Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Logging bill chops into necessary protection, The Commercial Appeal op-ed
Battle beetles, not our state's forests, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
Chopping Wood - Congress should cut subsidies and stop making special exceptions for the logging industry, Washington Post editorial
Scorched forest shows signs of regeneration - Habitat forms after wildfire hit two weeks ago, Traverse City Record-Eagle
An Inferno Rages Over Federal Wildfire Policy, New West Network
USFS: Expect air tanker plan next year, reps told, Rocky Mountain News
View From the Top - Preserving the Nation's Fire Towers, Living on Earth
Sawmills and Green Scammers - Southwest Montana Proposal Causes Nasty Split Among Green Groups, New West Network
Enviro v. enviro - Beaverhead-Deerlodge forest fight turns ugly, The Missoula Independent
Lawmakers fight sale of lands, Billings Gazette
Why is Recreation Trashing Public Land in the West?, New West Network
Access denied - A boom of high-country hikers may be a bust for the very mountains they're climbing, Colorado Springs Independent
Roads to Ruin, The Ledger
Save taxpayers' money, end subsidy to loggers, Sheboygan Press editorial
USFS Biologist files suit over Tongass road building - Whistleblower group FSEEE joins USFS researcher in case, Juneau Empire
Forest Service looking beyond timber sales for revenues - FSEEE supports FS biologist appeal of Tongass sale, Olympian AP
Wildland firefighters' group seeks defeat of salvage logging bill, The Olympian
Firefighter group pans Walden's forest bill, Mail Tribune
Forest land sale idea stirs up public, Great Falls Tribune
Don't Proceed With Forest Plan, The Intelligencer editorial
Land sale in forest is off, Keller says, Sun-Sentinel
Forest Service filling new human resources facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico Business Weekly
Va. seeks forest protection, Potomac News
Visions clash in debate over forest roads - Conservations pit themselves again off-road vehicle riders, Vail Daily News
Roadless areas meeting scheduled for Steamboat Springs, Rocky Mountain News
Group: Protect Wyo's roadless areas, Star-Tribune
Weyerhaeuser and Louisiana Pacific are Some of the Large Companies That Are Involved in the US Timber Industry, Research and Markets at Business Wire
Pressure on plywood, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wood products need a little water protection, Orlando Sentinel
Fence goes up to protect rain forest, Maui News
Congress Should Vote No on HR 4200 Logging Bill, Eureka Times-Standard op-ed
Scientists: Salvage logging hinders forest recovery, Durango Herald
Don't sell our federal forests - Bush proposal is a short-sighted sacrifice of N.C.'s natural resources, Charlotte Observer
Students Are Concerned by U.S. Plan to Sell Their Trees, New York Times at Forests.org
Letter gets students personal explanation of land-sale proposal - Nearly 10,000 acres of N.C. forests at stake, Winston-Salem Journal
Cabinet nominee Kempthorne opposes public land sale, Denver Post
Privatization: Turning The Commons Into Gold, Lowbagger
Forest Service ends controversial fleet maintenance contract, Government Executive
Garlic Mustard Casts a Pall on the Forest, New York Times
Untrained migrants fight fires - Inexperienced, undocumented hired by private contractors, Sacramento Bee
USDA Forest Service Awards More Than $1 Million To Enhance Hardwood Forest Products, USDA News
Federal Agencies Issue Joint Strategy to Cut Fire Risk, Environment News Service
Burning down the house, High Country News at Summit Daily News
House Subcommittee Restores Forest Service Trails and Recreation Budgets, Motorcycle Industry Council
A Blue Ribbon For Deceit, Lowbagger
Churches pushing for wilderness, Great Falls Tribune
Double Forest Area Under Local Control, Group Says, Planet Ark- Reuters
Swedes find tree growth gene, United Press International
Plants' role in global warming re-examined in ORNL Science paper, DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"Rainforest" Seal Gets Kraft Coffee in More Stores, Planet Ark
Woody Biomass Users' Experiences Offer Insights for Government Efforts Aimed at Promoting Its Use GAO Report
WORLD NEWS
Garlic mustard weed edging out maple trees, trilliums, C-News
Logging protesters defy threat - Proponents of N'Quatqua operation say they're seeking injunction, Whistler Question
Major Conservation Groups and Birding Community Endorse Boreal Forest Conservation Framework, Canadian Boreal Initiative
Furry Canadian immigrants wind up in U.S. federal court, Vancouver Sun
