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NATIONAL NEWS
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
Mulch Madness, New York Times editorial

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
Forest Service cuts visitor information, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Debate over pine plantations renewed - "A Tree Farm is Not A Forest", The State

Biscuit salvage a loser, Register-Guard editorial
Judges slam Bush policies, Washington Post at Star-Tribune
Judges chip at Bush's environmental plans, United Press International
Choosing the Right Trees Can Affect Air Quality, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Surprised to Hear That Wood Propellers Are Still Used by the Military?, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
We're All Stewards of the Land, Writers on the Range at Abq Journal
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

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
Roadless Rules: Welcome victory, Post-Intelligencer editorial
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
WORLD NEWS
Canadians Agree On Plan to Create Vast National Park - Protecting Wilderness, Tribal Culture Cited, Washington Post
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

Tissue firms accused of falling short on recycling, Independent (UK) at Forests.org

Fighting fires with a pseudo-Kyoto protocol, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Indonesia: Breaking the haze cycle, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Forestry industry big money earner - Sector earned K541m last year to rank second after mining, petroleum, PNG- The National
Cross-country: Timber smugglers' ships seized, New Straits Times - Malaysia
Indonesia told to act against traitors, New Straits Times - Malaysia

Trees A Treasure, New Zealand First Party

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
Liberia: Forestry Sector Emerges After 14 Years of Conflict And Mismanagement, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome)

A bad neighbour, Jakarta Post editorial at Sun2Surf

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
More allies for Boreal Forest, Post-Intelligencer op-ed
Restoration work on French Creek, Parksville Qualicum News
Loggers need a net, Parksville Qualicum News
Changing values, Esquimalt News at Quesnel Cariboo Observer


T'bolis of Ned, nomads no more, Sun.Star General Santos
Indonesian Ministry of Forestry smoked out by Greenpeace - Haze chokes Southeast Asia again as Indonesian government fails to halt forest conversion, Greenpeace
Dark forests and rivers, PNG: The National
Jaya Tiasa going high gear into oil palm, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia

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

Finland receives Golden Chainsaw award, Greenpeace International
Kenya: How the Elite Raked in Millions From Forestland, The East African Standard (Nairobi)
Fly Away Home - Monarch Butterflys' Home still Being Logged, New York Times
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

Western Fires: Made in Washington, DC, Scripps Howard News Service

Judges slam Bush policies, Washington Post at Star-Tribune
Judges chip at Bush's environmental plans, United Press International

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
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Troubled waters - As the U.S. Forest Service works to restore logging-damaged creeks, funding becomes a problem, Spokane Spokesman Review [$]
Maah Daah Hey Trail plan draws fire - USFS Little Missouri National Grasslands, Bismarck Tribune



ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
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 cuts visitor information, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Hold the salt (cedars), please, The Pueblo Chieftain
IV for trees?, Summit Daily News


Black Hills NF Deputy Supervisor Headed To Utah - Exton appointed as Monument Manager for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Black Hills National Forest
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico


Coronado NF: Ride will be halfway up; hikers can go rest of way - Sabino Canyon dramatically altered by debris flows, Arizona Daily Star
Ex-Ranger Gets Reduced Charge In Butte Slaying - Ranger shot camper after fee payment refusal, Albuquerque Journal

Forest Projects Open to Review , Albuquerque Journal op-ed
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
Protection For Nation's Drinking Water Now Available In All 50 States, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station at Medical News Today

Biscuit 'losses:' Not so fast!, Albany Democrat-Herald

Biscuit salvage a loser, Register-Guard editorial
U.S. Loses Money on Oregon Salvage Logging, Environment News Service [$]
Council should do more to protect watershed, Ashland Daily Tidings letter
Diamond Lake declared toxic, The Register-Guard
Seeing the forest FOR THE GREEN, The Forest Grove News-Times

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
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
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Mulch Madness, New York Times editorial
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
Florida hopes to grow its timberland - A new state program aims to help landowners learn how to manage forest land, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Debate over pine plantations renewed - "A Tree Farm is Not A Forest", The State
Effort Urged To Conserve The Rocky Fork Watershed - Adjacent to Cherokee National Forest, The Greeneville Sun
Katrina killed N.O. trees, The Advocate- New Orleans


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
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
Reforest Urban America, Hartford Courant
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
Insects attacking hemlock trees, Register-Heralad at Pryor Daily Times
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

Saving the forests and the Bay, York Dispatch editorial
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
Hardy, spreading aspens fill niche in cool forests - Trembling aspen can survive temperatures as low as minus-70 F., Pocono Record

Allegheny National Forest - Let more grow wild, Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
State Park Issues Raised In Study Commission Hearing - New Hampshire considers privatizing parks , Caledonian Record
Forest fiasco, Rutland Herald


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