Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
'Villains honoring villains' - Is total privatization of America's cash-strapped public lands coming down the pike?, WorkingForChange
Access to the public's lands, Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial
Sale of forest land raises environmental concerns, Duluth News Tribune
Why must I pay to volunteer?, American Hiking Society
Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, USDA Forest Service Addresses January Recreation Exchange, ARC: Fun Outdoors
Partners Outdoors 2006 Conference Report Available: "Making the Toolbox for the Great Outdoors a Gold Mine for Enhancing Recreation Opportunities on Public Lands", ARC: Fun Outdoors
Feds launch plan to ax rec sites in nation's largest forest, Juneau Empire
Court upholds tax for forest cabins, Star-Tribune
Public comment trimmed from ski area planning process - New Forest Service rules allow resorts to streamline, although comment will still be required in many cases, Vail Daily News
Feds: Out of bounds skiing dumb, not illegal, Billings Gazette AP
The Forest Recovery Controversy - Detach OSU school from logging taxes, Oregonian editorial
OSU dean says he's sorry, seeks to mend rift over forest research, Oregonian
OSU dean decries attempt to delay article on logging - Student study sparks logging controversy, Eugene Register-Guard
Debate over the impacts of salvage logging continues: There's almost no data to support salvage logging, Register Guard op-ed
Postfire logging: Is it beneficial to a forest?, USFS [pdf]
UCSD researcher details diversity of tropical forests, Union Tribune
Biofuel to Drive Indonesian Palm Oil Expansion, Planet Ark
The Costs of Drilling - The Value of the Wyoming Range, New West Network
Looks Matter (To Ecosystems), Cascadia Scorecard Weblog
Post-Fire Logging, Forest Recovery, and Hazardous Fuel Reduction, Montana Public Radio - Commentary by Thomas Michael Power
Taxpayers pay to line some pockets - Latest timber sale arguments border on the absurd, Daily Astorian editorial
Q&A with Rich Fairbanks, Former Forest Service team leader, Bisquit salvage plan, Eugene Weekly
Article sparks scholastic spat, Oregonian
Corporate Forestry and Academic Freedom, Monthly Review
The Suppression of Science in the Pacific Northwest, Monthly Review
Certified Forestlands in U.S. Pass 20 Million Acre Mark, GreenBiz News
For Sale: The West - What conservationists can do as prices for houses--and Cascadia's forests--skyrocket, HCN Writers on the Range at Tidepool
Restoration or Exploitation? - Conservation Groups Appeal Lolo National Forest Decision for Industrial Logging in Unroaded Wildland, Native Forest Network at New West Network
Will forestland heirs maintain legacies?, Planet Jackson Hole
Out of bounds skiing dumb, but not illegal, feds say, Las Vegas Sun
A new tack in West's land battles - Rally around compromise solutions, CS Monitor
DOI, Science and Politics: Ivory-billed Woodpecker vs. Sage Grouse Portend a Poor Future, Media Monitors Network
Seguin Moreau Now Offers Eco-Certified French Oak Wood Barrels - First Cooperage to Receive Both Forest and Chain-of-Custody Certifications, PR Newswire
Goodbye Preservation, Hello Recreation, New West Network
Has Public Lands Preservation Become Obsolete?, National Parks Traveler
Hands off Acadia, Bangor Daily News editorial
Enough with the OHVs, already!, Salt Lake Tribune op-ed by Jim Furnish
Does Post-Fire Logging Make Ecological or Economic Sense? - Betting on Biscuit, Counterpunch
Stop HR 4200 Catastrophe, FSEEE
Group says Walden Bill could lead to loss of national forests, Kingsport Times-News
Logging study sets off own firestorm - Biscuit fire - Objections at OSU to a graduate student's research on forest recovery ignite a scholarly dustup, Oregonian
Logging Article in Science Stirs Debate , SF Chronicle
OSU academic freedom survives brush with fire, Oregonian editorial
Exploited forest workers, Sacramento Bee editorial
Wood Reinforced With Fiberglass Offers Environment-Friendly High-Strength Material, AScribe Newswire
Firefighter Charged With Arson in Nevada that burned hundreds of acres of national forest, SF Chronicle
Forest Service says out of bounds skiing is not a crime, KRNV News
Pacific Northwest Research Station's New Software Tool Helps Protect Nation's Drinking Water, Medford News
Global warming: The most destructive effect of the carbon offset trade is that it allows us to believe we can carry on polluting, The Guardian
Do trees share blame for global warming?, Christian Science Monitor
Global warming: plants are not to blame, SciDev.Net
Ecological Internet Launches Rainforest Portal - Focus upon ending ancient rainforest logging and other ecologically sufficient policy responses, Rainforest Portal - Forests.org
Forest Policy Information Center - Healthy Forests Through Sound Stewardship, The National Center for Public Policy Research
BLM seeks increase in herbicide use, The Register-Guard
WORLD NEWS
Study Reveals Nature Encourages Diversity in Tropical Forests, Newswise - National Science Foundation
UCSD researcher details diversity of tropical forests, Union Tribune
Mother nature encourages diversity in rainforest trees, Mongabay News
Alliance targets threats to forest ecosystems, Conservation Frontlines
U.N. reaches new pact to manage tropical timber, Reuters, The Star - Reuters
About the Thessalon Giant White Pine, Sault Ste. Marie News
Has market hit saturation point?, Kamloops This Week
The beetle boss and his battle plan, Kamloops This Week
The bloody business of deforestation, Zee News
New Highway Threatens Peru's Tambopata National Reserve, Conservation Frontlines
Surprise: a rainforest pipeline, Star-Tribune AP
Argentine Governor Takes Pulp Mill Protest to Hague, Planet Ark
Emissions targets for forests, Scotsman News
Report Says German Forests Are Ailing, Deutsche Welle
Royals shamed by logging links - Swedes are furious at their King's ties to a company blamed for destroying the Amazon rainforest, Times Online
Swedish king unloads 'un-green' stock, United Press International
Kenyan police burn homes of forest dwellers, Reuters
4,000 homeless as Kenyan police burn down forest squats. ABC News - AFP
States evicts 4,000 squatters from forest, East African Standard
Deforestation rates jump in Uganda and Burundi, fall in Rwanda, Mongabay news
Forests: Kenya is at a crossroads , The Daily Nation
Traders want logging ban lifted, The Daily Nation
Liberia: Green Advocates Write President Sirleaf, The Analyst (Monrovia)
Safeguarding Madagascar's amazing but deeply threatened biodiversity, Conservation Frontlines
Deforestation Worries Grow - Illegal logs auction popular, Bangkok Post News
Forests in Indochina receive FSC certification, WWF News
Demand for Tet trees threatens woodlands, VietNam News
Malaysia Eyes Green Bonds to Grow Forests, Planet Ark - Reuters
Indonesia Uses Logs Auction Proceeds for Forest Rehabilitation, Antara News
Order to stop all P'pang logging, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
'Our family the chimps' - The major threat to the long-term survival of orang-utans in Sabah is linked with oil palm plantation development and forest destruction, Cape Argus
Biofuel to Drive Indonesian Palm Oil Expansion, Organ-utan Extinction, Planet Ark : Reuters
A Challenge as Huge as the Tsunami Itself - Rebuilding Worst-Hit Aceh While Protecting Its Nature, Conservation Frontlines
Forest protection gets P5M in grants, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Beekeepers abuzz over 11th-hour action - Concerns about clearfelling of leatherwood to be reviewed, The Mercury
Beekeepers' protest raises tree protection issues, ABC News
Illegally logged timber imports make it to Australia: report, ABC News
PM out of the woods - John Howard's decision in 2004 to side with timber workers on forests policy was touch and go, The Australian
Ecologists concerned over crippling of natural resources, Dominican Today
Satellites show Amazon parks, indigenous reserves stop forest clearing, Woods Hole Research Center
Canada-U.S. lumber fight could test new Conservative government, say experts, MoneySense News
Germany's Mighty Oaks Threatened by Pollution, Planet Ark : Reuters
One third of all trees damaged in Germany's ailing forests, Yahoo! News
Goodbye to West Africa's Rainforests, Mongabay News
