Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Burns' insert would exempt forest projects from public input, Billings Gazette
Against all odds, and sense, Bush administration arrogantly tries to sell off our public lands, Ocala Star-Banner editorial
Bill to block comment poor policy, Mining Gazette editorial
USFS predator proposal draws fire - Wildlife-advocacy group opposes poison, using helicopters, ATVs, Durango Herald
Federal predator proposal could jumpstart wolf-collaring plan in wilderness, North County Times
Feds gunning for wildlife predators, Denver Post
Conservationists Object to New Grazing Laws, Albuquerque Journal
Former federal firefighter sentenced to prison for setting wildfire, Mercury News
Competitive sourcing veterans share stories, tips, Government Executive
A Clueless Policy on Roadless Areas - Why should the states have to act the protect national forest lands?, Los Angeles Times editorial
Saving national forests, state by state, Roanoke Times editorial
Rainbow Family Cleans Up Routt National Forest - The Forest Service has commended the members for their work, The Denver Channel
Rainbow Family leaves; clean-up begins, Vail Daily News
It takes all colors, part one - Spending a night with the Rainbow Family, The Vail Trail
It takes all colors, part two - The fear of Babylon, LEOs and the Family-made city, The Vail Trail
It takes all colors, part three - Inside Disneyland for hippies, The Vail Trail
Jack Ward Thomas: New approaches needed to ensure a future for forestry, wildlife, Salt Lake Tribune
Environmental Activists Not Entitled to Pursue Untimely Appeals Even Though Forest Service Misstated Appeal Due Date, Saltman & Stevens [PDF]
Forest Service Issues Important New Regulation to Authorize Replacement Timber for Suspended or Terminated Sales, Saltman & Stevens [PDF]
Forest Service Standard Timber Contract Clause B(T)9.21 Strictly Construed to Limit Time for Submission of Road Construction Claims, Saltman & Stevens [PDF]
Forest Service Contractor Who Provided Incorrect Electronic Funds Transfer Information Not Entitled to Payments Made By the Government, Saltman & Stevens [PDF]
Federal Tort Claims Act Excuses Gov't from Liability for Failing to Prevent Escaped Wildfire Because Alleged Negligence Was That of the Governments Contractor, Saltman & Stevens [PDF]
Families Demand Changes for Firefighters, SF Chronicle AP
Forest One lands Forest Service LiDar contract, Mississippi Business Journal
Students Develop Sensor Network To Monitor Forest - The network can sense humidity, sound, temperature, carbon monoxide levels, and tree poachers, Information Week
The Long Burn: Warming drove recent upswing in wildfires, Science News
Abstract: Warming and Earlier Spring Increases Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity, Science magazine
Warming and Earlier Spring Increases Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity, Science Xpress [PDF]
Is Global Warming Causing More, Larger Wildfires?, Science Xpress [PDF]
Wildfire Increase Linked to Climate, Los Angeles Times at KTLA
Wildfires May Be Linked to Global Warming, Washington Post AP
Climate Change Blamed for Western U.S. Wildfires, Reuters
Fires Soar in West, Triggered by Climate, Study Says, Bloomberg News
Global warming blamed for more, worse wildfires, San Jose Mercury News
Warming Climate Plays Large Role In Western U.S. Wildfires, Study Shows, University of California - San Diego
Climate change may be fuelling rise in forest fires: study, CBC News
Warming Climate Fueling Wildfires, Study Says, National Geographic News
Rising fire threat tied to global warming, Sacramento Bee at Scripps News
Study links extended wildfire seasons to global warming, USA Today
Wildfires on rise, Register-Guard editorial
Firefighters battle blazes with new tools, CS Monitor
Families demand changes for firefighters, Herald News Daily
Liability questions linger after deadly blaze, Star-Tribune
Bill would cut some logging comment - Spending bill rider would overturn a court ruling that said such projects are subject to public comment, Missoulian
Bill would limit comment on logging, Independent Record
Don't Curb Public's Right to Comment, Wheeling News-Register editorial
Despite opposition, plan to sell forestland lives, Oregonian
Plan to sell forest lands facing tough time in Congress, Olympian AP
This land is my land - no, really, Writers on the Range at Nevada Appeal
Keep our nation's wilderness areas remote and roadless, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Keep our forests wild, Dallas Morning News
The Last Word -- Scott Silver, Thunderbear
Valles Caldera National Preserve - A New Paradigm for Federal Lands?, PERC
Rudeness breeds not-so-happy campers, Contra Costa Times
Restoration is a New Economic Narrative for the West's Wild and Urban Landscapes, New West Network
Agriculture secretary impressed with forest restoration efforts, Northern Arizona University
Logging's Grim Record, Arizona Daily Star
Hunter decries new predator control rules - Forest Service policy allows ATVs, poison, aircraft, Aspen Times News
Forest Service asks for public comment on proposed revisions to the agency's national trail classification system (TCS), including the Trail Class Matrix and Design Parameters, and proposed implementing directives, Federal Register
Oregon State scientist delves into 'serious games', KGW News
Rainbow family members join hands for celebration, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Family's prayer for peace goes undisturbed by authorities, Rocky Mountain News
Rainbow gathering peaks at 15,000, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Gathering includes eclectic souls, Summit Daily News
Rainbow tally tops 10,000, The Steamboat Pilot
Officials discuss evacuation routes for Rainbow Family, Star-Tribune AP
Forest Service shifts focus on gathering - Rainbow Family gets lessons on fire risks, land reclamation, Rocky Mountain News
Crowd swells at Rainbow Family gathering, Star-Tribune AP
Rainbows ready to confront the feds - A founder of the hippie group says Forest Service crackdown on gathering has gone too far, Vail Daily News
