Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Mark Rey, Public Lands Enemy No. 1? - Retired FS Planner Wants Former Boss Fired, New West Network
An Open Letter to all Americans who wish to Contribute to keeping America's Public Lands Administered by the Forest Service... Wild and Undeveloped, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
They Can't See The Forest, The Ledger
New life for old growth in Bankhead NF, The Birmingham News
Fee Flurry - A long and winding court case involving Mount Lemmon charges gets even longer, Tucson Weekly
Conservation groups propose solution for expiring safety net, The News-Review
An Oregon Solution for Western Oregon's O&C Lands, Counties, Schools, and the Environment, FSEEE [pdf]
Some don't like it: Beaverhead-Deerlodge Conservation, Restoration and Stewardship Act of 2007, The Montana Standard
Cold Brings No Relief For Pines In Beetle War - No End In Sight For Colorado Beetle Problem, The Denver Channel
State to start review of Green Mountain National Forest wind project, Times Argus: Vermont
Facts about forests and climate change, Newsday
Tipping point is near for health of Earth; time for compromise is gone, Register-Guard op-ed
Goal: Expose kids to great outdoors, Denver Post
Coming Home: Former Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth on fire, frustration and the future of the woods, Missoula Independent
Ex-Forest Service chief backs most of Clinton-era `roadless rule', Las Vegas Sun
Stop the National Forest Land Sale, American Lands Alliance
New 'America the Beautiful' pass stirs controversy, Bend Weekly
In Far North, Peril and Promise - Great Forests Hold Fateful Role in Climate Change, Washington Post
Under An Arizona Sun - Climate change has plants on the move in search of cooler territory in Northern Arizona, and the region's signature piņon pine might be out of luck, Living on Earth
Carbon Offsets Do Not 'Harm Environment', World Land Trust
Can Termites Save the World? - Scientists are investigating the guts of termites for microbes and enzymes that can help break down wood and other plant material, like miscanthus, Living on Earth
Forest Holocaust: Deforestation, National Geographic
Forbidden ground: Avalanche deaths more than a private tragedy, Missoula Independent
Know Before You Go - Helena NF Avalanche Victims in Wilderness Study Area, New West Network
New ESRI Press Book Chronicles the Federal Government's GIS Success Stories, Directions Magazine
Forest Service and APHIS: Notice of Intent to prepare a SEIS for Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: A Cooperative Approach, Federal Register
Catastrophe is part of nature - Things like predation and starvation are as 'natural' as scenes of quietly browsing deer, Mail Tribune
'Back on the Fire' - Essays on ecology and impermanence, by Gary Snyder, Los Angeles Times book review
Firefighters leery of moving up in job rank, Oregonian
New book tells the story of smoke-jumping COs, Whitefish Pilot
Time to Kill the RAT?, New West Network
RS-FMP: Clearwater National Forest Evaluates Developed Recreation Sites, USFS
Plan may close some Sequoia campsites - Kern River Valley leaders fear a blow to tourism, Bakersfield Californian
Public sell-out - Bush back with irresponsible land-sales plan, News Journal editorial
Feds want to sell part of Uwharrie National Forest, The Stanly News and Press (Albemarle, NC)
Forests battered by budget cuts, High Country News
Bush budget misses mark on public lands - The White House offers a stay-the-bad-course proposal for next year when it comes to stewardship of the nation's park and forest lands, Denver Post editorial
Oversight Hearing on FY 2008 Budget Request for BLM and USFS - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, House Natural Resources Committee
Rep. Erickson calls the Forest Service "incompetent", The Clark Fork Chronicle
Forest Service has a blueprint for disaster - Federal agency ignores science, blatantly cozies up to logging industry, Juneau Empire op-ed
Counties look for federal land payments, Capital News Service
Dying on the fire lines, Star-Tribune AP
Wildland firefighters survey: Supervisors reluctant to serve, Helena Independent Record AP
Lincoln NF: Giant machine chews green waste in fuel reduction projects, Ruidoso News
Working on ethanol - Forest Products Lab's idea would turn wood products into the fuel, Wisconsin State Journal
