Indigenous leader Julio Cusurichi Palacios battles for an intact Amazon, Grist

New Allies on The Amazon - McDonald's, Greenpeace Unite To Prevent Rainforest Clearing, Washington Post

Commercial Hunting May Be Largest Threat To Tropical Forests, Science Daily

Sister Dorothy Stang to be immortalized, The Argonaut

Canadian Sophia Rabliauskas fights to protect her First Nation territory, Grist

Manitoba forest advocate wins environmental prize, CTV.ca News

Save the Caribou: Google Earth to the Rescue - Google Earth Video Exposes West Fraser Logging Practices, ForestEthics at CNW Telbec

Time Inc. and UPM Launch Biodiversity Study in Canadian Forests, PR Newswire

Logging a concern in Lake Country, Vernon Morning Star

Hikers rally to save trail on Elk Mountain, Chilliwack Progress

Ministry addresses forestry concerns, The Northern View

B.C. looks to mitigate damage due to flooding, Prince George Citizen

Board seeks moratorium on Blackwater logging, Whistler Question

Log shortage pushes prices up, pits exporters against sawmills, Vancouver Sun

Uganda: Wonder cancer herb found in Mabira forest, The Monitor

Mabira demo blamed on gov't, Mehta, The Monitor

Attack on Asians in Uganda was never racist, The Monitor

Jinja demands poll on Mabira give-way, New Vision

Uganda, a nation of conflicts, The Hamilton Spectator

Mabira forest: Museveni placed between rock and hard place, Sunday Monitor

Besigye will be swallowed by his own Tsunami - Museveni, Sunday Monitor

Two more forests disappear in Mpigi, New Vision

Uganda: 354 Forest Reserves Face Destruction, New Vision

Stop crying crocodile tears for Mabira, Sunday Vision

Uganda: Buganda Petitions Museveni Over Mabira, Monitor

Uganda: Ssekandi Calls for Calm On Mabira, The Monitor

Uganda: Kabale NGO Asks MPs to Oppose Mabira Give-Away, New Vision

Uganda: Lwanga Calls for Dialogue On Mabira, New Vision

Uganda: Mabira - Signs of Consumer Uprising, The Monitor

Uganda: Mehta is Flirting With Illegal Action

Kenyans plant trees to coax back flamingos, Namibian

New railway will facilitate logging in Congo, Mongabay News

International scientists learn how Israel combats desertification with forestry, Israel 21C

Polish court blocks eco-unfriendly freeway, Yahoo! News

Move to biofuels could speed up rainforest destruction, Euro2day

EU governments failing the forests, WWF

India gets international help to protect its forests, New Kerala

India elephants prefer crops to forest fodder, Reuters

NGOs condemn police action against tribals - M.P. Government is firm that no fresh encroachment on forestland will be allowed, The Hindu

The jungle out there - Forestry as a rural income source, Financial Express

'45 cm rise in sea-level will destroy Sundarbans' , The Hindu News

NGO: Only half of Riau`s forests remain, Antara News

Indonesia urges rich countries to ban illegally logged wood products, Mongabay News

Rise in croc attacks may be linked to logging, palm oil: expert, Borneo Bulletin

Dutch, British colonization negatively affected traditional slash-and-burn farming in Borneo, Yahoo -ANI

Indonesia: Carbon credits: Incentives for biofuel development, Jakarta Post at Forests.org

Indonesia's Aceh, Papua pledge to protect forests, Reuters

Indonesian governors vow stepped up forest conservation effort, Radio Australia News

Illegal loggers getting bolder, The Star -Malaysia

Illegal logging in Malaysia due to gangsters, Mongabay News

Biofueling Deforestation - Southeast Asia's rainforest could be flattened to provide palm oil for bio-diesel, Living on Earth

Movement to save Mindanao's remaining forests launched, Mindanao News

China to push for sustainable logging overseas - China issues guidelines for sustainable forest plantations abroad, Mongabay News

Crunch time for forests, Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania

Tree tussle off for now, Brisbane Times

Lennon forests rethink, Mercury

Labor forest policy brawl, Mercury

Kevin Rudd's double deadlock, Herald Sun

Abetz lashes out at Rudd, Mercury

Timber workers concerned over Labor forestry policy, ABC News

Garrett at loggerheads with foresters, Brisbane Times

Enterprise Rent-A-Car to join local dignitaries and First Nations Chiefs to plant first tree at Lillooet reforestation ceremony, CNW

Forestry giant plans land sales, Vancouver Sun

RAN Accuses America's Largest Lumber Company of Human Rights Abuses, Free Grassy News

Weyerhaeuser to Shareholders: Shut Up and Get in the Squad Car, Free Grassy News

Provincial ministry implicated in driver death, Truck News

Science behind updated beetle rules questioned, Halifax, The Daily News

400,000 ha of Iran forests will be protected, Iran News

USFS: How to manage forests in hurricane impact zones, The Hindu

Actress Daryl Hannah campaigns for RI forests, The Jakarta Post

Group rallies for conservation, The Jakarta Post

Indian businesses face resistance in Uganda, Christian Science Monitor

Kenyans Plant Trees To Coax Back Flamingos, ENN Reuters

End PEFC's greenwash certification of unsustainable logging in Tasmania, Australia, The Wilderness Society

Scientist who penned recent study on forests and global warming concerned over mischaracterization of his findings, CNW Telbec