Museveni Annoys Environmentalists by ordering stop to eviction of encroachers from forests, New Vision (Kampala)
East Africa People and Wildlife Struggles to Share Precious Land and Water, ENN AP
Ancient Southern Africa Tribe Battles to Avoid Eviction from Kalahari Reserve, ENN AP
Illegal Myanmar timber trade with China picks up, Yahoo! News
Burma loggers resume pirate trade, The Age
Coral, mangroves worth billions as natural buffers, fishing grounds: UN, Haveeru Daily AFP
Coral, mangroves good for economy, BBC News
Sabah urged to put a stop to illegal logging activities, Borneo Bulletin
Indonesia: Quotas endangering Aceh forests: NGO, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesian Govt Staff Involved in Illegal Logging, Antara News
Indonesia: Questions raised over plantation project, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Deforestation threatens declining population of orang-utans with extinction, The Guardian
Humans Push Orangutans To The Brink Of Extinction, Says Study, Bernama: Malaysian National News Agency
Genes record orangutans' decline, BBC News
Straying logging firm loses licence, The Star - Malaysia
Big win against illegal timber ops, The Star - Malaysia
Illegal Felling Of Trees Take Place On Govt Land, Says MB, Bernama: Malaysian National News Agency
New Forestry Minister rebuffs Greens, ABC: The World Today
Job Posting: Greenpeace Canada seeks a bilingual forest campaigner, Greenpeace
Ex-pilot sues over helicopter logging, The Globe and Mail
Continuing concerns of forestry industry crisis - Pressure has to be put on province to prevent further mill closures, Kenora Daily Miner and News
Tolko Industries Ltd.: Permanent Closure Announced at Operations in The Pas, Manitoba, CCN Matthews
Premier says B.C. must expand forest products markets in Asia, Money Sense News
New coroner to focus on forest safety, Prince George Free Press
Warm weather may be pine beetle downfall, The Canadian Press
SORCA backs off Plunge - Organization letting District take lead, Whistler Question
Province looks into Crown land biking policy, Whistler Question
Uruguay President Defies Pulp Mill Protesters, Planet Ark - Reuters
Pulp Factions - Uruguay's environmentalists battle Big Paper, GNN
Peasant Activist Celsa Valdovinos Makes Her Mark, IPS News
Findings of Tarahumara inquiry help see forest through trees, El Universal
Jordan's forests could disappear in 10 years, Jordan Times RSCN
Indian journalist murdered for reporting on illegal forestry, OneWorld South Asia
Madagascar establishes new park system to protect lemurs, benefit people, IRIN News - Mongabay
Madagascar: A plan for moving from slash-and-burn to conservation, IRIN News - Reuters
Madagascar: Researcher hears a cry for help from rare silky sifakas, The Seattle Times
East Africa: Forest clearance blamed for long-term damage, Telegraph
Ugandan gov't stops eviction of over 180,000 forest encroachers, People's Daily - Xinhua
Deforestation threat not being addressed, Kenya Times
Oxfordshire: Parishes to conserve Royal forest, BBC News
Grey squirrels face massive cull, BBC News
Backlash expected as ministers plan grey squirrel cull, UK Independent
Woodlands prepare for climate effects, Green Guide
Call to plant more trees despite global warming claims, icWales news
Logging Licence Revoked Due To Environmental Damage, Bernama News
Indonesia: N. Sumatra Police seize illegal logs bound for Aceh, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesia: Illegal miners arrested in Papua for illegal quarrying activities in the West Batanta conservation forest, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Villagers want police presence, Solomon Star News
Workshop empowers Makira villagers - Objective of workshop was to empower resource owners to see the good and bad about logging, Solomon Star News
Thai government, UN to issue elephant handbook, New Kerala
Claim logging may damage water supply, ABC News
Bob Brown sells his pet rock, and other assets, to raise funds for a landmark court case against Forestry Tasmania, Crikey News
Tree poisoner faces $600,000 fine, The Advertiser
Anti-logger protesters arrested, The Advertiser
