Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Bush Effort to Exempt National Forest Management Plans from Environmental Review Challenged - Lawsuit seeks to restore role of public in forest management, Defenders of Wildlife
Rey says new forest worker business model planned, Oregonian
Senate Panel Examining Firefighting Costs, Rotor News
Wildland Fire Management: Lack of a Cohesive Strategy Hinders Agencies' Cost-Containment Efforts, GAO Report [pdf]
Roll with punches - parkgoer takes it on chin - Christine M. Wallace is fighting the federal government over the $5 fee the U.S. Forest Service charges to park alongside Catalina Highway, Tucson Citizen
Closing campgrounds, Star-Tribune
Medicine Bow plans closures, Star-Tribune
Declining park visits: Good news, or ominous?, Salt Lake Tribune
Oregon Senator Threatens Filibuster over county payments program funding, SF Chronicle
Lawrence faces Bankhead funds loss: Federal funding expires; county may be out $200,000, Decatur Daily
Trees take on greenhouse gases at Super Bowl, Reuters
Trees - Our Ally in the Struggle Against Global Warming, Political Affairs Magazine
Scientists are taking 2nd look at biofuels - Dutch efforts verge on nightmare, International Herald Tribune
Soil Disturbance: Is It a Proxy For Long-Term Sustainability? &
Can Forest Soils be used for Carbon Credits or Registries?, Soil Science Society of America [scroll down]
Imaging to Identify Harmful Insect Species, Advanced Imaging News
Killer beetles juiced up to beat the cold - Temperatures haven't been low enough to cause a significant die-off of the pine-ravaging bugs, Denver Post
Resort waits for ruling on snowmaking, Arizona Republic
Rainforest Alliance Helps Launch Council to Promote Environmentally and Socially Responsible Furniture Production, Rainforest Alliance
Indonesia wants to be paid for slowing deforestation, Mongabay news
USFS seeks bigger public role in recreation facilities plans, Billings Gazette
Forest Service Convenes Team To Broaden Public's Involvement in Recreation Site Facility Master Planning, USFS
Forest Service to seek public input in facilities master plan process - Forest Service: Closures will get scrutiny, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Privatization: Under the RSFMP gun, Wild Wilderness
On sale now: New National Parks pass, Salt Lake Tribune
Is everything in this country really for sale?, Aspen Times op-ed
Forest Service Realignment - Transformation Management team conducting reorganization, USFS
Worry Over Expiration of U.S. Law That Helped Rural Areas, New York Times
New chapter begins in county payments fight - Senators seek 7-year renewal of key payments, KTVZ News
Walden raises 'ruckus' over county payments, Hood River News
Uphill fight remains in efforts to renew safety net: Robertson, The News-Review
Cuts loom as federal funding for rural school runs out, SF Chronicle AP
Senators try again for timber payments, Star-Tribune
Human rights abuses, land conflicts, broken promises - the reality of carbon 'offset' projects in Uganda, World Rainforest Movement
Landowners Plant Trees to Consume Gases - Idaho landowners plant new forests of trees to consume greenhouse gases, buffer climate change, CBS News
Feed the trees - How good are forests at soaking up carbon?, El Gentraso
Logging By Another Name: "Forest biomass extraction" threatens our remaining 5% of native forests in the U.S., Native Forest Council
Supply chain responsibility - Stop the unsustainable presses, Ethical Corporation
Inosculation - Trees grow around rocks and other objects, Roundrock Journal
Frankenforests - Genetically engineered trees threaten forests and communities, Earth Island Journal preview
Legislating Wilderness: Align Planets First, New West Network
Researchers To Examine Youth/Outdoors/Technology Connection, American Recreation Coalition
Youth - Outdoors - Technology - Fraud, Wild Wilderness
Liberals Cannot See the Trees for the Forests, Planck's Constant
Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa: On the Track of the Man Who Loved Trees, California Literary Review -Book review
Hard choices ahead for Forest Service, Denver Post editorial at Pasadena Star-News
Montana's one-two punch to D.C., Daily InterLake editorial
U.S. judge upholds Mt. Lemmon user charges, Arizona Daily Star
Hiking citations upheld, may lead to trial, Tucson Citizen
Senators stump for timber payments, Coos Bay World
Your role in forest reduced? - U.S. Forest Service won't do environmental reviews of some of its wide-ranging plans, Vail Daily News
Four manslaughter charges in Thirtymile indictment, Yakima Herald Republic
Grand jury indicts former Forest Service fire boss, KNDO/KNDU News
Alaska: Forest Service cited for safety violations in employee death, KTUU News
Killer grass invades S.C., Marion National Forest, Star News- Wilmington, NC
Where The Rubber Is The Roadside - Rubbersidewalks Inc. makes sidewalks from old tires to help trees, Business Week
Ailing butternuts remain off radar, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Kiss Your Ash Goodbye: Emerald ash borer still destroying trees across Ohio, region, The Columbus Dispatch
New Forest Service director wants both side to talk, not sue, Missoulian
Upcoming forest chief didn't defend old growth, Billings Gazette letter
New forest boss BFA grad; 1st woman in job - Gail Kimbell takes post in D.C. on Feb. 2, St. Albans Messenger
Women rising in Forest Service ranks - Kollmeyer is second consecutive woman to supervise Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho Mountain Express
A new federal parks pass, Tacoma News Tribune
Forest Service Wins RAT Appeal - No-Fee Coalition Says Mount Lemmone Case Far From Over, New West Network
The Thirtymile fire burns on and on - Charging a negligent crew boss with crimes leaves a pall of uncertainty over fire officials everywhere, Oregonian editorial
Alternative power could open new avenue for stewardship contracting's biomass, Land Letter at American Lands Alliance
Clean Coal, Forest Biofuel and Other Fairy Tales - The history of global heating has largely been written by coal and forest loss, now wrongly hailed as climate change solutions, Earth Meanders
Small crowd, large voices speak at Land Between the Lakes hearing, Cadiz Record
Scientists Spend 10 Years Watching Leaf Litter Decay for Clues to Climate Change, Scientific American
Rotting Leaf Litter Study Could Lead To More Accurate Climate Models, Science Daily
Carbon offsetting 'can be harmful', Independent -UK
Retired USFS planner Dick Artley's letter to new Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell, Dick Artley
New chief faces same challenges, Missoulian editorial
Quick criticism of new Forest Service chief - Senate Democrat critical of Kimbell, who is first female director, MSNBC News
UVM grad is first woman to lead US Forest Service, Burlington Free Press
Americans must reclaim ownership of national forests, Tucson Citizen op-ed
Help Turn the Tide in Washington on the issue of public lands access fees and closures!, Wild Wilderness
One pass means plenty of confusion - Recreation managers try to understand the effects of a new interagency pass, Statesman Journal
Forest Service examines nine wilderness areas in Colorado - Surgical restrictions?, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Forest service ponders how to manage wilderness hot spots, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Fremont-Winema Forest hearing scheduled- Return of forest to Klamath Tribes to be considered, Herald and News
World's largest trees-to-oil refinery seeks home in Maine, Lewiston Sun Journal
Don't get burned by waste, Bangor Daily News editorial
Tropical woods lovely, but what's real cost?, New Mexican editorial
When Being Green Raises the Heat - The notion that we can save the planet just by planting trees is a dangerous illusion, New York Times
Forest fires major source of mercury emissions, edie news centre
Blazing a Paper Trail in China, New York Times
Group says transmitters could help lost hikers - National Park Service officials to test equipment, but warn of false sense of security, Houston Chronicle
WORLD NEWS
Indonesia: 'Pay us to keep rainforest', Independent Television News
Indonesia wants to be paid for slowing deforestation, Mongabay news
Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare, New York Times
Rainforest Alliance Helps Launch Council to Promote Environmentally and Socially Responsible Furniture Production, Rainforest Alliance
'High Conservation Value Forests' in an international context, World Rainforest Movement
HCVF and the World Bank's Forests Policy, World Rainforest Movement
HCVF assessments in Riau, Sumatra, World Rainforest Movement
The HCVF Application in Indonesia, World Rainforest Movement
Brazil nuts' path to preservation, BBC News
Amazon destruction accelerates in Brazil, ITV News
Threatened large intact old-growth forests in Forest Lapland - Finnish government destroying biodiversity, Forest Info
Tajikistan: Glaciers Melting Due to Habitat Destruction, Uncontrolled Deforestation, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Cameroon: German MPs Astonished At Misuse of Forest Resources, The Post (Buea)
Uganda: Mt. Elgon National Park Encroachment Soars, The Monitor (Kampala)
Uganda: What Will Citizens Lose If Mabira Forest Reserve is Destroyed?, The Monitor (Kampala)
Uganda: Why is the Law Silent On Mabira Give Away?, New Vision (Kampala)
Nigerian houses swallowed by sand - Villagers do not seem to see any link between their large appetite for firewood and the advancing sand dunes, BBC News
From Desertification, to Migration, to Conflict, Sudan: The Passion of the Present
Mozambique: Chainsaws Cut Down More Than Just Trees, UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
Mozambique: Illegal Logging in Nampula, Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique
Rhino babes move out of Kaziranga woods, The Telegraph - Calcutta
Police driver arrested for smuggling timber, Greater Kashmir News
Authority Cracks Down on Illegal Timber. Narinjara- Burma Arakan News
Korea's forests cannot outpace global warming: study - Migration of plant life lags behind swift climate shift, The Hankyoreh
Greenpeace Slams Indonesian Plan To Auction Forestry Permits, Terra Daily
Malaysia: Timber firm Samling readies $250 mln HK IPO, Reuters
Chin Teck to plant 2,000-3,000ha of palm trees in Indonesia, The Star
Timber industry fears long-term bushfire damage, ABC News
Déjà vu on the ABC - Tasmania's forests and timber industry, On Line Opinion
Forest Enterprises signs wood supply contract, Egoli News
Aboriginal Group Eyes Carbon Credits - B.C.'s Haida Aim To Replant Old Forest Clearcuts, National Post
Tletinqoxt'in ink five-year timber deal, Williams Lake Tribune
Billion-dollar spenders - Forestry boosts city's bottom line, Edmonton Sun
Forestry huge boost for region - Industry spends $1B a year in local economy, The Edmonton Journal
Members vote to merge Canada's forest sector research institutes, Yahoo! News
Chop, chop, get moving on logger sports, Duncan News Leader and Pictorial
Can't see the forest for the trees, Prince George Free Press
Only slim hope to avoid closure: WFP CEO, Burnaby News Leader
Loggers picket with a message, Courtenay Comox Valley Record
Shaking the tree: an eco-defender's ordeal, GNN
Two Forest Activists Murdered in Honduras, Environmental Investigation Agency
Brazilian government authorizes controlled logging in Amazon rain forest, News Target
Logging will be more closely monitored - Plan to protect the rainforest has global implications, The Kansas City Star
Brazil Approves Deforestation of Important Amazon Reserve, Rainforest Conservation Alert
Brazil Amazon Lost 13% of Virgin Forest in 2000-2003, Bloomberg News
Brazil Maps Out Agricultural Sprawl in the Amazon, ENN AP
World Bank Close To Approving Amazon Beef, Other Projects, Dow Jones News at Cattle Network
Colombia: Recently discovered species gain protection - Forest habitat purchased, PressZoom Global News
Save Peruvian Jaguars and Other Rainforest Wildlife, Defenders of Wildlife
Guyana: FSC audit of SGS leads to suspension of largest tropical logging certificate, FSC-Watch
Major deficiencies uncovered in Barama forest management, Stabroek News
The investment in Iwokrama has not been wasted, it is a very significant project, Stabroek News
The Forestry Commission has had an effective log tracking system for seven years, Stabroek News
Wind-fallen trees to provide work for logging comps, Prague Daily Monitor
UK- Pipeline protesters occupy trees, BBC News
RAN: Will PEFC support real sustainable forest practices?, easyVegan.info
Forest sector and NGOs warn over unchecked biofuels growth, EU - European Information on Sustainable Dev.
Human rights abuses, land conflicts, broken promises - the reality of carbon 'offset' projects in Uganda, World Rainforest Movement
"A funny place to store carbon": - UWA-FACE Foundation's tree planting project in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda, World Rainforest Movement
Rainforest scheme 'ruins lives in Uganda', Telegraph
Uganda: Sue Goverment Over Deforestation, The Monitor (Kampala)
Kenya: Tough, New Drill for Forest Guards in War On Plunder, The Nation (Nairobi)
Nigeria: Country Risks Extinction of Forest By 2010, This Day (Lagos)
Licenses for logging in Mozambique more than double in 2006, Macau Hub
Pakistan: Putting out the fire in Waziristan, The News - International
Saving greenery: Chennai NGO spreads awareness on trees, NDTV News
From dead rock, the trees return - The forests of Uttarakhand''s Dudhatoli range, Tehelka - The People's Paper
It's a victory for Goa's green heroes, Moneycontrol India - News
Jammu and Kashmir Govt. takes measures for protection of forests, wildlife, The Hindu
Sustainable Resource Utilization and Governance in Community Forests of Nepal, Nepalese Foresters
Butterflies in Cordilleras face extinction, says study, Wow Baguio News
Rope bridge arboreal overpasses and faunal underpasses were effective in restoring rainforest habitat connectivity for many tropical rainforest species, California Digital Library
Illegal logging high on Asia-Pacific agenda, edie news centre
Jungle girl - Cambodian woman went missing in the jungle for 18 years, Reuters
Cambodia: Aural Wildlife sanctuary is a "hot spot" of natural resource conflict, Friends of the Grady Grossman School
Cambodia: Cracking the Whip on Poachers, IPS News
Cathay Forest acquires 650 hectares of timber in China, announces joint venture, Canada East
Malaysia: Choking our forest reserves - Plans for a tree plantation along the East-West Highway, on land bordering the Belum and Temenggor forests, can only spell ecological disaster, The Star
Malaysian timber products likely to fetch premium prices, Business Times
Rainforest Riviera; A New Law Now Allows Property Buyers to Stay All Year Round in Exotic and Charismatic Malaysian Borneo, Evening Standard; London (UK)
Indonesia, Malaysia floods drive timber prices, Antara News
Indonesia's Forests on Sale - Greenpeace: Gov't auction of Indonesian forests is scandalous, Greenpeace
Indonesia Denies Coffee Growing Endangering Wildlife, Planet Ark -Reuters
Forests and climate change, Green Left Weekly
Weld and Florentine Activists Join Forces To Halt Old Growth Destruction, Huon Valley Environment Centre at Melbourne Indymedia
UK and Australia agree closer ties to combat illegal timber, Media-Newswire
Hobart Action Highlights Government Hypocrisy on Climate Change, Melbourne Indymedia
T?hoe: Blockade at Paekoa Rd in Ruatoki, Melbourne Indymedia
Govt probing GSP over forestry project, Yahoo! News AAP
Work begins to salvage burnt wood, ABC News
Deal costs 1000 jobs, Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
Eco-Funding Deal Reached for Canadian Rainforest, ENN Reuters
Kenya: Tough, New Drill for Forest Guards in War On Plunder, The Nation (Nairobi)
Saving Ethiopia's forest, and its cutters - An effort to help women abandon illegal harvesting is expanding, teaching new skills and forest management, Christian Science Monitor
Livestock Impacts On The Environment, Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
UN Program Aims To Plant One Billion Trees, Huliq News
World faces megafire threat - expert, Reuters
Trust For Sustainable Forestry: Eco-village proposed - a living forest community, Duncan News Leader and Pictorial
Ottawa to give $30-million to 'Canada's Amazon' - B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest
Chainsaws to start up in B.C. parks, Peace Arch News
Ancient fir trees toppled, Goldstream News Gazette
Managing Karst Forests Through Best Practices, Government of British Columbia
Forests, fields buzzing with unlikely creatures, Globe and Mail
Groups slam Ontario for poor oversight of public forests - Complaint highlights mismanagement of northern timber resources, Newswire
Based on their records, how can you trust any of them? - Neither Ottawa nor Queen's Park have `clean hands', The Star
May: Selective logging can lessen effect of climate change, The Chronicle Herald
Downed trees are no windfall for Victoria - Hundreds toppled in storms will be left to rot as 'nurse logs;' some are not mill-worthy, Victoria Times Colonist
City plans to beat back beetle barrage, Vernon Daily Courier
Oilpatch plunders forestry workforce - Log haulers, mills desperate for workers, Edmonton Journal
Labour shortage 'threatens' forest industry job safety, Vancouver Sun
Certify logging truck drivers, says safety ombudsman, CBC News
Forest-related deaths declining, Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Deaths drop in Western Canadian forest industry, Reuters
Rainforest logging is becoming more sustainable - But ethno-botanist Darron Collins believes it'll take much more to save the rainforests, Earth & Sky
A Green Confronting Chile's Forestry Industry, The Santiago Times
Innovative Agreements Will Complete Protection of Mexico's Largest Tropical Forest, Planet Save News
Illegal logging in Guyana is worse than admitted by the Guyana Forestry Commission, Stabroek News
Barama introduced modern techniques of forest management to the declining forest industry in Guyana, Stabroek News
Acres of Paraguayan wetland saved - Pantanal threatened by deforestation, BBC News
Recently Discovered Species Gain Protection - New Forest Reserve Created for Colombian Rarities, Conservation International
Warm Weather Bogs Down Finnish Loggers - Paper Maker, Planet Ark
Never too old to save the Earth, BBC News
Residents protest for trees endangered by car park project, MTI- Hungarian News Agency
Nigeria: Country Risks Extinction of Forest By 2010,This Day (Lagos)
"Green belt" around Ashgabat grows by 16,000 trees, Turkmenistan News
Ban on cutting forests in NWFP: Viable plan needed for legal logging, Daily Times -Pakistan
Green Pakistan Year: 70m trees to be planted during spring season, Daily Times - Pakistan
Government taking steps to minimise damage to ecology in Jammu and Kashmir, New Kerala -India News
In Delhi, even trees are stressed out, Hindustan Times