Return to the earth: Woman starts business to scatter ashes in Montana's wild lands, Missoulian
Women in trees - Today, whittling the boys' club, Seattle Times op-ed
The Master Tree-Planter Speaks, Living on Earth
Fee Fi Fo Dumb - An Oregon congressman smells the blood of a federal recreation fee, Willamette Week
Climate and homes factors in increasing wildfire deaths, Daily Herald AP
Blame It On The Trees - Western Forests Will Play Role In Climate Change, New West Network
Forest Service Plan: Clearcuts Help Stop Global Warming, SitNews op-ed
Roadless rage: Legal resolution seems long way off in wildland controversy, The Daily Sentinel
Shoshone NF: Pro ice guides face tough climb in national forest, Billings Gazette
Cypress at heart of debate - Demand for mulch is growing - Campaign urges Americans to boycott Louisiana cypress mulch, The Daily Advertiser
In Nature: Trees do the 'fir wave', Burlington Free Press
Planning and Growth: Media Can Help the West Craft Growth and Build Consenus, Headwaters News
A Treasure, Vanishing at 6,000 Acres a Day, Washington Post
Is it OK to buy wooden furniture? - Unless stamped by the Forestry Stewardship Council, or from eco sites, wooden goods can have ugly roots, The Observer
Organic design saving the planet one table at a time, Daily Herald
WORLD NEWS
India: Deforestation to blame for early summer,The Times of India
Pakistan: Speaker National Assembly launches spring tree plantation campaign, Associated Press of Pakistan
Illegal Loggers Mutilating Congolese Forests, Environment News Service [$]
Government Divided Over Forestry Policy As Carbon Credit Fight Reaches Industry Heartland Of Rotorua, The Kyoto Forestry Association
Rampant deforestation around Maoist camp, Kantipur News -Nepal
Forestry workshop comes to a close, Borneo Bulletin
SC rules vs Marcos aide, Sandigan, blames PCGG, Asian Journal
MLC wins support for log deal probe, Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
Brown vow on logging, The Sunday Tasmanian
In Far North, Peril and Promise - Great Forests Hold Fateful Role in Climate Change, Washington Post
Activist fears log salvage will ruin coast, Globe and Mail
Bug blazers: In the Kakwa, forestry workers are battling mountain pine beetles by burning them, Daily Herald Tribune
Making the Amazon Work in the Age of Globalization - Two journalists argue that to preserve the rain forest, we need to use it, Washington Post
Brazil to allow large-scale monitored harvesting of the Amazon, Mongabay News
Zero tolerance against loggers to protect butterfly habitat, Reuters -IHT
Mexico vows to protect monarch butterfly, Scientific American
Armenia: Copper Mine Sparks Environmental Outcry, Eurasia Net
A Movement Leader Speaks - Nobel Prize winning environmental leader,Wangari Maathai talks about her recent book, Living on Earth
Greenpeace's report shows ongoing illegal logging in DR Congo, Africa Science News
Environmental Groups Attack Indonesian Government, World Bank, VOA News
Race to salvage charred forests, The Border Mail
Authorities work to crack down on illegal logging, ABC News
Opposition backs changes to forestry agreement, ABC News
Weilangta decision met with mixed response, ABC News
RFA changes skirt Wielangta court ruling , The Examiner
Logging turned legal , Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
Tasmania: Protesters halt Weld Valley logging, Melboune Herald Sun AAP
Forest activists beat ban on 'walk-in', Green Left
Zimbabwe: Forestry Commission Engages Police, Zimra, Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
Mesquite: How the Noxious Plant Found Its Way Into Kenya, The East African (Nairobi)
Poles Protest Road Plan that Threatens Nature Site, Planet Ark: Reuters
Environmentalists Protest Plans for Highway Across Rare Reat Bog in Poland, ENN AP
Singapore's Wilmar profit jumps on palm oil demand, The Edge Daily
Protesters halt logging - Logging in Tasmania's southwest stopped today when an environmentalist chained himself to a tree-harvesting machine for seven hours, The Australian
Park fees have few fans - But resource is degrading, minister admits, Edmonton Sun
Green agenda profitable, Premier declares - Carbon offsets could pay for tree-planting, Globe and Mail
Is it OK to buy wooden furniture? - Unless stamped by the Forestry Stewardship Council, or from eco sites, wooden goods can have ugly roots, The Observer
