Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Group says new parks pass too expensive, Jackson Hole News & Guide
An Inconvenient Tree, Wall Street Journal
Climate Change May Not Encourage Tree Growth, Environment News Service [$]
Forest Guild Releases Analysis of Wildfire Risk Reduction on Federal Lands - Federal Record Keeping Weak; Community Participation Crucial to Success, Forest Guild
Single Microbe Yields Ethanol, Plus Eco-Friendly Glue, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Breaking Down Walls - Lignin biofuel barrier, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Biofuel causing environmental crisis - Palm tree plantations which produce palm oil used in many bio fuels blends are causing a new environmental disaster in Indonesian rainforests, Reuters
For-sale signs pop up on U.S. timberlands - Price tags put pressure on Temple-Inland to get out of the forest business, MarketWatch
Judge Orders Trees Cut Down - Neighbors are complaining the trees look a mess, WTVD News
Taylor Guitars, Greenpeace Singing a New Tune About Sitka Spruce - Environmental Activists, Guitar Maker Push for Change in Logging Practices, San Diego Business Journal

Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Slow But Sure -- Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally, Oregon State University - Science Daily
Fire study: Trees return on their own - OSU forestry research results may help managers decide whether to log and replant, Oregonian

... and ground below should chasten the feds, San Antonio Express-News editorial
GMUG plan, comments on hold, Montrose Daily Press
Roadless Areas in Tongass National Forest Get Logging Reprieve - Forest Service must rewrite land management plan, accept comments, Earthjustice
Group to consider each R.S. 2477 claim, The Clark Fork Chronicle
Poll Shows Voters Support Federal Action to Protect Family Forests - Coalition Unites to Support Funding for Forests in the Farm Bill, The Nature Conservancy
WORLD NEWS
Uganda: Why the Demo Turned Violent, The Monitor (Kampala)
Asians targeted in deadly Uganda protest - Four people, at least two of Asian descent, were killed when a protest to save a rain forest turned into a riot, Miam Herald AP
Rainforest destruction in Africa, Greenpeace International

Forests: Woodlands or wastelands?, Czech Business Weekly
New tool in war on ash borer, London Free Press

Big cheques to Liberals means bad news for Boreal - Greenpeace reveals political donations from Quebec forest industry members, Greenpeace
Forest deserves preservation, The Powell River Peak
Save the trees and save taxes, Whidbey News Times
Log exports costing jobs, North Island Gazette
Stanley Park timber worth $1 million to city - Board announces plan to turn toppled trees into revenue in city's storm-damaged crown jewel, Vancouver Sun
Alberta declares emergency over pine beetle infestation - Trees infected in Kananaskis Country next door to national parks, CanWest News
What does the beetle eat?, Halifax, The Daily News
New report reveals rapid deforestation in Ontario as disposable products take toll - Intact Boreal Forest disappearing one Kleenex at a time, Newswire
'Legacy' trails proposal raises questions - VANOC plans to cut down more than 38 hectares of 250-year-old trees to make way for recreation trails, the Whistler Question
The erosion of remoteness, Northern Ontario Business

RM32 mil kickbacks for Sarawak timber, Malaysiakini at Guyana Forestry Blog

Treetop protestor marks 100th day aloft - Perched reverend waging battle against plans to build golf course on mountain, The Hankyoreh
Reds burn P7-M worth of logging equipment, Balita News - The Philippines
Army slams rebels over torching firm, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro

Bye-bye 'Borneo', The Japan Times
"The Thousand-Headed Snake" , Environmental Investigation Agency [pdf]
Biofuel causing environmental crisis - Palm tree plantations which produce palm oil used in many bio fuels blends are causing a new environmental disaster in Indonesian rainforests, Reuters

'No gag order issued', New Straits Times

Illegal logging not reported, Country News -Australia

Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
More rainforests might slow global warming, United Press International

Vast forests with trees each worth £4,000 sold for a few bags of sugar - Congo village chiefs not told value of concessions · World Bank blamed over deals causing 'catastrophe', The Guardian
Seeing the wood for the trees - We are calling on the UK government and the World Bank to protect the Congo rainforest, Guardian comment



Save our holy lands: UN to preserve sacred sites - In Cambodia, for example, thousands of trees have been ordained as Buddhist monks, UK Independent

Logging in park probable, The Powell River Peak

Palm oil: the biofuel of the future driving an ecological disaster now - Forests are being ripped out to make way for biofuels plantations, The Guardian


NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Judge allows logging dead trees - Logging injunction lifted in Basin Creek area, Billings Gazette


Hot on the trail - Bigfork students help to keep area around the Swan River nature path safe from hazards, including wildfires, Daily InterLake

