Forests in the News©
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"Healthy Forests" Law Falling Short in Community Protection/Restoration - Lack of Funding and Collaboration, and Controversial Logging Undermine Law's Implementation, Common Dreams
Avoiding Wildfires - We need to eliminate the fuel source -- trees, Comedy Central - Colbert Report
Testimony by Matthew Koehler on implementation of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act - Senate Oversight Hearing, Unified Forest Defense Campaign
Statement of Mark Rey Concerning Healthy Forests Targets and Accomplishments, House Committee on Resources
Healthy Forests: Targets and Accomplishments, House Resources Committee
Fire prevention efforts too slow, senators say, Billings Gazette
Salazar, others accuse feds of flailing on fires - "The Katrina of the West," the senator calls Colorado, saying that money to treat damaged forests and cut fire risks is thin, Denver Post
Subcommittee analyzes effective grazing land management, House Resources Committee
Public Lands to slash jobs in region - More than 60 cuts said to help pay for security, Iraq war, Durango Herald
Access fee has peak baggers up in arms, Rocky Mountain News
Wilson Mesa Trail closure forces detour, Telluride Daily Planet
Forest Service reverses campground closure - Lack of funds might force tough decisions, Aspen Times
Simpson gets CIEDRA wilderness bill past House hurdle - Bill would protect Boulder-White Clouds, boost Central Idaho economy, The Idaho Statesman
Quit plundering the 'family silver', Des Moines Register
The Need for Proper Forest Management on Federal Rights of Way to Ensure Reliable Electricity Service: Oversight hearing testimony, House Resources Committee
Bush administration sells off public forests to energy companies, World Socialist Web Site
Study finds Hispanic forest workers hold harder jobs with fewer benefits, The Oregonian
Study finds Hispanic forest workers get fewer benefits, Coos Bay World AP
Pressing The Feds To Keep Wild Lands Roadless, Hartford Courant
Researchers Link Wildfires, Climate Change: More forests burning worldwide, more evidence points to global warming, Montana Standard AP
Trend toward more wildfires, higher temps in West, Scripps News
Research suggests forest fires, global warming linked, Calgary Herald
Canadian Research Suggests Link Between Forest Fires and Global Warming - A new study, eh?, New West Network
Amazon logging feeds hurricanes, New Kerala News
Equal under fire - Women suit up for summer wildfire season, The Spectrum
West Wakes Up to Wildfires, Los Angeles Times
The Root of All Good: The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant - The medicinal plant whose very name means "cure-all", Washington Post
Lumber fight settled - or is it?, Missoulian
U.S. Illegal Timber Imports Threaten Progress of U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Pact, Yahoo! News
Senate committee fires back in feud over Forest Service policy - Burns pushes amendment to speed forest thinning, Star-Tribune AP
Public expression shouldn't be blocked, Tribune-Chronicle editorial
Majority against exempt logging, Independent Record
Feds gunning for wildlife predators, Denver Post
Forest Service predator control plan a threat to wilderness, Aspen Times Editorial
Cyanide-aided "housekeeping", The Missoula Independent
Stand Up to Wildlife Killers! - Voice your opposition to the U.S. Forest Service's plan to kill predators in designated Wilderness and Research Natural Areas, Forest Guardians
Stop, Thief! Timber theft growing concern on Allegheny National Forest, The Warren Times Observer
Forest Service reaffirms call for two roads in Wolf Creek, Denver Post
Influence allegations mire ski village road plans, Longmont Daily Times-Call
Rio Grande NF: Enviro group plans to sue Forest Service over Wolf Creek roads, The Daily Sentinel
Agency affirms roads at Wolf Creek - Environmentalists, developers lose appeals; both look ahead, Durango Herald
Ski area road ruling stands - Forest Service upholds decision on proposed Village at Wolf Creek, Rocky Mountain News