Jane Goodall: Saving the Earth's remaining rain forests to fight warming - Save the rainforests, save ourselves - Helping poor nations save forests would benefit all, Sacramento Bee editorial

UN opens session to negotiate new agreement on forests, Islamic Republic News Agency

United Nations Forum Holds Panel With Collaborative Partnership on Forests; New World Bank Forest Alliance, Carbon Trading Among Issues, Press Zoom

Seventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests: 16-27 April 2007, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Greater Use Of Biofuels Threatens Rain Forests, Terra Daily AFP

The mahogany wars of Peru's rain forests - Shipibo Indian unites 27 indigenous groups to fight illegal logging, preserve tribes' future, San Francisco Chronicle

Certifying Coffee Aids Farmers and Forests in Chiapas, New York Times

Honduras: Fragile Truce on Deforestation in Olancho, Tierramérica at IPS News

Collapse in biodiversity in protected Costa Rican rainforest, The Hindu News

Trans-Iriri highway: Invisible but all too real: the illegal roads speeding destruction of the rainforest, The Guardian

Brazil: Roads speed destruction of rainforest, The Hindu

Lost tribes: lost knowledge?, Thinking Shift

How rainforest saviour put 1,000 out of work, The Sunday Times

Morley asks HSBC for explanation over advice to Malaysian logging firm IPO - Samling's subsidiary operating in Guyana, Barama, subject to FSC suspension, Forbes

Palm oil threat to rainforests and indigenous communities in Colombia, Biofuelwatch: blog

A Clearcut Answer? - A year after the Great Bear Rainforest deal was struck, some wonder if the political compromise was worth it, The Dominion

Manitoba woman wins international award for protecting boreal forest, Canadian Press

Guardian of the forest, The Winnipeg Free Press

Following the paper trail, Montreal Gazette

Watchdog chides ministry on delay - Resident applied to protect water supply, got no answers for five years, Vancouver Sun

Clearwater scientist discovers new lichen species in B.C., Clearwater Times

Nature's cathedral gets bigger, Victoria Times-Colonist

Stanley Park to get a spruce-up, CKNW News

Stanley Park's former glory will return... eventually, WestEnder

Logging industry on display at convention, Vernon Morning Star

Proposed park would save caribou - Environmental group calling for a swath of critical habitat area to be preserved, Globe and Mail

Saving a very special place- the Muir Creek watershed, Sooke News Mirror

Troubled Island forest industry nears day of reckoning, Vancouver Times Colonist

We're fortunate to have wild spaces in our midst, Williams Lake Tribune

What you can do to help protect the ancient cedar, Ancient Cedar

Inland rainforest, home for unique species, Robson Valley Times

U.S. to air complaints over softwood deal, CanWest News

Beetle harvest hiked, Prince George Citizen

Log truck driver not to blame for death, report says, Prince George Citizen

Forest ministry didn't oversee safety: report - Failure to co-ordinate safety on the Finlay-Philip road system after logging was increased to deal with the pine beetle epidemic, Prince George Citizen

Events leading to trucker's death, Prince George Citizen

Uganda: Cabinet Plots to Defeat Museveni On Mabira Forest Give-Away, The Monitor (Kampala)

Uganda: Doom as Kampala Welcomes Its 'Interahamwe', The Monitor

Cabinet orders new Mabira probe, New Vision

Museveni defends plans to transfer Ugandan forests to Indian group, Yahoo! News AFP

Ugandan MPs oppose president's plan to raze forest, Reuters

Uganda: Ruling Party MPs Said Opposed to Forest Degazettement, BBC at Red Orbit

Protests over forests' hive leaves two dead in Uganda, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Restless natives launch race attack on Indians, The Uhuru Guru

Tanzania: Saving Chimps, Supporting Farmers, One Sip at a Time, OneWorld News

US wood pellet industry eyes exports to EU, Bioenergy pact

Turkey: The Research Association of Rural Environment and Forestry , Kirsal Çevre

President al-Assad Issues Decree on Forests, Syrian Arab News Agency

Hill demolished to create officials' housing plots - District admin bypasses rules, ignores forest dept's protest, The Daily Star -Bangladesh

The Sundarbans Inheritance: Unravelling mysteries of the mangroves, The Times of India

Sundarbans: Living on the edge: Indians watch their islands wash away, International Herald Tribune

Trees being choked as guidelines for tiling and cementing of pavements gather dust, The Times of India

Fencing work along borders of select reserve forests begins, The Hindu

Save Trees Campaign Reaches Chief Minister's Ears, Playfuls News

Forest officials present 11-pt demand, The Indian Express

Tribals set forests on fire to hunt animals in Orissa, Kalinga Times

Forests under continuous threat in J&K - Another cop arrested for timber smuggling, News Agency of Kashmir

Timber prices touch new highs, Pakistan Daily Times

Logging in - Maoists illegally fell Sal trees, Nepali Times

Thailand: Former Air Force mechanic on trek to save forests - A 52-year-old Air Force veteran has embarked on a 500-kilometre "walk for reforestation" in honour of His Majesty the King, The Nation

Despite global warming fever, Earth Day hopes remain abound, Jakarta Post

Wailing woods of Borneo, The Hindu

Indonesia seeks to increase logging of virgin forests - Deforestation rate, already world's highest, may accelerate, Mongabay News

