Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Sale of public lands proposed - White House hopes to replace funds lost to logging cutbacks, San Francisco Chronicle
Bush administration details $1 billion plan for public land sales, New Mexican AP
Large Sale of Forest Planned - The White House wants to help pay for rural roads and schools by auctioning 300,000 acres of what it considers non-vital parcels, Los Angeles Times
California environmentalists oppose Bush plan to sell forest land, San Francisco Chronicle
Forest land sale proposal assailed , Sacramento Bee
Land sale plan stirs debate, Star-Tribune
Bush administration moves to sell national forest land, Monterey Herald: Knight Ridder News
Forest Service prepared to put land on market, The Plain Dealer: Newhouse News
Bush Administration Seeks $1 Billion Public Lands Sale, The Moderate Voice
Agriculture official hints at timber receipts cut, The Register-Guard
Forestland sell-off plan includes 1,370 local acres, Mail Tribune
Swinging a budget ax at Oregon's timber towns - The president's plan to slash county payments will injure rural communities and reignite public land conflicts, Oregonian editorial
Forest selling plan raises ire - Many criticize sale of woodlands, Oakland Tribune
Nearly 10,000 acres up for sale in Idaho Panhandle NF - The Bush budget is proposing to sell the popular English Point National Recreation Trail area on Hayden Lake among other popular public sites, Bonner County Daily Bee - Hagadone News
Forest Service proposal includes about 14,000 acres in Montana, KPAX News
Gov. Schweitzer blasts Bush's public land sale proposal, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Sale proposal includes Utah forest lands, Salt Lake Tribune
Forest Service says it may sell more than 5,000 acres in Utah, Star-Tribune
Monongahela Forest for sale? - About 5,000 acres are in federal bull's-eye to fund the Secure Rural Schools Act, Sunday Gazette-Mail
For sale: National forest land - Bush administration proposes selling tracts in N.C., 33 other states, Asheville Citizen-Times
Daniel Boone included in proposed forest sales, Lexington Herald-Leader
South Carolina: State conservationists to fight federal plan to sell land, Ths State
Bankhead, Conecuh and Talladega NFs: Bush budget pushes sale of forest land, Montgomery Advertiser
New Mexico: Forest land sale planned, Albuquerque Tribune: Scripps Howard News
Feds may sell public lands to aid schools, Denver Post
Forest Service: More than 105,000 Rocky Mountain Acres Ready to Sell, New West Network
Public land sale could involve two valley parcels, Aspen Times
Lands Potentially Eligible for Sale by State and National Forest, USFS
Secure Rural Schools Forest Service FY 2007 Initiative, USFS
Wild Wilderness Director to run for US House - Scott Silver announced his candidacy today for the US Congressional seat held by incumbent Greg Walden, Bend Bugle
Sen. Craig: Bush has strong track record on forests, Pocatello Idaho State Journal [scroll down]
Public Land Sales: $1 billion to finance 230 projects, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Federal officials throw gasoline on OSU forestry fire, Oregonian editorial
When forests burn, part 2, BlueOregon
Federal weed spraying debated - Agency aims to triple coverage to slow fires; critics cite health threat, USA Today
Feds reduce grazing fees, Star-Tribune
Federal-land grazing fee to be reduced - Ranchers pleased, enviros unhappy, Arizona Daily Star
Bamboozled - On bamboo flooring, Grist magazine
Great Bear hug: Environmentalists are cheering, but they are the losers in an agreement reached over B.C.'s last rain forest area, National Post
Global Warming - The Blame Is not with the Plants - International scientific team reacts to misinterpretation of their research results and provides the correct perspective, Max Planck Society
Bush calls for sell-off of Western public land, Denver Post
Forest lands may be on the block, Missoulian
Forest Service plans land sale, Summit Daily News
White House Unveils Plan to Sell Off 200,000 Forest Service Acres, New West Network
Forest and BLM acreage for sale? - Revenue: Environmental groups blast the proposals, Salt Lake Tribune
What's With Selling Off Forest Lands?, The Huffington Post
Bush plan calls for selling public lands to raise money, Star-Tribune AP
Forest Service Unions Try To Stop Privatizing; Say Bush is 'Wasting Public's Money' Over Ideology, The Chief
President's FY 2007 Budget Advances Goals of Healthy Forests Initiative and Meets Targets of the Northwest Forest Plan - Budget also proposes measure for continued payments to states for rural economic development, USDA Forest Service
Bush budget would phase out funding for timber counties in 41 states, SF Chronicle - Daly AP
Budget would cut county timber money, The Daily World
President's budget proposal would cut PILT, Montrose Daily Press
Budget preserves(?) rural fund program - But Jackson County would get much less than before, Mail Tribune
Rural counties glad timber subsidy cuts not worse, Redding Record Searchlight
Logging study could prove revolutionary, The Register-Guard
About-face restores OSU study money - Research - The BLM reverses after lawmakers raise the issue of censorship over findings on logging after fires, The Oregonian
Agency restores funding for logging study, Oregonian AP
Inquiry of OSU study flap urged - Logging - A lawmaker asks whether funding was pulled because findings conflicted with Bush's position, The Oregonian
BLM freezes OSU's grant behind study - Forestry - The suspension adds a new element to the furor over salvage logging, The Oregonian
Lawmaker calls for investigation into funding cut-off - Representative questions whether politics played role in BLM decision, Oregon State Daily Barometer
Bureau of Land Management Piles On & Shuts Down Salvage Logging Study, New West Network
U.S. funds for logging study suspended, The Seattle Times AP
Forest service: Some wildfires are beneficial, The Pueblo Chieftain
Federal Government Lowers Public Lands Grazing Fee For 2006 Despite Massive Program Deficit, Center for Biological Diversity
Can't Log the Forest for the Trees? - Newly revealed effects of selective logging emphasize the need to enforce best management practices, American Scientist
Hawkins & Powers: Firm leaves rich history as aviation pioneer, Billings Gazette at Star-Tribune