Forest Service upholds project decision on Wolf Creek, The Pueblo Chieftain
Road granted from Wolf Creek Ski Area to man's property, Farmington Daily Times
Forest Service allows road construction at Wolf Creek, The Denver Business Journal
Wolf Creek roads decision expected today, Durango Herald
Selling Public Property: Proposal creates controversy - U.S. Forest Service's plan upsets state's conservation leaders, The State
New Pay to Play plan on Wilson Peak, Telluride Daily Planet
Deschutes Forest plans recreation changes, The Bend Bulletin
BLM's new grazing rules spark lawsuit - Regulations affect 261 million acres of public land, Idaho Mountain Express
Santa Fe & Carson NFs: Information Collection; Request for Comment; Economic, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Livestock Ranching, Federal Register
Forest Service Information Collection; Request for Comment; Youth Conservation Corps, Federal Register
Radiation Redux: Forest fires remobilize fallout from bomb tests, Science News
Trees could grow in Antarctica, Daily News & Analysis AFP
Urban timber's value overlooked by homeowners, builders - Why are trees perfect for reuse simply felled and mulched? - A Backyard Trunk Could Be Your Living Room's Treasure, Inman Consumer News
Bamboo, beech eco-bedding sprouting up at chain stores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Pumped Up on Carbon Dioxide, Vines Strengthen Their Grip, Washington Post
WORLD NEWS
U.S. Illegal Timber Imports Threaten Progress of U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Pact, Yahoo! News
Lumber fight settled - or is it?, Missoulian
Lumber duties unlawful: U.S. court, Vancouver Sun
Lumber deal not all good, The Interior News
Oil Sands Mining: Transforming the Northern Landscape - Rate and extent of forest loss has been comparable to the losses in the Amazon rainforest, IPS News
Hard life may get harder for caribou - The forest-dwelling woodland caribou define the wilderness in Ontario's boreal forest, Toronto Star
Judge to issue full ruling in N'Quatqua case before end of this week, The Whistler Question
MalU logging under fire, Nanaimo News Bulletin
Second growth vital to forest future, Terrace Standard
Spotted owl flap halts logging plan, Black Press at Hope Standard
When a tree falls in the Elaho forest, plenty of people hear -- and can be sure that its death is part of a long-term forestry plan - Squamish witness weekends wind up in BC's Elaho Valley , The Globe and Mail
B.C.'s parks deserve full provincial protection, Parksville Qualicum News
Dying Forest: A disaster to take everyone's breath away - Amazon rainforest 'could become a desert' - And that could speed up global warming with 'incalculable consequences', says alarming new research, UK Independent at New Zealand Herald
Drought threatens Amazon basin · Record sea temperatures and illegal logging blamed , The Guardian
Amazon logging feeds hurricanes, New Kerala News
Amazon Logging Feeds Hurricanes, Prensa Latina
Amazon sees soy as the enemy - A Brazilian port specializing in soybeans is at the center of a clash between environmentalists and developers as activists claim the port is responsible for deforestation, The Detroit News
Despatches: The bean that threatens the Amazon, New Statesman
Cameroon: Logging Company Compensates Villagers 5 Years After, The Post (Buea)
Cameroon: Savouring the Benefits of Responsible Forest Management, The Post (Buea)
Saving Kenya's rapidly dwindling forests, AFP
Logging resumes in Liberia, Mongabay News
Woodlot project takes off at Ve-Agbome, Ghana News Agency
India: JPC clears tribals' forest land rights bill, New Kerala News
WWF concerned over Pakistan's depleting forest cover, New Kerala News
Japan: New prefectural tax gives life to forests, The Daily Yomiuri
Plant trees to protect our island's soil and water, Guam Pacific Daily News
Loss of mangroves threatens Pacific islands , The Guardian
Pacific Mangroves Disappearing under Rising Seas, ENN Reuters
UN report says Pacific mangroves wetlands endangered, Radio New Zealand International
Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Sea - Complete UNEP report, UN Environment Programme [PDF]
Climate change threatens important mangroves, SciDev.Net
Marvellous Mangroves of Vanuatu, Port Vila Presse
Response to Vanuatu Forestry 'Carpoxy Business', Port Vila Presse
Indonesia: Batam mangroves turned into charcoal, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesion Deforestation: Indonesion Government-Sponsored "Development" and Logging Destroys Indigenous Peoples' Sustainable Agroforestry System, World Rainforest Movement
RM2 million to develop forest plantation in Sabah, Borneo Bulletin
Bill To Curb Illegal Logging In Sarawak, Bernama News
Malaysia - Indonesia Set Palm for Fuel, Market Soars, Reuters
Malaysia: Replanted forests to meet timber needs, The Star
State Govt unlikely to back down on Malua, Ulu Segama logging, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
Logging only ends '07 in Ulu Segama and Malua forest reserves, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
Musa brushes aside fears over reserves: 'We guarantee that logging will not damage the environment', The Star
Timber tax scam 'costing PNG $100m a year', The Australian
Letter campaign to fight for forest protection, ABC News
Clear-felled: two national parks in a year, Sydney Morning Herald
Australia undergoes woodchip boom, ABC News
An unpaid fine of $100 for protesting against logging in a State Forest has resulted in the imminent sale of the protestor's property, Bega District News
Tassie timber firm Gunns under pressure, Sydney Moring Herald
Study warns of log transport danger - Tasmania, The Mercury
Forest logging opponents fear for quokkas, ABC News
Environmentalists block Trans-Canada highway in Kenora to protest logging of Grassy Narrows Boreal Forest, Yahoo! Canada News
Highway blockade breaks up after dark, Kenora Daily Miner and News
Ontario Police Raid Grassy Narrows, 17 Arrests Reported, PEJ News
Police Arrest Grassy Narrows Supporters, The First Perspective
Grassy Narrows Activists Blocking Trans-Canada Highway to Stop Weyerhaeuser Destruction, Rainforest Action Network
Protesters block Trans-Canada - The issue: clearcut logging near Grassy Narrows reserve, The Winnipeg Free Press
Natives, logging protesters close Trans-Canada Highway, CanWest News
Ontario government seeking to protect woodland caribou, Parry Sound North Star
Caribou habitat faces threat, The Star
Spotted owl flap halts logging plan, Chilliwack Progress
Restoration moot without prevention, Parksville Qualicum News
Alder attack must be nipped in bud, Parksville Qualicum letter
Forest being wasted, Cowichan News Leader and Pictorial
First Nations working on 300-job project, Northern Ontario Business
Emerson says he won't be to blame if softwood deal dies, Canadian Press at Globe and Mail
Industry cannot veto softwood deal, Emerson asserts, Financial Post
PM to stand or fall on softwood deal, CanWest News
Parliament will decide on the fate of softwood lumber deal, says Emerson, The Canadian Press
Softwood vote may bring election: Tories, The Vancouver Sun
"Repeat Offender! Blair's Trashed Another Rainforest" - Activists scale British government building in illegal timber protest, Yahoo! AFP News UK
Finland: UPM promotes esker habitat through controlled burn, Packaging & Converting Essentials
Eating the Amazon: The fight to curb corporate destruction - Huge soya farms financed by Cargill, the largest privately owned company in the world, are the rainforest's new worst enemy, UK Independent at Forests.org
Slavery and Deforestation In Amazonia, Counterpunch
Hidden Indigenous Communities Fight Extinction (and loggers) with Spears, IPS News
Montevideo Applauds Hague Ruling on Paper Mills, Urges Dialogue, IPS News
UN Court Allows Uruguay Pulp Mill Project, Reuters
World Court to Decide on Uruguay Mills Construction, Reuters
Kenya: Loggers, carvers threaten pristine coastal woodland, East African Standard
Congo-Kinshasa: New Forest Reserve Declared in DRC - A Big Win for Bonobo Conservation, African Wildlife Foundation
Cameroon: Multi-Stakeholders Indict Gov't for Unsustainable Forest Management, The Post (Buea)
