Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Pine beetle link to fires unclear - Foresters question what has long been assumed as true, Summit Daily News at Rocky Mountain News
Restoration lags in charred forests - Critics decry U.S. failure to replant burned tracts, Sacramento Bee
An endless journey - Future of roadless areas unresolved, Denver Post
Protection For Nation's Drinking Water Now Available In All 50 States, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station at Medical News Today
Vast federal land swap collapses - Blue Mountains - Costs and delays scuttle a deal that the Forest Service says would no longer benefit the public, Oregonian
Controversy over Forest Service's Landfire project: Feds developing map project to determine risk of wildfire, Billings Gazette
Lack of cooperation grounds air tanker - Forest Service inspection slows new DC-10's takeoff, Missoulian
Quenching the roaring monster: A short history of air fire control, The Norman Transcript
Losing Cypress - Between saltwater intrusion and loggers' saws, a valuable storm barrier is disappearing, The Times-Picayune
Mulch Madness, New York Times editorial
Cypress logging moratorium needed, The Advocate
Timber From Russia, With Love... Blame Canada!, The New York Observer
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Makes 50-Year Commitment To Plant 50 Million Trees in U.S., Canada and Europe, CNW Telbec
Audit faults forest program controls, Star-Tribune
U.S. shocks Canadian forest companies - Drops claim that Canadian lumber is subsidized, Vancouver Sun
Lumber prices at lowest mark in nearly 5 years, Register Guard AP
The Chief's Desk, USFS
Forest Service's Web-based tracking system and Google's 3-D imagery help make fighting wildfires more safe, efficient - Air traffic control on the fire line, Government Computer News
As smoke clears, experts tally the benefits of fires - Managers say Idaho's 2006 season will improve forests' ecological health, human safety, The Idaho Statesman
Courts mow down Bush development strategy, USA Today
Forest Service cuts visitor information, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Framing: The Debate, Sight Line
Researchers say nuance needed in forest fire debate, Summit Daily News
Debate over pine plantations renewed - "A Tree Farm is Not A Forest", The State
Indonesian group attacks century-old tree 'to propagate Islam', CBC News
WWF grades paper product makers - Kimberly-Clark, P&G, Georgia-Pacific get failing grades, MSNBC
Biscuit salvage a loser, Register-Guard editorial
Bush Policy Irks Judges in West - Rulings Criticize Agencies for Not Protecting the Environment, Washington Post
Judges slam Bush policies, Washington Post at Star-Tribune
Judges chip at Bush's environmental plans, United Press International
Wrong road - Policy on roadless areas runs into ditch, Sacramento Bee editorial
As forest roads crumble, access to woods slips away, Seattle Times
Parks are for people, not corporate shareholders, Robson Valley Times
Buy your own slice of Amazon rainforest - Britain plans for the wholesale "privatisation" of the rainforest, The West Australian
Choosing the Right Trees Can Affect Air Quality, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Small Wood, Big Potential: Conference Explores Challenges, Opportunities of Small Diameter Timber Resources and Products, Industrial Reporting, Inc.