First-Ever Study Shows Complete Picture of Forest Service Litigation, Society of American Foresters
Kenexa Government Solutions Awarded U.S.D.A. Forest Service Recruiting Contract, Kenexa Corporation
Woman sentenced to plant 13,620 trees for starting forest fire, Shanghai Daily
Virtual forest? Sounds great, but what about the scent?, Corvallis Gazette-Times
To Cherish and Preserve - Robert Adams' photographs remember the ancient American woods, Tucson Weekly
States Find Local Use for Federal Land Profits, NPR All Things Considered
Don't mess with our children's heritage, Times-Standard op-ed
Plan to sell public lands left out of bill, Missoulian
Lawmakers dump land sale measures, KAJ News
Public Land Sell-Off Plans All But Dead, New West Network
Bringing the love - Rainbow Family members prepare Interdependence Day celebation, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Gathering update for July 1, 2006, U.S. Forest Service
Rainbow Gathering update for June 29, 2006, U.S. Forest Service
Rainbow family: Forest Service illegally interfering with right to assemble - Hippies got violent, Forest Service says, New Mexican
Lawsuit seeks to open Rainbow Family proceedings to public, Summit Daily News
Rainbow Family co-founder calls for Forest Service challenge, Independent Record AP
Routt NF: Rainbow group prepares - Members build kitchens, anticipate arrival of thousands, Summit Daily News
34 Years of Hippie Camps, Now in Tinder-Dry Woods, New York Times
The Forest Service's Role in Markets for Ecosystem Services, USFS
Sharpening Our Focus on Invasive Species, by Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth, USFS
Rep. Taylor fights to protect seniors' jobs in WNC - FS removed from SCSEP funding, Cherokee Sentinel
Ranger vs. Goliath - Semi-automatic rifles help rangers safely cover vast area, Twin Falls Times-News
Fewer families hankering to camp out in the woods, Yakima Herald Republic
Jockey Hollow entrance fee dropped - Charge eliminated because of lower visitor numbers, park superintendent says, Daily Record
A serious game of "virtually" exploring forests, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Morel dilemma: Slim 'shroom pickings on the national forests, Missoula Independent
Environmental, wildlife groups protest predator control proposal, Summit Daily News
Trees help clean air naturally - Count on trees to improve air quality, Fredericksburg News
Concerns that forest thinning not keeping up with fire danger, KGW News
Oregon Congressman On Subcommittee's Hearing On Implementation Of Healthy Forests Restoration Act, House Committee on Resources
GAO Evaluates Federal Support for Wood Utilization Research, Forest Products Laboratory
Wood Utilization: Federal Research and Product Development Activities, Support, and Technology Transfer, GAO-06-624
A big huzzah for our mighty hotshot crews, Arizona Republic
Repelling fire - Crew uses helicopter to rappel, fight wildland fires, The Craig Daily Press
Mahogany Imports 'Are Wiping out Peru Tribes', Belfast Telegraph
WORLD NEWS
Rescuing a Forest Plundered By Its Custodians, The East African Standard
France does £13m deal to help save Cameroon rainforest, Scotsman News
Softwood lumber deal may be a compromise, but it's worth saving, Vancouver Sun
Softwood deal under attack - B.C. government lobbies Ottawa to reopen agreement and fix 23-month escape clause, Globe and Mail
Softwood talks 'cracked nut for B.C.', Vancouver Sun
Bulk of lumber producers won't back softwood deal, The Canadian Press
Forest companies line up on both sides of dispute, Vancouver Sun
Logging deaths greatly reduced this year, Vancouver Sun
Humans to blame for most fires around Kamloops, Globe and Mail
Cottagers fighting Minaki harvesting plans - Minaki residents like the view they have, and are fighting to keep it, Kenora Daily Miner and News
Duration of project, lack of government rules irk Pinecrest resident, Whistler Question
Indigenous people seek cancellation of IFMA forest concession, Philippine Information Agency
Papua New Guinea to host forest seminar, The National
Penan - 'We will keep on the struggle for our forest forever', Survival International News
Japan depletes Borneo's rainforests; China remains largest log importer, Mongabay News
"Sanctioned" Illegal Logging Encroaches on China's Remaining Natural Forests, Worldwatch Institute
Warning on mill impact, The Mercury
Draft pulp mill plan dismissed by Gunns, The Examiner
'Leaked' mill report sparks forest fears, ABC News
Mill's huge appetite for forests revealed, Sydney Morning Herald
Forestry felled on costs call, The Mercury
Rimu thieves caught on film plead guilty - A Conservation Department sting has nabbed two Taupo men chainsawing a rimu tree, estimated to be at least 500 years old, which they planned to make into furniture, New Zealand Stuff
Indigenous rights protesters gather at Grassy Narrows, Rainforest Action Network at The First Perspective
Majority of Canadian lumber producers oppose softwood deal and can kill it, Yahoo! Canada News
Some of the sticking points for the forest industry in the softwood lumber agreement, Yahoo! Canada News
B.C. warns it won't co-operate unless softwood lumber deal is amended, Yahoo! Canada News
Bleak softwood prediction described as 'glitch', Ottawa Citizen
Protecting our forests, The Tri-City News
What I Learned Fleeing the Tumbler Ridge Fire - Human kindness, and what to keep close to your heart, The Tyee
Uruguay: University Scientists Question Govt's Pet Paper Mill Project, IPS News
Bonobo Peace Forest for the Make Love, Not War Species, Living on Earth
Seized: Felled Trees Worth RM800,000, New Straits Times
Indonesia: Ex-general arrested for illegal logging, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Borneo island faces ecological imbalance, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesia: Biofuel era has arrived, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Malaysia Weighs Palm Oil Share for Food, Energy, Reuters
Shell Says Biofuels From Food Crops "Morally Inappropriate" - Royal Dutch Shell, the world's top marketer of biofuels, considers using food crops to make biofuels "morally inappropriate" as long as there are people in the world who are starving, Reuters