The Great Canadian Temperate Rainforest Sell-Out, Forest Conservation Blog
Wolf Creek development tangled with political ties - McCombs' ski development has been focus of lobbying, Denver Post
Report: Developer Has Close Ties With Officials Controlling Ski Project - Forest Service Must Approve $1 Billion Project Near Wolf Creek Ski Area, The Denver Channel
Report: Developer has ties with officials controlling project, Aspen Daily News AP
Location, impact of energy corridor remain in question, Independent Record
Forest Service and BLM Announce 2006 Federal Grazing Fee, USFS
Feds reduce grazing fees, Star-Tribune
USDA Forest Service Assist In Training Soldiers For Duty In Afghanistan - 10th Mountain Division Soldiers Pack Mules, Black Hills National Forest
Forest Service Issues in the News: A web-based system for monitoring the public discussion and debate expressed in the news media about USFS policy issues, North Central Research Station
When forests burn, Blue Oregon
Forestry research rift still making waves, Oregon State Daily Barometer
Forestry dean begins healing process, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Damage control after logging study? - Some worry about the university's reputation following questions of academic freedom, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Biscuit logging: Harmful, Daily Astorian letter
Biscuit fire paper kindles emotions, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Sequoias designed to last a couple of thousand years, Visalia Times Delta
Colorado's Secret Trees, Mountain Gazette
How did Richard Pombo become House Resources Chair?, ePluribus Media
Grazing Allotments: Cattleman-conservationist alliance is needed, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
An earthy issue: recycled tissue, San Francisco Chronicle
Salvage-logging bill gets mixed reception - Environmentalists cite studies on logging's effects, Mail Tribune
Walden to push salvage bill -Representative seeks to expedite post-fire harvests, Mail Tribune
Oppose unwise salvage logging bills, Corvallis Gazette-Times letter
Stop HR 4200 and S 2079 Catastrophe, FSEEE E-Activist
OSU prof will press salvage logging research challenge - The leader of a bid to delay a student's work will take his fight to the journal Science, The Oregonian
Forestry professor Sessions continues fight against anti-logging research, Oregonian AP
Betting on Biscuit - Does Post-Fire Logging Make Ecological or Economic Sense?, Dissident Voice
Forest Service And BLM Announce 2006 Federal Grazing Fee For Oregon, Western States, Medford News
Ouachita Forest cedes 160 acres to development - Two U.S.-owned tracts near Hot Springs to be sold for private use, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aqua Dyne To Test Solar Powered Water Desalination and the treatment of Acid Mine Leachate, PR Newswire
WORLD NEWS
Great Bear hug: Environmentalists are cheering, but they are the losers in an agreement reached over B.C.'s last rain forest area, National Post
Great Bear Rainforest deal is signed - Among the speeches, no talk of how much it will cost the province, Victoria Times Colonist
Deal protects wilderness jewel - B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest open to some industry, Times Colonist
Vast tract preserved in Canada - 5 million acres of temperate rain forest off-limits to logging, New York Times at SF Chronicle
'Great Bear' basks in peace - Ten-year rainforest battle ends today with a historic agreement, The Vancouver Sun
Rainforest agreement a done deal, CBC British Columbia
Great Bear plan praised, Campbell River Courier-Islander
Great Bear deal marks new world, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Deal reached on Great Bear Rainforest, Vancouver Sun
Land use plan unveiled for Great Bear Rainforest, Canadian Press
Bears finally saved from chainsaws, The Vancouver Province
War of the woods, National Post
Great Bear changes the rules - Protection of rainforest could mean responsibility shift for park preservation, PQB News
Rainforest Peace, Black Press at Williams Lake Tribune
Plan to protect eco-forest on B.C. coast unveiled, Canadian Press
Vast area of new parks ends coastal controversy - 400 kilometres of coastline covered in deal, Vancouver Sun
Canadian Park Will Make Yellowstone Look Small - 16 Million Acre Park Called 'Great Bear Rainforest', The Denver Channel AP
Years of tension end with 'unique' B.C. rain forest deal, Toronto Globe and Mail
One man's crusade to save the Great Bear: A victory in the fight to preserve B.C.'s rainforest - Government to announce plans to protect two million hectares of wildlife sanctuary, Globe and Mail
Before and After Satellite Imagery Reveals Striking Picture of Human-Caused Changes to Québec's Boreal Forest, CNW Telbec
Eye in the sky monitors Quebec's boreal forests - Satellite helps study human impact; Largest clearcut in surveyed region was about three times the size of Montreal, The Montreal Gazette
Eco-tourism operators don't want logging in their backyard, Northern Life
The Alberta forest industry is facing A Perfect Storm - Once profitable sector now floundering, The Calgary Herald
Outlook poor for Canada's pulp and paper sector in '06, Montreal Gazette
Emerson and B.C. industry blocked softwood pact, Victoria Times Colonist
TimberWest eyes land sales - Forestry company finds its real estate is increasingly valuable, Victoria Times Colonist
Interfor Agrees to Sell Helicopter Logging Operation, CCN Matthews
For modern-day explorer, rain forest is his only home, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Moldova's Green Journalists Mobilize Public to Save Seabeco-Silva Forest, ISAR News
Liberia: Global Witness welcomes President Sirleaf's decision to cancel all forest concessions, Harold Doan
India: Deforestation in North East causing climatic changes, New Kerala
Campaign over Recherche Bay scores win, Grren Left Weekly
Government Must Get Friendly With Forest Owners, New Zealand First Party
Forest protestors' charges dismissed, Bega District News
Forestry 'hearsay' rejected, The Mercury
Indonesian island forest yields species never seen, The State
Brazil: Studies are expected to reduce deforestation in the Pantanal, Portal da Cidadania
Volunteers blaze trail in Patagonia, Tribune-Review
Theobroma Cacao: The Tree of Change - Medicinal value of chocolate explored by scientists, Mars Inc.