Encroachers strike, fell trees in Moosabad, India Express News
North Korea: Fatal pine illness felling trees nationwide - Blight is caused by pine sawyer beetle, The Hankyoreh
China invests in $5.5B biofuels project in Borneo, New Guinea, Mongabay News
Charging Towards The Big Melt, Inter Press Service
2.16 Billion Trees Planted in China in 2006, Xinhua at Red Orbit
US ruling may benefit palm oil-based food exporters, Business Times -Malaysia
EU bio-fuel demand threatens Indonesian forests: Greenpeace, EU Business
Timber Industry Will Expand Through Forest Plantation, Bernama News
Malaysia-EU agreement on timber products, The Star
EU backs move to set up body to audit logs, The Star
EU: Need for better international agreement on logging, The Star
EU delegation in Malaysia's Borneo to check on legality of timber exports, International Herald Tribune
Pro-Bruno Manser NGOs Instigated Penans To Erect Blockade - Claim, Malaysian National News Agency -Bernama
Elephants and Tigers Are Dying for a Cup of Sanka - Environmental Group Says Tropical Forests Have Been Destroyed to Grow Coffee, ABC News
Coffee 'risk' for Sumatra reserve - Indonesian coffee growers are illegally clearing an important nature reserve, according to conservation group WWF, BBC News
Nestlé to scrutinize Indonesia coffee amid wildlife-endangerment fears, Bloomberg News
Indonesia: Starbucks denies coffee report, Nestle says sorry, Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Coffee Alamid supports the protection of civets and preservation of its habitat in the forests of arenga pinnata sugar palm trees, Arengga
DENR cites land conversion as cause of deforestation, Philippine Information Agency
Canberra cuts down timber standard, The Age
Groups to meet over logging worries. ABC News
Forest policy needs a national prism, The Age
PM 'Misguided' In Her Support For Biofuels, New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
Illegal logging is lower in Guyana than in many other countries, Stabroek News
Brazil gambles on monitoring of Amazon loggers, New York Times at International Herald Tribune
Brussels biofuels push met with scepticism - Promotion of biofuels may actually cause more harm than good - Biofuel soybean plantations replace Amazon rainforests, European Information on Environment
Farms vs. the Rainforest in Brazil, Growers and Grocers
Warmth locks lichen out of reindeers' reach - Treeline rising, Reuters
Survival of the mangroves, Jamaica Observer
Urban bark, rural bite - Vancouverites' fussing over the cleanup of Stanley Park prompts a backlash from their province's heartland, Macleans News
Philippines: 1.3-M tree seedlings set to be planted in Southern RP's, Bayanihan News
Malaysia-EC start formal talks to certify timber, The Edge Daily
Coffee Grows Illegally in Indonesian Park, Report Says - The park has lost nearly 30 percent of its forest cover to illegal agriculture, mostly for coffee farming, ENN Reuters
WWF accuses Nestlé of illegal coffee trading, NZZ News
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Wildland Fire Management: Lack of a Cohesive Strategy Hinders Agencies' Cost-Containment Efforts, GAO Report [pdf]
Senate Panel Examining Firefighting Costs, Rotor News
Grijalva to head National Parks subcommittee, Tucson Citizen
Declining park visits: Good news, or ominous?, Salt Lake Tribune
Supreme Court upholds legal immunity for federal employees, GovExec
Senators try again for timber payments, Star-Tribune
New chapter begins in county payments fight - Senators seek 7-year renewal of key payments, KTVZ News
Worry Over Expiration of U.S. Law That Helped Rural Areas, New York Times
Uphill fight remains in efforts to renew safety net: Robertson, The News-Review
Walden raises 'ruckus' over county payments, Hood River News
Legislating Wilderness: Align Planets First, New West Network
Wyden to chair Senate energy and natural resources panel, KTVZ News
Senators stump for timber payments, Coos Bay World
Mountaintop District Ranger Allison Stewart moves up to USFS national press officer, Big Bear Grizzly
Your role in forest reduced? - U.S. Forest Service won't do environmental reviews of some of its wide-ranging plans, Vail Daily News
Park Service Readies Commercial Bio-Prospecting Plan - Agency Wants Cut of Corporate Profits from Products Derived from Park Resources, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
House committee to discuss timber-money act, killed by '06 Congress, Statesman Journal
Capps gets appointment to House Natural Resources Committee, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Herger mulls energy bill, opposes five measures, Oroville Mercury Register
Virginia round-leaf birch recovering, Endangered Species Act works, Endangered Earth
Americans must reclaim ownership of national forests, Tucson Citizen op-ed
Retired USFS planner Dick Artley's letter to new Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell, Dick Artley
Quick criticism of new Forest Service chief - Senate Democrat critical of Kimbell, who is first female director, MSNBC News
Help Turn the Tide in Washington on the issue of public lands access fees and closures!, Wild Wilderness
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It, New York Times
Following the Tracks of a Killer Mountain Beetle, New York Times
Flathead NF: Forest Service battle continues, Bigfork Eagle News
New Gallatin Forest Plan Could Impact Ice Climbing Access - Revising the rules to a community's playground, New West Network
USFS seeks bigger public role in recreation facilities plans, Billings Gazette
Landowners Plant Trees to Consume Gases - Idaho landowners plant new forests of trees to consume greenhouse gases, buffer climate change, CBS News
Lolo NF releases public comments on draft forest plan, The Clark Fork Chronicle
New Belt Creek ranger tackles tough issues, Great Falls Tribune
Officials seek ideas for Custer Forest, Great Falls Tribune
Decade-long cougar study nears end - U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station's Wildlife Genetics Laboratory at the University of Montana, Great Falls Tribune
Lion-by-lion wildlife study learns about numbers, hunting, Oregonian
Lolo National Forest: Butte Lookout Project NOI to prepare an EIS, Federal Register
Missoula couple answers the call for conservation, Missoulian