India: Govt aim is to curb activities of forest mafia: Minister, New Kerala News
Tasmania: Devil listing threatens forest fallout, Mercury News
Forestry Tas criticised over eagle nest destruction, Yahoo! News
Deforestation and afforestation: A global concern (part II), The Tide
Pine beetle threatens Canada's boreal forest, CBC News
Deep in the wild, a testament of faith - Tucked into a forest in the tiny village of Skatin, B.C., is a religious relic over 100 years old, Globe and Mail
Call for Proposal - Forest Communities Program, Natural Resources Canada
Hikers fear increased logging in UBC forest, Maple Ridge News
A Sustainable Forest Management Partnership Initiative of Pikangikum First Nation, Whitefeather Forest Initiative
Hinterland Who's Who Launches Boreal Forest PSA - HWW series targets habitat, CNW Telbec
Heavy industry tax cap frightening Island communities - Pulp and Paper Industry recommends reducing taxation by 50 per cent and then capping it, Cowichan News Leader
Logging on Mount Brenton a symptom of poor forestry policy, Ladysmith Chronicle
Softwood devastation predicted - Colwood-based insider warning that U.S. demands are too much, Goldstream News Gazette
Central logging update, Clearwater Times
50,000 trees may face Hero Honda axe, The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Himachal Pradesh
India: Forest ministry okays land for dam, Business Standard
Vietnam protective forest management group logs own lands, Thanh Nien Daily
Woman sentenced to plant 13,620 trees for starting forest fire, Shanghai Daily
World Bank internal review slams its forestry program in Cambodia, Planet Save News
World Bank to improve Cambodian forest plan, ABC Asia Pacific News
Sun bear staring at sunset, New Straits Times
PNG Processed timber imports threatened, The National
Seeing the wood waste from the trees - Australia should be paying closer attention to Europe on biofuels, The Age
Ministry raises traditional vegetable production due to logging, Fiji Times
State sacks top two for allowing logging in protected area, Fiji Times
Fiji civil servants sacked over corruption charges, Radio New Zealand International
Tropical Rainforest Nutrients Linked To Global Carbon Dioxide Levels, Science Daily
United Kingdom: Planting a forest is a good thing, right?, Independent at Forests.org
Britain's first olive grove is a sign of our hotter times, Independent at Forests.org
Mahogany Imports 'Are Wiping out Peru Tribes', Belfast Telegraph
Puffins in flight from invasive tree mallow plant, The Scotsman
A Stand in the Forest, Los Angeles Times
Critics Pan Sawmill's Plan for Clear Cuts in K-Country, VUE Weekly
Logging beetle-kill wood stymied: harvesters, Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Provinces, industry discussing 'final draft' of softwood deal, Yahoo! Canada News
Putin believes right to rent out forest areas, without ownership, Itar-Tass
Last Yoik in Sami Forests? , Elonmerkki
Liberia: United Nations Security Council Lifts Liberia Timber Sanctions Despite Insufficient Reform of the Industry, Global Witness
Rate of African forest loss underestimated: scientist, Reuters
Malagasy Ecoguides Hold Key to the Forest, Reuters
India: Tiny primate threatened by disappearing 'canopy cover', Gulf Times AFP
Govt orders demolishing of illegal structures on forest land, New Kerala News
Social forestation helps changes fortune of rural poor people in Rajshahi, Bangladesh Daily News
A logging concession without cutting trees, The Manila Times
Philippine House of Reps Approves Reforestation Program, Philippine News Agency
Indonesia: Pollution, logging 'creating toxic RI', Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesia: Nature hits back, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Tasmania: Rumble in the jungle, Society Guardian
Australia: Anger over cheap-as-chips native timber exports, Sydney Morning Herald at Forests.org
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Burns' insert would exempt forest projects from public input, Billings Gazette
Against all odds, and sense, Bush administration arrogantly tries to sell off our public lands, Ocala Star-Banner editorial
Renewable energy producers complain to Senate committee - Wind, geothermal industries rap Bush administration, Billings Gazette
Oregon Congressman Pushes Forest Service To Open Guideline Process To Wind Proponents, Grants Pass News
Environment vs. Property Rights: Endangered Species Act reform needed? - NO: Protections are threatened with extinction, SF Chronicle op-ed
Drafting the Future of the Parks, New York Times editorial
Video vs. National Parks - Sedentary entertainment lures Americans from nature, Portland Press Herald editorial
Johanns Appoints New Members to National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, USDA
Bill would cut some logging comment - Spending bill rider would overturn a court ruling that said such projects are subject to public comment, Missoulian
Bill would limit comment on logging, Independent Record
Don't Curb Public's Right to Comment, Wheeling News-Register editorial
Despite opposition, plan to sell forestland lives, Oregonian
Plan to sell forest lands facing tough time in Congress, Olympian AP
Your national forests on the chopping block, Des Moines Register op-ed
The environment burns while Bush and Congress fiddle, Tehran Times
A tree in your tank - With a push from Pataki, New York pursues a homegrown ethanol, Times-Union
The Big Question: Is ethanol the answer to the world's oil problems, or a green pipe dream? - Vast areas of rainforest might have to be cut down to provide the cropland necessary, Independent at Forests.org
Is ethanol really an energy solution?, Baltimore Sun
Danger in the Frozen Soil, Indian Express
States Find Local Use for Federal Land Profits, NPR All Things Considered
Plan to sell public lands left out of bill, Missoulian
Lawmakers dump land sale measures, KAJ News
Public Land Sell-Off Plans All But Dead, New West Network
Rep. Taylor fights to protect seniors' jobs in WNC - FS removed from SCSEP funding, Cherokee Sentinel
