Forests in the News : April 17-30, 2006

NATIONAL NEWS

Feds must hear public about forests, Corvallis Gazette-Times editorial

Judge rejects Bush forest regulations, Missoulian

Federal judge strikes down U.S. Forest Service rules on public comment, PlanetSave AP

Judge Blocks Forest Service Move to Exclude Public from Project Decisions, Earthjustice: Newsroom

Forest Service Slapped Down - Federal Judge Validates Form Letters, New West Network

Judge Blocks Bush Bid to Cut Public Out of Forest Decisions, Environment News Service

Public sees big "not" in forest plan - Bush's proposal to sell off land to help rural schools is being met with negative responses from all sides, Denver Post

Forest Service: No management-cost analyses on lands being sold, Napa Valley Register AP

Cut Down Forest Recovery Bill, Hartford Courant editorial

How a Graduate Student Kindled a Firestorm in Forestry Research - Treatment of a scientific paper on logging after wildfires raises issues of academic freedom and industry influence, The Chronicle for Higher Education

Forest firms go for gold stars, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Toxin-free treated wood - Wood for outdoor decks and playground equipment is infused with amorphous glass that turns off bugs without harming them-or the environment, American Chemical Society

What is the value of a tree? - Antoinette Campbell loses an oak: Her a/c bill goes up $120 a month - the toll on her city is even bigger, CS Monitor

Invasive species harms native hardwoods by killing soil fungus, Harvard University

TreeTop Barbie: Is a real swinger, and branching out, The Seattle Times

Nature buffs do it for trees: Photographer uses nude models to highlight forest's beauty, Marin Independent Journal

Campgrounds face closure, Star-Tribune

Medicine Bow-Routt NF pioneers forest facility planning, Star-Tribune

Parks brace for reductions, Star-Tribune

Protect public land, Great Falls Tribune

The feds want to sell my land, writers on the range at Denver Post

Keep lands in federal hands, Deseret News

Second-degree Murder Charge Refiled Against Park Ranger who shot a camper in the back after the man angrily refused to pay a camping fee, Albuquerque Journal

Forest Service transferring more jobs to Albuquerque, New Mexican

Tree climber protests Baird bill, Columbian

Tree's Appeal, The Patriot-News editorial

Wisconsin mill is latest victim of paper-industry changes, The Daily News

What's fueling New Mexico's wildfires?, The Albuquerque Tribune

Know the enemy: Communities learn to be `firewise', The Albuquerque Tribune

Hotshots are accustomed to being the first responders to large blazes, The Albuquerque Tribune

System of disaster response plans aids N.M., The Albuquerque Tribune

Are residents of the East Mountains prepared in case of wildfire?, The Albuquerque Tribune

A fire plan is vital, whether you stay or leave, The Albuquerque Tribune

Bracing for the coming fire season, The Albuquerque Tribune

Putting Science Back in Environmental Policy, Berkeley Daily Planet by Rep. Barbara Lee

Protester Arrested at Victoria's Secret, Bay Area Indymedia

Victoria's Dirty Little Secret, AlterNet

ForestEthics Aims For Environmentally Friendly Direct Marketing, AdLand ad-rag

Why forests matter: Not out of the woods just yet, New York Times at International Herald Tribune

New Mexico is Burning - Forest Guardians believes there is a rapidly growing fire-industrial complex, New West Network

Oklahoma's wildfires found the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Forest Service at odds over a firefighting chemical, Oklahoma Gazette

The War on Wildfire - To wage war on wildfire, President Bush convinced Congress to help him change the rules of forest management. Are we better off now?, High Country News at American Lands Alliance

National Fire Plan vs. the Healthy Forests rule changes, High Country News

Slim margins - Loggers say forest restoration work doesn't put much food on the table, High Country News

In Bed With Big Wood - Emails show OSU and timber sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Willamette Week

Second Tongass timber sale rejected - Environmental study needs fixing, says biologist appealing logging plan near Petersburg, Juneau Empire

Go west young person - but pay a fee, Pahrump Valley Times

This Land is My Land -- Really, HCN Writers on the Range at Tidepool

Protect national forests from sell-off, Baltimore Sun

For Sale: Your Natural Heritage! - Stand up to the Bush administration before it auctions off our public land forever, Forest Guardians

