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NATIONAL NEWS
Federal Court Blocks Attempt to Eliminate Wildlife Standards for National Forests - Bush administration rule changes rejected, Earthjustice
Read the decision, Earthjustice [pdf]
New U.S. forest rules blocked, United Press International
Forest rules were illegally changed, judge says, Washington Post at Seattle TImes
No to Public Lands Sell-Off, Senator Barbara Boxer op-ed
Senate approves timber extension, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News AP

Uncle Sam and the cabins - The national forest offers a nice getaway at a great price -- plus a thicket of restrictions, Los Angeles Times
Santa Fe National Forest: Retreats at risk - Cabin owners are fighting to keep their leases on public land the U.S. Forest Service wants cleared, New Mexican
Shelter-in-place: Watching the flames go by, North County Times / The Californian
Foreman: Conservation Movement Must Return To Roots - Are some green groups being co-opted?, New West Network

Counties may get funding increase, Kalispell Daily InterLake
Preserving America's Lookouts - International Forest Fire Lookout Association preservation group has local home, Connection News
PERC receives Templeton Freedom Award for promoting 'enviropreneurs' - Wild Wilderness speaks for the Public Trust, the American Commons and the American People, Media Transparency

New Mexico: Firefighter Supervisors Get Protection, The Santa Fe New Mexican at Fire Fighting News
O&C land video sent to Congress - DVD produced to sell members of Congress on plan to sell off half of O&C lands as replacement for safety net, The News-Review
Sell off public lands & defund public education? - Like shaving your legs, smooth peace accord needed, Azle News
Selling out the schools, Statesman Journal op-ed
WORLD NEWS
The Dimb's demise - U.N. climate report: 'Species are going to be lost', New Mexican
Pine tree disease reaches outskirts of Seoul, Yonhap News at The Hankyoreh




Eco-protest in eastern Europe: Trouble in paradise valley - It's one of Europe's last great wildernesses. But now economic progress threatens the primeval forest of Poland's Rospuda valley, Independent -UK

Pulp bidding war, Vietnam Investment Review

Trampers slam bid for fees, New Zealand news
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
No to Public Lands Sell-Off, Senator Barbara Boxer op-ed
Senate approves timber extension, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Interior Department Official Distorted Agency's Own Science to Avoid Protecting Endangered Species - Report From Inspector General of Department of Interior Blasts Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks Julie MacDonald, Center for Biological Diversity
Report raps Interior official over leaks, Sacramento Bee - Heilprin AP
Bush Administration Moves to Gut Endangered Species Act - Hush-hush proposal "a no-holds-barred end run around one of America's most popular laws", Earthjustice
Devils Tower, Fort Laramie fees may rise - 60 percent of all Park Service fee sites to increase fees in 2008, Star-Tribune

Counties may get funding increase, Kalispell Daily InterLake

O&C land video sent to Congress - DVD produced to sell members of Congress on plan to sell off half of O&C lands as replacement for safety net, The News-Review
Selling out the schools, Statesman Journal op-ed
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
'Friends' threatens lawsuit, Bigfork Eagle News

Counties may get funding increase, Kalispell Daily InterLake
A plug for the timber industry - Beaverhead Deer Lodge Partnership, a coalition of wilderness and timber industry officials, collaborated on an alternative to the forest plan that would create wilderness and fund stewardship restoration projects, The Clark Fork Chronicle
Forest looks for middle ground - Finally, the Flathead National Forest is implementing a winter access policy that provides some clarity about where and when snowmobiles can travel, and predictably, there are folks who are unhappy about it, Kalispell Daily InterLake editorial
Flathead NF: Big Mountain Makes Room for Big Bears - Hellroaring Basin drainage will be closed to skiers, boarders starting April 1, Big Mountain Resort
Yellowstone National Park: Preliminary Observations on the Implementation of the Interagency Bison Management Plan - National forest cattle allotments within the bison management areas vacated, GAO Report [pdf]

Punish lawbreaking snowmobilers - Confiscate the sleds, fine them $5000, and make them pay for their rescue, Bigfork Eagle letters
New plan takes effect for snow machines - After the denial of six appeals, the Flathead National Forest is implementing a controversial plan that determines when and where snowmobiles can go on the forest, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
The Scatter Matter, Bigfork Eagle

Logging lawsuit threatened, Billings Gazette
School embraces biomass heating - Burning wood pellets is "carbon neutral" because live trees absorb the CO2 released from the combustion of wood!, Billings Gazette
A friend lost - Illegally set trap kills man's dog in his arms - USFS Valley of the Moon trailhead "A Haven for Wildlife", Missoulian
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Mine waste in your back yard?, Summit Daily News