Timber tax cut puts two U.S. senators in a tight spot - Break tied to estate bill to get Murray, Cantwell, Post-Intelligencer
Oregon Congressman On Subcommittee's Hearing On Implementation Of Healthy Forests Restoration Act, House Committee on Resources
America's national parks becoming islands in seas of development, Union Tribune AP
Jockey Hollow entrance fee dropped - Charge eliminated because of lower visitor numbers, park superintendent says, Daily Record
Corporate Citizenship - Monumental Branding, Forbes
Privatizing state services costs $1 million - "The evidence is clear that the privatization didn't work," said Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, Juneau Empire
Energy illusions: Time to end subsidies for ethanol pipe dream, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
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
Beaverhead Deerlodge forest merits protection, Billings Gazette letter
Comments sought on Lewis and Clark NF salvage logging, Billings Gazette
Burns' insert would exempt forest projects from public input, Billings Gazette
Seismic testing starts along the Beartooth Front, Billings Gazette
New study praised by backers of Rock Creek mine, Billings Gazette
Homeowners fight utility over dead tree, Billings Gazette
Funds included in Senate bill for Badlands ranch purchase by USFS, KXMA News
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Details on logging injunction released, Montana Standard
Public meeting to clarify new Beaverhead-Deerlodge forest management proposals, The Montana Standard
Forest proposal has good intentions - Partnership's idea receives criticism, The Montana Standard
Federal judge gives go-ahead for Bitterroot NF MEF hazardous fuels project, Missoulian
Preliminary injunction denied for MEF project, Ravalli Republic
Merits of Middle East Fork project argued, Ravalli Republic
Middle East Fork Project - Proposal would increase fire danger, Missoulian letter
West Fork: Fuels reduction project approaches completion, Ravalli Republic
Seminar to address sustainable forests, communities, Missoulian
Lewis and Clark NF: Things change, Great Falls Tribune
Front protection gains ground, Missoulian
Forest plans North Fork fuel project, The Daily Inter Lake
Swank secures contract to build Flathead NF ranger station, The Daily Inter Lake
Flathead NF: Poison plan appealed, Missoula Independent
Group sues over Idaho Panhandle NFs proposed logging in bear country, Post-Intelligencer
Study finds no Troy, Rock Creek link, Missoulian
Environmental groups appeal Forest Service grizzly habitat protection plan, KAJ News AP
Environmental groups appeal grizzly habitat protection plan, Missoulian
Sheyenne National Grasslands has first campground, Grand Forks Herald AP
Forest Service to sell off several buildings, cabins in northern Idaho, KTVB News
Injunction sought over thinning project, Missoulian
Judge weighs request for injunction against Forest Service, KAJ News
Morel dilemma: Slim 'shroom pickings on the national forests, Missoula Independent
Burns now favors ban on drilling in Front, Billings Gazette
Flathead NF: Swank secures contract to build Hungry Horse ranger station, The Daily Inter Lake
Emphasis changing for timber lands, The Daily Inter Lake
Reservoir road link restored, The Daily Inter Lake
Missoula company helping fight fires across the West, KAJ News
Vandals take toll on public land - Some shoot signs, others ransack, mangle cabins, Billings Gazette
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Rainbow Family Cleans Up Routt National Forest - The Forest Service has commended the members for their work, The Denve Channel
Rainbow Family leaves; clean-up begins, Vail Daily News
It takes all colors, part one - Spending a night with the Rainbow Family, The Vail Trail
It takes all colors, part two - The fear of Babylon, LEOs and the Family-made city, The Vail Trail
It takes all colors, part three - Inside Disneyland for hippies, The Vail Trail
Flying the freak flag, Franti-style, Aspen Times
Loggers, land interests work to create healthy forests - Program near Dolores aims to re-create pre-settlement period conditions, Cortez Journal at Durango Herald
White River NF: Garfield County takes on roadless issue, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Pike NF: Gold Camp Road section to remain shut, Colorado Springs Gazette
'The King of Trails' to host annual celebration in Buena Vista, Summit Daily News
Quiet Use Coalition plans work projects on county trails, roads, Salida Ranger District, The Mountain Mail
U.S. Forest Service cabins and campgrounds bring visitors to area, The Mountain Mail
Winter Park steps up battle against pine beetles, Longmont Daily Times-Call
Runyon part of group lobbying for beetle bill, Vail Daily News
Eagles Nest Wilderness turns 30, Summit Daily News
Predator proposal draws fire - Wildlife-advocacy group opposes poison, using helicopters, ATVs, Durango Herald
Red Flag Warning Issued For Black Hills National Forest, USFS
Roadless debate a great divide - A state panel hears strong views on whether to protect lands prized for their native beauty and their promise. Compromise won't be easy, Denver Post
Pine beetle outlook remains grim - Lodgepole pines likely doomed, Summit Daily News
Resorts, towns battle beetles, Scripps Howard News
Participate in White River travel plan: White River NF Supervisor Matibeth Gustafson, Aspen Times News
New plan will address trails, user conflicts - Draft for White River NF coming this month, Aspen Times News
Continental Divide Trail receives $1.2 million in new funding, Summit Daily News
Aspens dying off north of Mancos - Mysterious decline concerns forest, tourism officials, Cortez Journal at Durango Herald
Mysterious Decline Of Aspens Concerns Foresters, The Denver Channel AP
One year later, new life sprouting in Mason Gulch, Cañon City Daily Record
One Year After The Fire - Mason Gulch forests will take century to heal, The Pueblo Chieftain
Fire restrictions lifted on 3 million acres of federal lands, Summit Daily News
Floods In Hayman Burn Area Prompt Disaster Declaration, The Denver Channel