Vast Area of Sumatran Dry Lowland Rainforest to Receive Protection, About: Wildlife

Belum-Temenggor forests 'must not go the way of Lojing', New Straits Times

'Lojing 'developers 'violated EIA 'conditions', The Star -Malaysia

Sabah Forest Industries (SFI) takeover will benefit us: Sapawi , Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia

Govt Wants A Better Safety Record In Logging Industry, Malaysian National News Agency -Bernama

Indigenous groups resist biodiversity park in Malaysia, Financial Express

Malaysia: Penan defy police with more blockades - Five new blockades have been set up by Penan tribal communities in the Malaysian province of Sarawak in an attempt to stop loggers destroying their forest homes, Survival International

Samling logging company planning to log one of the last areas of virgin rainforest left in Sarawak, home to the Penan, Survival International

Stop Malaysian Samling Group - Global Leaders in Rainforest Destruction, Rainforest Portal

Morley asks HSBC for explanation over advice to Malaysian logging firm IPO, Forbes

Landowners eager for logging license, Fiji Village news

Mindanao: Terror Continues in San Luis, Agusan del Sur, Davao Today

Filipino Poor to Suffer Most from Brownouts, Climate Change, Bulatlat magazine

Inconvenient truth, convenient falsehood, The Manila Times

Caraga politicians urged to sign covenants, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro

Murray 'will be damaged' by logging, Sydney Morning Herald

Firm gets green light to develop rainforest-based pharmaceuticals, ABC News

Welcome to the Cape York Peninsula campaign update, The Wilderness Society

Tell Min. Turnbull to Reject the Gunns Mill, RAN

Tasmania: Debate over forests policy, ABC News

Pine beetle infestation hikes wood harvesting, Globe and Mail

Out on a limb for trees - Activists camp out in trees in bid to stop interchange, Times Colonist

The Forest's Edge - As a youth, the trees sustained me. I wonder now, have they been betrayed ?, Walrus magazine

More of B.C. to be protected, Vancouver Sun

Supply crisis on wood industry horizon - Pine beetle, biofuel and Russia tax cited, Globe and Mail

Logging: Revenue from stumpage fees at risk, audit finds, Globe and Mail

Softwood deal apt to implode, trade envoys say, Edmonton Journal

Weyerhaeuser Feeling the Heat for Human Rights Abuses on Eve of Annual Shareholders Meeting, Rainforest Action Network: Free Grassy Narrows

Weyerhaeuser protesters scale building, NWCN News

Tropical forest felled for biofuels, ecologists say, Reuters

UN denies plant fuels will damage forests, Financial Times

Soybeans may worsen drought in the Amazon rainforest, Mongabay News

Gold Rush Redux: Dreaming of gold in rain forest - Prospectors in Brazil carving into pristine Amazon hillsides, San Francisco Chronicle

Serious threat to rainforest and indigenous Ayorèode communities in Paraguay, Regenwald Report

Ecuador: Timber and palm oil companies plunder Indian Territory, Regenwald Report

Subsistence Farmers Fight Global Warming by Restoring Forests of Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize and Panama, US Newswire

Mexico: Operations against illegal logging close two mills, Tropical Timber Market Report

Biofuel plantations fuel strife in Uganda, New Scientist

Uganda: Why I Support Mabira Give-Away - Museveni, New Vision

How Museveni Begged MPs for Mabira Forest, The Monitor

Uganda: Butiime Opposes Mabira Give-Away, New Vision

Minister blasts MPs over Mabira chaos, The Monitor

Fight to Save a Forest Conjures Up a Nightmare From the Past, The East African

Uganda: Buried Past Rises, The East African editorial

No Amount of Money Can Buy Mabira Forest!, New Vision

Mabira Forest - Just Do the Right Thing, Kampala Monitor editorial

Uganda: Museveni Softens on Mabira, The Monitor

Now Cabinet Opposes Mabira Giveaway, The Monitor

Mabira: New Cabinet paper out, New Vision

Details of new Cabinet paper on Mabira Forest, New Vision

Activists Sceptical Over Cabinet Paper on Mabira Forest, BBC Afirca at RedOrbit

Forests are Answer to Global Warming, Experts Say, The Monitor

Uganda: Mabira - Murder Charges, The Monitor

Uganda killing: four held -Trouble over proposed giveaway of Mabira forest land, The Hindu at Xinhua

Uganda police arrest two MPs over deadly riot, Reuters

Ugandan police charge protest MPs, BBC News

Ugandan police attack opposition leaders in capital, Yahoo! News AFP

Uganda police clash with opposition, IOL

Uganda: Hold Referendum On Mabira, Says UPC, New Vision

World Bank On Mabira Forest Reserve, New Vision

Uganda: Army Seals Off Mabira, The Monitor

Ask the Mehta Group not to destroy Mabira rainforest in Uganda, Regenwald Report

Uganda Says Poverty Destroying its Forests, Reuters

Mozambique: Resistance forms to illegal logging, IRIN Africa

Congo: Logging decimates African rainforest, CNN

World Bank failing to stop Congo rainforest destruction - Greenpeace, Environmental Finance News

EU suspends imports of ramin from Malaysia, Tropical Timber Market Report

'Gold rush' for wood flooring is destroying endangered habitat, Independent (UK) at Forests.org

After IRS, now forest service questions elite status of IAS, The Times of India

China tackling illegal timber imports, Xinhua- China Daily

Trade panel to investigate illegal logging complaints, International Herald Tribune

China demand driving endangered tree to extinction: Greenpeace, Yahoo! News AFP

Valuable timber being smuggled into China: Greenpeace, Kyodo News

Greenpeace slams Chinese timber imports, Arizona Republic AP

Greenpeace Says China Guilty in Illegal Logging, ENN Reuters

Greenpeace blasts NZ over endangered kwila (merbau) imports, New Zealand Herald

China imposes nationwide grazing ban to restore grassland, East Day

Certisource uses DNA test to identify legal logs, Tropical Timber Market Report

PNG industry moves towards legality verification, Tropical Timber Market Report

EU suspends imports of ramin from Malaysia, Tropical Timber Market Report

Still courting controversy - What lies ahead for the Sarawak timber industry and the Penans, the group of people that logging affects the most? , The Star -Malaysia

Tropical forest felled for biofuels, ecologists say, Reuters

Farmers fear ban on cattle grazing in forest, The Australian

Timberlands West Coast imports logs to meet contracts, New Zealand

Greenpeace blasts NZ over endangered kwila (merbau) imports, New Zealand Herald

Fire spending needs a dose of prevention, Redding Record Searchlight editorial

Senators question Bush endangered wildlife plan, ABC News

Timber payments cut to one year in compromise bill, Coos Bay World AP

Timber payments plan angers lawmakers - One-year funding extension is proposed over Senate's 5-year plan; Bush veto threatened, Statesman Journal

Baucus Berates Recreation Fee Policy - Senator Serious About Repealing RAT, New West Network

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act: Bill introduced to expand wilderness areas, create jobs - Chairmen of the House Natural Resources Committee and the relevant subcommittee have both signed on as sponsors of the bill, Star-Tribune

Bill would ban development on 23 million acres across the Northern Rockies, Great Falls Tribune AP

Carole King Joins Reps. Maloney & Shays in Support of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, American Chronicle: Congressional Desk

Creation of Wild Sky Wilderness Area finally wins approval in U.S. House, Post-Intelligencer

US House approves Wild Sky wilderness in Washington , KXLY News

Simpson Named to Natural Resources Post at USDA Overseeing US Forest Service, USDA News

National Tree-marking Paint Committee Notice of Meeting, Federal Register

Forest Counties Payments Committee Notice of Meeting, Federal Register

Ex-BLM official raps oil, gas focus, Star-Tribune

Blackfeet hope to make up to $4 million from salvage logging after recent forest fires, Indian Country Today

Bitterroot NF: Family sells 367 acres to RMEF, Missoulian

Elk Foundation buys timber, grazing land in Bitterroot, Billings Gazette AP

Ski-lift plan spares chalet, The Daily Inter Lake

Lean times ahead for grizzlies? - For delisted grizzlies, future is now, Missoulian

Grizzlies lose 'threatened' status, Star-Tribune

Farm Bureau: Eliminating grazing around Yellowstone Park not a solution, The Prairie Star

FS rapped over meetings on use of trails - Motorized, nonmotorized users of Montana's wild areas deeply divided, Billings Gazette

JeffCo commission discusses compromise for Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Helena Independent Record

Greater Yellowstone wilderness federal bill has little hope - Few see future in area eco act, Jackson Hole News

Greater Yellowstone Coalition and Wilderness Society join Blue Ribbon Coalition and Western Senators to oppose Northern Rockies Wilderness Bill, Demarcated Landscapes

Wildlands are Montana's future, Helena Independent Record

Forester has hopes for regional strategy, Missoulian

Baucus Berates Recreation Fee Policy - Senator Serious About Repealing RAT, New West Network

Clearwater NF: Volunteer to Be a Campground Host, USFS

Nez Perce National Forest Seeks Public Input on Recreation Sites, USFS [pdf]

Nez Perce NF: Free Personal Use Mushroom Harvesting Permits Available, USFS [pdf]

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Exploratory Drilling proposed for possible molybdenum ore body, USFS

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Timber Salvage operations will limit firewood gathering, USFS

Bitterroot NF: Forest Service Announces Plans for Spring Noxious Weed Treatment, USFS

Bitterroot NF: Trapper Bunkhouse Land Stewardship Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Released, USFS

Idaho Panhandle N.F. St. Maries School District To Celebrate "Biomass" Grant Award - Use of Woody Biomass Will Heat School for Less; Help Forest to Reduce Wildfire Risk, USFS

Two Open Houses Planned for Coeur d'Alene River District Travel Plan Project , USFS

Idaho Panhandle N.F. "Green It & Clean It" Day A Big Success For Girl Scouts, Forest Service Employees, USFS

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act: Bill introduced to expand wilderness areas, create jobs - Chairmen of the House Natural Resources Committee and the relevant subcommittee have both signed on as sponsors of the bill, Star-Tribune

Bill would ban development on 23 million acres across the Northern Rockies, Great Falls Tribune AP

Carole King Joins Reps. Maloney & Shays in Support of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, American Chronicle: Congressional Desk

Golden Pen Award: Precious 3% of state remains wilderness, Billings Gazette letter

Montana range deserves wilderness protection, The Wilderness Society

A Libby man will serve three years in prison for planting a pipe bomb at the U.S. Forest Service office in Troy, The Western News