Group to consider each R.S. 2477 claim, The Clark Fork Chronicle
A duty to keep roads open, Helena Independent Record
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Reefer sadness at Snowmass - White River NF orders removal of smoke shacks at Snowmass, Summit Daily News
Boon or boondoggle?, Summit Daily News

Bush officials appeal roadless rules, Helena Independent Record
Lower Blue logging approved, Summit Daily News
Parks nominee Lyle Laverty not above debate - Running parks as business, The Denver Post



GMUG plan, comments on hold, Montrose Daily Press
EIS released on HD drilling, Pine River Times
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Rule-breaking ATVs make forest dangerous, Prescott Daily Courier editorial
77 Acres Donated to Preserve adjacent to Santa Fe NF, Albuquerque Journal
Duke City Buys Hawkwatch Land adjacent to Cibola NF Sandia wilderness, Albuquerque Journal

Privatizing forests not the answer, Arizona Daily Sun letter
Why not Canyon Bungee-jumping after Skywalk?, Arizona Daily Sun editorial

Save the Verde River, Verde Independent

It Was A Snow Job Either Way, The Industry Report
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming


Wasatch-Cache NF: Barren fields turn into new wildlife habitat - New plants to bolster N. Utah deer herd, Salt Lake Tribune
Speak now or forever hold your peace - Monday is the last day for official comments on Bald Mountain master plan, Idaho Mountain Express
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Friday the 13th protest decries acts of 'Logzilla' - Critics rally against forest practices of Sierra Pacific Industries, Inside Bay Area
Small town's residents fight clear-cut proposal - Sierra Pacific says plans will not affect Manton watershed, Redding Record Searchlight
Clear-cutting worsens forest-fire hazards, Redding Record Searchlight
Beating back wilderness, Big Bear Grizzly


Bono bill would create arsonist database, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Wild mushrooms less precarious than feared - Overharvesting isn't such a big problem after all, experts say, San Francisco Chronicle

Quest for Mt. Whitney, The Orange County Register
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Green plans have some seeing red - Buildings - A proposed rule could reduce the use of Oregon wood, one side says, Oregonian
We need to manage our forests, Register Guard op-ed
County cuts would be painful, Register-Guard op-ed
Project looks at trees for biofuel - Weyerhaeuser will research other raw sources of ethanol, Post-Intelligencer
National forest volunteer training begins in May - There are a variety of opportunities available outdoors, Statesman Journal
DeFazio says he's happy holding the gavel - Congressman more interested in staying in the House than launching bid for Sen. Gordon Smith's seat, The News-Review


Witness the vanishing forests Washington's heritage of vast timberland is being subdivided, Daily Astorian editorial
Jefferson Award, Mark Boyar: A future is bridged for the wild in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF, Post-Intelligencer
Fire study: Trees return on their own - OSU forestry research results may help managers decide whether to log and replant, Oregonian
Slow But Sure -- Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally, Oregon State University - Science Daily

Don't tie counties' hands, Daily Astorian editorial
Increased timber harvests urged as budgetary solution - Property-rights group will hold rally Friday outside Medford library, Mail Tribune
Our vanishing forests - State might need new nickname, Tacoma News Tribune
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Pisgah Forest: Heritage Celebration, Asheville Citizen-Times
Judge Orders Trees Cut Down - Neighbors are complaining the trees look a mess, WTVD News


Set fires clear way for nature - Prescribed burns help George Washington National Forest and test Forest Service crews, Richmond Times Dispatch
A `whitewater park' proposed for Nantahala - Project would rearrange river's dangerous rapid, Charlotte Observer

EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Tree-cutting warrants punishment, Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
PSNH plan for wood-fired plant killed, Golden Dome News at Laconia Citizen
Continue to keep Adirondacks open to all, Utica Observer-Dispatch editorial
A nasty web sight, Portland Press Herald
Pellet power, Portland Press Herald
Fungus Eyed as Stopper of Ash-Killing Beetle, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Single Microbe Yields Ethanol, Plus Eco-Friendly Glue, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Breaking Down Walls - Lignin biofuel barrier, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Money coming to Highlands, Philadelphia Inquirer
Grant helps town preserve 81 acres, Kent County Daily Times

The juggernaut rolls on, The Times Observer editorial, Warren, Pennsylvania
Bill funds International Wolf Center renovations - The Forest Service is moving to new quarters by fall, leaving 1,000 square feet of additional space for the center, Timberjay News

ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
Taylor Guitars, Greenpeace Singing a New Tune About Sitka Spruce - Environmental Activists, Guitar Maker Push for Change in Logging Practices, San Diego Business Journal