New wilderness access proposed, Summit Daily News
Watershed Report Card Series Addresses Ecological Health of Telluride's Backyard, The Telluride Watch
Rainbow Gathering in Colorado lacks one color - green, Writers on the Range at Nevada Appeal
Rainbows leave paths of damage in forest - "As far as we were concerned, they were good guests," Zopf said. "The environmental ethic that they live and that they practiced, at least in Routt County, was exemplary," Rocky Mountain News
Routt NF: Rainbow Family meeting winding down, Ottaviano clueless, Summit Daily News
Costs, impact tallied at end of Rainbows, Denver Post
Forest Service to prepare EIS on plans to "implement multiple resource management actions within the Norwood project area as directed by the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan", Federal Register
Rainbow family members join hands for celebration, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Family's prayer for peace goes undisturbed by authorities, Rocky Mountain News
Rainbow gathering peaks at 15,000, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Gathering includes eclectic souls, Summit Daily News
Rainbow tally tops 10,000, The Steamboat Pilot
End of the Rainbow, The Craig Daily Press
Officials discuss evacuation routes for Rainbow Family, Star-Tribune AP
Forest Service shifts focus on gathering - Rainbow Family gets lessons on fire risks, land reclamation, Rocky Mountain News
Crowd swells at Rainbow Family gathering, Star-Tribune AP
Rainbow Family Gathering At Halfway Point, The Denver Channel
Annual Rainbow Family gathering being held in Colorado forest, KAJ News brief AP
Sound off: re Rainbow gathering, Steamboat Pilot letters
Rainbows ready to confront the feds - A founder of the hippie group says Forest Service crackdown on gathering has gone too far, Vail Daily News
Forest Service Hopes to Educate Rainbow Gathering, New West Network
Steamboat Roads Heavy With Rainbow Gathering and Tourist Traffic, The Denver Channel
Logging project targeting beetle-infested trees, The Pueblo Chieftain
Routt NF not part of forest sale, The Steamboat Pilot
Trail of partnership praised - Ex-forest chiefs mark start of Berthoud Pass gateway, Denver Post
Rio Grande NF: Local opinions voiced on roadless areas, Alamosa Valley Courier
Making war on beetles - Winter Park, others intensify campaign to control pine pests, Rocky Mountain News
Ponderosa Pine Forest Partnership - Public-land managers, timber industry maintain pre-settlement vision of Colorado woodlands, Cortez Journal
Our forest: Timber industry plays critical role, The Black Hills Pioneer
Bringing the love - Rainbow Family members prepare Interdependence Day celebation, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Gathering update for July 1, 2006, U.S. Forest Service
Rainbow Gathering update for June 29, 2006, U.S. Forest Service
Rainbow technicians cover fire and water logistics, The Steamboat Pilot
Routt NF: Rainbow group prepares - Family builds kitchens in anticipation of the arrival of thousands of Rainbow Gatherers, Summit Daily News
Rainbows Head for North Routt County July 1-7, The Telluride Watch
Rainbow Family co-founder calls for Forest Service challenge, Independent Record AP
"Rainbow Family" Members Say Their Rights are Being Violated, All Headline News
Rainbow family: Forest Service illegally interfering with right to assemble - Hippies got violent, Forest Service says, New Mexican
Gray areas in Rainbow clash - Forest Service says officers were hurt in Monday confrontation, Summit Daily News
Rainbow defense, The Steamboat Pilot
Lawsuit seeks to open Rainbow Family proceedings to public, Summit Daily News
Lawsuit to keep Rainbow court open gets re-filed, The Steamboat Pilot
Rainbow Family trials to stay in firehouse, Rocky Mountain News
Rainbow Family trials proceed with unlimited public access, Rocky Mountain News
Rainbow Family crowd reaches 4,000 - U.S. Forest Service officials say door for permit 'may have closed', The Steamboat Pilot
Peace, love and fire danger, Star-Tribune
Despite camping ban, Rainbow Family gathers in Colorado, Longmont Daily Times-Call
Fire danger dampens fringe gathering - Dry, stressed forest lends air of worry to annual campout, New York Times at SF Chronicle
34 Years of Hippie Camps, Now in Tinder-Dry Woods, New York Times
Rainbow remnants, Colorado Daily
A look at the Rainbow Family, Daily Herald
Wolf Creek: The Long, Litigious Road, Transworld Business Magazine
Rebirth of a forest - Four years after the Hayman fire scorched all in its path, the Pike National Forest is showing signs of life - and people, Denver Post
Environmental, wildlife groups protest predator control proposal, Summit Daily News
Environmentalists seek halt in Conejos logging, The Pueblo Chieftain
Gunnison: Forest Service, BLM to look at travel management in five counties, Montrose Daily Press
Roads less traveled? - As the debate over roadless areas heats up, The Aspen Times explores what's at stake, Aspen Times
Thompson Creek roadless area, Aspen Times
Red Table Mountain roadless area, Aspen Times
Feds give $734,000 to county for PILT payment, The Mountain Mail
Wildlife manager says impact of proposed ski area 'understated', Summit Daily News
Crossing boundaries - Woman's decision to move from Cimarron National Grassland sparks land fight, with tepees caught in the middle, The Hutchinson News
Grassland ownership fight grows - A resident on the Cimarron National Grassland and the U.S. Forest Service are at a stalemate over boundaries, Wichita Eagle AP
Trail damaged by off-road vehicle vandals, Rapid City Journal
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
State taking input on roadless area management, The Payson Roundup
Conservationists Object to New Grazing Laws, Albuquerque Journal
Hunters, anglers should back roadless wild areas, says Republican 4x4 owner, Arizona Republic
Logging's Grim Record, Arizona Daily Star
Agriculture secretary impressed with forest restoration efforts, Northern Arizona University
Tonto NF: Land swap may keep climbers from rocks, East Valley Tribune