Forest protest charges, Herald Sun
Save Arcadia Forest Ecosystem: Block bid rejected, Collie Mail
Forest authority to probe water testing concerns, ABC News
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
'Villains honoring villains' - Is total privatization of America's cash-strapped public lands coming down the pike?, WorkingForChange
Congressman Pombo Challenged by Endangered Species Act Author, Environment News Service
Challenging Pombo, Living on Earth
Richard Pombo Faces a Green Avalanche, AlterNet
Public comment trimmed from ski area planning process - New Forest Service rules allow resorts to streamline, although comment will still be required in many cases, Vail Daily News
BLM Proposes to Update NEPA Manual, Bureau of Land Management
Interior Department Moves To Cut Conservation and Citizen Participation On Western Pubic Lands, Center for Biological Diversity
Take Action: Comments Needed to Uphold NEPA, Action Network
Grazing, seismic permits fall under plan, Star-Tribune
Forests eye energy exemptions, Star-Tribune
Battle over ban on horse slaughter pits Congress against federal regulators, CS Monitor
Aerial gunners kill 200 coyotes - Federal action is meant to cut calf predation, Arizona Daily Star
Government Reduces Endangered Mexican Wolf Numbers for Third Year in Row - Luna Pack of wolves in Gila National Forest likely next victims of government mismanagement, Center for Biological Diversity
Pombo top aide under fire for finances, Contra Costa Times
Enough with the OHVs, already!, Salt Lake Tribune op-ed by Jim Furnish
Does Post-Fire Logging Make Ecological or Economic Sense? - Betting on Biscuit, Counterpunch
Group says Walden Bill could lead to loss of national forests, Kingsport Times-News
Stop HR 4200 Catastrophe, FSEEE
OSU academic freedom survives brush with fire, Oregonian editorial
Conservationists' 'Bogeyman' - Congressman Pombo Pushes Environmental Conservatism, Wall Street Journal
Friends of Acadia faults NPS policy proposal, Bangor Daily News
Hands off Acadia, Bangor Daily News editorial
NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and the Role of the Environment, Council On Hemispheric Affairs
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
Forest Service sues Maclay, The Missoula Independent
Lawsuit alleges illegal tree cutting, Star-Tribune AP
Bitterroot Resort: Public Amenity or Private Playground?, New West Network
New cabin-rental system for forests begins Feb. 2 - Flathead National Forest is transitioning its cabin-rental program to a national reservation system, The Daily Inter Lake
Public-Private development partnership, RuralNorthwest News
Panel gives proposed Rock Creek mine tenative thumbs-down, Bonner County Daily Bee
Hunted and hazed - A bad year for bison gets worse, The Missoula Independent
Solutions hard to find in Yellowstone bison controversy, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Schweitzer wants changes to Yellowstone bison management plan, Billings Gazette
A new approach to bison, Helena Independent Record
Both sides of buffalo debate irate about roaming charges, Denver Post
Practical solutions for managing wild bison, Greater Yellowstone Coalition at Billings Gazette op-ed
Montana ranch to be managed as grizzly habitat, KBCI 2 Boise, Idaho
Management of historic Montana ranch outlined as grizzly bear habitat, Billings Gazette at Independent Record
Protecting bear costs $6K/year, Billings Gazette
Poachers put bite on grizzly recovery, Great Falls Tribune
Grizzly 346: Her story begins in Yellowstone, The Idaho Statesman
Wolverines: Fiercely mysterious - Glacier researchers enter secretive world of wolverine, Missoulian
Restoration or Exploitation? - Conservation Groups Appeal Lolo National Forest Decision for Industrial Logging in Unroaded Wildland, Native Forest Network at New West Network
Federal government files lawsuit against Maclay, Missoulian
U.S. Attorney: Tom Maclay Illegally Cut Trees in Research Natural Area for Bitterroot Resort, New West Network
Bitterroot Resort - Maclay: Suit Stems From Misunderstanding About Historical Rights, New West Network
Bitterroot NF: Forest Service shuts down 'three old geezers', High Country News