Shaking the tree: an eco-defender's ordeal, Infoshop News
Greenpeace locks down Kleenex headquarters - American company destroys Canada's magnificent Boreal Forest, CNW Telbec
Greenpeace vs. Kleenex: Either Way You Look At It, This Blows, Torontoist
Activists arrested protesting Boreal Forest destruction - Kleenex manufacturer's operations disrupted, CCN Matthews
Forest operators unhappy with caribou study that recommends logging stop, Williams Lake Tribune
Throne speech brings out protesters - Province outlines agenda today, Times Colonist
Time ripe for B.C.'s Natives to end their dance with dependency, Duncan News Leader and Pictorial
Kwakiutl protest, North Island Gazette
Jailed 'eco-terrorist' a hit with ecology students - Ex-'Most Wanted' is activist hero in B.C. classroom, Globe and Mail
Biofuels, logging may spur deforestation in Guyana, Mongabay News
Government committed to Forestry sector - Prime Minister Hinds - Public consultation to address issues on log export policy held, Guyana Government Information Agency
Our timber producers have been operating inefficiently for years, Stabroek News
Three other managers leave state-run forest firm Lesy CR - LCR owns roughly half of forests in the country, Prague Daily Monitor
Forest governance crucial for conservation, Africa Science News
Cutting of trees - An act of barbarism and irresponsibility, says former AMA Chief Executive, Accra Daily Mail
DAE move to explore atomic minerals in reserve forests, New India Press
Beijing blocks sale of Yunnan forests, Kunming News
Borneo forest protection deal signed, Radio Australia
Heart ticks for green world, Borneo Bulletin
EU presidency welcomes "Heart of Borneo" initiative, Antara News
Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei vow forest protection, Radio Australia - News
US hails Brunei for signing green deal, Borneo Bulletin
UN: Illegal Logging Decimating SE Asia's Orangutans, E magazine
Police urged to bring 25 illegal loggers to justice, Antara News
Depressing picture of Indonesia's tropical forests, The Jakarta Post
Temenggor rainforest: Cheap sale versus true love, The Star -Malaysia
Malaysian timber company on track for HK listing - Samling's global reach and its large forest resources will attract investors to its $280 million IPO, Finance Asia
Malaysia: Call For Logging Ban At Gunong Bongsu Forest Reserve, Bernama News
4 face illegal logging raps in Isabela, ABS-CBN News
Our bush a million years in the making, The Geelong Advertiser
Face the burning question, The Age
Illegal logging adds fuel to bushfires, The Age
A MIStake in investment schemes - Special treatment for plantation forestry, The Australian
Conservationists happy with UN hearing, ABC News
Weld Valley protesters ignore police caution, ABC News
Tree-top protests to continue in Tas, The West Australian
Conservationist avoids trespassing conviction, ABC News -Hobart
Forestry fails in legal clamp - Tasmania failed yesterday in an unprecendented 11th-hour legal bid to stop a protest march going ahead in the Weld Valley tomorrow, Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
O'Byrne not out of the woods, The Australian
When a tree falls in the Tasmanian forest, Senator Abetz should check his facts on where it goes, The Age
Driver to stand trial over log death, Rotorua Daily Post
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Mark Rey, Public Lands Enemy No. 1? - Retired FS Planner Wants Former Boss Fired, New West Network
An Open Letter to all Americans who wish to Contribute to keeping America's Public Lands Administered by the Forest Service... Wild and Undeveloped, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Conservation groups propose solution for expiring safety net, The News-Review
An Oregon Solution for Western Oregon's O&C Lands, Counties, Schools, and the Environment, FSEEE [pdf]
Pombo lands job with Oregon lobbying group, Stockton Record
Domenici questions PILT funding, Ruidoso News
Oregon feels pain of losing federal timber money, Star-Tribune AP
NEPA: US Forest Service Expands 'Categorical Exclusion' Authority for Documentation Needed for Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Development Activities, Federal Register
New ESRI Press Book Chronicles the Federal Government's GIS Success Stories, Directions Magazine
Hearing shows divide on Rosemont mine, Arizona Daily Star
Our National Forests at Risk: The 1872 Mining Law and its Impact on the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona, Joint Subcommittee Oversight Field Hearing, House Natural Resources Committee
Our National Forests at Risk: The 1872 Mining Law and its Impact on the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona, Joint Subcommittee Oversight Field Hearing, House Natural Resources Committee
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands: Oversight Hearing on FY 2008 Budget Request for BLM and USFS, House Natural Resources Committee
House Natural Resources Committee Conducts Long-Awaited Interior Department Oversight, House Natural Resources Committee
Oversight Hearing on FY 2008 Budget Request for the Minerals Geology Program of the Forest Service, MMS, BLM, Energy and Minerals programs, OSM, and USGS, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, House Natural Resources Committee
Rep. Erickson calls the Forest Service "incompetent", The Clark Fork Chronicle
2007 Federal grazing fees announced, Ruidoso News
Pombo Finds a New Home, San Francisco Chronicle
Fee Fi Fo Dumb - An Oregon congressman smells the blood of a federal recreation fee, Willamette Week
Lawmakers reintroduce Mt. Hood wilderness bill - Forest - Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith hope a new Congress will get different results, Oregonian
Second try on Mt. Hood wilderness expansion - Bill would nearly double protected area, KTVZ News
Measure seeks expansion of Mount Hood Wilderness, Rocky Mountain News AP
Senators try new master plan for Mount Hood, Hood River News
Source It Out, Science
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Some don't like it: Beaverhead-Deerlodge Conservation, Restoration and Stewardship Act of 2007, The Montana Standard
Both sides claim victory in battle over caribou area, Bonner County Daily Bee
Coming Home: Former Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth on fire, frustration and the future of the woods, Missoula Independent
Forbidden ground: Avalanche deaths more than a private tragedy, Missoula Independent
Lolo NF Ninemile Ranger District: Frenchtown Face Ecosystem Restoration Project NOI to prepare an EIS, Federal Register
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF Basin Creek Fuels Project: Notice of Availability of Final Soil Scientist Specialist Report and Determination, Federal Register
Know Before You Go - Helena NF Avalanche Victims in Wilderness Study Area, New West Network
Company seeks to drill test holes in Beartooth Mountains, Great Falls Tribune AP
New book tells the story of smoke-jumping COs, Whitefish Pilot
National Park/Forest? Service adds 120-acre easement to Bear Paw Battlefield, Great Falls Tribune
Officials keep eye out for ash tree bug in N.D., Minn., The Forum
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,New business, Ladies in White, carries remains into wilderness, Billings Gazette AP
RS-FMP: Clearwater National Forest Evaluates Developed Recreation Sites, USFS
Commissioners look at half-million-dollar shortfall - Federal funding bill stalled, local officials not happy with Baucus' proposal, Ravalli Republic
Bitterroot Forest plan incorporates public opinion, Ravalli Republic
Environmentalists want Basin Creek logging battle terminated, Missoulian
Fuel reduction planned in Grant Creek, Missoulian
Forest Service anounces fuel-reduction project near Grant Creek, Star-Tribune AP
Forest Service finds varied beetle activity, Missoulian
Wildland firefighters survey: Supervisors reluctant to serve, Helena Independent Record
Helena NF: Avalanche deaths occurred in area closed to motorized travel, The Montana Standard
Helena National Forest has no avalanche advisory center, Helena Independent Record
Kimbell a dedicated public servant, Missoulian letter
Rep. Erickson calls the Forest Service "incompetent", The Clark Fork Chronicle
Ecology Center seeks $110,660.92 in Lolo post-burn legal fees, The Clark Fork Chronicle
Kootenai National Forest: Forest Service House For Sale, USFS
Idaho Panhandle NF: Planning Efforts Continue For Public Travel On National Forest Lands, USFS
Logging lightly: Company takes easy-on-the-landscape approach to thinning, Missoulian
Return to the earth: Woman starts business to scatter ashes in Montana's wild lands, Missoulian
Gallatin NF: Contract to cut fire risk disputed, Billings Gazette
Flathead NF: Snowmobiles in the Bob - Forest Service Irked by Wilderness Sledders, New West Network
Protection Granted for Mountain Caribou - Judge's Ruling Shields Essential Habitat While Maintaining Snowmobile Access, Center for Biological Diversity
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Forest officials hone Shoshone options, Star-Tribune
Cold Brings No Relief For Pines In Beetle War - No End In Sight For Colorado Beetle Problem, The Denver Channel
Forest Service meeting cancelled, Rocky Mountain News
Protect This Colorado National Forest, Wilderness Society
Goal: Expose kids to great outdoors, Denver Post
Shoshone National Forest: FLREA Notice of New Fee Sites, Federal Register
Wyoming plant being designed would be first of its kind - wood chips to ethanol, Billings Gazette
Lodgepole Pine Evergreens Turn Red, CBS News
Uncompahgre NF: Forest Service Acquires Historic Mining Lands, Telluride Watch
White River NF: Skico compromises on Sam's Knob job, Aspen Times News
Tree care workshops focus on disaster recovery, High Plains Journal
The Pike San Isabel National Forest: Forest Service officials seek citizen input regarding future of public lands, Wet Mountain Tribune
Loved to death? Colorado wilderness management needs new direction, panel says, Summit Daily News
Ways to reduce overuse of wilderness areas, Denver Post
USFS 'goes slow' on ice climbing, Cody Enterprise
State lawmakers reiterate support for roadless recommendations, Montrose Daily Press
A speck of a species felling pines across West - The mountain pine beetle is laying waste to vast swaths of the US's vulnerable lodgepole pine forests, CS Monitor
Pine Beetle task force meeting to address pending forest health bill, Summit Daily News
Cold temps won't stop beetles - Beetles infested 750,000 acres of Colorado forest in 2006, Glenwood Springs Post Independent
White River NF: Fingers wagged after backcountry collision, Summit Daily News
Trouble in Colorado ski country, USA Today
Roadless rage: Legal resolution seems long way off in wildland controversy, The Daily Sentinel
White River names interim Aspen ranger, deputy forest, Aspen Daily News
Fighting fires, making turns - Smokey the Bear skis Vail Mountain Wednesdays and Saturdays, Vail Daily News
Cold brings no relief for pines in beetle war - Bugs' resistance to temps helps sustain epidemic, Rocky Mountain News
Pine beetle chews hole in state's economy, Rocky Mountain News
Ethanol from wood chips, Black Hills Pioneer
Comanche National Grassland: Army expansion requires keen review, Denver Post editorial
Shoshone NF: Pro ice guides face tough climb in national forest, Billings Gazette
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Fee Flurry - A long and winding court case involving Mount Lemmon charges gets even longer, Tucson Weekly
Santa Fe: Tree-Thinning Proposal Is Abandoned, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe: Tree-Thinning Project Changes Direction, New Mexican
Volunteers set sights on Valles Caldera, New Mexican
Seen Wildlife on I-40 in Sandia's Tijeras Canyon? Group Wants to Know, Mountain View Telegraph
Easement ownership questioned - Nobody claims it, not US FS, Cibola County Beacon
Federal Program Is Restoring Rangeland, Albuquerque Journal
Forest Guardians not doing state any favors, Alamogordo Daily News
County, village officials stress personal responsibility on fire prevention, Ruidoso News
Domenici questions PILT funding, Ruidoso News
Caterpillars continuing to defoliate forest, Ruidoso News
Under An Arizona Sun - Climate change has plants on the move in search of cooler territory in Northern Arizona, and the region's signature piņon pine might be out of luck, Living on Earth
Biomass group looks for cash to fuel project, New Mexican
Company renews push to mine near Superior, East Valley Tribune
Hearing shows divide on Rosemont mine, Arizona Daily Star
Santa Ritas mining plan raises bigger concerns, Tucson Citizen
Wanted: Mining Law Reform, Green Valley News & Sun
Pima County again tries to block Rosemont Mine, Green Valley News & Sun
Smoke south of Payson is controlled burn, The Payson Roundup
Our National Forests at Risk: The 1872 Mining Law and its Impact on the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona, Joint Subcommittee Oversight Field Hearing, House Natural Resources Committee