Park purchase uncertain - The Town must enter into an agreement with the Forest Service by July 24, Camp Verde Bugle
Let the public weigh in on park decision, Verde Independent
McCain tries to help Verde partnership past impasse, Prescott Daily Courier
Valles Caldera National Preserve - A New Paradigm for Federal Lands?, PERC
Gila and Apache NFs: Federal Government Kills Another Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf, Center for Biological Diversity
Coconino and Prescott national forests revising management plans, Verde Independent [scroll down]
Coconino Forest to reopen today - Not in the Verde Valley, however, Camp Verde Bugle
Some restrictions lifted on Kaibab forest, KOLD News
More input sought on planned Santa Fe National Forest thinning project, KVIA News
The misunderstood bat: Creatures are often feared, but play key role in nature, Mohave Daily News
Valles Caldera: University, trust join for grazing research, The New Mexican
Rains Keep Cibola NF Open, Mountain View Telegraph
Carson NF: Valle Vidal bill advances; Pete should push it, Santa Fe New Mexican editorial
Full circle - Woltering returns to the place where he began his forestry career, and where he met the love of his life, Alamogordo Daily News
Arizona seeking comment on roadless areas, Arizona Republic
Fuel break funding dropped by fire board, The Payson Roundup
Church in the woods closes with national forest, The Payson Roundup
BLM partners with county, Coronado NF to improve roads, Eastern Arizona Courier
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Appeals court halts clear-cut in Utah Dixie NF, Independent Record
Uinta NF cosponsoring invasive weeds workshop, Daily Herald
Federal predator proposal could jumpstart wolf-collaring plan in wilderness, North County Times
Forest Services works to thin timber around Idaho cabins, Twin Falls Times-News
Sawtooth NF: South Hills recreation pollutes Rock Creek, Twin Falls Times-News
Endorsement undermines CIEDRA wilderness bill, Idaho Statesman editorial
Jack Ward Thomas: New approaches needed to ensure a future for forestry, wildlife, Salt Lake Tribune
Grazing program costs Idaho more than it earns - Critics say state is failing public schools, while ranchers blame shortfall on red tape, The Idaho Statesman
Bridger-Teton NF: Feds halt energy lease, Star-Tribune
Bennett presents S. Utah lands bill, Salt Lake Tribune
Bennett pushes southern Utah land bill, Deseret News
Altered land-use bill introduced in Congress - Bennett, Matheson introduce, support legislation to identify wilderness areas, The St. George Spectrum
Bennett, Matheson introduce land bill, The St. George Spectrum
Uinta NF: Leasing worries conservationists, Star-Tribune
Fishlake National Forest will prepare EIS "to document the analysis and disclose the environmental and human effects of oil and gas leasing on Fishlake NF lands", Federal Register
Official puts brakes on Ogden ATV travel plan - Wasatch-Cache: The forest's supervisor says more analysis is needed before trail use is decided, Salt Lake Tribune
Spare those trees Dixie NF; & Hold those ATVs Wasatch-Cache NF, Salt Lake Tribune editorial
Sportsmen want range protected, Billings Gazette
Conservation Groups Call on Forest Service to Protect Grizzly Bear Habitat - Forest Service habitat protections deemed inadequate, Earth Justice Newsroom
Appeals court halts clear-cut in Southern Utah, Daily Herald
Conservation groups fear oil, gas rigs will hurt Utah forest land, Union Tribune AP
Bridger-Teton NF: Forest fuel reduction planned near Moran, Jackson Hole News & Guide
Bosie National Forest Puts Gold Mining Operation on Hold, FOX 12 Boise
Timber sale was based on science; editorial was not, Statesman Journal
BLM rangers outfitted with semi-automatic rifles, but some question why, Twin Falls Times-News
Ruling squashes Dixie NF logging plan, Salt Lake Tribune
Ranger vs. Goliath - Semi-automatic rifles help rangers safely cover vast area, Twin Falls Times-News
In Defense of Logging and Loggers, Upper Valley Free Press
Logjam causes problem, Twin Falls Times-News
Bridger-Teton NF: Plan eliminates campgrounds at lodge, Star-Tribune
Range Fire Controversy Heats Up, KSL News
Forest Service Wants National Guard to Help Remove Trash, KSL News
Forest Service drops plan for Ogden trails, Deseret News
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Giant Sequoia National Monument: Our Struggle to Save The "Saved" Sequoias, Coastal Post
Firefighter gets four months in Los Padres forest arson - Ordered to pay $2.4 million dollars, KESQ News
A Clueless Policy on Roadless Areas - Why should the states have to act the protect national forest lands?, Los Angeles Times editorial
Governor to seek road bans on 4.4 million acres of forest, LA Daily News AP
Governor petitions U.S. to preserve park roadless areas - Cleveland National Forest part of appeal, Union Tribune
Schwarzenegger Acts to Guard State 'Wilderness' - The governor will ask federal officials to ban new roads for mining and other development in 4.4 million acres of national forest, Los Angeles Times at KTLA News
Republican Conservationists Praise Schwarzenegger Roadless Petition, News Blaze
Governor asks Bush administration to preserve forests - A petition being sent to Washington today seeks to ban logging and road building in 4.4 million acres of roadless national forests., Orange County Register
Regional forester and QLG meet, Plumas County News
Shasta-Trinity NF: Hotlum Fire mistakes acknowledged - Shasta Vista residents review Hotlum fire and prepare for next one, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
USFS officials address escaped burn, but not Hotlum Fire, Mt. Shasta News
Elite Hotshots ready for state's wildfire hot spots, San Francisco Chronicle
Martis Peak Lookout opens, Sierra Sun
Forest Service to let fire burn in wilderness, Baker City Herald
Shasta Trinity NF: Massive pot farm discovered: Officials say raid is second largest in Shasta County, Redding Record Searchlight
Mendocino NF: 30,000 pot plants taken, Ukiah Daily Journal
A Devil of a time finding this Angeles NF secret, LA Daily News
Women in Timber awards $7,750, The Eureka Reporter
Trail horse confirmed dead, to be left in Tahoe NF 'final resting place', Auburn Journal
If You've Seen One Redwood, You've Seen Them All -- Not!, The Huffington Post
Scotia: Pacific Lumber Company Town, Losing a Landlord, Seeks a Mate, New York Times
Rare alliance would protect land in Sierra - Humboldt-Toiyabe NF: Wilderness bill built on consensus - Snowmobilers, conservationists join in crafting deal, San Francisco Chronicle
Shasta-Trinity NF seeks public cooperation for Winnemem Wintu Tribe conducting religious ceremony, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Ceremony needs space: Public asked to respect voluntary closure in forest, Redding Record Searchlight
US Forest Service and Bureau of Reclamation Endanger Religious Ceremonies - Winnemem Wintu Tribe Face Reduced Access to Sacred Sites, Indybay News
Karuk dance house destroyed by fire, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Another Heavenly hearing slated for July 26, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Truckee River tree toppled, Sierra Sun
Klamath NF will prepare an EIS (the Westpoint Project) on a proposal to treat vegetation using a variety of silvicultural methods on approximately 930 acres of Forest Service lands in the Middle Creek and Scott Bar Mountain areas, Federal Register
Salamander ruling disputed - Environmentalists file suit for north state amphibians, Redding Record Searchlight
Mendocino National Forest ends restrictions, Ukiah Daily Journal
Angeles NF: Mount Waterman ski area set for revival, SGV Tribune
New programs at Sequoia National Forest, The Daily Independent
Tahoe Rim Trail gets national recognition, Sierra Sun
TRPA and U.S. Forest Service to establish North Shore offices, Tahoe Daily Tribune
No more public hearings planned for Heavenly master plan, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Shasta-Trinity NF gears up for July 4 holiday, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Activists Settle Out in Freshwater S.L.A.P.P. Suit, Indybay
State Supreme Court: County logging rules stand, Santa Cruz Sentinel
As We See It: High court ruling on logging a muddle, Santa Cruz Sentinel editorial
Judge: Leave old dams alone in Stanislaus NF Emigrant Wilderness, Union Democrat
Loggers lose big decision in California high court - Local governments can limit locations, Mercury News
This is what democracy could look like - Heavenly, Homewood, and why the City of South Lake Tahoe removed 387 trees at the airport with no review?, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
TRPA: Agency head accused of saying too much on Homewood issue, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Group Opposes Heavenly Tree Removal, CBS 13
Tahoe ski resort's plan to cut 230 old-growth trees opposed, Las Vegas Sun
Timber company receives funding - Officials say the loan will help improve the region's mountain forests, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Angeles NF: Agencies focus on off-roading impact, LA Daily News
Bureau of Reclamation Limits Access to Winnemem Wintu Ceremonial Site - U.S. Forest Service handed over management of campground adjacent to ceremonial site to a private concessionaire, Indybay News
Don't mess with our children's heritage, Times-Standard op-ed
An Age-Old Debate About Age-Old Trees, Sacramento Bee at Red Orbit
State Expected to Allow Pacific Lumber to Transfer Habitat Restrictions, Los Angeles Times
Basketweavers gathering's focus on preservation and policy, The Valley Chronicle
These visitors aren't users, they're abusers, Sierra Sun
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Plan to log roadless area based on bad policy, Register Guard op-ed
Academic freedom or group-think at OSU?, Statesman Journal editorial
Unhappy trails as agencies try to do "more with less", The Seattle Times
When the tallest isn't the top of the tree - Oregon and Washington continue a longtime feud over bragging rights for the largest Sitka spruce, Portland Oregonian
New Collaborative Group Tackles County-wide Forest &Wildfire Management Issues In Southern Oregon, Grants Pass News
Northwest Forest Plan - Draft Supplemental EIS Released for Public Review and Comment, BLM/USFS
FS issues draft Supplement to the 2004 Final Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines, Federal Register
Forest-species study thoughts are sought, Statesman Journal
Group questions timber sale profits, Mail Tribune
Logger Won't Cut Until After Hearing, Chronicle AP
Biscuit Salvage Logging Postponed Until August, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Siskiyou NF: Sweetheart Deal for Silver Creek Timber, New West Network
Seedling research creates political fire in Congress, Los Angeles Times at Seattle Times
Green light for Salwasser - College of Forestry Dean is moving forward with plans for the future of his department, Oregon State Daily Barometer
Oregon State scientist delves into 'serious games', KGW News
Stewardship is goal of timber policies, The Olympian
St. Helens to open again to climbers; crater still off limits, Post-Intelligencer
Forest Service to reopen Mount St. Helens to climbers, Longview Daily News
Volunteers go out on a limb for voles, Register Guard
Scaling new heights - Dorena Tree-Climbing Program: Program at genetic research center teaches climbing techniques to forestry technicians, The News-Review
Woods thinned to protect Goose Prairie community from fires, Yakima Herald Republic
Researchers wonder what's killing Hells Canyon bighorn, Star-Tribune
A life in the Forest Service, The Bulletin
Virtual forest? Sounds great, but what about the scent?, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Office buildings set for former USFS site in Medford, Mail Tribune
Smith Proposes Cascade-Siskiyou Grazing Buyout, US Senator - Gordon Smith
The June 22nd Thursday R6 Update, USFS
Officials expect job losses to slow in the logging industry, Statesman Journal
Concerns that forest thinning not keeping up with fire danger, KGW News
Oregon Congressman On Subcommittee's Hearing On Implementation Of Healthy Forests Restoration Act, House Committee on Resources
