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NATIONAL NEWS
Dems, lawyers bash expanded use of categorical exclusions, E&E Daily at American Lands Alliance
Closing the National Forests, The Source Weekly editorial

Tahoe blaze puts focus on homeowners' prevention efforts - The wildfire shows that residents need to minimize the risk on their own properties, analysts say, CS Monitor
Living in forests demands a new fire consensus, Redding Record Searchlight editorial
A perfect recipe for Tahoe blaze - Despite efforts to thin overgrowth, the Angora fire had plenty of fuel, and extreme weather, Los Angeles Times
Lake Tahoe fire could have been prevented -- Sen. Craig, Land Letter at American Lands Alliance
Clear forests to prevent devastating fires, Contra Costa Times editorial
Illegal Campfire Sparked Tahoe Blaze, San Francisco Chronicle

Big Rainbow influx ahead, Harrison Daily Times
Ancient oak serves as impartial witness to Utah's climate history - 5,000-year-old tree at This Is the Place a living fossil, Salt Lake Tribune
A buried treasure of trees - A Washington state man unearths a petrified forest, covered by lava 15 million years ago while still upright, Los Angeles Times
Your wilderness for sale, cheaply - Thousands of hectares of publicly owned wilderness will be systematically sold to private landholders at a fraction of market value, Sydney Morning Herald

Crowd aims fury at regional panel - Forest Service (TRPA) criticized for failing to allow adequate clearing of combustible materials, Los Angeles Times
Thinning falls short against fire - Forest Service records show that since 1997, none of the thinning projects around Lake Tahoe have been appealed, San Jose Mercury News
Raging Tahoe Fire's Roots: 150 Years of Forest Abuse - Area has history of mismanagement, San Francisco Chronicle
A house in the woods, Helena Independent Record

Budget Cuts Reduce Forest Service Facilities - W.O. & R.O.'s implementing recreation cuts, not Congress or Bush, Curry Coastal Pilot
This Land Was My Land, Wild Wilderness
Ranchers lose out in court ruling - Ranchers claimed a property right on a grazing allotment in the Gila National Forest, Silver City Sun-News AP

Loss of Trees Compounds Urban Pollution, Wall Street Journal blog
Jungles drink up greenhouse gases - They absorb 2.4 tons of human-produced carbon dioxide a year, a study by Colorado scientists shows, Denver Post
Scientists Close in on Missing Carbon Sink - Forests in the United States and other northern mid- and upper-latitude regions are playing a smaller role in offsetting global warming than previously thought, Newswise Science News
Study finds tropics absorb more CO2 than previously believed - Missing carbon is in the tropics, not temperate forests, Mongabay News
Rapid deforestation poses warming threat, Miami Herald at Forests.org
WORLD NEWS

Indonesia: 'There is an answer to the haze', Jakarta Post at Forests.org
Thailand: Advance Agro's greenwash, World Rainforest Movement
Your wilderness for sale, cheaply - Thousands of hectares of publicly owned wilderness will be systematically sold to private landholders at a fraction of market value, Sydney Morning Herald

Trees and Jobs Wasted in Rush to Beat Beetle, Study Warns, Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives
A catalog of insults to forests, Des Moines Register

Dr. Galdikas Delivers an Informative Presentation about the Endangered Orangutan - Illegal logging and palm oil plantations have significantly diminished the size of the orangutan's habitat, ESRI UC Blog
Soya king changes face of pampas - The GM crop has saved Argentina's economy - but now threatens the survival of its forests, The Observer

Ethanol from beetle timber, Prince George Free Press
Canada's oil sands development an economic boon, but leaves a mess - Development of Canada's oil sands is laying waste to its great northern boreal forest, Yahoo! News AFP
Canadians Urged to Go Green Even When They're Gone - People like the idea of going back to the earth and creating a tree instead of a crowded cemetery, Reuters

Darfur conflict heralds era of wars triggered by climate change, UN report warns - Arab nomads - pushed southwards by drought - are cutting down trees to feed their camels, Guardian

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Congress aims at unwanted roads, Billings Gazette AP
Eye on Congress Update - June, 2007, American Lands Alliance
Lake Tahoe fire could have been prevented -- Sen. Craig, Land Letter at American Lands Alliance

Griles gets 10 months in prison - Convicted criminal was once deputy Secretary of the Interior, The Hill

Budget Cuts Reduce Forest Service Facilities - W.O. & R.O.'s implementing recreation cuts, not Congress or Bush, Curry Coastal Pilot
This Land Was My Land, New York Times
Have Mercy on Steven Griles !? - Convicted criminal was once deputy Secretary of the Interior, Wild Wilderness
Greenwire Breaks Story on Griles "Community Service", The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Dr. Seuss and the public good, Helena Independent Record