New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidance for Farms and Forests, USDA News

Feds Issue New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guide for Farms, Forest, Environment News Service

The Emerging Environmental Majority, The Washington Monthly

Weyerhaeuser "Built Green" houses not so, groups claim, Seattle Times

Homebuyers Duped into Buying Weyerhaeuser "Green" Products and Homes, Rainforest Action Network

Skinny wood key material in new bridge, Seattle P-I AP

WORLD NEWS

Great Bear conservancy allows roads and hydro, Vancouver Sun

Lawyers for the Great Bear Rainforest, West Coast Environmental Law

Weyerhaeuser's 'sustainable timber' challenged, The News Tribune

Softwood dispute 'hurts multinationals', Times Colonist (Victoria)

No proof Marbled Murrelets nesting in Elk Creek: study, The Progress

Gentle protesters take a stand for Arbutus trees, The Vancouver Sun

J.D. Irving buys Bowater woodland near Miramichi, The Chronicle Herald

Forest on the Threshold, Earth Observatory feature

Why is palm oil replacing tropical rainforests? - Why are biofuels fueling deforestation?, Mongabay News

India: National Conference on Forestry, Central Chronicle

Koala sighting in the Five Forests, Bega District News

Giant trees logged in koala zone, Sunday Telegraph

Supporters sought to lobby Govt on sustainable logging, ABC News

U.S. slows flow of red soil runoff on Okinawa, Stars & Stripes

Diverse tropical forests defy metabolic ecology models - The complex patterns of tropical forest structure demand more complex explanations, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Western Red Cedar stands at risk, 24 Hours Vancouver - News

It's no secret what the pine beetle is doing to B.C.'s trees -- millions of hectares are dead or dying. But that's only half the story -- Coupled with global warming and modern forest management, the bug's impact on natives and their culture could be catastrophic, Globe and Mail

Water brings people of all backgrounds together, Parksville Qualicum News

Province reduces timber cut, CBC Newfoundland and Labrador

Stumpage shakes up industry, Fort Saint James Courier

Why the forest safety ombudsman won't be much help, Nanaimo Bulletin

Guyana: Should Iwokrama get involved in timber harvesting for profit?, Stabroek News

Rain forest gas fight - Pipeline backers see energy potential; opponents see environmental peril, Washington Post at MSNBC

Argentina Urges Foreign Role in Paper Mill Dispute, ENN Reuters

Argentina: The Environmental Costs of Biofuel, IPS News

Survey: European countries care less about illegal logging issues, WWF

Greece: Record forestland to avoid its doom, Kathimerini News

Greece: Feeble registry dooms forests, Kathimerini News

Russia informs China of planned forestry code change - official, RIA Novosti

Liberia: Fighting Forest Corruption, The Analyst (Monrovia)

African pygmies tour Britain to highlight plight, UK Independent at Forests.org

Cameroon: Director Bemoans Depletion of Local Forests, The Post (Buea)

Greenpeace awards Indonesian logging company 'golden chainsaw', Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Indonesia: Greenpeace gives 'honors' plywood company, Jakarta Post at Forests.org

Borneo's palm oil politics, BBC News

Save forests now, President Yudhoyono says, Antara News

President holds dialogue with students in Makassar, Antara News

Indonesian president launches tree-planting campaign, People's Daily

Chinese company to invest in RI forestry sector, Antara News

Greenpeace on campaign for Papua forest conservation, Jakarta Post at Forests.org

Tarkett AG Denies Illegally-Sourced Merbau From Papua, Yahoo!