A serious game of "virtually" exploring forests, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Wildfire suppression costs may be reduced using new model, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Umpqua NF: Mining's Toxic Legacy - Bohemia: A mountain of pollution, The Register-Guard
Umpqua NF: Algae turns lure of the water at Diamond Lake into a risk, Mail Tribune
Minus tides expose ancient tree roots at Moolack Beach, Newport News-Times
Fewer families hankering to camp out in the woods, Yakima Herald Republic
Deschutes NF: Landowner submits land-use claim for Central Oregon caldera, The News-Review
Forest Service still working on taming camping area, KGW News
Pick your poison, Statesman Journal
Airborne smugglers link B.C. pot growers and U.S. distributors, Seattle Times
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Francis Marion/ Sumter NF: Public Meeting about Upper Chattooga, American Whitewater
Forest Service asks judge to continue Chattooga River boating ban, Anderson Independent Mail: News
Saving national forests, state by state, Roanoke Times editorial
Saving face: Rock climbers group raises $250,000 to buy Laurel Knob, build trail through Nantahala NF, Asheville Citizen-Times
BBC legend to film soon in Arkansas - USFS has funded the project for four years, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Plan to sell national forest lands dealt setback, WAVY News
Sumter NF proposing user fees to offset the costs of providing maintenance and parking for a new network of mountain bike trails, The Augusta Chronicle [scroll down]
Report: Forest service has not responded to injunction, WDUN News
Both sides of Chattooga River issue wait, Anderson Independent Mail
Forest Service in court today for Chattooga boating ban, Anderson Independent
Chattahoochee-Oconee NF: Site chosen for merged USFS office, WDUN News
Growing season burns good for forest health, News-Reporter
Forest Service holding meetings on ORV regulations, The Lufkin Daily News
Land Use Change Effects on Forest Carbon Cycling Throughout the Southern United States, Journal of Environmental Quality
Sylvan Star: BRCC's Tree Expert Joe Murray Keeps 'Em Green And Growing, The Daily News Record
New Camp Site A Big Hit With Families, KOMO News
Rep. Taylor fights to protect seniors' jobs in WNC - FS removed from SCSEP funding, Cherokee Sentinel
Thieves stripping bark off Ky.'s slippery elms - Material is sought as herbal curative, Lexington Herald-Leader
Water diversion could help forest, declining bird species, The Times-Picayune at Leesville Daily Leader
Loggers use a primitive kind of pull, Courier-Journal
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Charred remains Oscoda forest reborn, teeming with life after massive fire, Bay City Times
Michigan: Logging plans made public - DNR recommends cutting 1,620 acres in '08, Traverse City Record-Eagle
Mike Dombeck: Keep state's forest areas remote, wild and roadless, The Capital Times
Bill to block comment poor policy, Mining Gazette editorial
Green Mountain National Forest needs protection, Times Argus letter
Massachusetts: State gets ready to cut trees in state park, The Republican
Hancock Lumber earns stewardship certification for lumber yard, Boston Globe
Great Eastern Trail promises hiker's haven from Florida to N.Y., USA Today
State Receives 195,000-Acre Easement Buffering Baxter State Park: Nature Conservancy Donates $500,000 Stewardship Endowment, Maine Today
View a map of the Katahdin Forest Project, The Nature Conservancy
Plum Foolish - If the plan for Maine's biggest development ever goes through, it could spell disaster for millions of acres of forestland across the northeast, Audubon magazine
Wilderness is not what we want, Rutland Herald letter
Sierra Club challenges White Mountain timber sale, Union Leader
Extremist Grams views come through again - Even the timber industry agrees that salvage logging in the BWCA Wilderness is economically and logistically a bad idea, Timberjay News
Vote for the environment this fall, Timberjay News
ATV group to look at Ottawa NF trail system, The Daily Mining Gazette
Foes to Huron-Manistee NF Mason Tract drilling optimistic, Crawford County Avalanche
Environmentalists oppose Hoosier National Forest plan, WISH News
Environmentalists oppose logging plan, IndyStar News
Santorum pledges to seek new spending on Allegheny forest, The Derrick
Insect's foothold growing - No money left to fight ash borer, state says, The Columbus Dispatch
Munching millions ravage forestland - Voracious caterpillars inundate Poconos, The Morning Call
Huron-Manistee NF: Loda Lake is a wildflower haven, Detroit Free Press
A tree in your tank - With a push from Pataki, New York pursues a homegrown ethanol, Times-Union
Allegheny NF plan: Timbering group is disappointed, The Times Observer
Allegheny NF plan: Wilderness advocates see a lot to like, Warren Times Observer
W.Va. Has Valuable Roadless Areas, Too, Wheeling News-Register editorial
Oak Openings a key force in greenhouse gas battle - UT researcher says region is very efficient at removing emissions, Toledo Blade
Logging plan hotly contested, Berkshire Eagle
Arborist opposes logging in park, The Republican
Old report cited to protect trees, The Republican
'Green' Burials Growing in Popularity, ENN AP
Study finds humans a major cause of lynx mortality, Timberjay News
A time of trees, water, sawdust and wonder, Journal-Sentinel
Weather, cost increases hurting loggers, Boston Globe
Ottawa National Forest is seeking local growers to raise native grasses, Ironwood Daily Globe
When you can't see the forest through the trees, Record-Eagle
Trees help clean air naturally - Count on trees to improve air quality, Fredericksburg News
In Acadia, native plants returning - Park team aims to aid local species, Bangor Daily News
Aphids killing West Virginia's hemlocks, Post-Gazette
Demonstrators protest against Victoria's Secret, KMOV News
GAO Evaluates Federal Support for Wood Utilization Research, Forest Products Laboratory
Chestnut Trees Returning, Bangor Daily News
Half of electronic- collared lynx die, Grand Forks Herald

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