Diverse groups support Blackfoot management plan, Great Falls Tribune
Land-use plan would serve mixed interests in Mont., Star-Tribune
Montana's one-two punch to D.C., Daily InterLake editorial
Custer NF travel plan goes before public, The Billings Outpost
Gallatin County protesting Gallatin forest travel plan, Billings Gazette
Bitterroot recreation sites up for review, Missoulian
Flathead NF weighs comments on forest plan, The Daily Inter Lake
Lolo NF: Sharon Sweeney named new ranger in Superior, The Clark Fork Chronicle
Lewis and Clark NF cabins 'great places to rent and use' year round, Great Falls Tribune
New Forest Service director wants both side to talk, not sue, Missoulian
Upcoming forest chief didn't defend old growth, Billings Gazette letter
Women rising in Forest Service ranks - Kollmeyer is second consecutive woman to supervise Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho Mountain Express
Middle East Fork: Judge denies Bitterroot logging injunction, Billings Gazette
Custer forest officials seek ideas on plan, Billings Gazette
New World Mining update on Wednesday, Billings Gazette
Conservationist LeRoy Lee, hailed for his work in exposing the overcutting of federal forests, dies at 50, Great Falls Tribune
Tiny Bark Beetle Unleashes Voracious Appetite, News8
Design requirements had put Kelly Pine Field project on ice for months - Since much of the new grandstand is made of small-diameter timber, the U.S. Forest Service is involved as part of the Healthy Forests Initiative, Missoulian
Prairie dog poisoning put on hold, Bismarck Tribune
Retired USFS planner Dick Artley's letter to new Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell, Dick Artley
New chief faces same challenges, Missoulian editorial
Comment sought on recreational land-use fees, Great Falls Tribune
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Snowmobilers fight wilderness proposal, Star-Tribune
N. Idaho Nez Perce NF: Forest Service lease plan appears costly, Post-Intelligencer
Tiny bark beetle unleashes voracious appetite, Billings Gazette
Seeley Lake's Pyramid Lumber upgrades computer system, Missoulian
Revised idea for Maah Daah Hey is reasonable, Bismarck Tribune
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Medicine Bow plans closures, Star-Tribune
Forest Service holds open forum, KOAA News
Grand Mesa NF: Natural gas project set to move into moose habitat, Daily Sentinel
Killer beetles juiced up to beat the cold - Temperatures haven't been low enough to cause a significant die-off of the pine-ravaging bugs, Denver Post
Copper seeks parking lot expansion - Resort, Forest Service discuss Corn Lot changes, Tenmile Creek restoration, Summit Daily News
Hayman fire arsonist re-sentencing in question, Denver Post
Forest Service: closures will get scrutiny, Aspen Times
Program aims to keep snowmobilers, backcountry skiers separate, 9news
San Juan NF: Judge turns up nose to spoiled pizza pile, Denver Post
Colorado's Storm Peak Lab: Science in the snow, CNN
Your role in forest reduced? - U.S. Forest Service won't do environmental reviews of some of its wide-ranging plans, Vail Daily News
Developers want to resurrect ghost town, Denver Post
Radio tower would spoil essence of Middle Bald Mountain, The Coloradoan - Ft. Collins, CO.
Huts are high-mountain havens - Hut system began with architect's vision of skiing from Vail to Aspen, Vail Daily News
Public to BLM: Keep land public, The Flume
Little Missouri NG: Forest Service entertains kinder, gentler alternative, Bismarck Tribune
Pike-San Isabel National Forest begins plan review, Mountain Mail
More gas wells in the works for area south of Silt, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
State considering forest health bill, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Beetle battle may get more cash - County's representative wants support in fighting pest that's eating High Country's forests, Vail Daily News
Colorado ski king of the fourteeners, Springs Gazette
Pawnee NG: Prairie dogs to get new home, 9News
Black Hills timber dry as tinder, Rapid City Journal
When are wilderness lands no longer wild? - Forest Services examines nine wilderness areas in Colorado - Surgical restrictions?, Aspen Times
Forest service ponders how to manage wilderness hot spots, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
White River NF: Gas project to include 45 wells, The Daily Sentinel
State considering Gibbs' forest health bill, Summit Daily News
Avalanche pros probe proposed A-Basin area, Denver Post
Skiers and bulldozers try to share road - Snowplows cut into residents' winter fun, Vail Daily News
Timber, Log Sales Mean Special Tax Provisions, Kansas City infoZine News
Bighorn NF: Retired USFS planner Dick Artley's letter to new Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell, Dick Artley
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Roll with punches - parkgoer takes it on chin - Christine M. Wallace is fighting the federal government over the $5 fee the U.S. Forest Service charges to park alongside Catalina Highway, Tucson Citizen
Resort waits for ruling on snowmaking, Arizona Republic
North Kaibab Ranger District seeks firefighters, The Spectrum
Reward offered in cattle shooting, Tucson Citizen
Grijalva to head National Parks subcommittee, Tucson Citizen
Carson Forester Puts Off Thinning, Albuquerque Journal
Deputy regional forester reverses decision on Carson project, KOBTV News
Carson forest has horses for adoption, New Mexican AP
Lincoln NF: El Paso hikers survive 36 hours in mountains, snow, El Paso Times
Tonto National Forest FLREA Notice of New Fee Site, Federal Register
Grijalva and Giffords say they'll support effort to stop mine, Inside Tucson Business - News
U.S. judge upholds Mt. Lemmon user charges, Arizona Daily Star
Hiking citations upheld, may lead to trial, Tucson Citizen
Recovery Project Counts 59 Mexican Gray Wolves, New Mexican AP
Lobo: Gray Wolf Numbers Rising, Albuquerque Journal
Valles Caldera Preserve Eyes Profit From Grazing Plan , Albuquerque Journal
Valles Caldera: Couple chosen to manage livestock program, New Mexican AP
Valles Caldera Trust Rejects $25,000 Offer to Put People on the Preserve Instead of Cows, Forest Guardians
Valles Caldera Turns Down Forest Guardians Money, Albuquerque Journal AP
'Enviroprenuer' scholar to speak at Resort at Squaw Creek, Truckee Today at Reno Gazette Journal
Suit Filed in Camper's Death - Camper shot by ranger after refusing to pay a $14 camping fee, Albuquerque Journal
Carson NF Valle Vidal: Diverse coalition saves pristine wildlife area from development, The Pilot-Independent - Walker, Minnesota
Dreams and Duds - Dapper miners with their eyes on Rosemont Valley get thumped by Pima County, Tucson Weekly
Forest Service Wins RAT Appeal - No-Fee Coalition Says Mount Lemmone Case Far From Over, New West Network
Natural Gas Well Stopped in New Mexico's Carson NF, Endangered Earth
Santa Fe NF: Deer Lakes Old-Growth Timber Sale Stopped, Endangered Earth
Forest Service Delays or Withdraws Controversial Logging Plans In Two Southwest Forests, Center for Biological Diversity
What's in a name? Lincoln NF Dispatch center is transformed, Ruidoso News
Thick forests hurting state's water supply?, Tucson Citizen
Supervisors unanimously support solution against Rosemont development - Call for Arizona congressional delegation to request that Congress withdraw from mining consideration all the public lands in the Nogales Ranger District of Coronado NF, Green Valley News & Sun
Giffords, Grijalva to fight Coronado NF mining, Green Valley News & Sun
Carroll: We will continue to lobby against mine, Green Valley News & Sun
Trust in mining here toppled a long time ago, Arizona Daily Star
Kaibab NF: Warm Fire Logging Alert - 85 Million Board Foot Sale to Focus on Old Growth, Flagstaff Activist Network
Kaibab NF: Stop Massive Logging near the Grand Canyon!, Forest Guardians
Tropical woods lovely, but what's real cost?, New Mexican editorial
USFS to enhance bicyclist stop at Three-Way, Eastern Arizona Courier- The Copper Era
County supervisors oppose copper mine in Santa Ritas - Supervisor Sharon Bronson added a clause to the resolution asking southern Arizona's congressional delegation to seek changes to an 1872 mining law and exempt the Santa Rita District of the Coronado National Forest from federal lands that can be mined, Tucson Citizen
Busting the Big Dig, Tucson Weekly
'Luck' Leads Men To Missing Camper - Woman Rescued After Five Weeks in Gila Forest, Santa Fe New Mexican
Brothers Call Rescue Pure Luck; Woman Had Spent 5 Weeks Stranded , Albuquerque Journal
Arizona plant to be fueled by nature, New Mexican
Friends of the Bosque Wants to Purchase the Peak of the Chupadera Mountains, Albuquerque Journal
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Searching for Common Ground in Lemhi County, Idaho, New West Network
Declining park visits: Good news, or ominous?, Salt Lake Tribune
Boise National Forest: Creek Integrated Restoration Project NOI to prepare an EIS, Federal Register
Legislating Wilderness: Align Planets First, New West Network
Landowners Plant Trees to Consume Gases - Idaho landowners plant new forests of trees to consume greenhouse gases, buffer climate change, CBS News
Emmett Ranger District seeks grants - State parks department funding would be used to improve trails, parking, Idaho Statesman
Bridger-Teton NF: Forest Service dismisses tram worries, Star-Tribune
Bridger-Teton NF: Groups oppose range development - Several state and local sporting groups are starting a statewide effort to help safeguard the Wyoming Range, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Wasatch Cache and Uinta NFs: Bonneville Shoreline Trail Added to National Forest Preserve, KSL News
Jury to decide Scouts' liability in fire, Daily Herald
Sen. Craig tries again for timber payments to counties, KTVB News
Caribou NF: Smoothing The Trails in Mink Creek, KIFI News
Fewer federal fire-fighting dollars expected in Nevada, Las Vegas Sun
Group is appealing heli-skiing ruling, Deseret News
Bridger Teton NF: New tram gets nod, Jackson Hole News & Guide
Sawtooth NF: Reconstruction of Galena Summit overlook planned - Proposed changes include removal of toilets, water system, Idaho Mountain Express
Bridger-Teton NF sets travel plan, Star-Tribune
Feds: Boy Scouts should pay for fire, Star-Tribune
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Los Padres NF: Burst pipe causes oil spill near condor sanctuary, Bakersfield Californian
Workers try to keep oil spill out of Sespe Creek, Ventura County Star
Angeles NF: Mystery surrounds campsite slaying, Pasadena Star-News
Cleveland NF: Forest Service to reconsider climbing site restrictions, Union Tribune
Harvests up in Stanislaus Forest '07 timber plan, The Union Democrat
Air Attack Base Moving from Santa Barbara to Santa Maria - Los Padres Forest Service firefighting helicopters and planes relocating, KSBY News
Shasta Trinity NF: Rey says new forest worker business model planned, Oregonian
State must defend costly deal to save Headwaters Forest, Mercury News editorial
Calistoga: Trees of stone tell historic tale, San Francisco Chronicle
Suit against Yosemite could affect access to national parks, SF Chronicle AP
Judge blocks construction of Cal sports center - Temporary injunction granted stopping removal of Coast Live Oaks next to Memorial Stadium, Union Tribune
Stanislaus NF: North Beardsley Underburn Scheduled for Monday, MyMotherLode News
Stanislaus NF archaeologist digs for proof of Sasquatch, The Union Democrat
Bigfoot Is Not Real - Sasquatch research team to visit Central Oregon, New West Network
Forest Service reply expected soon on Incline Lake appraisal, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Beaumont Man is Scheduled to Appear in Court for Allegedly Igniting Esperanza Blaze, KNX News
State Legislature passes bills on firefighters fund, The Valley Chronicle
Preliminary examination set for Oyler - He's accused of setting blaze that killed five firefighters in October, Desert Sun
Angeles NF: Blind man's cabin, built in 1916, burns down, Daily Bulletin
Butte left off school bill draft, Paradise Post
Schwarzenegger to defend North Coast redwoods, Union Tribune
Greens, lawmakers want Headwaters forest protections maintained, Napa Valley Register -Chea AP
State pledges protection of redwoods - Administration intends to secure 200,000 acres of forest that could be jeopardized by Pacific Lumber's bankruptcy, Contra Costa Times
California Trout challenges Nestle water bottling EIR, EA, Mt. Shasta News
S.J. Water Co. draws plan to log land near summit - Residents fight to save redwoods, douglas firs, Mercury News
Battle Continues Over Logging In Santa Cruz Mtns., CBS News
DFG Announces Project to Eradicate Northern Pike from Plumas NF Lake Davis, Department Of Fish and Game
DFG hoping to resolve pike issue, Auburn Journal
RS 2477: Still fighting over Mojave Preserve "roads", San Bernardino County Sun editorial
Yosemite suit could affect access, Star-Tribune AP
Trouble in paradise - A 6-year legal battle has shown that a small group of committed activists can have a big impact at Yosemite, The Fresno Bee
Angeles NF: Finally, cleanup plan for boulder-clogged Rubio Canyon, Lompoc Record
Eldorado NF: Sled hill gets makeover, Nevada Appeal
Mountaintop District Ranger Allison Stewart moves up, Big Bear Grizzly
Volunteer for Greenthumbs, Big Bear Grizzly
San Bernardino NF: Maintaining the path, Big Bear Grizzly
Fire and ice: Burn piles blaze through the winter months, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Stunning to seedy: Visitors center to get makeover, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Agency casts lot with locals to kill pike in Lake Davis, San Francisco Chronicle
'Enviroprenuer' scholar to speak at Resort at Squaw Creek, Truckee Today at Reno Gazette Journal
A landscape in transit- Trees of California, Contra Costa Times
Closure of sawmill could spark massive Sierra wildfires, some fear, KRT Wire- Monterey Herald
Don't let Hurwitz off - Curbing the chain-saw greed of financer Charles Hurwitz, San Francisco Chronicle editorial
Judge rejects salamander ruling - Old growth - Agency will reconsider listing two species that live in Oregon, Oregonian
Court Rules Rare Salamanders Were Illegally Denied Protection Under the Endangered Species Act - Siskiyou Mountains and Scott Bar Salamanders Imperiled By Continued Logging of Old-growth Habitats, Center for Biological Diversity
Salamander dilemma: split or lump? - Answer is crucial to environmental policy, Eureka Times-Standard
Conservationists gain the upper hand in rare salamander debate - Judge orders U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department to take another look at whether the old-growth species should be declared endangered, Mail Tribune
San Bernardino NF: Tree-clearing in mountains looms, San Bernardino County Sun
A burning question - Some fear that the closure of the state's farthest south sawmill eventually could lead to massive Sierra wildfires, Sacramento Bee
Want a job with the USFS?, Bear Valley News
Angeles NF: Officials may have solution to Rubio Canyon restoration, SGV Tribune
Cleveland NF: Trabuco Ranger District To Host Annual Volunteer Training Workshop, USFS
Cleveland NF Requests Comments on Proposed Seasonal Area Closure To Protect Golden Eagles and Prairie Falcons, USFS
Forest closure targets golden eagles, North County Times
Cleveland National Forest and County of Orange Dedicate Black Star Canyon Road, USFS
Cleveland NF: Trabuco Ranger District & The Santa Ana Nat. History Association Invite The Public To Hike The Morgan Trail, USFS
Los Padres NF: Inky landscape of scorched land - Day fire smolders months after first ember, Ventura County Star
Los Padres NF: Fire area of forest fragile, closed to public, Ventura County Star

Pacific Lumber files for bankruptcy, blames 'Headwaters' deal - Hurwitz's Maxxam Corp.'s Greed Knows No Bounds, SF Chronicle AP
Pacific Lumber leans - Company in Headwaters deal files for bankruptcy, citing logging restrictions, San Francisco Chronicle
Lumber firm bankruptcy may imperil redwoods, Mercury News
Pacific Lumber faces tough battle if it reneges on deal - Redwood protections expected to stand - State likely to fight any threat to Headwaters deal that cost $480 milion, Mercury News
Maxxam units file for bankruptcy - Logging companies with holdings in Northern California trying to stave off foreclosure on 200,000 acres of redwood forest, Dow Jones News at Contra Costa Times
Humboldt Watershed Council reacts to Palco bankruptcy, Humboldt Watershed Council
Maxxam's Palco seeks debt relief - Pacific Lumber files for bankruptcy, Eureka Times-Standard
PALCO files Chapter 11, The Eureka Reporter
The Pacific Lumber Company and Subsidiaries File for Bankruptcy Protection, PR Newswire
Pacific Lumber in bankruptcy - Maxxam unit blames limits placed on logging, Houston Chronicle
Group plans woodlot management sessions for landowners, Brockville Recorder & Times
The Science Behind LAFD Fire Weather, Los Angeles Fire Department News
Surf Scooter: From the Bay to the Boreal Forest, Berkeley Daily Planet
Supes weigh FS conservation funding, Eureka Reporter
Cleveland NF: Tests to probe whether tunnel between O.C.-Riverside is feasible, Union Tribune AP
Shooting Ranges in Santa Ynez Mountains draw ire, Lompoc Record
Trashy Arroyo Burro shooting range gets forest service scrutiny, San Luis Obispo Tribune
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Colville NF: Rey says new forest worker business model planned, Oregonian
Oregon Senator Threatens Filibuster over county payments program funding, SF Chronicle
Worry Over Expiration of U.S. Law That Helped Rural Areas, New York Times
New chapter begins in county payments fight - Senators seek 7-year renewal of key payments, KTVZ News
Uphill fight remains in efforts to renew safety net: Robertson, The News-Review
Walden raises 'ruckus' over county payments, Hood River News
Senators try again for timber payments, Star-Tribune
Experimental forest in running as national research site, The Register-Guard
Measure 37: Forests stir land-use stew - Stimson's new business dynamic a challenge for planning, The Oregonian
Looming Sprawl - Will Measure 37 get fixed before it devours Oregon?, Eugene Weekly
Effect of logging incident on city's drinking water spotlights forest rules, Salem Statesman Journal
Logging effect on drinking water raises forest rules concerns, Oregonian AP
Logging the right way: Emerald Valley Thinning wins an award for its practices, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Washington well represented on register of giant trees, News Tribune
Saving trees: Tumwater, Lacey try to find accord - Tumwater considers new rules on what can be cut, The Olympian
Boney Skull Timber Sale - BLM Targets Middle Cow Creek Old-Growth; Comments due January 22, KS Wild
Landowners Plant Trees to Consume Gases - Idaho landowners plant new forests of trees to consume greenhouse gases, buffer climate change, CBS News
Klootchy Creek Giant to die a natural death, Eugene Register-Guard
Proposal assigns fees to Willamette recreation sites - Forest service is taking comments on the plan, Statesman Journal
Federal cuts could put county in crisis, Eugene Register-Guard
Libraries' Dilemma- User fees won't help: Turns out they're not legal - Commissioner is looking into other options to keep libraries open, Mail Tribune
Sen. Wyden files Ore. timber payment bill, Portland Oregonian
Senators stump for timber payments, Coos Bay World
Wyden to chair Senate energy and natural resources panel, KTVZ News
Thirtymile Fire boss indicted by federal grand jury, KXLY News
Four manslaughter charges in Thirtymile indictment, Yakima Herald Republic
Grand jury indicts former Forest Service fire boss, KNDO/KNDU News
Deschutes NF: Public input sought on thinning project, KTVZ News
Riverbed resculpted to prevent washout - Crews have deepened the White River on Mount Hood as part of a $5.5 million project, Oregonian
In his neck of our woods, compromise won't grow on trees, The Register-Guard
Seabird's status remains up in the air - Threatened marbled murrelets are testing Endangered Species Act, The Portland Tribune
The Pacific yew: A tree with healing properties - The bark of this tree contains taxol, which can fight ovarian and some other cancers, Mail Tribune
The Thirtymile fire burns on and on - Charging a negligent crew boss with crimes leaves a pall of uncertainty over fire officials everywhere, Oregonian editorial
Fire Danger Fuels Trees-For-Fuel Plans - Timber industry turning toward energy production - Wildfire danger fuels interest in burning trees for electricity - Not quite out of the woods yet - Biomass idea has promise but hasn't gained recognition, SF Chronicle AP
A new federal parks pass, Tacoma News Tribune
Forest rezoning proposal criticized, Register-Guard
Retirement leads to forest service changes, Newport News-Times
House committee to discuss timber-money act, killed by '06 Congress, Statesman Journal
Siskiyou NF: Lost family turned to avoid snow, widow says, Knox News AP
Report details missteps in search for Kim family, San Francisco Chronicle
Umpqua NF: Road to conservation - Wilderness advocates seek more protection for pristine local lands, The News-Review
Wood waste's energy tapped - Lumber companies jump into 'biomass', News-Leader
Hungry Mount St. Helens elk first fed, then hunted, The Seattle Times
Judge rejects salamander ruling - Old growth - Agency will reconsider listing two species that live in Oregon, Oregonian
Court Rules Rare Salamanders Were Illegally Denied Protection Under the Endangered Species Act - Siskiyou Mountains and Scott Bar Salamanders Imperiled By Continued Logging of Old-growth Habitats, Center for Biological Diversity
Salamander dilemma: split or lump? - Answer is crucial to environmental policy, Eureka Times-Standard
Conservationists gain the upper hand in rare salamander debate - Judge orders U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department to take another look at whether the old-growth species should be declared endangered, Mail Tribune
Fremont-Winema Forest hearing scheduled- Return of forest to Klamath Tribes to be considered, Herald and News
One pass means plenty of confusion - Recreation managers try to understand the effects of a new interagency pass, Statesman Journal
Showdown at Rock Creek dam, The News Guard - Lincoln City, Oregon
'We need the public's cooperation' - How long the record-holding spruce will stand remains an open question, The Daily Astorian
Stealing trees becoming more common, KING 5 News
Roslyn keeps watchful eye as timber town transforms, Seattle Times
Kittelman seeks ideas from workers, public on how to cut costs if county forced to live without safety net, The News-Review
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Lawrence faces Bankhead funds loss: Federal funding expires; county may be out $200,000, Decatur Daily
USDA Seeks Land Reserve of 6,250 Acres in Arkansas to Restore Hardwood Forests, Reuters
Coming together to promote the Pineywoods - In pushing eco-tourism, local and state organizations find there's strength in numbers, Lufkin Daily News
Trees take on greenhouse gases at Super Bowl, Reuters
Public hearing for Carbon Registry set for Athens, The Weekly
Take a hike -- 60 miles on LBL's North/South, The Cincinnati Post
Forest Service: Meeting of the Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board, Federal Register
Cherokee NF: Special-use permit required for tournament, Cleveland Daily Banner -Tennessee
Forester saw 'panther' -- then ran, swam to safety, The (Columbia) State
Old Forest Roads, Audubon South Carolina
Mississippi: Clear-cut catastrophe - Coast trading formerly protected trees for development, The Sun Herald
Bienville ranger district to hold public meeting Friday at Santa Fe, Scott County Times - Forest, Mississippi
Ouachita NF: Off-Road Vehicle Policy Focus Of Forum, Times Record
Osceola National Forest Welcomes New Ranger, Baker County Standard
Killer grass invades S.C., Marion National Forest, Star News- Wilmington, NC
Small crowd, large voices speak at Land Between the Lakes hearing, Cadiz Record
New deputy supervisor for Chattahoochee, Oconee NF, WDUN News
Virginia round-leaf birch recovering, Endangered Species Act works, Endangered Earth
Chesapeake Bay watershed losing forest, The Washington Times
As towering cypress and tupelos fall, some in Surry wonder why, Newport News Daily Press
School news: Entries due soon for Forest Service essay/art contest, Gainesville Times
Controlled burns underway in Hale and Perry Counties, The Demopolis Times
Lufkin to host nature tourism symposium Tuesday, Lufkin Daily News
Georgia cashes in on timber, The Augusta Chronicle
Bienville to hold informal public meeting Jan. 25 at Penn's Santa Fe Steakhouse in Forest, Mississippi to discuss Forest Service 'National Travel Management Rule', Scott County Times
Dollars give Paulding Forest a chance to survive - Large acreage bisects Silver Comet Trail, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Maryland: Invasive Beetle Threatens Area Ash Trees, Capital News Service