Salvage ruling no help to local mill, The Hungry Horse News
Camp Rotary in need of remodeling - Forest Service seeks comment on permit renewal, Great Falls Tribune
Working for Bears or Barely Working?, Boise Weekly
Judge clears way for winter logging, The Daily Inter Lake
Flathead NF: Judge lifts restraining order on logging while bears hibernate, Billings Gazette
Idaho caribou struggle to survive, Star-Tribune AP
Trashing and abuse of public lands has run amok, state officials say, Missoulian
How the West Was Won ... Back - Land-rich regions' residents tell hungry politicians to back off, Grist Magazine
Montana's landscape is changing -- will America's be next?, Grist Magazine
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Public comment trimmed from ski area planning process - New Forest Service rules allow resorts to streamline, although comment will still be required in many cases, Vail Daily News
Skiers, elk meet in West Vail forest, Vail Daily News
Humans and lynx studied on Vail Pass - Forest Service wants to know about travel, recreations patterns, Vail Daily News
Wilderness stewardship planned, Summit Daily News
Surface-rights protection merits legislative support, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Capitol clash set to surface over impact of drilling, Denver Post
It's no longer Grant's cabin, so what is it?, Aspen Times
Court upholds tax for forest cabins, Star-Tribune
Wyoming Supreme Court upholds forest cabin tax - Pair must pay taxes on cabin, court says, Billings Gazette
Forest Service addresses trails in Medicine Bow NF, Star-Tribune
The Costs of Drilling - The Value of the Wyoming Range, New West Network
Forests eye energy exemptions, Star-Tribune
Grazing, seismic permits fall under plan, Star-Tribune
Black Hills NF: Firewood program benefits people, forest, Argus Leader editorial
Wyoming Cloud Seeding Experiment Begins This Month, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fourteeners bill advances, Durango Herald
Fourteeners-access bill advances - Panel OKs measure to relieve property owners of liability, Rocky Mountain News
Ease climbers' access to Colorado 14ers, Denver Post editorial
Forest Service Says Skiing Out-Of-Bounds is Legal, Headwaters News at New West Network
Skiers want backcountry access, not lifts, Vail Daily News
Powder hounds press for open boundaries, Summit Daily News
Forest Service OKs Vail land swap, Summit Daily News
Ski area planning streamlined, Summit Daily News
Pike & San Isabel NF: Vandals target gate, signs, The Mountain Mail
The mouse stands alone - Preble's meadow jumping mouse is in fact a distinct creature, ENN AP
Site near Cody eyed for exclusive resort, Billings Gazette
Harvesting peace of mind, Star-Tribune
Commission affirms stance against wilderness area in Buffalo Gap National Grassland, The Rapid City Journal
Forest Service must release papers - Documents may shed light on creation of Wolf Creek plan, Durango Herald
County officials, developer appeal Wolf Creek ruling, Durango Herald
Lynx issues shaping local forest management, Summit Daily News
There's room for many uses in national forests, Denver Post op-ed
Forest Service OKs Front Door swap, Vail Daily News
Black Hills National Forest Announces Free Firewood Areas, Black Hills Portal
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Residents urge Forest Service to reconsider herbicide use in the Carson and Santa Fe national forests, New Mexican
'Til the Cows Come Home, Santa Fe Reporter
Forest Health Program Thins Trees, Mountain View Telegraph
Snow aids in county's fuel pile burning, Los Alamos Monitor
Early wildfire season expected, New Mexican
Cibola NF Gears Up For Fire Season, Mountain View Telegraph
Prepare For Fire Season, Mountain View Telegraph editorial
Historic Sabino Trail Reopens, KOLD News
Aerial gunners kill 200 coyotes - Federal action is meant to cut calf predation, Arizona Daily Star
Government Reduces Endangered Mexican Wolf Numbers for Third Year in Row - Luna Pack of wolves in Gila National Forest likely next victims of government mismanagement, Center for Biological Diversity