New plan: Less paper, more trees; Stockholders aid by having reports delivered online, The Patriot Ledger
Surprised to Hear That Wood Propellers Are Still Used by the Military?, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Global warming study predicts strain on Northeast power grid, forests by the next century, Boston Globe
Carbon dioxide from rain forests may be contributing to climate change, Paramus Post News
You feel better, but is your carbon offset just hot air?, The Guardian
Can planting trees really give you a clear carbon conscience?, Guardian
We're All Stewards of the Land, Writers on the Range at Abq Journal
Corporate spies involved in forestry dispute, ABC News
The A Team - Four Corners reveals a secret campaign to spy on green groups, hi-jack forestry policy and damage corporate rivals, ABC News
"The A Team": Program Transcript, Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
Where Is The Outrage? Retired Forest Planner Blasts Secret Forest Service Project, New West Network
Self-service national forest, Aspen Times
Potlatch Corp. to charge fees for access to N. Idaho forests, Post-Intelligencer
Pearce offers solution to road disputes; environmentalists howl, The New Mexican
Bill Gives Western States More Access to Federal Land - A House measure would allow a right of way to be claimed on any mapped route in parks or other national areas. Critics fear a motorized influx, Los Angeles Times
Fire Fight - Will outsourcing place forests at risk?, Tucson Weekly
GAO Shows Post-Fire Logging Loses Money, Indy Bay
On the Biscuit, fire salvage crumbles, The Oregonian
Forest Service Spends Record $1.5 Billion Fighting Wildfires, ENN AP
GAO: Feds Lose Money on Salvage Logging, Washington Post AP
Report: Salvage logging a financial loss for Forest Service, Az. Republic AP
Biscuit Fire Recovery Project: Analysis of Project Development, Salvage Sales, and Other Activities. GAO Report
Feds say Mt. Hood land swap fails test, The Oregonian
Revival of the roadless battle, Montana Standard
Roadless Rules: Welcome victory, Post-Intelligencer editorial
Forest Service Roadless Areas Directive, USFS
Instead of soldiers, they fought fires - Conscience wouldn't allow them to do combat, so these men embraced a different kind of dangerous job, CS Monitor
Global Warming on the Forest Floor, New York Times
Climate Change Affects Forest-Floor Ecosystem, Scientific American
Unusual allies unite on global warming, Asahi Shimbun
Leave only footprints, and turn the darn phone off, High Country News
WORLD NEWS
Timber From Russia, With Love... Blame Canada!, The New York Observer
U.S. home builders seek new lumber sources in Russia, IHB Network
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Makes 50-Year Commitment To Plant 50 Million Trees in U.S., Canada and Europe, CNW Telbec
Canadians Agree On Plan to Create Vast National Park - Protecting Wilderness, Tribal Culture Cited, Washington Post
Ambrose promises new national parks and progress on plans to complete system, Yahoo! Canada News
U.S. hails deal with Canada to end lumber trade feud, Reuters
Sawmills to close as agreement nears - Market flooded, new tax set to kick in, Vancouver Sun
'The next 18 months are gonna be very hard': Quebec forestry, CBC News
B.C. fails to protect caribou, report charges, Globe and Mail
Trail opens in the Ancient Forest, Robson Valley Times
Domtar broadens Quebec's 'crisis', The Globe and Mail
Ramsay optimistic about forestry sector, but admits it's still in crisis, Canadian Press
Forestry lessons taught, North Island Gazette
Year-long report on the forest released, Nipawin Journal- Saskatchewan
Culturally modified trees face axe in Naden Harbour, Queen Charlotte Islands Observer
Annual allowable cut for islands reduced, QCI Observer
To exploit the timber trade, Guyana hunts business in Jamaica, Jamaica Gleaner News
Protected area in Brazil's Amazon rain forest has nearly doubled, International Herald Tribune
Tissue firms accused of falling short on recycling, Independent (UK) at Forests.org
Greens back Welsh firm to import plywood, icWales- Western Mail
"Cedar revolution" hits Syrian sapling exports, Yahoo! Reuters
Botswana Signs Tropical Forest Conservation Agreement, Mmegi- Business Week
New dawn for Liberia's 'blood forests', BBC News
Stern action called for to save forest on Banthat range, Bangkok Post