Gila NF: Forest Service seeks input on rec sites, Silver City Sun-News
Coronado NF: Sabino Canyon Awaits Emergency Funds For Monsoon Repairs, KOLD News
Lincoln NF: Giant machine chews green waste in fuel reduction projects, Ruidoso News
2007 Federal grazing fees announced, Ruidoso News
Hearings will focus on future of Tonto forest, Arizona Republic
Flagstaff man rejects plea deal in Coconino NF eco-saboteur case, KVOA News
Forest Guardians should consider facts about owls, Alamogordo Daily News letter
Lincoln NF recreation director retires, Alamogordo Daily News
Santa Fe: Preserving Open Space Safer Option, Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Orienteering: Ski and snowshoe meet set, Los Alamos Monitor
Agency Plans to Kill Endangered Wolf, Albuquerque Journal
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
How old is ancient? Debate looms over Heavenly's proposal to cut North Bowl trees, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Upgrades to Heavenly anger environmentalists, Reno Gazette Journal
USFS to open fuels-reduction program to the public, Nevada Appeal
Forestry officials burning brush, debris, San Bernardino County Sun
Announcing the Wildlands Defense Skillshare on the Mattole River, Indybay
Forest Service recruiting job applicants, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Stanislaus NF: A forest of changes, Stockton Record
San Bernardino NF: Off-road routes to be recast - Forest Service seeks input from public, San Bernardino County Sun
Location Change For Mi-Wok Ranger District 'Route Designation' Public Meeting, MML News
Revised Land and Resource Management Plan; Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, South Lake Tahoe, CA, Federal Register
Avalanche warning for Mount Shasta, Red Bluff Daily News
Shasta-Trinity issues avalanche,watch for Mount Shasta area, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Is the High Desert's lack of moisture all gloom and doom? - Well-below average rainfall could be disastrous - only 2 inches for the year, Daily Press: Victorville, California
Plan may close some Sequoia campsites - Kern River Valley leaders fear a blow to tourism, Bakersfield Californian
Kern Valley Residents Concerned About Forest Service Plan, KERO News
San Bernardino NF: Capitol calls on Allison Stewart, Big Bear Grizzly
Invasive water mold killing off state's coastal oaks, Ventura County Star
Maxxam boss in airport security fuss - Belligerent Hurwitz had to be handcuffed, Eureka Times-Standard
Wet weather closes Sugar Pine trails and roads, Auburn Journal
Presidential forum: Presidents have had a hand in Lake Tahoe's environment, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Truckee's corporation yard purchase nearly done, Nevada Appeal
Workshop set on Lake Davis poisoning, Sacramento Bee
Forest Service gives pike project the go-ahead, Plumas County News
Siskiyou County schools need funding solutions, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Hearing may decide charges in fire deaths - Court to consider whether Courtney can be charged with arson and murder, Fresno Bee
USFS hosts job fair - Northern California National Forests can employ 'hundreds', Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Forest Service to hold mall job fair, Red Bluff Daily News
No fix yet for rural schools - Funding crisis like tidal wave, Red Bluff Daily News
Good forest management can be balanced with logging interests, Sacramento Bee op-ed
Ventury, SB County Residents Oppose Plans for Mines - Traffic would use Los Padres NF Scenic Byway, Daily Nexus
Owners, activists play costly land game, Sacramento Bee
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Conservation groups propose solution for expiring safety net, The News-Review
An Oregon Solution for Western Oregon's O&C Lands, Counties, Schools, and the Environment, FSEEE [pdf]
Drug charges dismissed against former fire boss Ellreese Daniels, The Columbian
Tipping point is near for health of Earth; time for compromise is gone, Register-Guard op-ed
Fees at Willamette NF sites may increase - Proposal reflects improvements to the campgrounds, Statesman Journal
New 'America the Beautiful' pass stirs controversy, Bend Weekly
Wyden: Keep safety net hopes alive, The News-Review
Oregon feels pain of losing federal timber money, Star-Tribune AP