Top justices convene: Hearing in Missoula focuses on 1996 snowmobile accident - Forest Service was 40 percent responsible, Missoulian

Long-awaited water compact hailed, Billings Gazette

Public invited to comment on Idaho roadless areas, Ag Weekly

Forest Service, state agree on water compact, Missoulian

Governor to sign water right compact Tuesday in Missoula, Missoulian

Cutting edge: Small-wood workshop looks at new technologies, Missoulian

Why's the Missoulian Misleading the Public? - Distorting the News in a Timber Company Town, New West Network

Cooperating to get forest results, Helena Independent Record op-ed

Beaverhead Deerlodge NF: JeffCo commission discusses Partnership Strategy proposal, Helena Independent Record

Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Environmentalists ask judge to review Basin Creek logging, The Montana Standard

Both sides sue Gallatin Forest over travel plan, Great Falls Tribune AP

Forest Service awards companies grants for new biomass projects, Great Falls Tribune

Kalispell firm gets 'woody biomass' grant, Daily InterLake

Trout Unlimited buys Rocky Mountain Front petroleum leases, Helena Independent Record

Morel mania: Morel harvesters will be picking and grinning near Big Timber, Great Falls Tribune

The magnificent morel, The Washington Times

A sappy tale: the story of the maple, Great Falls Tribune

Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field 4/19/07, New West Network

State chops feds' fee for Mt. Evans - Arapaho - Roosevelt NF illegally charged travelers for 10 years, Denver Post

U.S. Forest Service has little time, lots of work, Mountain Mail

Forest treatments get final OK, Summit Daily News

Public seems unaware of threat to trees, Summit Daily News

Mount Evans Fee Caught in Impasse - CDOT outs the toll troll, New West Network

State of Colorado Takes Charge, New West Network

FS Digging Its Own Grave, New West Network

Forest funds doled out, Summit Daily News

Breck mine waste plan faces credibility gap, Summit Daily News

Local forest under new leadership, Aspen Daily News

Putting damper on beetle-wrought fire risk, Denver Post

Storm clouds brew over radio tower, The Coloradoan

Colorado vs. the Army, Rocky Mountain News editorial

Prairie dog poisoning draws fire, Star-Tribune

Greater Yellowstone Coalition and Wilderness Society join Blue Ribbon Coalition and Western Senators to oppose Northern Rockies Wilderness Bill, Demarcated Landscapes

Greater Yellowstone wilderness federal bill has little hope - Few see future in area eco act, Jackson Hole News

West's forest-health funds cut, The Denver Post

Long-term fire forecast grim, Durango Herald

Planned buyout of Ophir mining lease gets $850,000 federal boost, The Daily Sentinel

Arkansas Headwaters: Rafting survey indicates happy customers: Research social scientist Jennifer Farnum at the USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station, Mountain Mail

Rue Logging, a Colorado Company, Wins National Forest Service Award, USFS Rocky Mountain Region

White River Forest announces fuels reduction project, USFS

Forest to consider projects at Snowmass. USFS

White River NF: Alpine coaster proposed at Vail, USFS

San Juan NF: Record of Decision Released for Northern San Juan Basin Coalbed Methane Project - Road and well-pad construction will result in direct impacts to about 5000 acres within the 20,111-acre inventoried roadless area, USFS

San Juan NF: Pagosa Public Lands Spring Update , USFS

San Juan NF: Permits for Forest Products, Pagosa Public Lands Office, USFS

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act: Bill introduced to expand wilderness areas, create jobs - Chairmen of the House Natural Resources Committee and the relevant subcommittee have both signed on as sponsors of the bill, Star-Tribune

Bill would ban development on 23 million acres across the Northern Rockies, Great Falls Tribune AP

Carole King Joins Reps. Maloney & Shays in Support of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, American Chronicle: Congressional Desk

Shoshone National Forest: Forest plan revision meetings delayed, USFS

Medicine Bow NF: Laramie Forest Service Visitor Services Moved to South Entrance for Remodel, USFS

Medicine Bow NF: Public Comments Requested for Snowy Range Scenic Byway - Phase I Proposed Actions . USFS

Black Hills NF: 30% Savings Now on Forest Day Use Passes , USFS

Black Hills NF: Resource Advisory Committee Invites Project Proposals, USFS

Black Hills NF: 15th Annual Island in the Plains Archaeological and Historical Symposium Scheduled, USFS

Go get a shovel; It's time to plant a tree, Omaha World-Herald

Ten shade trees to plant more of in Nebraska - by region, Omaha World-Herald

Vail Resorts and National Forest Foundation Distribute Funds for Conservation Projects, CO Skiiing

Forest Service hopes to scrap slope "shacks" - When huts become nuisance, it's time to go, The Denver Post

Ritter blasts federal cuts in fire funding, Rocky Mountain News

Colorado bracing for 'very active' wildfire season, Ritter says, The Coloradoan AP

Do the beetles scare you? - Researchers in Illinois are studying public perceptions of the bark beetle epidemic in Vail, Vail Daily News

What to name a peak that didn't measure up?, The Mountain Mail

The politics of the Breck mine waste plan, Summit Daily News

Mine waste plan still spurring questions from some residents, Summit Daily News

Open house to focus on Claimjumper mine waste project, USFS

OHVs: Hunting's Hydra?, New West Network

USDA Rey lauds Mangas project, Silver City Sun-News

Forest service aims to wipe out weed, plant by plant, The New Mexican

Carson NF: N.M. wild horses still up for adoption, Las Cruces Sun-News

Workshop to focus on travel in Lincoln National Forest, Carlsbad Current-Argus

Village TEAMS up with U.S. Forest Service on Eagle Creek study, Ruidoso News

Cibola NF: Forest Service Cleaning Mill Site Near Magdalena, Mountain Mail

Santa Fe NF: County to set goals for Rendija parcel, Los Alamos Monitor

Pair of Endangered Wolves Released Into Remote Area of Gila NF, Albuquerque Journal

Wolf Pack Moved to New Mexico's Gila Wilderness, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Continental Divide Trail making headway through Gila and beyond, Silver City Sun-News

Man not deterred by 4-year trek along Continental Divide Trail, Silver City Sun-News

Hiker to start 3,100-mile walk next Thursday, Las Cruces Sun-News

Trail gets new life, Farmington Daily Times

Bill would protect N.M.'s treasured land - National Landscape Conservation System covers 26 million acres that include many geological wonders, New Mexican

BLM Working to Restore N.M. , Albuquerque Journal

Oil and gas industry's CUPID will be out in force, Farmington Daily Times

US Forest Service Agrees to Historic Settlement in case of Apache-Sitgreaves Wild Horses - Forest Service Agrees to Preserve Wild Horse Territory, To Create Management Strategy for Territory & for Wild Horses in Apache-Sitgreaves Forests, In Defense of Animals ~ News

Help Protect the Heber Wild Horses - Urge officials to ensure that the Forest Service creates a humane management plan, IDA eNews: Indybay

Fee-for-all on public lands - Recreation revenue, private interests are making areas less accessible to us, Tucson Citizen

Senators advance fee for off-road vehicles on public land, roads, Arizona Daily Star

Tonto NF: Carolta copper mine construction begins soon - A river runs through it, Globe Silver Belt

Here Today Gone Tomorrow: The Story of an Endangered Stream, AZEENET Magazine archives

Apaches, Yavapais oppose Resolution Copper Land Exchange, Apache Moccasin at Globe Silver Belt

Reader believes we are bullied by federal government, Eastern Arizona Courier

North Kaibab Ranger District to reconstruct Jacob Lake campground, The Spectrum

McGinn talks forest, Alamogordo Daily News

Carson NF: Wild horses need good homes, New Mexican

Trailblazers - Volunteers navigate politics, community opposition and rough conditions to complete the Continental Divide Trail in New Mexico, The New Mexican

Bingaman's Plan Preserves Land, Albuquerque Journal editorial

State Land Office Must Obey Its Own Ground Rules, Albuquerque Journal editorial

Off-road forest driving set for ban, Arizona Daily Sun

Coconino forest's off-road trails may bite the dust by '09 - Riders fret, say they will lose their recreation, Arizona Daily Star AP

Coconino National Forest mulls off-road vehicle ban, KVOA News

Coconino National Forest: National Trails Day Event - May 5, USFS

Unpaid citation on public lands? Use 'Safe Surrender', East Valley Tribune

Firefighting helicopter ready for action, The Payson Roundup

Tonto postpones forest plan public meetings, USFS

Pinaleño Reforestation Efforts Beginning - The Safford Ranger District is requesting your concerns and/or comments on a proposed new planting (reforestation) project, Coronado National Forest [doc]

State Highway 366 to Riggs Lake Opens May 10, 2007, Coronado National Forest [doc]

Gila National Forest: Sheep Basin Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, USFS

Gila NF: U.S. Dep't of Ag Under Secretary Mark Rey To Recognize Grant County Conservationists, USFS

Carson NF: Return of native cutthroat trout begins in spring, The Taos News at The Sangre de Cristo Chronicle

Lincoln NF: Quairoli takes damage assessment flight of insect infestation, Alamogordo Daily News

Apache Sitgreaves NFs: Pigeon Prescribed Burn Scheduled During The Spring Hunts, USFS

Celebrate Earth Day with River Restoration Tree-Planting Event, Forest Guardians

New Mexico Wild Lands Need Your Help, The Wilderness Society

Santa Fe Air Taking Steps to Offset Carbon Emissions - Funds From Flights Donated For Re-Forestation, Aero-News Network

Tree removal open for comment - Forest Service seeks input before clearing village outskirts, Alamogordo Daily News

Beset by bugs, Silver City Sun-News

Forest Guild hears CFRP contract update from Cibola NF, Cibola County Beacon

Proposed Biomass Power Plant May Be Closer to Reality, Mountain View Telegraph

Bill Aims to Create Preserves , Albuquerque Journal

Gila Forest gets interim leader, Silver City Sun-News

Rio Ruidoso not so "ruidoso", Ruidoso News

RMS students assist Forest Service by mapping out hiking trails, Ruidoso News

Smokey Bear Playground project delayed, Ruidoso News

Smokey Bear brings awareness to fire season danger, Carlsbad Current-Argus

Feds help some in Az avoid arrests, The Arizona Republic

Enter Sabino free, but donate to repair trails, Tucson Citizen

Sabino fixes could be done by fall - Group wants Forest Service to study impact of Sabino Canyon reconstruction, Arizona Daily Star