Activists: Malaysia Rainforest Threatened, CBS News

Pahang State Assembly: 'Logging ban if we get RM300m', New Straits Times

Environmentalists Urge Malaysia to Save 130 Million-Year-Old Rainforest, ENN AP

Adnan Refutes Reports Of Illegal Logging, Bernama News

Tasmania: one forest, two camps, CS Monitor

Winner wants NZ to understand wider role of Forests, New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Giant trees logged in koala zone, Sunday Telegraph

Timber industry attacks Govt buy-out, ABC News

DoC and logger happy with Taunoka deal, Wanganui Chronicle

Council the loser in logging case, Wanganui Chronicle

Supporters sought to lobby Govt on sustainable logging, ABC News

State strikes forest deal, The Courier-Mail

2,652 pieces of illegally cut logs confiscated, Manila Bulletin

La Union, Ilocos Sur areas now protected, Manila Standard

Cardinal: Give Earth back its primal strength, Philippine Daily Inquirer

GMA cites need to protect the environment in the fight against poverty: President Gloria, Bayanihan news

Treasures of Camiguin: Forest Mouse, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Filipino-American starts LIFE, vows to plant 1 million trees, Asian Journal

Logging cut announced, Yahoo! Canada News

By choosing wood wisely, you help save rainforests, The Star

Guyana: Large timber operators have contractual arrangements with smaller companies - forestry commission says, Stabroek News

Guyana: Iwokrama plans for further development, self-sufficiency, Stabroek News

Uruguay: New Report May Show Way Ahead in Paper Mill Dispute, IPS News

Russia informs China of planned forestry code change - official, RIA Novosti

Ghana: Forced evictions in the Digya national park area must stop, Amnesty International

Uganda: Is Encroachment Now Legal?, New Vision (Kampala)

Malawi's forests go up in smoke, partly thanks to smokers, Yahoo! News

Cameroon "should involve locals" to control logging, afrol News

Indonesia: NGOs call for logging moratorium, Jakarta Post at Forests.org

Indonesia: Aceh Jaya residents demand revocation of logging permits, Jakarta Post at Forests.org

Indonesia Plans First Biodiesel Plant by 2008, Planet Ark: Reuters

Indonesian Forest Paradise For The Chop, Green Builder

Last pristine forests under threat, Daily Times AFP

Sumatra´s peat swamp forest threatened with collapse, must be protected, Robin Wood

Logging continues as Orang Asli protest, New Straits Times

Malaysia: MNS wants a halt to logging in Belum-Temenggor, New Straits Times

Turn Belum-Temenggor forests into state park, says group, New Straits Times - Malaysia

Logging must stop, New Straits Times letter

Unforgettable Experiences In Lembah Belum, Bernama News

Hornbill heaven in Belum-Temenggor forest, The Star

Belum-Temenggor forest: Endangered biological hotspot, The Star

Threat from tree farms, The Star

Industrial Logging Threat Looms Large over Rainforest Eden - Greenpeace reveals plans to destroy New Guinea Island's forests, Greenpeace

Reyes vows full probe on illegal logging in Surigao del Sur, Daily Mirror

11,500 'hot' logs seized, Manila Bulletin

PICOP claims seized 'hot' logs taken from its concession area, Daily Mirror

Japan: Gov't seeks people's help in reviving moribund forestry industry, Kyodo News

China strips Asia's forests to save its own, Asia Times

Logging protester up a tree causes a stir, ABC News

A Forest protester claims to have set a Tasmanian record for sitting in a tree, Herald Sun

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON

Cut Down Forest Recovery Bill, Hartford Courant editorial

Forest Service: No management-cost analyses on lands being sold, Napa Valley Register AP

America's parks feel strain of a budget crunch, CS Monitor

Campgrounds face closure, Star-Tribune

Medicine Bow-Routt NF pioneers forest facility planning, Star-Tribune

Parks brace for reductions, Star-Tribune

Parks Feel '80 Percent' Squeeze - Visitor Services Getting Pinched in Move to Cut Costs, Knight Ridder

Push to ease laws hits snags, Mercury News

Putting Science Back in Environmental Policy, Berkeley Daily Planet by Rep. Barbara Lee

Public can help update endangered list, The Albuquerque Tribune

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Review of 25 Southwestern Species, Federal Register

This Land is My Land -- Really, HCN Writers on the Range at Tidepool

Protect national forests from sell-off, Baltimore Sun

For Sale: Your Natural Heritage! - Stand up to the Bush administration before it auctions off our public land forever, Forest Guardians

America's national parks -- for less - As vacation season nears, government's call to cut 20 percent of national parks' budgets has officials and visitors worried, Kansas City Star

National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - H.R. 3420, Library of Congress