Safeguarding Cameroon's Rainforest, Living on Earth
Nigeria: Govt Approves New Forestry Policy, This Day
Rare indri lemur born in forest reserve in Madagascar, Mongabay News
India: Conservation goes back to its roots, BBC News
Taiwan Aboriginal Churches for Forest Protection, Worldwide Faith News
DENR seizes illegally-cut logs, lumber in Agusan, Butuan, Manila Bulletin
Solomon Islands: Call For RAMSI To Help Avert Forest Industry Collapse, ABC News
Koh Samui land grab: minister steps in - Helicopter tour reveals illegal logging, forest encroachment, The Nation - Thailand
Overwhelming evidence of illegal logging, PNG Eco Forestry
Pruaitch condemns reports by Greenpeace, The National
Biodiversity gift to the world may be plundered - Sabah's Malua and Ulu Segama forest reserves under threat of logging, The Star
Malua and Ulu Segama forest reserves: EIA sought over logging plan, The Star
Sabah to log orang utan habitats, Borneo Bulletin
Indonesia: General involved in illegal logging put on int'l watch list, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Ministry To Set Up 375,000 Ha Forest Plantation, Bernama News
Malaysia Biofuel Plants to Boost Palm Prices, Reuters
Ethanol Boom Could Hurt World's Poor - Expert, Reuters
Stop woodchipping native forests!, Green Left Weekly
Conservationists back on woodchipping target, Bega District News
Pulp mill impact statement 'predicts native forest harm', ABC News
Green groups look to federal poll - Gunns $1.4 billion pulp mill will never be totally plantation-based and will lead to the destruction of high conservation value native forests, The Mercury
Forestry lobby defends Gunns' pulp mill, ABC News
Gunns confirms pulp mill wood plans, ABC News
Gunns to battle for pulp mill, The Age
No pollution, smell or old-growth use: Gunns, Examiner
Timber giant fires first salvo in pulp mill plan, The Age AAP
Forestry's mill deal: But the facts are elusive, The Mercury
Pulp Mill Success Needs 'Commitment', The Examiner
MP backs Strzelecki forest buy-back, ABC News
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
"Healthy Forest" Trojan Horse - Forest Service hides that Middle East Fork logging will increase fire danger, Lowbagger
Missoula County favors alternative forest plan, Missoulian
Counties ask agency to consider forest planning option, Billings Gazette
Deerlodge Forest plan- 'Partnership' not telling full story - Madison County speaks out against partnership strategy, The Montana Standard
Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo NFs: Forest plan comment ends Aug. 7, Missoulian
Be heard on Lewis and Clark Forest plans, Great Falls Tribune
No shortage of ways to weigh in on local issues, Great Falls Tribune
Baucus backs removal of Mike Horse Dam on Blackfoot River, Billings Gazette AP
Sen. Baucus supports full removal of Mike Horse Dam, Missoulian
Baucus Throws Support Behind Mike Horse Dam Removal, New West Network
Price tag for Mike Horse Dam removal nearly $30 million, Missoulian
Report: Removing Mike Horse Dam could cost more than $22 million: Posted on July 18, Missoulian
New North Idaho forest plan, hot weather could be recipe for disaster, Bonner County Daily Bee
Service will let wildfires burn in North Idaho, The Idaho Statesman
Firefighters Test 'Wait And See' Policy, Boise State Radio
Bitterroot National Forest redefines recreation at Bass Creek, Ravalli Republic
Biologist says Jumbo fire, errant biocontrols spread knapweed, hantavirus in mice, Missoulian
Lumber fight settled - or is it?, Missoulian
Little Missouri National Grasslands: Prairie dog poison plan being prepared, Rocky Mountain News
Forest Service plans to poison 10,000 prairie dogs, Bismarck Tribune
Kill-off plan is hotly debated, Bismarck Tribune editorial
U.S. Forest Service Might 'Let It Burn': Wildfire Policy Raises Concerns, The Spokesman-Review at RedOrbit
Forest Service will let wildfires burn in N. Idaho backcountry, Post-Intelligencer AP
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Easements will protect wildlife on Madison Valley ranch, Billings Gazette
