of fake Christmas trees, Writers on the Range at Tidepool
Family finds way to save unique natural property - Grant's Park - Owners of a 29-acre site with caves and old growth strike a preservation deal, Oregonian
Post-fire logging is bad for forests and wildlife, Seattle Times
Sierra Club critical of Walden's forest bill, East Oregonian
Record Timber Production, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Rogue River-Siskiyou NF: Accord seems near on Big Butte cut - Timber and environmental interests are coming together in the planned harvest of 41 million board feed from the watershed, Mail Tribune
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF: Lead problem jams gun club, Everett Daily Herald
Their white stuff sticks - For a Lynnwood-based company, there's no business like snow business, Everett Daily Herald
Huckleberries could get U.S. Forest Service protection, Capital Press
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Atlantic Cedar has long history, maybe a future, The Outer Banks Sentinel
Ranger Hal Bush's vision endures - Forester's vigor parallels U.S. Forest Service mission, The News Leader
New Ozark National Forest plan favors recreational uses, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Searchers Key in on Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Habitat, Newswise
Warner seeks U.S. protection of wilderness areas in Virginia's national forests, Daily Press
Warner asks government to protect Virginia's forests, Kingsport Times-News
Va.'s national forests may stay roadless, Richmond Times-Dispatch at WSLS
Aware of Political Ecosystem, Property Rights Advocate Embraces Conservation Plan, New York Times at Forests.org
Congressman Pearce discusses timber sales in National Parks at Pea Ridge military park, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Forest Service proposes trail access for Blackwater logger, The Charleston Gazette
Loggers Harvest Trees In Desoto National Forest, WLOX News
Groups Work Together To Make Improvements To Cherokee National Forest's 'Dillard' Tract, The Greeneville Sun
U.S. may close forestry in Coldspring - If the United States Forest Service shuts down its work center in Coldspring that can mean trouble for the community it serves, Cleveland Advocate (TX)
Much Is Riding on Ivory Bill's Wings, Washington Post
Hunt for rare woodpecker continues, UPI News
Forest Service opens new office: Shoal Creek District Ranger Office, Cleburne News
Land sell-off may bring houses where trees once stood - Georgia's timberland tracts are going fast, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Smaller footprint on forest - Steed Creek Road refit reconsidered with the Francis Marion in mind, Charleston Post and Courier
Field hearing slated for Monday at Pea Ridge military park - Hearing on park landscape restoration programs and retention of funds from timber removal, Benton County Daily Record at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3 sentenced for theft of national forest fees, Knoxville News-Sentinel
Chestnuts Have a Chance to Flourish in U.S., Lakeland Ledger - Columbia News Service
Texas parks are on life support - Effects of state's starvation budget not visible to public, Houston Chronicle op-ed
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Chestnuts branch out, The Times of Trenton
Maine and N.H. give snowmobilers a break on cooperative trails this year in White Mountain NF, Portland Press Herald
Nature Conservancy Pays $2.2 Million To Preserve Forestland in Maine, Portland Press Herald
Frenchman Bay Conservancy: Wilderness Protection Goals Set, Ellsworth American
Finland and Minnesota share forestry knowledge; Ecologists work toward biodiversity on both sides of ocean, Business North News
Logging Leopold's Land - Aldo Leopold Foundation Logging Trees Planted by Leopold Himself, NBC15 News
Mark Twain NF: Old Christmas trees being put in lake as fish habitats, Az. Republic AP
Green Mountain NF: Plan seeks to increase national forest habitat, Bennington Banner at Brattleboro Reformer
Green Mountain National Forest plan focuses on open space, Times Argus
Correction: Green Mountain Forest Plan story,WCAX News AP
First phase of Adirondack land deal completed, Boston Globe
Forest officials speak to North Central - Allegheny NF officials answered questions about the drafting of a forest plan at economic development meeting, The Ridgway Record
Allegheny NF: Ranger District seeks comments on Clarion River recreation management, The Ridgway Record
All ash trees in northeast Indiana city to be cut down, Journal News AP
Scientists Target Tree-Killing Beetle, Newsday AP
A puzzling increase in BWCA emergencies, Star Tribune
Flame retardant kills R.I. statehouse tree, New Mexican AP
Adirondacks: Somebody should do something to revive land made for you and me, The Daily Star
Wanted: A chestnut tree that can survive disease and thrive, Charlotte Observer
Federal district judge puts Mason Tract drilling on hold, Houghton Lake Resorter
Victory, defeat claimed for Mason Tract in 2005, Record-Eagle
Superior NF - Trail options raise hackles - Decision to reroute illegal snowmobile path spurs debate, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Developer, Spare This Vital Industry, Hartford Courant
BEP worries over wood waste use, Bangor Daily News
Christmas happenings through the years, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
New deputy regional forester named, KTVA News AP
Eminent domain - There's no good reason to ban the use of eminent domain for recreational trail projects in Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News editorial
Proposed Mat-su timber sale causing concern, Juneau Empire AP
New regional deputy forester named: Paul Brewster, Juneau Empire [scroll to bottom]
Standing up to Stevens, Los Angeles Times editorial
Forest Service Opens Tongass Roadless Areas to Logging, Environment News Service at Forests.org
How can a shrinking city expand?, SitNews letter- Stories in the News
Troubled Birds - Some Southeast Alaska species highlighted on new Audubon Watch List, Juneau Empire

 


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