Benefits of Cocoa highlighted at The National Academies, Food Ingredients First
Taking wind out of deforestation, Scotsman News
The Great Canadian Temperate Rainforest Sell-Out, Forest Conservation Blog
Canada to protect wildlife, logging in huge B.C. park, Post-Intelligencer
Huge Canadian Park Is Born of Compromise, Washington Post
Canada to Shield 5 Million Forest Acres, New York Times
Conflict to Consensus: British Columbia Protects Great Bear Rainforest, Environment News Service
Canada Commits to Legislate Protection of more than 5 Million Acres of Great Bear Rainforest, Forest Ethics
Before and After Satellite Imagery Reveals Striking Picture of Human-Caused Changes to Québec's Boreal Forest . Newswire
A Trove of Unearthly Species Uncovered in New Guinea's Forest 'Eden', Los Angeles Times
Scientists hail discovery of hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea, UK Independent
Analysis: 'I had long given up on the thought of finding new species', UK Independent
Indonesian Govt to Take Over Logging Business, Antara News
Kyoto Fails Endangered Orang-Utan, The Epoch Times
Sabah Heeds Threat to Orang Utan Population, New Straits Times
Polize Seize Thousands Of Illegal Logs In East Java, Berita Sore
Study Shows Diversity is an Advantage, The Epoch Times
Tropical fires add injury to biodiversity insult, Eureka Alert
China to afforest 7.75 mln hectares of land in 5 years, People's Daily
Millions of trees to restore native woods, Scotsman
Uruguay Leader Says Pulp Protests Hurt Economy, Planet Ark : Reuters
Mining Peru's Andean Forests Puts Unique Species, Ecosystem at Risk, Environment News Service
Uganda: Govt's Master-Plan to Save Budongo Forest, New Vision (Kampala)
Uganda: Could micro-finance solve encroachment on forests?, The Monitor
Govt looking to grab green vote with Recherche Bay decision, ABC News
Anti-loggers stage protest, The Advertiser
Rainforest Eden faces death by chainsaw - to make margarine, Sunday Times
Furniture a big offender in $450m of imports using illegally logged timber, The Age
Measures by State Govt to reverse Orang-utan decline, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
New tropical timber pact takes aims at illegal logging, Mongabay News
Penampang puts a halt to all logging activities, Borneo Bulletin
Park confusion - Logging at the fringes of a proposed park had villagers up in arms, The Star: Malaysia
Indonesia: Illegal logging threatens parks, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Heritage Park - logging still on?, Malaysiakini
Police Seize Thousands of Illegal Logs in East Java, Antara News
Deal reached on Great Bear Rainforest, Vancouver Sun
After an endless hibernation, Great Bear deal is stirring, Globe and Mail
B.C. log-cabin makers build on sales to Japan, Vancouver Sun
The beetle boss and his beetle plan, Caledonia Courier
Forestry specialists begin studying infested trees, The Chronicle, West Lorne, ON
Injured faller faces $4,000 bill for flight, Vancouver Sun
Malaria linked to Amazon deforestation, Mongabay News
Ilim Pulp increased pulp and paper output by 4.5%, AK&M News
UPM: UPM's Russian wood suppliers operating at a good level, Kauppalehti News
Kenya: Traders Want Logging Ban Lifted, The Nation (Nairobi)
Environmentalists take Gola forest to parliament in Sierra Leone, Awareness Times: Sierra Leone News
Liberia: SDI Wants Existing Forest Concession Cancelled, The News (Monrovia)
Tanzania: Reduce tax on kerosene to reduce overuse of forest wood products, particularly charcoal, govt told, The Guardian
8.9 Trillion Won Earmarked for R&D - The Korea Forest Service secured 47.7 billion won in its R&D budget this year, mainly aimed at developing technologies to stop pine wilt, a disease that occurs when the trees are attacked by pinewood nematodes, The Korea Times
NGOs protest 'unjust' bill, The Telegraph - Calcutta
Residents fear more floods aggravated by massive illegal logging and forest denudation, PJI Journal
$2.4m grant for big donor Gunns, The Australian
Another senior Fiji public servant appears to face charges, Radio New Zealand
Recherche Bay - has a deal been done to stop logging?, ABC Tasmania News
Tas Govt joins fight to stop Recherche Bay logging, ABC News
Anti-loggers stage protest, The Australian
Silence of the axe call of the people, The Mercury
Tassie's choice: the rough red or a greener hue, The Age
Bird songs muted by oil and gas machinery, CBC News Calgary
Environmentalists sue Canada to save spotted owl, Yahoo! News AFP
Bird songs muted by oil and gas machinery, CBC News Calgary
UN Reaches New Pact to Manage Tropical Timber, Planet Ark - Reuters
Uganda: Evict New Encroachers, New Vision (Kampala) editorial
Call to stop deforestation in Gazipur, The New Nation - Bangladesh
Forests: Kenya is At a Crossroads, The Nation (Nairobi)
Eco warriors find legal way to ground the 4x4 motorist, The Sunday Times
Environmental Damage Blamed for Floods, Antara News
Unique Australian Trees Endangered, ENN AP
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Wild Wilderness Director to run for US House - Scott Silver announced his candidacy today for the US Congressional seat held by incumbent Greg Walden, Bend Bugle
USDA Forest Service Fiscal Year 2007 Budget, USFS