Burning for research north of Kamloops, Kamloops This Week
Lumber pact may restore 'fair trade', The Daily Inter Lake
Lumber executive confident of softwood deal despite negative legal report, Yahoo! Canada News
Kenya: Ban Imposed On Charcoal Trade to Save Public Forests, The Nation
China Slaps Tax on Disposable Chopsticks, Yahoo! News
China Paper Demand Consuming Forests - Study, Reuters
Deforestation: ecological disaster in the making, PakTribune (Pakistan)
Heat wave: Rising temperatures rage forest fires, NDTV News
Tassie forests in crisis, says Brown, Yahoo! Australia News
Chipman rejects claims of long-term industry crisis, The Mercury
Tassie pays price for its old growth, The Mercury
Compo to save native forests, The Mercury
Tree-top protester arrested, The Sunday Mail QLD
Loggers left out as demand plummets, The Sunday Mail QLD
Gunns takes axe to quotas - Greens call on Government to bail out forest contractors, The Examiner
Gunns axe on logging deals, The Mercury
Gunns cuts wood suppliers' contracts, ABC News
Rainforests: Carbon Sink or Carbon Source? - Could tropical forests soon contribute to global warming?, Seed magazine
Ancient trees reveal climate change in Pakistan, SciDev.Net
GM trees are being grown secretly in UK, Independent
Climate change threatens sugar bush - Sugar maple range creeping northward, Toronto Star
US sees "new tone" in Canada ties after wood deal, Reuters
Alberta: West Fraser targeted by environmentalists at AGM, Hinton Parklander
FAO urges Latin America to take measures to stop deforestation, Angola Press
Saving Panama's national bird - Harpy Eagle represents the tropical forest, The Panama News
Brazilian Farmer Sentenced to 18 Years for slaying American nun Dorothy Stang, Herald Sun
Under threat: by conversion of forests to plantations - Orang utans can survive only in forests, The Star: Malaysia
Healing Plants Found in Threatened Borneo Forest - WWF, Planet Ark Reuters
Borneo healing plants threatened, BBC News
The end of Borneo's tropical forests?, New York Times at International Herald Tribune
Indonesia: Chinese firm seeks license to build $1 billion timber plant in Papua, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
China's investment fells forests in Borneo, United Press International
Liberia's Silas Siakor: Risking His Life for Grass-Roots Environmentalism, Washington Post
Kenya: Get Paid for Planting Your Own Trees, The Nation (Nairobi)
Tanzania: The woes of Kilimanjaro - The fabled glaciers on Tanzania's majestic mountain will soon be gone. Its forests are disappearing, too, Salon magazine at Forests.org
Secret Niue logging deal signed, Radio New Zealand
NIUE: MP Speaks Out About The Island's Secret Logging Deal, Pacific Magazine
Niue MP opposes cabinet signing logging contract with Malaysians, Radio New Zealand
Niue premier says "no cover-up" of forestry deal, Radio New Zealand
'Forest Crime': Greenpeace stops huge consignment of Amazon soya entering Europe, WebWire
Swedes find tree growth gene, United Press International
Climatic change and environmental functions of forests, Innovations-report
Forest fires ravage 30,000 hectares in Russia, Yahoo! AFP News
2010 Winter Olympics Prompt B.C. Plan to Recover Spotted Owl - With no cessation of logging, Environment News Service
Forest restoration important in Guyana - Why Forest Landscape Restoration matters to a country with only 1% rate of deforestation, IUCN news
After sending soldiers to surround Bolivia's gas fields, what's next for Morales? - Forest nationalization, Union Tribune AP
Argentina Takes Battle Over Uruguay Mills to Hague, Planet Ark- Reuters
Argentina: Activists Call for Results, Not Just Words, IPS News
Thousands Protest on Argentina's Border with Uruguay Over Wood-Pulp Plants, ENN AP
Federal Government urged to fight deforestation, Nigerian Tribune
U.N. food agency worried about disappearing wild banana forests in India, World Peace Herald
High Powered Global Coalition Aims to Boost Community Forest Rights, Environment News Service
Double Forest Area Under Local Control, Group Says, Planet Ark- Reuters
Papua New Guinea: It's the law of the jungle - and this woman is ready to fight, Sydney Morning Herald
Malaysia Moves Closer to Biodiesel Launch, Planet Ark - Reuters
Indonesia: Emmy Hafild finds roots in Greenpeace, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Illegal logging continues in Sierra Madre, The Philippine Star
Drive vs illegal logging,seen as doomed, Malaya News
Group says Sierra Madre rape goes on, Philippine Daily Inquirer
$6m to end clear-fell? - $6m to research clear-fell, The Mercury
Group questions Tas clear-felling pledge, ABC News
Clear-felling curbs a sham, say objectors, The Mercury
No time frame for 1080 phase out, Yahoo! Australia & NZ News
Illegal wood floods into Australia, The Age
Greenpeace urges ban on illegally logged timber imports, ABC News
Sawmiller insists private forests protected, ABC News
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Logging bill chops into necessary protection, The Commercial Appeal op-ed
Lawmakers fight sale of lands, Billings Gazette
Kempthorne says he opposes public land sell-off: Idaho governor nominated for Interior secretary speaks at confirmation hearing, Missoulian
ESA in the crosshairs: Kempthorne plans to overhaul landmark law, Register-Guard editorial
Wilderness dams need to stay wild, Ravalli Republic editorial
Dam issue calls for creativity, not power - Economics, fickle politics would ensure irrigators little real security from senator's Bitterroot power play, Missoulian editorial
Montana senator wants mechanized access to wilderness dams, Missoulian
Burns to give up wilderness in order to cater to irrigators, Independent Record
Burns' bill need not be butchered, Ravalli Republic op-ed
Parks learn to make do with less, USA Today
Burns' wilderness bill stirs up debate. Missoulian
Wildland firefighters' group seeks defeat of salvage logging bill, The Olympian
Firefighter group pans Walden's forest bill, Mail Tribune
Congress Should Vote No on HR 4200 Logging Bill, Eureka Times-Standard op-ed
House Subcommittee Restores Forest Service Trails and Recreation Budgets, Motorcycle Industry Council
Cabinet nominee Kempthorne opposes public land sale, Denver Post
Land sales loom in Kempthorne hearing, Albuquerque Tribune AP
The Dirk side of the force, Grist Magazine
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - H.R. 3420, Library of Congress
Bill Summary & Status for 140 House Bills about National Forests, Library of Congress
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Sawmills and Green Scammers - Southwest Montana Proposal Causes Nasty Split Among Green Groups, New West Network
Enviro v. enviro - Beaverhead-Deerlodge forest fight turns ugly, The Missoula Independent
Lawmakers fight sale of lands, Billings Gazette
FS Plans No New Recreation Access Fees in Northern Rockies, New West Network
Flathead NF: Environmental groups sue over roads, winter use, The Daily Inter Lake
Bravo for brief (sort of) Flathead forest plan - It's a beautiful thing to behold - a forest plan that is only 153 pages long, including the glossary and indexes, and only about a half-inch thick, Daily Inter Lake editorial
Kootenai plan with 'wild lands' not written in stone, Missoulian
Lolo forest plan open house slated in Missoula, Missoulian
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Forest plan before Butte council, Montana Standard
Wilderness dams need to stay wild, Ravalli Republic editorial
Dam issue calls for creativity, not power - Economics, fickle politics would ensure irrigators little real security from senator's Bitterroot power play, Missoulian editorial
Montana senator wants mechanized access to wilderness dams, Missoulian
Burns to give up wilderness in order to cater to irrigators, Independent Record
Burns' bill need not be butchered, Ravalli Republic op-ed
Gallatin NF: Revegetation project proposed for field north of Gardiner, Missoulian
Bitterroot Forest sees sharp increase in dumping, shooting, Ravalli Republic
Bitterroot National Forest begins spraying invasive weeds, Ravalli Republic
Elkhorn Hot Springs: Spa told to close over code violations: Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF, Billings Gazette
Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Gallatin, and Custer NFs: Forest Service to continue plan to protect region's grizzly bears, Montana Standard
Students learn about the value of our forests, Missoulian
Symposium to examine economy of environmental repair, Missoulian
Lumber pact may restore 'fair trade', Daily Inter Lake editorial
Teaming Up for Community Fire Protection, New West Network
Environmental groups merge, Missoulian
Additional Background About WildWest Institute, The Montana Standard
Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle NFs: Revised plans for forests unveiled, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Burns' wilderness bill stirs up debate. Missoulian
From here, it's all downhill for Bitterroot ski proposal - Anyone counting on availability of public lands for private development faces tough sledding, Missoulian editorial
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, Lowbagger News
Beartooth Highway: A Beauty With Some Hard Miles Waits for a Facelift, New York Times
Repair tug-of-war jeopardizes nation's 'most-beautiful road', Az. Republic
Forest Service wants to remove trees, set fires west of Augusta, Independent Record
Sheyenne National Grasslands: Change on the range, The Forum
Sheep being deployed to combat leafy spurge, Bismarck Tribune
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
San Juan NF: Corrals open door for horse camp, Durango Herald
Forest Service to restore tree farm, Aspen Times
Vassar Meadows belongs to the public, now, Vail Daily News
Ups And Downs On Quandary Peak, New West Network
Access denied - A boom of high-country hikers may be a bust for the very mountains they're climbing, Colorado Springs Independent
Clarifying Wolf Creek Criticism: A Writer Responds to His Own Editorial, New West Network
Battle beetles, not our state's forests, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
USFS: Expect air tanker plan next year, reps told, Rocky Mountain News
Fire plans lagging - Scores of vulnerable areas still aren't prepared for danger, Rocky Mountain News
Meetings set for forest plan revision, Shoshone National Forest
Shoshone NF: Forest Service to continue plan to protect region's grizzly bears, Montana Standard
Forest Service Signs Record of Decision for Grizzly Bear Habitat Conservation, Shoshone National Forest
Collaboration on the grassland, Star-Tribune
Disease Killing Trees - Pine Wilt Spreading In Nebraska, KETV News
Visions clash in debate over forest roads - Conservations pit themselves again off-road vehicle riders, Vail Daily News
Roadless areas meeting scheduled for Steamboat Springs, Rocky Mountain News
Problems surface with Fourmile use, The Mountain Mail
Beetle extermination plan appealed, Summit Daily News
'Travel insurance' debated for lynx, Durango Herald
State lawmakers urge feds to move on lynx recovery, Summit Daily News
Vail Completes Land Swap for Ski Resort Improvements, First Tracks!!
Wyoming: Feds aim for more wildlife control, Star-Tribune
Group: Protect Wyo's roadless areas, Star-Tribune
Scientists: Salvage logging hinders forest recovery, Durango Herald
Burning down the house, High Country News at Summit Daily News
Bucks for beetles, Summit Daily News
Building your hot tub on someone else's land - Being a good neighbor comes with responsibility, especially when your neighbor is government-owned land, Vail Daily News
Medicine Bow NF: Group slams Game and Fish, Star-Tribune News
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Lincoln NF: Dry conditions force forest shutdown, Carlsbad Current Argus
Much of Cibola Forest to Close , Mountain View Telegraph
Cibola National Forest: FS leaves some areas in McGaffey open, Gallup Independent
The Cibola National Forest Service announced stage-three fire restrictions for Cibola County effective today, Cibola County Beacon
Group Undecided About Fighting Santa Fe NF Thinning Plan, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Controlled Burn Planned, Albuquerque Journal
Furry Canadian immigrants wind up in U.S. federal court, Vancouver Sun
Arizona's national forests being thinned before start of fire season, KVOA News AP
Foresters work to thin woods before fire season, The Arizona Republic
Forest Service filling new human resources facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico Business Weekly
Feds, environmental groups argue over protection for lynx, Union Tribune
Santa Fe NF: Fish kill attributed to meth chemicals, Albuquerque Tribune
Explosive Wildfire Season Predicted for U.S. West, South, National Geographic News
Experts: Santa Fe Watershed in good shape, The New Mexican
Santa Fe NF: Officials May Thin Gallinas Watershed , Albuquerque Journal
Watershed Vulnerable to Fire, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Officials Search for Water, Evacuation Plans to Prepare for a Dry Summer , Albuquerque Journal
Valles Caldera Bans Cattle Due To Drought, Albuquerque Journal
Dry weather; fire fears, Alamogordo Daily News
Tree-Planting Program Begins, Albuquerque Journal
Wilderness-area proposal prompts responses, Arizona Daily Star
Dam nuisance - Residents tear down barrier across Clear Creek, Camp Verde Bugle
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Escaping Shasta's shadow - Uncrowded, accessible Castle Crags offers big treasures in pocket-sized park, SF Chronicle
Stanislaus NF: Forest Service starts hiring, The Union Democrat
Forest perils persisting - Wet weather might keep bark beetles in line, but brush fires remain a risk, San Bernardino County Sun
Wal-Mart protects California forest, Mongabay News
Fence goes up to protect rain forest, Maui News
Forest Service ends controversial fleet maintenance contract, Government Executive