Mt. Hood NF: Bull Run Watershed Management Unit - Notice of Availability of Draft Agreement, Federal Register
Taxpayers shouldn't pick up tab for stranded climbers on Mount Hood, Times Union
Input sought on fuels-reduction work near Bend, KTVZ News
Mt. St. Helens mine plan raises hopes, anxieties - Sides dig in for mine debate, Contra Costa Times
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest: North Fork Burnt River Mining NOI to prepare a SEIS, Federal Register
Deschutes NF: Public meeting slated for projects to reduce fire danger, Bend Weekly News
Ranger station is the most remote in NW - Paulina: Rangers and researchers either flee the isolated post in months or stay for years, Oregonian
Catastrophe is part of nature - Things like predation and starvation are as 'natural' as scenes of quietly browsing deer, Mail Tribune
Gifford Pinchot NF: Sides dig in for mine debate - TPL expects forest service to protect land it donated from mining, Seattle Times
Mining Mt St Helens Opposed, The Columbian AP
'We are very much at the brink' - The Lane County criminal justice system will face substantial losses in man power and productivity if a substitute for federal government funding isn't found by April, Daily Emerald
Study Finds Net Energy Of Biofuels Comes At a High Cost , Oregon State University
Oregon Forestland Owners Build New Bridges to Local Market - Partners help to connect the chain for certified lumber from the forest to the framing, Trout Mountain Forestry - Ecotrust
Crews not told of plan to close road, Register-Guard
Maybe a sign at Mt. Hood?, Albany Democrat-Herald
Wild Sky: This time, we win, Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial
Mt. Ashland expansion delayed, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Mount Ashland Assn., city to enter mediation over ski area - Both sides hope talking will let them avoid going to court, Mail Tribune
Since You Asked: Courting Mount Ashland, Mail Tribune
Court Tosses Award Against Weyerhaeuser, Star-Tribune AP
Group seeks smokejumper museum at old base, KOMO News
Elk prefer people on foot - USFS Study finds ATVs, bikes disturb them most, Jackson Hole News&Guide
Meeting addresses timber payments - Leaders outline ways communities will suffer without funds, Mail Tribune
'It's starting to come home how serious this is', Mail Tribune
County payments come to an end - Legislature and counties did not prepare for this inevitable reality, Daily Astorian editorial
Legislators lobby to restore timber payments, Newport News-Times
Road to Nowhere - Across southwest Oregon, local governments brace for the impact of unprecedented revenue losses, Mail Tribune
Appeals court: Ore. logging permit violates owl protection, Oregonian
Public invited to observe forest service planning process, Newport News-Times
Lawmakers reintroduce Mt. Hood wilderness bill - Forest - Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith hope a new Congress will get different results, Oregonian
Second try on Mt. Hood wilderness expansion - Bill would nearly double protected area, KTVZ News
Measure seeks expansion of Mount Hood Wilderness, Rocky Mountain News AP
Senators try new master plan for Mount Hood, Hood River News
Umpqua NF WUI: A fine line between beauty and threat, The News-Review
Budget woes threaten future of St. Helens Coldwater Ridge center, Columbian
Climate change and Oregon's forests - State climate experts say carbon is the link between climate change and how we manage our forests, Bend Bulletin
Forests, carbon and climate on the agenda, Daily Astorian
Timber thieves take profit, leave stumps - Theft of forest products in rural areas is surprisingly common; private landowners and federal forestland hurt by the crime, Mail Tribune
Property owners offered fuel-reduction help - Low-income residents can cut wildfire risk, KTVZ News
Mixed/Multiple Tree Species Management: SAF workshop, Oregon Society of American Foresters
Wild Sky Wilderness Act lifts off, Seattle Times editorial
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
They Can't See The Forest, The Ledger
New life for old growth in Bankhead NF, The Birmingham News
Jefferson NF: New opportunity for wilderness designations, Smyth County News
Public Meetings March 5-10 for Virginia and West Virginia's George Washington National Forest Plan Revision, IMBA News
Sumter forest to gain acreage, The Augusta Chronicle
Development plans moving forward, Hendersonville News
Oconee NF controlled burn : Smoke clouds Atlanta metro area, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Volunteers invited to scour Blanton forest for hemlock-harming insects, Lexington Herald-Leader
Jefferson NF: Craig forest land could be designated wilderness areas, The New Castle Record
Notice of initiation to revise the George Washington National Forest Land Management Plan, Federal Register
A call to protect the George Washington forest, Roanoke Times op-ed
Notice of commencement of the 90-day comment period for the Uwharrie National Forest proposed Land Management Plan, Federal Register
Indictment claims man dumped dead pets on George Washington and Jefferson NF, Richmond Times Dispatch
Officials: Good help a boon when managing woodlands, The Daily Reflector
Schools could lose national forest money, Cleburne New
Feds want to sell part of Uwharrie National Forest, The Stanly News and Press (Albemarle, NC)
Public sell-out - Bush back with irresponsible land-sales plan, News Journal editorial
Now is time to preserve land, advocates say, Orlando Sentinel
Survey Plots Locations Of 79,000 Urban Trees, The Ledger
Manchac cypress forest lost, The Advocate News
Partners of the Cherokee National Forest meet with local officials, The Valley Beautiful Beacon
Cypress at heart of debate - Demand for mulch is growing - Campaign urges Americans to boycott Louisiana cypress mulch, The Daily Advertiser
Knocking on wood - Unconfirmed sightings keep ornithologists hopeful of finding bird thought to have been extinct for 50 years, Union Tribune
Group recounts history of the Colfax Riot - Kisatchie National Forest's ground-penetrating radar to locate where the men are buried, KATC News
Tree-planting techniques taught, Pensacola News Journal
Children chip in to restore Ocala national forest - Illegal ATV trails have contributed to the damage in the Church Lake area, Ocala Star-Banner
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
State to start review of Green Mountain National Forest wind project, Times Argus: Vermont
Delaware: Over 300 acres added to Redden State Forest, The Daily Times
Not out of the woods, Portland Press Herald
White Mountain NF: Committee recommends against forest rescue payment plan, WCAX News -New Hampshire
Paying for rescues: NH ought to find a way, Union Leader editorial
Not Just Your Average Lumber: Considering Alternative Materials for Deck Construction, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Hiawatha NF: Becoming a better GATEWAY- The Conservation Fund, The Mining Journal
Ottawa NF: Forest Service develops 'tool' to repair roadways- Stewardship Contracts, Ironwood Daily Globe
Officials keep eye out for ash tree bug in N.D., Minn., The Forum
Plan pushed for forest care, The Republican -MA
Power company eyes Avoca site for biomass electric power plant, Steuben Courier -NY
Panel to explore access, recreation on public land, Bangor Daily News
WV Division of Forestry officials offer Forest Legacy Program, The Herald-Dispatch
Counties look for federal land payments, Capital News Service
Working on ethanol - Forest Products Lab's idea would turn wood products into the fuel, Wisconsin State Journal
Nassau Free of Rare Tree Disease, The Northender
Timber industry comment puzzling, Timberjay News letter
Moosehead mill to shut down, Bangor Daily News
Old-growth forest is an outdoor classroom, The News Journal
Guru of Old Growth Jerry Franklin to speak at UVM, University of Vermont
Forests lure moose to Massachusetts, CS Monitor
In Nature: Trees do the 'fir wave', Burlington Free Press
Wayne NF: Ranger district seeking comment on canoe, kayak launch proposal, The Herald-Dispatch
Superior national forest previews ATV plan at public forum, Cook County News-Herald
Preservation groups have specific goals, Cook County News-Herald
County board briefed on Ottawa National Forest projects, Ironwood Daily Globe
Forestry groups merge, Green Bay Press-Gazette
American Skiing Co. sells Mount Snow, Attitash, Providence Journal
Mount Washington avalanche risk is high, New Hampshire Union Leader
Preserving town land through logging, New Bedford Standard Times
Conservation deal saves Rossview Farm, Concord Monitor

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