White House budget proposes 50% cut to County Payments funding - Administration proposal would cut $650 million from Oregon counties over five years, including $85 million from Oregon classrooms
National Park Service: Opportunities Exist to Clarify and Strengthen Special Uses Permit Guidance on Setting Grazing Fees and Cost-Recovery, GAO report
Wild Times For Wilderness - CIEDRA gets a whole lot of love and hate, Boise Weekly
EPA Budget Cuts Trouble Environment Groups, SF Chronicle
Critics say new parks plan favors recreation over conservation, The Mercury News
Agency to allow horses' slaughter, Las Vegas Review-Journal
A Sheep-Like Nation is Allowing Bush to Erode Our Liberties and Well-Being, Asheville Citizen Times
Bush calls for sell-off of Western public land, Denver Post
White House Unveils Plan to Sell Off 200,000 Forest Service Acres, New West Network
Bush plan calls for selling public lands to raise money, Star-Tribune AP
Bush budget would phase out funding for timber counties in 41 states, SF Chronicle - Daly AP
Budget would cut county timber money, The Daily World
President's budget proposal would cut PILT, Montrose Daily Press
Forest study flap growing - Congressman calls for probe of BLM research funding cut, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Americans Prioritize National Parks, but Administration's Budget Ignores Park Needs, Proposes $100-Million Cut, NPCA News
Lobbyist's Ties to Lawmaker Examined - Duane Gibson, who worked for mining firms, raised money for Rep. Richard Pombo, who supported a bill to open federal land, Los Angeles Times
Wolf Creek developer pulls strings - 'Red' McCombs uses influence to push project in Washington, Durango Herald
Report: Developer Has Close Ties With Officials Controlling Ski Project - Forest Service Must Approve $1 Billion Project Near Wolf Creek Ski Area, The Denver Channel
Report: Developer has ties with officials controlling project, Aspen Daily News AP
How did Richard Pombo become House Resources Chair?, ePluribus Media
Pombo Rides Again: S 2110 and Wild Sky, Daily Kos
USDA Forest Service Modifies Service Contracts To Improve Health and Safety of Contract Employees, USFS
Disney at the Presidio of San Francisco , SF Bay Area Indy Media
Salvage-logging bill gets mixed reception - Environmentalists cite studies on logging's effects, Mail Tribune
Walden to push salvage bill -Representative seeks to expedite post-fire harvests, Mail Tribune
Stop HR 4200 and S 2079 Catastrophe, FSEEE E-Activist
Simpson: CIEDRA keeps land open to public, Idaho Statesman op-ed
Blaeloch: Public needs to pin Simpson down on Central Idaho wilderness bill, Idaho Statesman op-ed
Similar in death - In forests, as in coal mines, the need for protection is urgent, Sacramento Bee editorial
Norton to announce land plans for Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act Round 6, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
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
Nearly 10,000 acres up for sale in Idaho Panhandle NF - The Bush budget is proposing to sell the popular English Point National Recreation Trail area on Hayden Lake among other popular public sites, Bonner County Daily Bee - Hagadone News
Forest Service: More than 105,000 Rocky Mountain Acres Ready to Sell, New West Network
Gov. Schweitzer blasts Bush's public land sale proposal, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Forest Service proposal includes about 14,000 acres in Montana, KPAX News
Federal land sale still vague, Missoulian
Montana Roadless Working Group launches Web site, Independent Record
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF wants to harvest dead, dying trees, KAJ News
Gallatin NF looks to 'decommission' some old logging roads, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Judge orders litigating enviros to pony up, High Country News
Too many Idahoans left out of roadless process, Idaho Statesman editorial
Officials to trap more grizzlies in eastern Idaho this summer, Independent Record
Groups seeking purchase of land near where Roosevelt ranched, Grand Forks Herald
Dead tree harvest proposed in Madison River drainage, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Bitterroot Resort: Public Amenity or Private Playground?, New West Network
Gallatin NF: Moving In for the Kill With Montana's Buffalo Hunters - Is it a good way to manage the native herd, or is the solution to give the animals more space?, Los Angeles Times
Keep our roadless areas, Helena Independent Record editorial
Location, impact of energy corridor remain in question, Independent Record
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks considers fees for commercial use of land, Independent Record AP
Grooming ban impacts small number of area trails, Bonner County Daily Bee
Plum Creek Timber ready to sign deal with Montana wildlife agency, Seattle Times AP
Lincoln County Coalition unveils new kind of land-use plan, Missoulian
Montana Coalition Seeks Wilderness, Economic Development, Headwaters News at New West Network
Flathead NF: Eco-groups to file suit over grizzly, bull trout protections, The Daily Inter Lake
Forest Service to use new system for cabin reservations, KTVB News
North Dakota boosts BLM oil, gas lease sale record - Most lease sales have occurred on U.S. Forest Service land in western North Dakota, Grand Forks Herald AP