Bill Summary & Status for 123 House Bills about National Forests -2005, Library of Congress

NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho

Judge rejects Bush forest regulations, Missoulian

Federal judge strikes down U.S. Forest Service rules on public comment, PlanetSave AP

Judge Blocks Forest Service Move to Exclude Public from Project Decisions, Earthjustice: Newsroom

Middle East Fork Project - Friends of the Bitterroot files lawsuit, Ravalli Republic

Groups file suit over Bitterroot logging plan, Missoulian

Middle East Fork HFRA Lawsuit Filed - Conservation Groups Look to Hold Forest Service Accountable for Middle East Fork Logging Plan - Lawsuit Filed to Protect East Fork, Wildlife Habitat, Soils, Watersheds and Public Process, Native Forest Network - Friends of the Bitterroot

Conservation groups sue federal agencies over logging project, KPAX News

Lawsuit filed to halt Sula timber sale, Missoulian

Timber, conservation groups reach deal on Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest plan, Missoulian

Timber Teams With Conservation on Beaverhead-Deerlodge Proposal, New West Network

Timber companies, environmental groups offer alternative plan for Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF, KTVQ News

Bike club, Forest Service working toward solution, Missoulian

Forest fuel collection business wins grant, Missoulian

Protect public land, Great Falls Tribune

New supervisor selected for Kootenai forest, Independent Record

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF Logging Lawsuit, KAJ News

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Draft impact statement released for Pipestone, Montana Standard

Bitterroot Resort: Maclay defends tree cutting, Missoulian

Developer accused of illegal tree cutting responds, Independent Record AP

Rattlesnake Creek pedestrian span is finished and ready for the public, Missoulian

BLM plan would close some roads, but increase logging, controlled burns, Montana Standard

Bitterroot NF: How's This for a "Balanced" Decision?, New West Network

Maclay makes new request for ski resort, Missoulian

Bitterroot Resort Requests Public Land Use For Skiing, Mountain Biking, New West Network

Skinny wood key material in new bridge, Seattle P-I AP

Lessons of Jarbidge hard to learn, The Daily Inter Lake

Forest Service starting process to buy ranch, In-forum

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Public sees big "not" in forest plan - Bush's proposal to sell off land to help rural schools is being met with negative responses from all sides, Denver Post

Vail Resorts Reports Front Door Land Exchange Completed, PR Newswire

Bark beetles converge on Pitkin County buffet table, Aspen Times News

Dillon fights off beetles, Summit Daily News

Medicine Bow-Routt NF pioneers forest facility planning, Star-Tribune

Campgrounds face closure, Star-Tribune

UW Releases 2005 PILT Facts for Wyomings 23 Counties, University of Wyoming

Clearcutting can be helpful, panelists say, Star-Tribune

Developer ruining Wolf Creek Pass, Rocky Mountain News

Officials discuss how climate change could impact water flows, Cañon City Daily Record

Hot spring heats up fire danger, The Coloradoan

Fire danger looms over Pikes, Colorado Springs Gazette

'Environmental justice' an emerging topic in Rockies, Summit Daily News

Village homeowner vows to fight swap - Luanne Wells files complaint to stop Front Door exchange, Vail Daily News

County extends SMI standstill pact, Telluride Daily Planet

Coalition opposes ski expansion at Snowmass, Summit Daily News

You oughta know: Powder vs. pie, Denver Post

Green Mountain fee increase nixed, Summit Daily News

Green Mountain is poster child for Forest Service mismanagement, Summit Daily News op-ed

Front Door swap flap headed to court - Forest Service rejected appeal for exchange that's part of Vista Bahn-area redo, Vail Daily News

Secret deal sours Wolf Creek approval, Durango Herald

Solutions will drive roadless area decisions - State task force seeks answers as well as public opinion, The Coloradoan

Medicine Bow-Routt NF: Timbermen: Logging can help slow advance of bark beetles, Star Tribune

Pawnee National Grasslands: Prairie dogs spreading like wildfire in dry weather, 9news

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico

Five wolves to be released in Gila forest area, New Mexican

Tree Farm Owner Uses 'Torture Chamber' to Assess Plants' Hardiness , Albuquerque Journal