Cibola Nat'l Forest Cites Warm Weather for Early Firewood Season, Albuquerque Journal
Watershed burn scheduled, New Mexican
The forest or the trees, New Mexican
A landmark's legacy: Bandelier looks to past, future as it marks 90th anniversary, New Mexican
Coronado NF: Historic Sabino Trail needs loving care this Saturday, Arizona Daily Star
Coronado NF: Mount Graham Red Squirrel Status Information Sought, US Fish & Wildlife Service
'Wilderness is Our Common Ground'; Conservation Group Launches New Ad Campaign, U.S. Newswire
Mexican Wolf Project Holds Public Meetings to Discuss 2006 and Beyond, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Santa Fe NF: Town Council rejects herbicide plan, Las Vegas Optic
Maybe Aunt Agnes' Vinegar Would Work on Weeds, Albuquerque Journal
Stewards of protection: State program and private groups help guard hundreds of ancient and historical sites, New Mexican
Environmentalists attempt to restore land near Grand Canyon, KVOA News
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Bridger-Teton Forest to allow free Pass shuttle - National Forest officials have declared that a proposed free shuttle for skiers and 'boarders accessing terrain in Teton Pass does not require a permit from the Forest Service, Planet Jackson Hole
No Shuttle For Teton Pass? - Bridger-Teton NF gives a thumbs down to proposed free shuttle service for skiers, On The Snow News
Learn how to share silence with helicopters and explosives, Salt Lake Tribune letter
Idaho wilderness bill strikes the right balance - Public land giveaways, public lands sales, ATV road bisecting wilderness, ..., Idaho Statesman editorial
Operator cancels Snowcats on part of Soldier Mountain - Area will be available for snowmobiling, Twin Falls Times-News
Potlatch may restrict public access to timber land, The Idaho Statesman
Sawtooth NRA Proposes White Bark Pine Regeneration Project - Disease, beetles, other species are threats to the trees, Twin Falls Times-News
Will forestland heirs maintain legacies?, Planet Jackson Hole
Timber tycoon developer now owns chunk of Idaho - Round Valley neighbors unhappy with clearcutting, The Idaho Statesman
Bridger-Teton Forest, WYDOT talk pass parking, Jackson Hole Wyoming News
Where to allow motors in Medicine Bow forest?, Star-Tribune
Wayne is full of scenery - not people, Deseret Morning News
It's motors vs. feet in race to open access to forest recreation area, Salt Lake Tribune
Snowmaking noise levels will be checked at Bald Mountain, Twin Falls Times-News
Firefighter Charged With Arson in Nevada that burned hundreds of acres of national forest, Las Vegas Sun
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Auction begins for 82 acres of Forest Service property, Sierra Sun
The Pineros: Village weeps for lost sons, Sacramento Bee
Three deny charges of plotting against Forest Service lab , SF Chonicle AP
Plot targeted USFS tree-breeding center, FBI says, The Olympian AP
Eldorado NF: Input sought on new Kirkwood lifts, expansion plans, The Stockton Record
Kirkwood development environmental statement released, Amador Ledger Dispatch
Slashing back at sudden oak death, Eureka Times-Standard
Sempervirens Fund to Purchase the Lompico Headwaters Controversial Logging Plan Put on Hold, PR Web
UCSD researcher details diversity of tropical forests, Union Tribune
Where some see perfect land for pinot, others just see red - Timber to "terroir" - Sonoma County residents resist as developers rush to convert forests into vineyards, Oregonian
The Trees Are Coming Down in Meadow Valley, Sacramento Union
Forest Service wins key battle over Meadow Valley project, Sacramento Bee
Environmentalists Fight Spread of Vineyards to California Coastal Forests, ENN AP
Telephone Flat oversight meeting Thursday at Klamath NF, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Out of bounds skiing dumb, but not illegal, feds say, Las Vegas Sun
Zimmerman works through retirement, Big Bear Grizzly
Lompico headwaters may be spared from loggers, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Watershed redwoods saved from logging, Mercury News
Winds keep fire agencies on edge - Danger levels high in brush blown dry, LA Daily News - Santa Clarita