Chinese students research ND grassland issues, Farm and Ranch Guide
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Public land sale could involve two valley parcels, Aspen Times
Feds may sell public lands to aid schools, Denver Post
Of High Prices, Tamed Roads, and an Un-marketing Idea, New West Network
Roadless rage - Coloradans wrangle over the future of national forest land, but all paths lead to Washington, Colorado Springs Independent
Drilling, logging muddle plan - Roadless task force looks at San Juan National Forest, Durango Herald
Colorado: Roadless task force not out of the woods - Forest-travel plan due, but rules still being drafted, The Daily Sentinel
Coalition gears up for meeting on the future of national forest roadless areas, Summit Daily News
Group ramps up efforts leading up to roadless area hearing, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Feds: Stopping beetles an expensive proposition, Aspen Times
Federal agencies reduce grazing fees, Montrose Daily Press
Arsonist in Hayman fire fights jury impaneling, Denver Post
A little more terrain opening at Beaver Creek, Vail Daily News
Forest Service plans land sale, Summit Daily News
Beaver Creek can add two trails - Forest Service says resort can expand into Pauli's Plunge area, Vail Daily News
Forest service: Some wildfires are beneficial, The Pueblo Chieftain
Man Juggles 3 Jobs To Improve Avalanche Warning, KCNC News
Groups appeal Bighorn forest plan, Star-Tribune
Wolf Creek development tangled with political ties - McCombs' ski development has been focus of lobbying, Denver Post
Report: Developer Has Close Ties With Officials Controlling Ski Project - Forest Service Must Approve $1 Billion Project Near Wolf Creek Ski Area, The Denver Channel
Report: Developer has ties with officials controlling project, Aspen Daily News AP
RS2477: Jefferson County asserts road jurisdiction over feds, state of Colorado, Independent Record
Colorado's Secret Trees, Mountain Gazette
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NFs: Forest plan runs late; rival plan getting attention, The Daily Sentinel
Pawnee National Grassland: Annual burn causes concern, Greeley Tribune
New avalanche center probes backcountry conditions - But unstable funds could run out in February, Aspen Times
USDA Forest Service Assist In Training Soldiers For Duty In Afghanistan - 10th Mountain Division Soldiers Pack Mules, Black Hills National Forest
Army trains with pack animals in Wyoming, Star Tribune AP
Black Hills NF: 'Healthy Forests' project to begin, Rapid City Journal
Forest helps meet U.S. energy needs, Aspen Times op-ed by White River National Forest supervisor
Forest target of increased gas drilling, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
New Mexico: Forest land sale planned, Albuquerque Tribune: Scripps Howard News
Tensions flare over New Mexico energy deal - New wells allowed closer to Carson National Forest, MSNBC
Cibola NF: Birds, birders jostle for position, South Bend Tribune
Kaibab NF included in Bush plan to sell land, Arizona Daily Sun
Groups clash over preserving Arizona lands, The Arizona Republic
Plant aggravates fire dangers in desert - Board of Supervisors wants areawide effort vs. buffelgrass, Tucson Citizen
Carson NF: Deal Allows Gas Wells Near Valle Vidal, Albuquerque Journal
Carson NF Releases Fire Team, Albuquerque Journal
Acres for the future - Ranchers, hunters, developers, conservationists and politicians are working together to protect an area that is one of the last vestiges of wild lands in southern New Mexico, Albuquerque Tribune op-ed
Immigration puts species in danger - Wildlife declines along the border, Arizona Republic
Groups clash over preserving Arizona lands - 2 groups, former allies are divided on the amount of acreage to be saved, Arizona Republic
State Forestry Seedling Sales Set Record, Albuquerque Journal
Man Stays Jailed in Forest Officer Assault, Albuquerque Journal
Dozens of Outdoor Enthusiasts Turn Out for Orienteering Event at Valles Caldera, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Winds Delay Prescribed Fires, Albuquerque Journal
Land Grant Activists Rally , Albuquerque Journal
Gov. Seeks Land-Grant Cash, Albuquerque Journal
Coronado NF: Dragoon residents fear copper exploration, Arizona Range News
Danger from falling trees leads to partial Mogollon Rim closure, Tucson Citizen
Experts predict devastating wildfire season, KVOA News AP
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
April hearing set in Reno on Jarbidge pact, Las Vegas Sun
Public Land Sales: $1 billion to finance 230 projects, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Too many Idahoans left out of roadless process, Idaho Statesman editorial
Roadless plan gets input from Valley - 115 people speak about protecting road-free forests, The Idaho Statesman
Wild Times For Wilderness - CIEDRA gets a whole lot of love and hate, Boise Weekly
Species protection official turns Idaho into problem-solver, The Idaho Statesman
Sawtooth NF: Judge rules against Forest Service in local grazing allotment case, Idaho Mountain Express
Sale proposal includes Utah forest lands, Salt Lake Tribune
Forest Service says it may sell more than 5,000 acres in Utah, Star-Tribune
Bush seeks to narrow budget gap by selling off public lands, The Olympian