Illegal logging goes on in reforestation project, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Pacific Islands Struggling to Enforce Forestry Laws, Yahoo! News
Trip to Sungai Liang Forest Reserve, Borneo Bulletin
Fighting fires with a pseudo-Kyoto protocol, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesia: Breaking the haze cycle, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
PNG forests lost in the spin cycle, The Australian
Forestry industry big money earner - Sector earned K541m last year to rank second after mining, petroleum, PNG- The National
Log observer: All exports from PNG followed laws, PNG- The National
Govt must help landowners investing in forestry projects, PNG- The National
Cross-country: Timber smugglers' ships seized, New Straits Times - Malaysia
Iban villagers deny making verbal threats to Sarawak loggers that had led to their arrest, New Straits Times - Malaysia
Malaysia Wants M'sian Companies Torching Forests In Indonesia Prosecuted, Bernama News
Indonesia told to act against traitors, New Straits Times - Malaysia
SpotLight: Fighting peatland fires the local way, New Straits Times - Malaysia
Miss Management and Scott Free How Bracks beats the rap in Red Gum Forests, Melbourne Indymedia
Govt to protect Strzelecki forest, ABC News
Thwaites rejects catchment logging call, The Age
Govt urged to close land clearing 'loophole', ABC News
Trees A Treasure, New Zealand First Party
U.S. shocks Canadian forest companies - Drops claim that Canadian lumber is subsidized, Vancouver Sun
Deal with Canada on lumber worries builders worried, Bloomberg News
U.S. Forgives Multimillion-Dollar Debt to Aid Guatemala Forests, National Geographic News
Multicolored Colombian Bird Hailed as New Species, Reuters Planet Ark
Groups Find Colorful Bird in Colombia Cloud Forest , ENN AP
Home builders seek to construct a deal for Russian lumber, Bloomberg News at Chicago Tribune
Future forests blueprint launched - Ambitious plans to expand Scotland's forestry industry and encourage the use of wood fuel and sustainable timbers in construction have been unveiled, BBC News
Kenya: When Blood, Tears And Sweat Watered Karura Forest, The Nation (Nairobi)
Uganda: Destruction of Mabira forest starts - Musizi trees have been chopped and burnt into charcoal, The Monitor (Kampala)
Uganda: Do Encroachers Have a Right to the Parkland?, The Monitor (Kampala)
Uganda: Forest Authority Members Resign Over Land Give Aways, The Monitor (Kampala)
Sierra Leone: Why Not a Moratorium On Environmental Degradation?, Concord Times (Freetown)
Liberia: Forestry Sector Emerges After 14 Years of Conflict And Mismanagement, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome)
India: Axe effect for 7 Panjim trees, oHERALDo - Goa Herald
PMC fells 28 sandalwood trees, Indian Express
Indians Flee as Elephants Search for Dead Friend, Reuters
UN calls for reduction in Vietnam deforestation, Thanh Nien Daily
Japan: Mitsubishi starts "Pajero Forest & Local Mountain Restoration Initiative", Mitsubishi News
Malaysians have had enough of haze woes, The Star
A bad neighbour, Jakarta Post editorial at Sun2Surf
Indonesian group attacks century-old tree 'to propagate Islam', CBC News
Indonesia won't compromise with illegal loggers, Antara News
Moran Logging Ltd to log large area of Hoddles Creek forest - Good… for some!, Ranges Trader Mail
Forest group urges Govt to reveal Boral logging details, ABC News
Council mulls over granting a native logging consent, NZ: Manawatu Standard
Parks are for people, not corporate shareholders, Robson Valley Times
Buy your own slice of Amazon rainforest - Britain plans for the wholesale "privatisation" of the rainforest, The West Australian
How you can save the rainforest - Former Labour minister Frank Field explains his new scheme to let ordinary members of the public 'buy' parts of the rainforests to protect them, The Sunday Times
Log on to buy a bit of the Amazon, Sunday Times
Can planting trees really give you a clear carbon conscience?, Guardian
A dire threat to rainforests, Newsday
Can biofuels become the next petroleum?, Reuters
More allies for Boreal Forest, Post-Intelligencer op-ed
'Nothing has changed' - Nova Scotia: Environmentalists angry province is allowing Chignecto clear cutting, Halifax Daily News
Harcourt surprised at opposition to Clayoquot plans, CBC News