Clear that brush - Texas wildfires bring home the value of prevention, Pasadena Star-News
Exploited forest workers, Sacramento Bee editorial
Help restore the San Bernardino forest, Bear Valley News
Stanislaus NF: Crews start clearing for Dragoon trail, The Union Democrat
U.S. Forest Service funds help Lake County roads and schools, Lake County Record-Bee
Public lands acquisition moves ahead, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
The Forest Recovery Controversy - Detach OSU school from logging taxes, Oregonian editorial
OSU dean says he's sorry, seeks to mend rift over forest research, Oregonian
Letter from OSU Dean of Forestry Hal Salwasser, The Oregonian
OSU dean decries attempt to delay article on logging - Student study sparks logging controversy, Eugene Register-Guard
Wildfire logging debate heats up - Controversial Science paper lacked appropriate caveats, some forestry scientists say, The Scientist
No one study can resolve post-fire issues, Register Guard op-ed
Debate over the impacts of salvage logging continues: There's almost no data to support salvage logging, Register Guard op-ed
Postfire logging: Is it beneficial to a forest?, USFS [pdf]
Forest Service to thin forest to save mammoth pines, Oregonian
Road to Bagby Hot Springs to reopen following rock slides, KATU News
Mt. St. Helens Grows New Dome, Oregon Public Broadcasting
"Squaw" eliminated from place names, Seattle Times
U.S. board changes names of 16 Central Oregon "squaw" places, KGW News
Taxpayers pay to line some pockets - Latest timber sale arguments border on the absurd, Daily Astorian editorial
Corporate Forestry and Academic Freedom, Monthly Review
Siuslaw NF: Agency consolidation will take time, Newport News-Times
Post-Fire Logging, Forest Recovery, and Hazardous Fuel Reduction, Montana Public Radio - Commentary by Thomas Michael Power
Q&A with Rich Fairbanks, Former Forest Service team leader, Bisquit salvage plan, Eugene Weekly
Article sparks scholastic spat, Oregonian
For Sale: The West - What conservationists can do as prices for houses--and Cascadia's forests--skyrocket, HCN Writers on the Range at Tidepool
Recovery Plan for Northern Spotted Owl to Be Developed - Independent contractor sought to lead recovery planning effort, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Radical Environmentalism on Death Row - Tre Arrow and ELF. Counterpunch
Trees under duress - Small firs encroaching on sugar pines along Highway 62 near Union Creek will be cut to give the pines a longer life, Mail Tribune
No-list decision may have area impacts, The News Guard
Does Post-Fire Logging Make Ecological or Economic Sense? - Betting on Biscuit, Counterpunch
Logging study sets off own firestorm - Biscuit fire - Objections at OSU to a graduate student's research on forest recovery ignite a scholarly dustup, Oregonian
Logging Article in Science Stirs Debate , SF Chronicle
OSU academic freedom survives brush with fire, Oregonian editorial
Group says Walden Bill could lead to loss of national forests, Kingsport Times-News
Pacific Northwest Research Station's New Software Tool Helps Protect Nation's Drinking Water, Medford News
Old adversaries try to save remaining woodlands, Columbian
Suit challenges murrelet protection - Coos County seeks delisting of marbled murrelet, The Seattle Times AP
Government wants independent to head owl recovery project, KGW News AP
2006 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree to come from Olympic National Forest, Peninsula Daily News
Environmental Group Fights Ski Resort Expansion - Sierra Club Says Plan Cuts Into Wildlife Corridor, KOIN News
Owners push county to approve gorge inn, Oregonian
Three accused in 2001 torching at UW, Post-Intelligencer
11 Indicted in U.S. Environmental Terrorism Case, Bloomberg News
Tapes and Snitches - Feds Hand Down Eco-Sabotage Indictments, Counterpunch
Radical activists justify violence to aid animals, environment , SF Chronicle
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Land Between the Lakes Hillman Ferry and Alley Salvage Logging, Heartwood Alerts
Bredesen: Let's make a deal for Bowater's Cumberland forest, Southern Standard