Utah: Wilderness plan comes with underlying goal, Star-Tribune AP
Bridger-Teton NF: Avalanche warnings go on radio, Star-Tribune
Wasatch-Cache NF: Company proposes oil pipeline, Salt Lake Tribune
Right Wilderness, Wrong Reason, Questionable Tactic, New West Network
Sawtooth NRA: Fire, birds could restore pines in Sawtooth and Smoky mountains, Idaho Mountain Express
Sawtooth NF: Paragliding championships may be launched from Baldy, Idaho Mountain Express
Wood to be added to Big Wood River - Project designed to restore river to more natural state, Idaho Mountain Express
Boise NF: Managers unable to carry out fire plan - Some blazes to have tested let-it-burn policy, The Idaho Statesman
Grazing Allotments: Cattleman-conservationist alliance is needed, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Feds reduce grazing fees, Star-Tribune
Wasatch-Cache NF: Snowmobilers file motion - Groups hope to stop lawsuit from closing access opened by Forest Service, The Herald Journal
Fishlake NF: Quitchupah road turns corner, The Richfield Reaper
World taking notice of the West - State BLM director tells local audiences that interest in agency's western landholdings on rise, The Inyo Register
Simpson: CIEDRA keeps land open to public, Idaho Statesman op-ed
Blaeloch: Public needs to pin Simpson down on Central Idaho wilderness bill, Idaho Statesman op-ed
Activists win fight on rights to grazing - Sensitive areas: The environmentalist group buys permits, then seeks to retire them, Salt Lake Tribune
Utah: Bill would give ranchers power to improve range, Tooele Transcript Bulletin
Norton to announce land plans for Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act Round 6, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Forest selling plan raises ire - Many criticize sale of woodlands, Oakland Tribune
California environmentalists oppose Bush plan to sell forest land, San Francisco Chronicle AP
Forest land sale proposal assailed , Sacramento Bee
83,816 Acres of Sierra Nevada Forest Slated For Sale in Bush Proposal - Selling National Forest lands to make up for lost timber revenue?, Yuba.net
Machinery replaces muscle - Equipment makes tree harvest easier, Redding Record Searchlight
Pacific Lumber offers to sell 60,000 acres - Environmental groups may bid for forest land, Los Angeles Times at SF Chronicle
Palco selling up to 60,000 acres, Eureka Times-Standard
Maxxam Begins Final Liquidation of Once-Proud Pacific Lumber Company, Humboldt Watershed Council
Coastal panel trims Brazil Ranch plans, Monterey County Herald
Forest fees double - Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sequoia National Forest affected, Central Valley Business Times
Rural counties glad timber subsidy cuts not worse, Redding Record Searchlight
Forest Service looking at changes for off roading, Ukiah Daily Journal
Congress looks into forest worker issues, Sacramento Bee
Humboldt State gets millions for redwood research, KESQ News
Fire on Cleveland National Forest Was a Prescribed Burn, Environment News Service
Incline Lake expected to be part of public lands purchase, Reno Gazette-Journal
Norton approves Incline Lake, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Denio property denied, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Sawtooth NRA: Fire, birds could restore pines in Sawtooth and Smoky mountains, Idaho Mountain Express
Sawtooth NF: Paragliding championships may be launched from Baldy, Idaho Mountain Express
Wood to be added to Big Wood River - Project designed to restore river to more natural state, Idaho Mountain Express
Boise NF: Managers unable to carry out fire plan - Some blazes to have tested let-it-burn policy, The Idaho Statesman
Grazing Allotments: Cattleman-conservationist alliance is needed, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Feds reduce grazing fees, Star-Tribune
Wasatch-Cache NF: Snowmobilers file motion - Groups hope to stop lawsuit from closing access opened by Forest Service, The Herald Journal
Fishlake NF: Quitchupah road turns corner, The Richfield Reaper
World taking notice of the West - State BLM director tells local audiences that interest in agency's western landholdings on rise, The Inyo Register
District Court throws out policy for easing forest rules, Mt. Shasta News
Court affirms Quincy Library Group timber sale - The Forest Service prevailed against environmental efforts to stop a major logging project in Meadow Valley, Lassen County News
Alliance creates temporary jobs - Forest Service personnel and members of the Quincy Library Group celebrated the 9th Circuit Court decision last week upholding the Meadow Valley Project, Lassen County News
Forest Service Explains Process to Repair Storm-Damaged OHV Trails near Foresthill, Tahoe National Forest
Stanislaus working on timber sales, The Union Democrat
Eldorado NF: Kirkwood looks to please -Expansion plans preserve views at ski resort, Stockton Record
Geothermal committee gets an earful, Mt. Shasta News
Nominations sought for federal advisory committee, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Similar in death - In forests, as in coal mines, the need for protection is urgent, Sacramento Bee editorial
Supreme court ruling goes against loggers - Water Regulators' Powers Affirmed, Mercury News