California Frog at Center of Protection Debate, ENN AP
Congress Should Vote No on HR 4200 Logging Bill, Eureka Times-Standard op-ed
Untrained migrants fight fires - Inexperienced, undocumented hired by private contractors, Sacramento Bee
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
USFS complex up for auction, McKenzie River Reflections
Wildland firefighters' group seeks defeat of salvage logging bill, The Olympian
Firefighter group pans Walden's forest bill, Mail Tribune
Thinning project set near Black Butte Ranch - Feds, conservationists and industry group come together, KTVZ News
Forest-use pact 'predecided,' groups say - Critics of 50-year exemption to salmon rules point to letter, Post-Intelligencer
Don't take a chain saw to state forest plan - The guiding plan for Tillamook and Clatsop forests requires touching up around the edges, not a buzz cut, Oregonian editorial
Logging shortfall reignites tug of war - Coast Range - Counties in need of revenue push to alter a failed strategy to balance harvests with other uses, The Oregonian
Umpqua NF: Boulder destroys Toketee Falls trail, The News-Review
Fire suppression agencies use preventive medicine, Mail Tribune
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Forest Service campaign promotes outdoor activities, Cleburne News
Norman Wagoner named new chief for Ouachita forest, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
De Soto National Forest sprucing up, The Sun Herald
Tombigbee NF: Choctaw lake 'fit' to be fished, Clarion-Ledger
U.S. Forest Service Buys Land for St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge From The Nature Conservancy, TNC
Ocala forest sale off for now, Daytona Beach News-Journal
New Forestry complex unveiled, Baker County Standard
Parched earth elevates fire risk, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
View From the Top - Preserving the Nation's Fire Towers, Living on Earth
Caribbean NF: Island's rain forest rich in diversity, South Bend Tribune
Land sale in forest is off, Keller says, Sun-Sentinel
Va. seeks forest protection, Potomac News
Beetles' mission: Save the hemlocks, Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville buys beetles to battle bothersome bug, Myrtle Beach AP
Pressure on plywood, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New Orleans' Trees Hit by Katrina Face Uncertain Outlook, National Geographic News
Don't sell our federal forests - Bush proposal is a short-sighted sacrifice of N.C.'s natural resources, Charlotte Observer
Letter gets students personal explanation of land-sale proposal - Nearly 10,000 acres of N.C. forests at stake, Winston-Salem Journal
Students Are Concerned by U.S. Plan to Sell Their Trees, New York Times at Forests.org
Ramps could bring farmers more income - Domesticating mountains' wild delicacy being studied, Asheville Citizen-Times
AEP completes 16-year power project through mountains, Daily Press
Hunt begins in Cuba for rare woodpecker, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Forest Service campaign promotes outdoor activities, Cleburne News
Norman Wagoner named new chief for Ouachita forest, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
De Soto National Forest sprucing up, The Sun Herald
Tombigbee NF: Choctaw lake 'fit' to be fished, Clarion-Ledger
U.S. Forest Service Buys Land for St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge From The Nature Conservancy, TNC
Ocala forest sale off for now, Daytona Beach News-Journal
New Forestry complex unveiled, Baker County Standard
Parched earth elevates fire risk, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
View From the Top - Preserving the Nation's Fire Towers, Living on Earth
Caribbean NF: Island's rain forest rich in diversity, South Bend Tribune
Don't Proceed With Forest Plan, The Intelligencer editorial
Group pitches in to clean up Manistee National Forest , Grand Rapids Press
PA DCNR to Resume Spraying Woodlands to Combat Gypsy Moth Damage - Forest insect pest's resurgence noted, PR Newswire
Hungry deer destroying rare yew plants on island, Grand Forks Herald
Rising From the Ashes, The Citizens Voice
Madison (New Hampshire) worried about logging plans, WCAX News
Call of the wild: Vermont wilderness proposal carves great divide, Vermont Guardian
Maine Sportsmen vs. the Northern Forest, Fly Rod & Reel: Ted Williams' Conservation Connection
A new look at biofuel: 3 northern Michigan plants prospering on wood wastes, Gaylord Herald Times
Closing of New Hampshire mill leaves huge void in small Berlin, Boston Globe

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