Tiny beetle has forestry industry shaking - $23 billion worth of jack, white and lodgepole pine at risk, Edmonton Journal
Restoration work on French Creek, Parksville Qualicum News
Loggers need a net, Parksville Qualicum News
Challenging times for the forest sector, The Golden Star
Changing values, Esquimalt News at Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Colombia: Controversy over Forestry Law Simmers On, IPS News
Cameroon: Urgent Need to Protect Mangrove Ecosystems, Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Signs National Forestry Reform Law of 2006, Environmental Law Institute
Scotland could be 25% woodland, The Herald
Government ponders squirrel cull, BBC News
Russian environmental watchdog mounts pressure on Sakhalin II for illegal deforestation, RIA Novosti - Russia
Forestry Code in Russia: to rent but not to own, Russia-InfoCentre
Illegal logging puts Georgia at risk, The Messenger
Finnish forestry seen losing 10,000 jobs by 2015, Yahoo! Reuters News
'Gandhigiri' rediscovers Mahatma's forest conservation effort, ANI- Yahoo! India News
T'bolis of Ned, nomads no more, Sun.Star General Santos
Indonesia: Don't write off forestry firms' debt, govt told, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
The war of fog: industry insists it's fighting Asian haze, Yahoo! News AFP
Indonesian Ministry of Forestry smoked out by Greenpeace - Haze chokes Southeast Asia again as Indonesian government fails to halt forest conversion, Greenpeace
Haze brings health problems in Indonesia, Reuters
Southeast Asia's Burning Rainforests and Peatland Threaten World's Climate, Climate Change and Global Warming Portal
Dark forests and rivers, PNG: The National
Malaysia to discuss timber deal with EU, The Star
Jaya Tiasa going high gear into oil palm, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
Corporate spies involved in forestry dispute, ABC News
Secret alliance spied on greens: report, Adelaide Now AAP
Amcor's anti-environmentalist activities revealed, ABC News
Revealed: spying on Greens, The Age
The A Team - Four Corners reveals a secret campaign to spy on green groups, hi-jack forestry policy and damage corporate rivals, ABC News
"The A Team": Program Transcript, Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
Plantations win higher prices for woodchips, The West Australian
The chips are down for old-growth forest sector, The Age
Govt endorses final design for forest harvest area, ABC News
Challenge to National: tropical forests or imports, Scoop
Canada's search for sustainable logging, BBC News
The bottom line on ecoforestry - Cortes Island residents get naked for nature , Common Ground
Logging road disrupts colony of protected herons, CBC New Brunswick
Aurora celebrates Maple Leaf Day, ECO
The Lodgepole pine is an amazing tree, Williams Lake Tribune
Unusual allies unite on global warming, Asahi Shimbun
Finland receives Golden Chainsaw award, Greenpeace International
Say No to Industrial Mining in French Guyana's Ancient Rainforests, Rainforest Portal
Teetering in the treetops in Turkey, CS Monitor
Kenya: How the Elite Raked in Millions From Forestland, The East African Standard (Nairobi)
Rwanda: No More Eucalyptus Trees, Says Official, The New Times (Kigali)
Uganda: Moyo Officials Bicker Over Forestry Resources, The Monitor (Kampala)
Giving away Mabira Forest can't be right, New Vision
Fly Away Home - Monarch Butterflys' Home still Being Logged, New York Times
US Swaps Guatemalan Debt for Forest Protection, Reuters- Planet Ark
Environmentalists hope to save orangutans - Survival is threatened by mass deforestation, IOL
Turning wild forest into prosperous land, Nhan Dan
DENR forms fact-finding team to probe rape of Sierra Madre, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Australia urged to step in as China stokes illegal logging, The Australian
Queensland: End to logging in native forests planned, The Courier-Mail
Anti-logging protesters arrested, ABC Gippsland Vic
Police remove logging protesters, The Australian AAP
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Collaboration - A tool for change or bypassing NEPA?, National Forest Protection Alliance, The Lands Council
Financial 'safety net' disappears for 'timberland' school districts - Communities in the Allegheny National Forest are affected by the financial plight, The Derrick
Counties feel threat to timber payments - "Safety net" - Lawmakers look to replace longtime logging revenues, Oregonian