A house in the woods, Helena Independent Record
No longer packin' it in, Helena Independent Record
FOB's mission is forest protection, Ravalli Republic letter

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Village appeals to build roads - Wolf Creek developers: Work would not greatly disturb ground, Durango Herald
After the boom, a new gold mine, Telluride Daily Planet

Colorado's roadless debate revs up in Washington, D.C. - Some say Ritter's plan is best, others argue for Clinton's, Summit Daily News
OHV users speak out, Aspen Times letter

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Lincoln needs help, now, Alamogordo Daily News letter
Wilderness Worthy of Domenici Touch ??, Albuquerque Journal editorial
Parts of New Mexico's Otero Canyon still off-limits to mountain bikers - Next step is for the Air Force to begin NEPA process to assess uses for about 400 acres and consider turning it over to the U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque Tribune
Aztec public lands in trouble, Farmington Daily Times letter

Thinning Trees Won't Save Aquifer, Mountain View Telegraph
Chopping, spraying approved, Alamogordo Daily News
Proceed cautiously with spraying, Alamogordo Daily News op-ed
Forest must be shared, Alamogordo Daily News

Ranchers lose out in court ruling - Ranchers claimed a property right on a grazing allotment in the Gila National Forest, Silver City Sun-News AP
Lincoln NF: Insect samples taken, Alamogordo Daily News
Otero Electric not top of power pole - Lincoln NF restricts access to some power pole corridors, Alamogordo Daily News
Who will pay the bill? - It may sound cold-hearted, but wildlife depredation is one of the risks of doing business in the Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo Daily News editorial
Nuts about pecans, New Mexican AP
Kirtland Drops Plan For Fence in withdrawn Cibola NF lands, Mountain View Telegraph
Otero's Trails Closer to Open , Mountain View Telegraph editorial

Trashing Wing Mountain, Arizona Daily Sun
The Dehydrated States of America - Pinyon pine dieoff a harbinger of the great dry to come, Globe and Mail
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Tahoe blaze puts focus on homeowners' prevention efforts - The wildfire shows that residents need to minimize the risk on their own properties, analysts say, CS Monitor
Living in forests demands a new fire consensus, Redding Record Searchlight editorial
A perfect recipe for Tahoe blaze - Despite efforts to thin overgrowth, the Angora fire had plenty of fuel, and extreme weather, Los Angeles Times
Lake Tahoe fire could have been prevented -- Sen. Craig, Land Letter at American Lands Alliance
Clear forests to prevent devastating fires, Contra Costa Times editorial
Governor tours 12,000-acre fire near Tehachapi - State of California has thousands of square miles of forests that are ill because of overcrowding, dead trees, and doesn't have enough loggers in this state to harvest them even with logging permits, LA Daily News

New Fact Sheet Describes the Potential Danger from Thermal Springs in Eastern California - U.S. Forest Service closed portions of the Hot Creek Geologic Site in June 2006, USGS News Release

Crowd aims fury at regional panel - Forest Service (TRPA) criticized for failing to allow adequate clearing of combustible materials, Los Angeles Times
Thinning falls short against fire - Forest Service records show that since 1997, none of the thinning projects around Lake Tahoe have been appealed, San Jose Mercury News
Raging Tahoe Fire's Roots: 150 Years of Forest Abuse - Area has history of mismanagement, San Francisco Chronicle

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Closing the National Forests, The Source Weekly editorial
Bush Administration: Too cozy by half, Post-Intelligencer editorial
On the mushroom trail, Wenatchee World
A buried treasure of trees - A Washington state man unearths a petrified forest, covered by lava 15 million years ago while still upright, Los Angeles Times
Family forests are in jeopardy - In Clatsop and Pacific counties, much significant woodland is in private hands, Daily Astorian
Let's bury forest tax for good, Register-Guard op-ed


Budget Cuts Reduce Forest Service Facilities - W.O. & R.O.'s implementing recreation cuts, not Congress or Bush, Curry Coastal Pilot\
Willamette NF: Quiet, please, Albany Democrat-Herald
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Group hunting old-growth forests, Lexington Herald-Leader
Big Rainbow influx ahead, Harrison Daily Times
Court set for Family, Harrison Daily Times
Forest Service Mismanagement of Off-Road Vehicles Spurs Suit Threat, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Making your land friendly to wildlife, Greensboro News & Record


Former Marine Ticketed After Killing Bear with Firewood - He was issued a ticket for $75 by the US Forest Service for failing to properly secure the food at his campsite, Associated Content
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, aily News - Who will pay the bill West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Wood chips prove ethanol grows on trees - State leaders recognize potential in UMaine's development, Portland Press Herald



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