Coronado NF: Wildfire could have been worse; pocket on Carr Peak was sheltered from the winds, Douglas Dispatch

Council member seeks Snowbowl contract review, Arizona Daily Sun

Flagstaff council member seeks review of Snowbowl contract, WLNS News

A new way to beautify canyons? - Providence looks at utility bill checkoffs to fund forest work, The Herald Journal

Utah native plants class, Deseret News

Protecting home from wildland fire is owner's responsibility, Reno Gazette Journal

Senate needs to stand against forest fees, Twin Falls Times-News

Farewell, Ed -Longtime Forest Service spokesman set to retire, Twin Falls Times-News

With many trails still closed, Forest Service asks trail users to stay off muddy areas, Idaho Mountain Express

Bridger-Teton NF: 'Drilled full of holes?' - Scenic Wyoming area could be site of proposed drilling, Casper Star-Tribune

Bridger-Teton National Forest and Hoback Ranches drilling development, Jackson Hole News

Greater Yellowstone wilderness federal bill has little hope - Few see future in area eco act, Jackson Hole News

Greater Yellowstone Coalition and Wilderness Society join Blue Ribbon Coalition and Western Senators to oppose Northern Rockies Wilderness Bill, Demarcated Landscapes

Payette NF: Decision Signed for Mushroom Harvest, USFS

Payette Forest Files Notice of Intent to Supplement EIS, USFS

Dixie NF: Ranger District Stewardship Project for Cedar Mountain Now Accepting Comments, USFS

Salmon-Challis NF: 30-day Extension to the Comment Period for the Idaho Cobalt Draft EIS , USFS [pdf]

Sawtooth NRA Proposes Cell Tower on Galena Summit, USFS

Sawtooth National Recreation Area (NRA) is proposing to obliterate and restore approximately 7 miles of user-created routes in the Alturas Lake Area, USFS

Sawtooth NF: Snowmobile closure in snowcat skiing area lifted above Soldier Mountain Ski Area , USFS

Sawtooth NF proposes activities to rehabilitate habitat in the Little Smoky Creek drainage, USFS

Sawtooth NF proposes activities to rehabilitate habitat in the Copper Creek drainage, USFS

Utah Earth Day activities kick off early, The Salt Lake Tribune

Travel restrictions anger Alta residents - New Forest Service rule says over-snow vehicles can only run before 8 a.m., after 5 p.m., Salt Lake Tribune

Utah fighting the laws of the land - The state is helping pay for legal challenges to federal jurisdiction, much of it, critics say, without oversight, Los Angeles Times

Judge tells ranchers to foot own legal bills, Salt Lake Tribune

Utah wilderness deserves our protection, Writers on the Range

Lyon Board approves use of park tax funds for Wilson Canyon trail grant match with Toiyabe NF, Reno Gazette Journal

Bridger-Teton NF: FLREA Notice of New Fee Site, Federal Register

Residents, users voice opposition to Wyoming Range drilling, Planet Jackson Hole News

Public invited to comment on Idaho roadless areas, Ag Weekly

USFS considers funding for new Tahoe projects, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Cleanup day makes a dent, Gardnerville Record-Courier

Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho: NOI to prepare an EIS, Federal Register

NOI to prepare a supplement to the Final EIS for the Southwest Idaho Ecogroup (SWIEG) Revised Land and Resource Management Plans, Federal Register

Sawtooth NF: Cell tower proposed for Galena Summit - Structure designed to look like evergreen tree, Idaho Mountain Express

Changes afoot for Sawtooth forest recreation, Twin Falls Times-News

Forest Service wants to cut down bug infested trees in Sawtooths, KTVB News

Conifer losses alarm residents - Sawtooth NRA expert offers preventive advice and care tips, Idaho Mountain Express

Idaho Cobalt project by no means cheap - or quick, Idaho Business Review

Bridger-Teton NF: Groups oppose timber harvest, Star-Tribune

DeBoer video fails to convict dog owner - Bridger-Teton LEO tickets man who walks, Jackson Hole News & Guide

Bridger-Teton NF: Hoback Wells meeting today, Jackson Hole News & Guide

Fire spending needs a dose of prevention, Redding Record Searchlight editorial

An Earth Day perspective on handling wildland fires, Napa Valley Register

A.V. rally slated, but Angeles forest is off limits, LA Daily News

Forest Service plans to thin Tahoe woods, Nevada Appeal

Budgets tight on Forest land, Sierra Sun

Bike club funds toilet cleanup - Forest Service doesn't have money to maintain facilities due to budget cuts, The Union

Gate to sheriff's island likely to stay, Sierra Star

Shasta-Trinity NF: California Mudflow Vegetation Management Project NOI to prepare an EIS, Federal Register

Trees planted by the thousands in Old Fire footprint, San Bernardino County Sun

Wildfire group stresses need for supertanker, Riverside Press-Enterprise

Curbing the high fire threat, San Bernardino County Sun

Restoration by partnership, Mendocino Beacon

California Backs Lowering Formaldehyde in Wood, ENN Reuters

Local logging rules don't make sense, Santa Cruz Sentinel

Corpus Christi branch of federal bankruptcy court rules for Maxxam/Hurwitz, North Coast Journal

California Resolution Memorializes the President and Congress to repeal the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), and prohibits charging recreational visitor fees on any federal lands in California except National Parks, AJR 21- Assembly Joint Resolution