US beetle plague raises climate change fears - Nearly half of a US state's forests are infested with the bugs, while 43 percent of the trees targeted have died, UK Guardian at Taipei Times
Copper's parking plan blasted - County officials say expanding a lot on U.S. Forest Service land will worsen clogs, Denver Post


Prairie Dog Plan Amendment proposed on Grassland, Thunder Basin National Grassland
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Santa Fe National Forest: Retreats at risk - Cabin owners in the Cowles area of Pecos Canyon are fighting to keep their leases on public land the U.S. Forest Service wants cleared, New Mexican
Conservation Groups Ask Court To Re-Examine Lynx Decision, Albuquerque Journal at Forest Guardians

Peterson Wash project out to bid soon - U.S. Forest Service project to move a road out of the creek's channel, Eastern Arizona Courier
Wolf Plan May Prompt Suit, Albuquerque Journal at Forest Guardians

New Mexico: Firefighter Supervisors Get Protection, The Santa Fe New Mexican at Fire Fighting News

Snowbowl Fight Rages On, Arizona Daily Sun
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Bridger-Teton NF: Deal expands wildlife habitat near Yellowstone - The deal involves 178,000 acres of national forest land, Billings Gazette
Several camping areas closed in Rock Creek area - Forest Service says pollution to blame for closures, Twin Falls Times-News


Fishlake NF: Resort plans rile Beaver residents - Stay-out postings are signs of a greedy attitude, some say, but others disagree - Forest Service "plans to assert our rights of way", Salt Lake Tribune
Let Utahns decide wilderness, Deseret Morning News editorial
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
No to Public Lands Sell-Off, Senator Barbara Boxer op-ed
Shelter-in-place: Watching the flames go by, North County Times / The Californian
Senate approves timber extension, Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News
Aspen Tree Expert David Burton to Lecture, Rocklin & Roseville Today
Uncle Sam and the cabins The national forest offers a nice getaway at a great price -- plus a thicket of restrictions, Los Angeles Times
Wind energy project faces turbulent forces - Project implementation may be slowed down by red tape, regulations - Powerlines on Angeles NF, Bakersfield Californian
Redefining Wilderness Symposium, Earth Island Institute
Protest to Protect Sacred Site Medicine Lake - The US Department of Justice (DOJ), acting on behalf of the BLM and the Forest Service (FS), requested that the 9th Circuit Court review the issues involving the proposed plans to build geothermal power plants in the Medicine Lake Highlands, Indy Bay
Disaster Courage Loss - Survival - Twenty-five years after the deadly Alpine Meadows avalanche, those who were there look back, Sierra Sun

Groups dismissed from timber lawsuit - Supreme Court spurns California salvage logging review, The Union Democrat
Hearing testimony lays trail to wildfire - Experts describe arson suspects devices, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Fire suspect faces 45 counts, Redlands Daily Facts
Supertanker could fight terrorism, Hi-Desert Star editorial
Los Gatos officials looking over controversial logging plan, Los Gatos Weekly-Times at San Jose Mercury News
Research Findings Shed Light on New Urban Pest of Pine Trees, UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program

Firefighters brace for early start to Sierra wildfires - Prescribed burns may help temper high fire dangers, Sierra Sun
Logging conference ends today, The Eureka Reporter
One million dead trees down, Riverside Press-Enterprise
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Forest Service shuts Lowell office, Eugene Register-Guard
USFS plan would thin area pines - Deschutes NF: Proposal could change the look of the forest east of Cascade Lakes Highway, Bend Bulletin


O&C land video sent to Congress - DVD produced to sell members of Congress on plan to sell off half of O&C lands as replacement for safety net, The News-Review
Blown-down trees can help water, fish for decades - Landowners can find assistance to place, move or stockpile trees, Statesman Journal
Expand Rogue protection, Register-Guard editorial
Rural Oregon gained, Register-Guard editorial
Great Yaquina Burn boosted settlement, Corvallis Gazette-Times
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Turn tables on kudzu: Eat some, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Force of a horse, The Herald-Sun

Easement to protect land along New River - The forest service will buy easements on 960 Grayson County acres along the New River, Roanoke Times
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin

Endangered no more? Flying squirrel closing in on removal from list - Recovery of the endangered West Virginia northern flying squirrel depended upon recovery of its spruce forest habitat, Charleston Gazette


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