Across the Great Divide: Recreation forester Jocelyn Dodge, Montana Standard
Helena NF: Cost estimates of Mike Horse options to be released today, Independent Record
Bitterroot resort moving forward, KAJ News
New plan for ranch promising, Bismarck Tribune
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Access fee has peak baggers up in arms, Rocky Mountain News
Wilson Mesa Trail closure forces detour, Telluride Daily Planet
Forest Service reverses campground closure - Lack of funds might force tough decisions, Aspen Times
Public Lands to slash jobs in region - More than 60 cuts said to help pay for security, Iraq war, Durango Herald
Feds ax Colorado public lands jobs, Summit Daily News AP
HD drilling upsets Bayfield board - Forest Service says it has no legal basis to stop gas drilling in roadless areas of the HD Mountains, Durango Herald
San Juan NF: Drilling scheduled for HDs - Report calls for at least 227 new wells east of Bayfield, Durango Herald
Roadless task force crafts recommendations, Aspen Times
White River NF draft to be released Thursday July 27, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
White River National Forest travel plan due this month, Summit Daily News
Forest Service travel plan due out soon - Proposal will close some routes, legalize others, Aspen Times
Colorado Roadless Areas Review Task Force, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Inventoried Roadless Area Task Force Report, Colorado Division of Wildlife
CO. Division of Wildlife weighs in on roadless issue, Summit Daily News
Colorado's forest land plan advances, Rocky Mountain News
Salazar, others accuse feds of flailing on fires - "The Katrina of the West," the senator calls Colorado, saying that money to treat damaged forests and cut fire risks is thin, Denver Post
Pine beetle flight begins, Summit Daily News
Bark Beetles Spark Western Fire Threat, Aspen Public Radio at NPR All Things Considered
Forest Service, Skico Send Bark Beetles a Message, New West Network
Watching warming signs - Early warning system going up on Colorado peaks to detect warming, Colorado Daily News
Party trash causes headaches for area forest rangers, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Forest visitors need to learn the idea of 'Leave No Trace', Aspen Times
Trail users must respect closures of old routes, Vail Daily News
USFS offers deal to miner, Aspen Times
Ghost of Independence inhabits town, informs visitors, Aspen Times
Peak 8 to get more powder? - Resort proposes extensive fencing to protect snow, Summit Daily News
Three admit membership in eco-sabotage groups - The group firebombed the ski resort in Vail, The Olympian
Vail fire suspects plead guilty, Rocky Mountain News
State's golden icon in peril - Aspen's Last Stand? Mountains of trees dying quickly, mysteriously, Denver Post
The West's famed aspen forests in peril, United Press International
Watershed talks to focus on endangered species, Telluride Daily Planet
Forest Service reaffirms call for two roads in Wolf Creek, Denver Post
Influence allegations mire ski village road plans, Longmont Daily Times-Call
Rio Grande NF: Enviro group plans to sue Forest Service over Wolf Creek roads, The Daily Sentinel
Agency affirms roads at Wolf Creek - Environmentalists, developers lose appeals; both look ahead, Durango Herald
Ski area road ruling stands - Forest Service upholds decision on proposed Village at Wolf Creek, Rocky Mountain News
Forest Service upholds project decision on Wolf Creek, The Pueblo Chieftain
Road granted from Wolf Creek Ski Area to man's property, Farmington Daily Times
Forest Service allows road construction at Wolf Creek, The Denver Business Journal
Wolf Creek Forest Service OKs new roads in ski area, New Mexican AP
Wolf Creek roads decision expected today, Durango Herald
End of the Rainbow, The Steamboat Pilot
Forest Service predator control plan a threat to wilderness, Aspen Times editorial
Lawsuit protests owl-habitat designation in CO, Deseret Morning News
Ranchers sue over owl habitats, Salt Lake Tribune
New Pay to Play plan on Wilson Peak, Telluride Daily Planet