Tahoe NF: A new lament in the great outdoors -- padlocked privies, Sacramento Bee

Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Oil and Gas Drilling on Los Padres National Forest, E-Wire

Groups sue to block new Los Padres drilling, Bakersfield Californian

Ecology lawsuit seeks to halt more drilling in forest, LA Daily News

Environmental groups sue to stop oil drilling in Los Padres, San Jose Mercury AP

A New Ranger In Town for San Bernardino National Forest Mountaintop District, Big Bear Grizzly

Community is Invited to Fire Prevention Awareness Program, The Pine Tree

Green power may ruin pristine land in California - Transmission lines from some green power sources would cut through forests and wildlife refuges, Christian Science Monitor

Skyscrapers of nature: 'Wild Trees', Christian Science Monitor

SPI's latest log plans protested, The Union Democrat

You can't have forest fires without trees, Modesto Bee

Tiburon students part of global effort ot monitor shorebird migration, Marin Independent Journal

Protecting our forests, Santa Maria Times

Pacific Lumber case to be tried in Texas - Judge rules home state of parent is correct venue, San Francisco Chronicle

Suit filed over Headwaters logging deal, San Francisco Chronicle

Former state forestry officials sue Pacific Lumber, Monterey Herald

Plumas NF: U.S. Forest Service trains on Oroville Dam, Oroville Mercury Register

Sequoia Forest area temporarily closed to hikers, climbers, Visalia Times-Delta

Tahoe NF: Forest Service eyes new 4-wheel roads, Sierra Sun at Nevada Appeal

Tahoe NF: Vandals wreak havoc on park, The Union

USFS considers funding for new Tahoe projects, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Cleanup day makes a dent, Gardnerville Record-Courier

Wildhaven Property Dispute, Lake Arrowhead Mountain-News

Changes in plan to protect owl raise concerns about NW forests, Seattle Times

Owl vs. owl sets stage for intervention - Invaders: U.S. officials consider shooting barred owls that threaten the spotted species, The Oregonian

Two sides clash over spotted owl protection, The Register-Guard

U.S. proposes selectively killing cousins of threatened owl, Register-Guard AP

Owls at Odds: White House proposes killing spotted owl rival, The Columbian

Environmentalists say feds trying to weaken spotted-owl forest plan, Seattle Times

Spotted owl plan in jeopardy - Rewriting science: D.C. bureaucrats pick apart scientists' proposal, Post-Intelligencer

Spotted Owl: Stick with science, Post-Intelligencer editorial

Spotted owl in protection quarrel again, The Olympian

Spotted owl became symbol in 1990s controversy, Seattle Times

2 options offered to save spotted owl, The Washington Times

It's deadly for these birds of a feather to flock together - Feds may try to save spotted owls by killing some of species' dangerous rivals, Houston Chronicle

Draft Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) available for comment, Federal Register

Northern Spotted Owl Draft Recovery Plan Released, US Fish and Wildlife Service

2007 Draft Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl Now Available for Public Comment, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Mapping the future of the Mt. Hood National Forest - Online survey to help with Forest Service action plan, The Sandy Post

Mount Hood: Driving ourselves crazy, or another traffic tale from the west, Writers on the Range

Linn votes to buy Clear Lake resort, Albany Democrat-Herald

Saving a wild part of Washington - forever, Tacoma News Tribune

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF: Volunteers fill void in repair of hiking trails, Post-Intelligencer

Spring is in the air in the Twin Lakes Area - America the Beautiful pass creates fees challenge, Baxter Bulletin

Biological science will best restore forest ecosystems, Statesman Journal

Forests for a Richer Future - A Vision for Oregon's Forests, Envision Oregon

Foresters do sustainable, good work, Register-Guard

Timber payments cut to one year in compromise bill, Coos Bay World AP

Timber payments plan angers lawmakers - One-year funding extension is proposed over Senate's 5-year plan; Bush veto threatened, Statesman Journal

Okanogan NF: Wilderness retreat center on Lake Chelan faces massive increase in federal fees, Seattle Times

Old trees store more carbon, Register-Guard letter

Revise thinking about forests, Register-Guard letter

Willamette NF: Linn buys Clear Lake Resort, Albany Democrat-Herald

Umpqua NF: Trail repairs made to crushed bridge, The News-Review

Winter hammered Mt. Hood National Forest, Statesman Journal

Olympic NF: State says feds should step up to the plate and fix Forest Service roads, The Daily World

Mount St. Helens' visitor center told of end of line, The Olympian

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act: Bill introduced to expand wilderness areas, create jobs - Chairmen of the House Natural Resources Committee and the relevant subcommittee have both signed on as sponsors of the bill, Star-Tribune

Bill would ban development on 23 million acres across the Northern Rockies, Great Falls Tribune AP

Carole King Joins Reps. Maloney & Shays in Support of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, American Chronicle: Congressional Desk

Cantwell Calls on BLM to Rethink Plans for Mine Near Mt. St. Helens, Yuba.net

Black Crater Fire timber sale appealed, Nugget News

Democrats could really help our forests, The Daily Astorian

Linn seeks Clear Lake deal, Albany Democrat-Herald

Weyerhaeuser eyes growth sectors - Timber firm sizes up the market, Post-Intelligencer

Weyerhaeuser looks toward greener future, News Tribune