Courts mow down Bush development strategy, USA Today
Western Fires: Made in Washington, DC, Scripps Howard News Service
Mt. Hood bills grapple with size of land parcels, The Oregonian
Burns may pull provision that benefits contributor, Missoulian
Bush Policy Irks Judges in West - Rulings Criticize Agencies for Not Protecting the Environment, Washington Post
Judges slam Bush policies, Washington Post at Star-Tribune
Judges chip at Bush's environmental plans, United Press International
Wrong road - Policy on roadless areas runs into ditch, Sacramento Bee editorial
GAO says Bush administration, not lawsuits, to blame for Oregon logging losses, KOTV News
Pearce offers solution to road disputes; environmentalists howl, The New Mexican
Bill Gives Western States More Access to Federal Land - A House measure would allow a right of way to be claimed on any mapped route in parks or other national areas. Critics fear a motorized influx, Los Angeles Times
New Draft of National Park Management Policies Appears to Restore Agency's Fundamental Mission - New draft heeds concerns raised by Congress, public, park experts, The Wilderness Society
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - H.R. 3420, Library of Congress
Bill Summary & Status for 150 House Bills about National Forests, Library of Congress
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Feds: Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Mine Will Benefit Grizzly Bears, Star Tribune AP
Litigation is expected over feds biological opinion, Bonner County Daily Bee
US Approves Montana Mine After Long Ecology Fight, Reuters
Lack of cooperation grounds air tanker - Forest Service inspection slows new DC-10's takeoff, Missoulian
Handshake deal avoids lawsuit, allows N. Idaho logging and forest restoration, KIFI News
Backcountry shelling a perfect piece of pork - Proposal for more avalanche artillery is pure waste, Missoulian
Hunters must care for themselves, their horses and the landscape, Great Falls Tribune
Controversy over Forest Service's Landfire project: Feds developing map project to determine risk of wildfire, Billings Gazette
Troubled waters - As the U.S. Forest Service works to restore logging-damaged creeks, funding becomes a problem, Spokane Spokesman Review [$]
North Dakota: Demonstration project to test grasslands grazing plan, Bismarck Tribune
Maah Daah Hey Trail plan draws fire - USFS Little Missouri National Grasslands, Bismarck Tribune
Lewis and Clark NF: Burns backing off 'temporary' provision for private road that benefits contributor, Billings Gazette
Gallatin NF: Suspend grazing in Derby Mountain burned area, Star-Tribune
Forest Service finalizes Horseshoe Hills purchase, Great Falls Tribune
Condemned forest 'trails' were once legal, Billings Gazette op-ed
Sen. Burns calls on Supreme Court to review Lolo post-burn, The Clark Fork Chronicle
Lawsuits tie up the dead trees needed by Montana log home manufacturers, Missoulian
Potlatch Corp. to charge fees for access to N. Idaho forests, Post-Intelligencer
Massive Swan easement protects trout, recreation, Bigfork Eagle
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
An endless journey - Future of roadless areas unresolved, Denver Post
Pine beetle link to fires unclear - Foresters question what has long been assumed as true, Summit Daily News at Rocky Mountain News
Lake not-so-placid - Reservoir plan makes waves in Lake County, The Pueblo Chieftain
Medicine Bow/Routt NF: Forest travel management plan backs use of now-illegal roads, Billings Gazette
Medicine Bow NF: Plan lets vehicles in forest, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Co. Forest Service reviews tax logs, Denver Post
Agreeing to disagree: Federal agencies at odds on Desert Rock haze issue, Farmington Daily Times
Counter the Climate Crisis! - Oppose the immoral and unjust approval of a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation at Desert Rock, Forest Guardians
Forest Service: BLM understates air problem in oil development, Summit Daily News
GMUG NF: Forest Service called on to alter pipeline study, Montrose Daily Press
Forest Service cuts visitor information, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Hold the salt (cedars), please, The Pueblo Chieftain