Forest access limited - Gates lead officials to cancel thinning plans, Longmont Daily Times-Call
Continental Divide Trail gets $1.2 million in new funding, Summit Daily News
Finnish log lathes tackle pine beetle kill, Summit Daily News
'Unprecedented' unity on pine beetle battle, Summit Daily News
Logging Surge Expected To Combat Beetle Threat, The Denver Channel
Colorado contingent targets the bark beetle, Durango Herald
Colorado delegates open new front in bark-beetle battle, The Daily Sentinel
Colorado town aims to thwart beetle invasion, Albuquerque Tribune
Aspen decline concerns foresters, Star-Tribune
Terry Lynn Barton: Ex-forest service employee resentencing delayed indefinitely, KLTV News
Ski Area Citizens' Coalition Study: Going "green" a slippery slope, Denver Post
Spectacular views in the land of Colorado's Fourteeners, San Antonio Express-News
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Simpson gets CIEDRA wilderness bill past House hurdle - Bill would protect Boulder-White Clouds, boost Central Idaho economy, The Idaho Statesman
House panel OK's Idaho wilderness proposal, Post-Intelligencer
Logging halted on Bridger-Teton forest, Star-Tribune
Bridger-Teton NF: Pipeline plan draws no opposition, Star-Tribune
Tell the Forest Service to stop allowing the Smoky Canyon Mine to poison the streams of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest: Protect Yellowstone and the Greater Rockies, Save the Greater Yellowstone
Forest Service warns dogs must be on short leash, Salt Lake Tribune
Thriving cheatgrass poses high wildfire danger to region, Fallon Star Press
Stand up and oppose CIEDRA wilderness bill - Scott Phillips, of Hailey, is a retired Forest Service professional who worked in outdoor recreation management, Idaho Mountain Express op-ed
Let's protect the Boulder-White Clouds, Idaho Mountain Express
Payette NF: Bear Timber Salvage Work Slated for Fall, KBCI 2 Boise, Idaho
Ranchers sue over owl habitats, Salt Lake Tribune
Lawsuit protests owl-habitat designation, Deseret Morning News
Keep it clear: Agencies should prevent drilling to protect Strawberry, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Long-term forest use vision draws challenges, Union Tribune
Groups Appeal Bush Administration's Plans for,Southern California's National Forests - Coalition Seeks to Overturn Plans for Los Padres, Angeles, San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, Center for Biological Diversity
Groups say San Bernardino forest plan not enough, file 258 page appeal, Redlands Daily Facts
Bill would resume logging on several Sierra Nevada forests, Fresno Bee
State deserves right to protect California's national forests, Mercury News editorial
Tuolumne Chamber Joins Environmental Lawsuit As Intervener, MyMotherLode News
USFS seeks Echo concessionaire - No more SnoPark at old ski resort, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Mendocino and Six Rivers NFs: Wilderness Bill Passes House Resources Committee, Monterey County Herald AP
Program Lets Forests Grow Longer to Combat Global Warming, Contra Costa Times
The feds sure have a vision for the Tahoe Basin, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
'Hazardous' Truckee River tree cut, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Forest Service seeks help to combat trashed lands, Star-Tribune
Veteran Sierra ranger Dave Freeland to retire, Central Valley Business Times
Man pleads guilty in plot to blow up Forest Service genetics lab, The Register-Guard
Domestic Terrorist Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Blow Up Forest Service Institute of Forest Genetics located in Placerville, The Sierra Times
Palco sells another 2,200 acres, Eureka Times-Standard
What if Warren Murphy had won the battle for Pacific Lumber Co.?, North Coast Journal
Vineyard in Angwin under study: Forest conversion, Napa Valley Register
OHA buys Wao Kele forest land on Big Island, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Wilderness measure an exercise in compromise, Sacramento Bee
Governor petitioning to save roadless areas - Lasting protection sought for land in national forests, San Francisco Chronicle