Drought May Stop Valles Caldera Grazing Program , Albuquerque Journal

Forest Service transferring more jobs to Albuquerque, New Mexican

Second-degree Murder Charge Refiled Against Park Ranger who shot a camper in the back after the man angrily refused to pay a camping fee, Albuquerque Journal

What's fueling New Mexico's wildfires?, The Albuquerque Tribune

Know the enemy: Communities learn to be `firewise', The Albuquerque Tribune

Hotshots are accustomed to being the first responders to large blazes, The Albuquerque Tribune

System of disaster response plans aids N.M., The Albuquerque Tribune

Are residents of the East Mountains prepared in case of wildfire?, The Albuquerque Tribune

A fire plan is vital, whether you stay or leave, The Albuquerque Tribune

Bracing for the coming fire season, The Albuquerque Tribune

Public can help update endangered list, The Albuquerque Tribune

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Review of 25 Southwestern Species, Federal Register

New Mexico is Burning - Forest Guardians believes there is a rapidly growing fire-industrial complex, New West Network

Cibola Forest Heightens Fire Restrictions, Albuquerque Journal

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming

Judge tosses rules limiting comment on forest actions - Environmental suit: The action gives the public more input on forest management, Salt Lake Tribune

Keep lands in federal hands, Deseret News

Wasatch-Cache NF: Holly Energy Could Build Salt Lake to Las Vegas Pipeline, KSL News

Get rid of dead trees, Deseret News

Wasatch-Cache NF to prepare EIS on a proposal to relocate a total of about 5 miles of the Millville Peak and Logan Peak Roads (Forest Roads 20168 and 20042, respectively) due to road damage and safety concerns. The relocation would place construction in adjacent roadless areas, Federal Register

The damage done - Tracks in the sand tell ATVs' destructive tale, The Independent

Forest Service releases trail, road plan for Sawtooths, Twin Falls Times-News

Trail group receives national accolade, Idaho Mountain Express

Humboldt NF: Driving question for roadway may be who is using land first - Nevada county, federal government have dispute over who owns right of way; case may have impact on California cases, Contra Costa Times

UW Releases 2005 PILT Facts for Wyomings 23 Counties, University of Wyoming

Go west young person - but pay a fee, Pahrump Valley Times

Ogden gets peek at peak proposal, Salt Lake Tribune

Lessons of Jarbidge hard to learn, The Daily Inter Lake

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California

Massive Logging Plan Proposed in Six Rivers National Forest - Upper Mad River Forests Need Your Help - Comments due May 30, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center

Nature buffs do it for trees: Photographer uses nude models to highlight forest's beauty, Marin Independent Journal

The Eldorado National Forest will prepare an EIS "to restore, reforest, and reduce fuels on approximately 4,300 acres that burned in the Freds Fire of 2004", Federal Register

Sudden Oak Death Introduced To U.S., Study Finds, UC Berkeley

Oak killer most likely imported from Asia , San Francisco Chronicle

Feds seek input on sudden oak death, San Luis Obispo Tribune

Asian beetle wanted dead or alive, Capital Press

Push to ease laws hits snags, Mercury News

Enough agave harvesting - let's eat!, Banning/Beaumont Record Gazette

Court decision rejects SPI clearcutting plans for areas east of Big Trees State Park, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch

State rules weren't followed with SPI Lode logging plan, Stockton Record

Maxxams Old Growth Redwood Logging Plans in Elk River, Bay Area Indymedia

Hearing set; PALCO requesting watershed waste discharge permit, The Eureka Reporter

Protester Arrested at Victoria's Secret, Bay Area Indymedia

Victoria's Dirty Little Secret, AlterNet

ForestEthics Aims For Environmentally Friendly Direct Marketing, AdLand ad-rag

Proposed Forest Land Sale: Parcels northwest of Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles Times

Voters get to pick anti-Pombo ads, Contra Costa Times

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington

TreeTop Barbie: Is a real swinger, and branching out, The Seattle Times

Forestry faculty sign up support - Sessions adds his backing of students; shares rationale on Biscuit report, Gazette-Times

Oregon Governor Asks Feds To Protect 2 Million Acres Of Forest Land, Grants Pass News