Helicopters remove at-risk trees in Vail - Crews cutting close to homes to reduce threats of wildfire, Summit Daily News
Researchers say nuance needed in forest fire debate, Summit Daily News
Beetle issue to have an impact on insurance rates, Summit Daily News
IV for trees?, Summit Daily News
Colorado Mountaineers Spend Years Studying 14ers, cbs4 denver
Advisers sought for Recreation Resource Advisory Council, Denver Post
Peaks Suffer From Wear, but Aspen 14ers Fare Better Than Some, New West Network
Experts team up on ailing aspen, Denver Post
Gunnison County claims pipeline route conflicts with roadless ruling, The Daily Sentinel
Accounting for the environment, ars technica
Black Hills NF Deputy Supervisor Headed To Utah - Exton appointed as Monument Manager for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Black Hills National Forest
Mountain Pine Beetles Killing S.D. Trees, SF Chronicle AP
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Cibola NF: Sandia Crest Gets a Tricentennial Kind of Glow, Mountain View Telegraph
Places to play, space for refuge, The New Mexican
SF National Forest: Designating trails, The New Mexican
Rangers in Danger - National Forests are a tough workplace for some, Boise Weekly
Pearce trying to save Mexican Canyon trestle, Alamogordo Daily News
Copper mine plan aims at Santa Ritas, Arizona Daily Star
Biomass plant creates energy from devastation, The Payson Roundup
Helping Mother Nature: Resort Considers Acquiring Snow-Making Equipment - USFS permit needed, Albuquerque Journal
Developer states case to build eco-resort in Sedona on former U.S. Forest Service land, Arizona Republic
Local accounting firms vie for big Forest Service contract, New Mexico Business Weekly [$]
Coronado NF: Ride will be halfway up; hikers can go rest of way - Sabino Canyon dramatically altered by debris flows, Arizona Daily Star
Feds: Valles Caldera protected from mineral development, New Mexican
Valles Caldera Preserved in Whole, Albuquerque Journal
Carson NF: Valle Vidal Bill in Senate's Hands, Albuquerque Journal
Carson NF: Restored Leopold Home Is Focus of Ceremony, Albuquerque Journal
City reviews tree thinning project, Santa Fe New Mexican
Ex-Ranger Gets Reduced Charge In Butte Slaying - Ranger shot camper after fee payment refusal, Albuquerque Journal
Fire Fight - Will outsourcing place forests at risk?, Tucson Weekly
Forest Projects Open to Review , Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Archaeological study could halt forest thinning project, The New Mexican
Study a middle ground in 'cows vs. condos' debate, Arizona Daily Star
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Vast federal land swap collapses - Blue Mountains - Costs and delays scuttle a deal that the Forest Service says would no longer benefit the public, Oregonian
Counties feel threat to timber payments - "Safety net" - Lawmakers look to replace longtime logging revenues, Oregonian
Researchers hope tree vole discoveries will prompt buffer zones, Oregonian
Protecting red tree voles, Mail Tribune
Olympic NF: Crime slowly creeps into parks, forests, Seattle Times
Anxiety rises for aspen groves - Wallowa County presses ahead with efforts to ensure survival of its ancient stands, Oregonian
Protection For Nation's Drinking Water Now Available In All 50 States, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station at Medical News Today
Even the wrong tree has its fans, The Columbian
Tree-topping is a bad idea, Vancouver foresters warn, The Columbian
OSU forestry school sits at the top of the tree, Oregonian
Forestry school gets high marks, Coos Bay World AP
Walden flunks environmental issues grading, Mail Tribune
Sisters real estate causing conflict with Forest Service, KMTR News
Biscuit 'losses:' Not so fast!, Albany Democrat-Herald
Lumber prices at lowest mark in nearly 5 years, Register Guard AP
Beetle's size belies its impact in smoldering forests across West, The Oregonian
Deschutes NF: Gimme shelter - Crews work to ready new warming shelters before snow falls, The Bulletin
Mt. Hood bills grapple with size of land parcels, The Oregonian
Put public lands off limits to extraction industries , Post-Intelligencer letter
A white or grand fir? It's in the needles, Mail Tribune
Vancouver turns over a new leaf, Columbian
Reshape development around surprise pines, The Olympian
As forest roads crumble, access to woods slips away, Seattle Times