House bill to allow Los Padres National Forest land exchange, Moorpark Acorn
Carving out a snowmobile haven, Tracy Press, Tracy CA
Tahoe/Eldorado NFs: On the right trail, Sierra Sun
Plan to cut trees around Tahoe opposed, Post-Gazette AP
Shasta-Trinity NF: Right of passage: Teen girl undergoes tribal coming of age ceremony, Redding Record Searchlight
Los Arboles?, Living on Earth
Study: Private timberlands at risk, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Fighting to save fragments of history - When wildfires put prehistoric sites at risk, archaeologists work with crews to help protect centuries of California's heritage, San Francisco Chronicle
Emergency declared as huge wildfires grow in California desert, San Bernardino NF, Union Tribune
Forest Service takes a stand - Sawtooth Complex Fire update July 13, Big Bear Grizzly
12,000 gallons of relief? - DC 10 tanker could fight merged fire, VV Daily Press
Mendocino NF: More raids in MJ gardens near Covelo, Ukiah Daily Journal
Think you're ready to climb Shasta-Trinity NF Mt. Shasta?, Sacramento Bee
Big Creek Lumber protests Supreme Court ruling, petitions for new hearing, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz County property owners fear the worst after Supreme Court logging ruling, Santa Cruz Sentinel
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Deschutes NF: Forest plan designed to cut costs, enhance public camping experience - Running the forest like a business contradicts the idea of managing the forest as a service for the public good, Coos Bay World
Hearing on roadless areas set for Aug. 16, Mail Tribune
Kulongoski asked to reconsider Biscuit fire salvage opposition, Ashland Daily Tidings
Siuslaw NF: Delays still occurring on Marys Peak road, Corvallis Gazette-Times
A rebirth and revolution in a fire-ravaged land, Oregonian
Timber sale south of Mt. Ashland ski area may impact traffic - Logging not part of proposed Mt. A expansion, Ashland Daily Tidings
Umpqua National Forest stops swimming at Lemolo Lake, The News-Review
Mount Hood wilderness bill over a hump - A congressional panel approves the bi-partisan bid to protect 77,500 acres of the national forest, Oregonian
House panel approves bill to expand Mount Hood wilderness, The News-Review
House Panel OKs Mt. Hood Wilderness Bill, KTVZ News
How to add wilderness, Register-Guard editorial
Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests NOI to prepare an EIS for Buckhorn Access & Mining Project, Federal Register
Olympic Forest Coalition: Legal tussle brewing with Olympic NF, Port Townsend Leader
Mountain Loop Highway to come full circle, The Seattle Times
St. Helens is ready -- are you? - The volcano reopens for public climbing, and hikers should be prepared, Oregonian
Kerouac's cabin in the clouds: Siskiyou NF, UK Telegraph
"For Sale": fighting words on Whidbey Island forestland, The Seattle Times
Three admit membership in eco-sabotage groups - The group started in 1996 by firebombing two ranger stations on the Willamette National Forest, The Olympian
Three plead guilty in Oregon to ecoterrorism spree, Yakima Herald Republic
A forest playground's beauty and dangers, The Seattle Times
Knot Wanted Here, Curry Coastal Pilot
Public may comment on logging, Tacoma News Tribune
Deschutes Forest plans recreation changes, The Bend Bulletin
Deschutes forest looks to cut costs at campsites, Corvallis Gazette-Times AP
Group files lawsuit over Wallowa-Whitman NF grazing plan, KGW News
Biologists look for killer of Hells Canyon bighorn sheep, Deseret News
The Thursday July 13th R6 Update, USFS
Forestry college must accept differing views - OSU dean wrongly tried to suppress a student's research, Statesman Journal editorial
Ravaged by fire, land returns to its roots - Seeds - 52,000 acres in the Palouse are green with native grasses in a wildfire restoration revolution, Oregonian
Bohemia health threats overstated, Register-Guard op-ed
Clock ticking on riparian gem - Lacking financial partnerships, landowners find themselves under the gun, Maple Ridge News