Water Officials' Authority Upheld in Logging Case - State and regional boards have the right to order timber firms to monitor river quality near work sites, California justices say, Los Angeles Times
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Wild Wilderness Director to run for US House - Scott Silver announced his candidacy today for the US Congressional seat held by incumbent Greg Walden, Bend Bugle
Swinging a budget ax at Oregon's timber towns - The president's plan to slash county payments will injure rural communities and reignite public land conflicts, Oregonian editorial
Agriculture official hints at timber receipts cut, The Register-Guard
Forestland sell-off plan includes 1,370 local acres, Mail Tribune
White House Offers Proposal For County Payments, OPB News
Oregon Rural Counties Relegated To Aggressive Panhandling Over Lost Timber Revenue, Southern Oregon News editorial
Bush proposal could cost Peninsula counties millions, Peninsula Daily News
Federal officials throw gasoline on OSU forestry fire, Oregonian editorial
When forests burn, part 2, BlueOregon
Faculty air concerns over research flap - Forestry debate spurs talk about academic freedom, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Sudden Oak Death Quarantine Area May Expand, Curry Pilot
3,000 Acre Copper Mine Proposed Near Mount St. Helens, Blue Oregon
Gifford Pinchot NF: Forlorn Lakes camp fees to go up, Columbian
Park it: Lawmakers vow to erase park day-use fees , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Governor Gregoire Announces State Will Join Lawsuit to Protect Roadless Areas - Gregoire notes that Washingtonians have spoken "overwhelmingly" in support of the rule, Governor Gregoire's Office
Washington: State joins 3 others in lawsuit against Bush land policy, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington: State joins roadless-area suit, The Seattle Times
Washington Signs On To Roadless Lawsuit, KUOW News
Bush's proposed budget would cut conservation grants, The Bellingham Herald
Logging study could prove revolutionary, The Register-Guard
About-face restores OSU study money - Research - The BLM reverses after lawmakers raise the issue of censorship over findings on logging after fires, The Oregonian
Agency Restores Funding for Logging Study, SF Chronicle AP
Inquiry of OSU study flap urged - Logging - A lawmaker asks whether funding was pulled because findings conflicted with Bush's position, The Oregonian
BLM freezes OSU's grant behind study - Forestry - The suspension adds a new element to the furor over salvage logging, The Oregonian
Lawmaker calls for investigation into funding cut-off - Representative questions whether politics played role in BLM decision, Oregon State Daily Barometer
Bureau of Land Management Piles On & Shuts Down Salvage Logging Study, New West Network
U.S. funds for logging study suspended, The Seattle Times AP
Budget preserves(?) rural fund program - But Jackson County would get much less than before, Mail Tribune
Rural counties glad timber subsidy cuts not worse, Redding Record Searchlight
Eighty acres in Sisters up for grabs in the fall, KATU News
When forests burn, Blue Oregon
Forestry research rift still making waves, Oregon State Daily Barometer
Forestry dean begins healing process, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Damage control after logging study? - Some worry about the university's reputation following questions of academic freedom, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Biscuit logging: Harmful, Daily Astorian letter
Biscuit fire paper kindles emotions, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Deschutes NF: New Deputy Forest Supervisor Cecilia Romero Seesholtz, Bend Bugle
Feds consider lease for mine near St. Helens, Columbian
Helicopter conflict swirls above Rogue - Best use - Recreationists and a company that fights forest fires clash over training runs in a protected Wild and Scenic River canyon, Oregonian
Pombo Rides Again: S 2110 and Wild Sky, Daily Kos
The Thursday February 2nd R6 Update, USFS
Logging giant reports loss - Weyerhaeuser struggles with changing industry, The Olympian
Wampler Logging named operator of year, Klamath Falls Herald and News
Salvage-logging bill gets mixed reception - Environmentalists cite studies on logging's effects, Mail Tribune
Walden to push salvage bill -Representative seeks to expedite post-fire harvests, Mail Tribune
Oppose unwise salvage logging bills, Corvallis Gazette-Times letter
Stop HR 4200 and S 2079 Catastrophe, FSEEE E-Activist
OSU prof will press salvage logging research challenge - The leader of a bid to delay a student's work will take his fight to the journal Science, The Oregonian
Forestry professor Sessions continues fight against anti-logging research, Oregonian AP
Betting on Biscuit - Does Post-Fire Logging Make Ecological or Economic Sense?, Dissident Voice
Forest Service And BLM Announce 2006 Federal Grazing Fee For Oregon, Western States, Medford News
District Court throws out policy for easing forest rules, Mt. Shasta News
Siuslaw NF: Restoration plan finalized for New Carissa, Coos Bay World
Oregon's giant pines in bug trouble, Tacoma News Tribune
Mandatory charge no walk in the park for recreation lovers , Seattle Times