Biscuit salvage a loser, Register-Guard editorial
Report blames feds for rise in logging costs, Statesman Journal
U.S. Loses Money on Oregon Salvage Logging, Environment News Service [$]
Judge denies attempt to halt logging in Biscuit fire site, KMTR News
City may block logging on Mt. Ashland, Ashland Daily Tidings
Council should do more to protect watershed, Ashland Daily Tidings letter
Post-Fire Logging Debate Ignores Many Issues, Science magazine
Forests are our life support, Register Guard
Umpqua NF: Stewardship project gets under way, News-Review
Diamond Lake declared toxic, The Register-Guard
Ranger districts schedule fall prescribed burning, The Wenatchee World
Seeing the forest FOR THE GREEN, The Forest Grove News-Times
On the Biscuit, fire salvage crumbles, The Oregonian
U.S. lost $2 million on Biscuit logging, Coos Bay World AP
GAO: Feds Lose Money on Salvage Logging, Washington Post
GAO says Bush administration, not lawsuits, to blame for Oregon logging losses, KOTV News
Biscuit Fire Recovery Project: Analysis of Project Development, Salvage Sales, and Other Activities. GAO Report
Recreation committee applicants sought by Forest Service, Coos Bay World
Feds say Mt. Hood land swap fails test, The Oregonian
Forest Service gets green light to illegally clearcut Mt. Hood - A federal judge refuses to delay the logging of critical wildlife habitat along the Eight Mile trail in Mt. Hood's eastern pine forest, despite pending legal challenge, BARK
Plant trees? Been there, didn't do that, Post-Intelligencer
Reward offered in vandalism case - FBI agents join investigation into logging company damage near Hilt, Mail Tribune
Vandals ruin logging business - 'This was the work of professionals;' Siskiyou County authorities investigate, Mail Tribune
Program encourages planting forests, Eugene Register-Guard
Trust gets forestland near Mt. Rainier park, 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.
Losing Cypress - Between saltwater intrusion and loggers' saws, a valuable storm barrier is disappearing, The Times-Picayune
Mulch Madness, New York Times editorial
Cypress logging moratorium needed, The Advocate
Corps to cut trees in back yards of New Orleans, The Times-Picayune
Watershed Forest Said to Recede - Wooded Acres Fell by 6,000 in County in 13 Years, Report Says, Washington Post
Helping Forests, Winston-Salem Journal
Boat Protest Action in Charleston - "ArborGen: No GE Trees or Plantations in US South or Brazil", Global Justice Ecology Project
In Pursuit of the Elusive Pawpaw, Washington Post
Looking forward to the American chestnut's comeback, Macon Telegraph
Ouachita National Forest decides not to move HQ to Bathhouse Row, Pine Bluff Commercial AP
Ouachita NF Forest office in Oklahoma selling residential property, Poteau Daily News
Is the ivory-billed woodpecker making a comeback from extinction?, San Marcos Record
Timber tome: Book to reveal a forest of history on region's sawmills, Texarkana Gazette
Florida hopes to grow its timberland - A new state program aims to help landowners learn how to manage forest land, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Federal judge sinks American Whitewater's lawsuit until study ends, Anderson Independent Mail
Judge tosses suit seeking to open Chattooga stretch to paddlers, WDUN News AP
Debate over pine plantations renewed - "A Tree Farm is Not A Forest", The State
Should this secret forest be kept secret?, The State
Effort Urged To Conserve The Rocky Fork Watershed - Adjacent to Cherokee National Forest, The Greeneville Sun
Maryland: Fine for clearing trees exceeds property value, Examiner AP
Katrina killed N.O. trees, The Advocate- New Orleans
75 Years of Duke Forest - Forest serves as valuable teaching and research lab, community resource, Duke News
TxDOT forestry work leaves greener scenes by freeways, Houston Chronicle
Pine trees feel drought stress, too - Beetles intensify problem, official says , Longview News Journal
Protect your trees as they protect you, Orlando Sentinel
Tree killing oak wilt can be mitigated, Kerrville Daily Times
Live Oak Trees Struggle For Survival In Growth Areas, Science Daily News
Park volunteers aren't just greeters and gatekeepers anymore, Sioux City Journal
County Is Losing Woodland To Builders - "The State of Chesapeake Forests", Washington Post
Environmentalists and conservationists: Yes, there's a difference, Asheville Citizen-Times op-ed