Economic output turns out to be only part of rural equation - Researcher studies trends in timber communities, Capital Press
Port log deal appealed again, The Olympian
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Chattooga river fight enters final stages, Asheville Citizen-Times
Forest Service plans update on Upper Chattooga River, Asheville Citizen-Times
Taylor fiddles while Blue Ridge Parkway slides into neglect, Asheville Citizen-Times
Woodpecker Halts Arkansas Irrigation Project, ENN AP
'Progress' doesn't mean bulldozing trees, The Leaf Chronicle- Clarksville, TN
Selling Public Property: Proposal creates controversy - U.S. Forest Service's plan upsets state's conservation leaders, The State
Forest Service land deals attract attention, The State
Rules different for university-owned land - 18,000-acre Experimental Forest for sale?, The State
Daniel Boone NF: Trees stripped for medicinal bark for herbal market, Lexington Herald-Leader
Daniel Boone NF: Natural Arch Recreation Area closes for construction, repairs, Lexington Herald-Leader
Cherokee NF: Paint Creek Road Reopened Five Years After Flash Floods, The Greeneville Sun
Forest Service doing an admirable job in its efforts to preserve, celebrate Bent Creek, Asheville Citizen-Times
Salvage operation brings up history, Fayetteville (NC) Observer
UGA forestry pine forest study, The Blade
Hemlock woolly adelgid: Insect's spread threatens hemlock forests, Yahoo! News
Online resources for confronting the hemlock woolly adelgid, Charlotte Observer
Damaged Woods: Owner is devastated to find 45 acres of her family retreat stripped, Winston-Salem Journal
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Groups Work to Restore Red Spruce Tree In West Virginia, Wheeling News-Register
Indiana: Account of last week's anti-logging blockades, Infoshop News
A forest burns … and is reborn - Ecologists say the Cavity Lake Fire can be beneficial, if its ravages are contained to the BWCA Wilderness, St. Paul Pioneer Press
BWCA die-hards shrug off the flames - Many campers, canoeists, hikers refuse to let fire spoil their north woods plans, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Superior NF: Smoke shrouds town 60 miles away as BWCA wildfire grow, Duluth News Tribune
Power line won't cross wildlife area loved by Leopold, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Balance worthy of Leopold, Journal Sentinel editorial
Being better land stewards, Journal Sentinel op-ed
No ATC line in Faville Grove sanctuary, The Capital Times
State picks another route for power line to avoid Leopold sanctuary grove, Duluth News Tribune AP
Ontonagon officials learn about Ottawa National Forest plan, Ironwood Daily Globe
Fortunately, MUCC willing to fight for Hiawatha forest management, Michigan News
Woods, Water and Wildlife: What do those words really mean?, Union Leader
Proposal calls for clearing of trees in Mohican forest, Mount Vernon News
Discovering recreation around corner - Forest Preserve District encourages locals to wander, Chicago Tribune
Stop, Thief! Timber theft growing concern on Allegheny National Forest, The Warren Times Observer
Group wants to preserve Chequamegon-Nicolet NF pristine areas, Wisconsin Radio Network
DNR documents invasion in Wisconsin's forests, Duluth News Tribune
Forest deal to preserve 202,000 acres, Portland Press Herald
Katahdin forest, Machias River areas to be conserved, Boston Globe
Sen. Martin: Get off that bulldozer and fight fair, Kennebec Journal
Forest Legacy Formula, Bangor Daily News
Police evict anti-logging blockade, arrest one at state forest near Bloomington, Indiana, Infoshop News
Saving the forest from the trees, The Morning Call
Precious ecosystem in Poconos helped by authority's efforts, The Morning Call
Part of White Mountain national forest could be logged - Conservation groups say plan is a bad idea, Concord Monitor
Logging muddies lake, two brooks, Boston Globe
Great Eastern Trail becoming hiker's haven - Individual and group efforts paving way for 1,700-mile path, Deseret News

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