Scott Fitzwilliams is New Deputy Forest Supervisor at Willamette National Forest, USFS
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
For sale: National forest land - Bush administration proposes selling tracts in N.C., 33 other states, Asheville Citizen-Times
Daniel Boone included in proposed forest sales, Lexington Herald-Leader
South Carolina: State conservationists to fight federal plan to sell land, Ths State
Bankhead, Conecuh and Talladega NFs: Bush budget pushes sale of forest land, Montgomery Advertiser
Apalachicola NF: Law firm appeals tree harvest - Logging to affect 1,574 acres of national forest, Tallahassee Democrat
Woodpecker Making A Comeback, The Intelligencer & Wheeling News-Register
Kisatchie NF: Dormon's legacy more than just a few place names, The Advocate
Work at O'Bannon Woods set for summer - Funding still uncertain for new aquatic center; U.S. Forest Service committed $884,000, The Courier-Journal
Judge May Halt Project to Protect Bird, ABC News
Ozark NF: District Ranger, Local Residents To Discuss Forest Project Saturday, The Morning News
University of Georgia - Forestry grows to include new major, Athens Banner-Herald
Ocala National Forest: Road fuels debate about what's best for bears, people - A route between 2 interstates leads to a $3 million study, Sun-Sentinel
Louisiana: Tree farmers voice concerns at forum, The Advocate
Kisatchie NF: Changes proposed for hunting on Forest Service land, Leesville Leader
Forest Service plans to cut damaged trees in Daniel Boone, Lexington Herald-Leader AP
T-I-M-B-E-R-R-R! - Craven's forestry industry accounts for a tall portion of county's fiscal base, The New Bern Sun Journal
N.C. farmer claims land grab by Forest Service, The Washington Times
North Cove family with deep roots meets with Forest Service over property dispute, Marion (McDowell) News
Saving park's hemlock trees meant busy '05, Knoxville News Sentinel
Caribbean NF: Johanns Marks Designation of America's First Tropical Wilderness Area, USDA
Facts & Photos: El Toro Wilderness Area, Caribbean National Forest
Daniel Boone NF: Fight brews on cutting trees damaged by ice, Lexington Herald-Leader
Jefferson National Forest to close office in Craig Co. - Rangers say services will still be available even after office closes, WDBJ News
Ouachita Forest cedes 160 acres to development - Two U.S.-owned tracts near Hot Springs to be sold for private use, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Pisgah NF: Forest Service plans upgrades to Bent Creek - Erosion reduction, trail improvements announced for area, Asheville Citizen-Times
Even a Mile of Forest Makes a Difference in Water Quality, Southern Research Station - USDA Forest Service
Report: State must move panthers to save them - Development in South Florida has left few other options for saving the endangered state animal, St. Petersburg Times
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Public Land Sale Target Monongahela National Forest, Huntington News
Monongahela Forest for sale? - About 5,000 acres are in federal bull's-eye to fund the Secure Rural Schools Act, Sunday Gazette-Mail
Forest Service looks to sell land - Money would fund rural-area projects, Missouri: Columbia Tribune
Wayne NF releases new forest plan, The Ironton Tribune
Big timber cut coming in Wayne NF for highway bypass; money may stay local, The Athens News
Superior NF: DNR plans logging in roadless area - The state will log inside an area once set aside as roadless by the Clinton administration, News Tribune
Forest Service considering office move, Times Argus
Public Comment on Logging Ending - The U.S. Forest Service might soon give a timber company new access to the Blackwater Canyon for logging activities, WBOY News
Finger Lakes NF: Team develops tourism ideas, Star-Gazette
Warm winter makes for tough logging, hurts wood supply for mills, Boston Globe
Michigan Project Receives Most Federal Forest Legacy Funding, The Nature Conservancy
We need wind power now, Burlington Free Press
Blackwater logging comment ends today, Charleston Gazette
Save wilderness areas - The U.S. Forest Service is in the final stages of updating its plan to manage West Virginia's greatest preserve, Monongahela National Forest, Charleston Gazette editorial
A forestry tax cut? Municipalities, schools could get hurt, The Mining Journal
UPPCO discusses land development, Ironwood Daily Globe
Wisconsin: Logging bill passes, Ironwood Daily Globe
Forest Service considering office move, WCAX News
Community Forest Preserved for Errol, New Hampshire, Trust for Public Land at ENN
Activists, pols hope to save part of forest, Milford Daily News
A home in the woods, Bangor Daily News
Green Mountain NF: Forest Service move edges closer, Rutland Herald
Forest Service ignoring Blackwater Canyon risks, Charleston Gazette op-ed
Preserving her homeland - Manchester woman sells land to U.S. Forest Service to ensure protection, Rutland Herald
Wood products company to locate facility in Princeton, WOAY News
U.S. must fund Highlands plan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Wayne Forest considers hiking fees for recreational activities, The Athens News
Arborist will offer tips, present results of Pittsfield tree inventory, Bangor Daily News

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