McCurtain County Couple Sentenced for Theft of Government Property, KTEN News
The beeches, the elk and the Buffalo, Baxter Bulletin
Gorges ranger loves job's diversity, Asheville Citizen-Times
Heaven touches Earth through the January oaks, Roanoke Times
Trip to find rare ivory-billed woodpecker is treat for Sullivan bird enthusiast, Herald & Review
Bigfoot hunters comb Big Thicket, San Antonio Express-News at The Beaumont Enterprise
State park's urge to expand hits Forest Service roadblock -Gorges desires Rainbow Falls area; agency not ready to let go, Asheville Citizen-Times
South Carolina: State forest deal not as simple as it looks, The Sun News
Where extra credit equals extra lives, Allston-Brighton Tab
Students track tree-killer -Have $4,500 grant in hand, The Enquirer
Ivory Bill Report Is Called 'Faith-Based Ornithology', New York Times
Rodman Reservoir is safe for now: Drinking water study may assure reservoir's future, Palatka Daily News
Group claims victory in forest, WDUN News
Group says Walden Bill could lead to loss of national forests, Kingsport Times-News
Program helps forests recover from hurricanes - With the help of this venture, an estimated 7,000 trees will be planted, Mobile Register
Ouachita National Forest picks deputy supervisor: Richard Rosemier, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rare Bats Discovered in Eastern Oklahoma, Tulsa World at SF Chronicle AP
Wildlife police: Corridors protect and serve animals, Daytona Beach News-Journal
New focus urged for ecological studies, United Press International
Wilderness areas created in two states and El Toro area of Caribbean National Forest, The Wilderness Society
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
New Wayne forest plan unveiled, The Marietta Times
Sale of forest land raises environmental concerns, Duluth News Tribune
Partners aim to keep forests open, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Most favor ban on ATVs in forest, Rutland Herald
Project Canopy aims at deadwood, Morning-Sentinel
White Mountain NF: Loon Mountain plan includes 900 new units, The Union Leader
Landing A Town - Forest Communities coming together around woodlots, Times Argus
Skillful bird has reason to laugh, South Bend Tribune
Monongahela NF: Forest Service's Draft EIS on Allegheny Wood Products' proposal to turn the Blackwater Canyon Trail into a logging road, Friends of Blackwater Canyon
W.Va. has long known that timbering causes flooding - The literature goes way back to the early 1900s, Charleston Daily Mail
UPPCO sells more land to developer, The Mining Journal
New nature park a Tech production, Michigan Tech Lode
Honor Highlands promise, Philadelphia Inquirer
Pay to play: Wayne NF mulls fee hike, The Ironton Tribune
Health of Maine woods debated - Conflicting views offered to LURC, Bangor Daily News
Warm weather could spell trouble for syrup crop, Bangor Daily News
Chequamegon-Nicolet NF: Forest Service broadens review - Logging's effects on species in question, Duluth News Tribune
Fire towers stand tall as link to the land, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Land deal proposed to conserve forests, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Group wants trapping ban for sake of lynx - Animal advocacy group says trapping aimed at other animals in the Superior and Chippewa forests kills lynx, Duluth News Tribune
Chequamegon-Nicolet revises logging plans, Duluth News Tribune
Defoliation presents state's sugar makers with a dilemma, Rutland Herald at Times Argus
Report Studies Impact Of Massive Turnover Of Timberland In New England's Northern Forest, Science Daily
Wood Reinforced With Fiberglass Offers Environment-Friendly High-Strength Material, AScribe Newswire
Ohio: Forest's Future Unclear, WBNS News
Gov. Dick board saluted for stewardship plan, Lebanon Daily News
Wind Generator to Use Fire to Examine Bats , SF Chronicle AP
Loggers thwarted by thaw, Bangor Daily News
New focus urged for ecological studies, United Press International
Friends of Acadia faults NPS policy proposal, Bangor Daily News
Hands off Acadia, Bangor Daily News editorial

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