Not So Clear-Cut: Agency's forest-thinning plan draws criticism, legal challenge, Winston Salem Journal
Global Warming on the Forest Floor, New York Times
Climate Change Affects Forest-Floor Ecosystem, Scientific American
Ranchers hated prairie dogs and mesquites, Azle News
USFS conducts prescribed burns, The Lufkin Daily News
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Pitt Alumna Wangari Maathai,To Speak at Pitt, University of Pittsburgh
Loggers branch out with helicopter - Oregon company makes it possible to harvest on land inaccessible to trucks, Times Union - Albany NY
Wilderness enriches economy, Burlington Free Press op-ed
Newspapers show bias on wilderness issue, Rutland Herald letter
N.H. Seeks Easement on 24,000 Acres, The Chronicle
In once-canopied village, a push to save trees and plant more, Boston Globe
Reforest Urban America, Hartford Courant
Facing opposition, state tries to manage forests, Boston Globe
Financial 'safety net' disappears for 'timberland' school districts - Communities in the Allegheny National Forest are affected by the financial plight, The Derrick
Audubon Society says log, burn Pine Barrens - Forestry-management plan would oppose accepted idea, Press of Atlantic City
Groups wary of Blackwater trail agreement, Sunday Gazette-Mail
Monongahela National Forest's Future at Stake, The Student Operated Press
Insects attacking hemlock trees, Register-Heralad at Pryor Daily Times
Waterfalls, rocky wonderland at small box canyon in - Indiana? - Hemlock Cliffs offer trails, microhabitat inside national forest, Lansing State Journal
Plans in store for Kettle Moraine Forest, Kettle Moraine Index
BSU hosts Chippewa National Forest presentation on road removal, wetland restoration, The Pilot-Independent
Manitou area gets protection, Duluth News Tribune
Almost 10 square miles of Lake County forest to be preserved - Forestland in the Arrowhead preserved, Pioneer Press
No wood, no work, Duluth News Tribune
Lumber-aid ideas revive old debate, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Oberstar hosts meeting on forest industry, Duluth News Tribune
Illicit logging incenses lawmakers - Two valuable black cherry trees felled despite Legislature order halting action, Buffalo News
Vermont: Forest debate: Logging vs. recreation, Times Argus
Massachussets: Objections grow over state plan to thin forests, The Boston Globe
Pennsylvania: Woodland owners manage with care, The Daily Item
Saving the forests and the Bay, York Dispatch editorial
Scenery is packed into small box canyon in Indiana NF, KRT Wire
Mark Twain National Forest gets its first ever career interns, The Rolla Daily News
Tracking a killer - Ohio researchers try different methods to sniff out invasive emerald ash borer, The Columbus Dispatch
Wi: Ash trees to be cut down statewide - 5900 trees to be killed for testing - EAB: They will be tested for deadly pest in 17 counties, The Capital Times
County wary of new lynx habitat designation, Timberjay News
National Geographic cites Superior NF BWCAW as a world must-see, Timberjay News
Ottawa NF: Help appreciated, Mining Gazette
Hardy, spreading aspens fill niche in cool forests - Trembling aspen can survive temperatures as low as minus-70 F., Pocono Record
Global warming would alter our local climate drastically - Tree species will change, News-Times
Allegheny National Forest - Let more grow wild, Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
Global warming study predicts strain on Northeast power grid, forests by the next century, Boston Globe
State Park Issues Raised In Study Commission Hearing - New Hampshire considers privatizing parks , Caledonian Record
Wilderness designation sought, Union Leader
NH congressmen push for passage, Union Leader
Wilderness debate strikes close to home for those who use forests, Boston Globe
Wilderness debate strikes close to home for those who use forests, WCAX News
Forest fiasco, Rutland Herald
Logger cited for endangering lake, Concord Monitor
Douglas sabotages wilderness bill, Rutland Herald
Columbia Helicopters, Inc. to Conduct Logging Operation Near Northville, New York, Vertical Magazine
CU's Arnot Forest to host series of outdoor management events, The Ithaca Journal
Fifield Fire Tower saved as historical site, The Park Falls Herald

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