Preserve and protect - Ranch owners donate wildlife-rich, forested 1,660-acre easement for conservation use, Mail Tribune

Tree climber protests Baird bill, Columbian

Rogue River-Siskiyou NF: Biscuit salvage turns profit, Mail Tribune

Rogue River--Siskiyou National Forest to prepare EIS on Tracy Placer Mine, Federal Register

Rogue River-Siskiyou NF: Group proposes wilderness area, Mail Tribune

A conservative effort to protect wilderness, Statesman Journal

Timber association extends olive branch at conference, Columbian

With spotted owl count falling, lawsuit is planned - Audubon Society tells Weyerhaeuser, state they are violating species act, Post-Intelligencer

Smith's disturbing advice, Register-Guard editorial

Rural communities quietly abandoned - President Bush is trying to end the federal program that supplies nearly $280 million a year to rural Oregon, Oregonian

Residents leery of mine proposed for Mount St. Helens area, The Daily News

Kulongoski seeks to keep logging roads out of forests, Statesman Journal

Kulongoski will press for protection of forestland, Oregonian

Wallowa-Whitman NF to prepare an EIS on a proposal to treat approximately 25,000 acres of invasive plants, Federal Register

Mount Howard fuels reduction project seeks approval, Wallowa County Chieftain

I want to know..., Coos Bay World

In Bed With Big Wood - Emails show OSU and timber sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Willamette Week

Tree-Sitting Protest Ends, KOIN News

From Timber To Tourism: Broughton Hopes to Transform Lumber Mill Into Windsurfing Resort, New West Network

Weyerhaeuser "Built Green" houses not so, groups claim, Seattle Times

Homebuyers Duped into Buying Weyerhaeuser "Green" Products and Homes, Rainforest Action Network

SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Forest firms go for gold stars, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

U. of Ark. studies woodpecker's habitat, Mercury News AP

Owners of big trees take newfound fame in stride - DeSoto, Caddo landmarks added to state's champion tree list, The Shreveport Times

New Wildlife Management Area will help protect ecological "crown jewel", ENN AP

Sumter and Francis Marion national forests: Gov. Sanford wants to keep some forests roadless, Charlotte Observer

Sanford challenges forest roads, Charleston Post and Courier

Georgia: Beetles used to battle Hemlock pests, Lincoln Journal

Pisgah NF: Shooting in the Woods - Cradle of Forestry Holds 13th Annual Photography Contest, The Mountain Times

Endangered Habitat - Researchers study rare forest remnant to uncover ecological history of ivory-billed woodpecker habitat in eastern Arkansas, University of Arkansas

Addition opens 200 miles of continuous Ozark Trail, The Examiner

Saving our wild places, The Kentucky Post

Oklahoma's wildfires found the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Forest Service at odds over a firefighting chemical, Oklahoma Gazette

Davy Crockett NF: Forest service suspects arsonist in 20 fires, The Lufkin Daily News

Protect national forests from sell-off, Baltimore Sun

South Carolina: Gov. Sanford asks to keep 7,600 acres roadless - Final decision on forest areas rests with Bush administration, The State

Pungent plant and its party gaining fans - Celebrate at annual Ramp Tramp Festival but bring your gum, Knoxville News Sentinel

Ramp Festival coming to East TN, WBIR News

Wilderness Welcomes Florida Trail, TNC

EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin

Cut Down Forest Recovery Bill, Hartford Courant editorial

Invasive species harms native hardwoods by killing soil fungus, Harvard University

Help preserve wild New England, Boston Globe letter

Let nature take its course, Times Argus

Get to know your roots - Urban forester will offer advice at The Gardens at SIUE, Belleville News-Democrat

Echo Trail plan advises logging 12,800 acres - The Superior National Forest's proposal includes clear-cutting 10,600 acres, Duluth News Tribune

Forest on the Threshold, Earth Observatory feature

Monongahela NF: Friends of Blackwater kick off petition drive, Sunday Gazette-Mail

Green Mountain NF: Wilderness: Our future, Burlington Free Press

Cooperation in the Green Mountains, Rutland Herald

New help for old growth, Boston Globe editorial

Forest plan a disappointment, Rutland Herald