NATIONAL NEWS
Western fires: the next Katrina? - A virtual blank check for the war in Iraq is shortchanging American disaster programs at home,
Idaho Mountain Express editorial
Sacred Lands, Sewer Snow - American Indians fight to stop an Arizona ski resort from making snow out of sewage water,
In These Times
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Western fires: the next Katrina? - A virtual blank check for the war in Iraq is shortchanging American disaster programs at home,
Idaho Mountain Express editorial
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Agency Aims to Improve Habitat for Sheep - U.S. Forest Service
wants to fell hundreds of juniper trees in North Dakota's Badlands to improve habitat for transplanted bighorn sheep, in a state known as the least-forested in the nation,
San Francisco Chronicle
Keeping it Wild - Ambitious cooperative grassroots group project aims to add 87,000 acres to wilderness areas, open new land to snowmobilers, restore habitats and build a $7 million biomass electricity plant,
Helena Independent Record
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Greening Griffith Park - Before reseeding, city officials should wait to see how native plants fare in the aftermath of fire,
Los Angeles 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.
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin
