Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Beetles warn of clear-cutting problems, United Press International
When mud-boggers rip up the land, penalize them, Writers on the Range at Summit Daily
Family Forestry, New York Times
Trees for the future - The U.S. Forest Service needs to do a better job of assessing the impact of timber sales on forests. And Congress needs to stop subsidizing logging roads that waste tax money, Journal Sentinel editorial

Public-lands shakedown, Writers on the Range at Denver Post
Roadless rule survives challenge, Rocky Mountain News
Roadless rule's revival vexes judge - The Wyoming federal jurist says he must abide by the rulings that reversed his 2003 decision striking down the Clinton public-lands initiative, The Denver Post
Approve roadless law, Register-Guard editorial
Don't cry wolf now, The Deming Headlight
Cloudcroft debates tree ordinance requiring the thinning of trees on private property - Some argue it would violate local property owners' rights, Alamogordo Daily News
Grazing: Idaho Judge Rebukes Bush Admin On Revised Regulations, E&E News at Western Watersheds [scroll down]

Against the grain - North Slope Sustainable Wood manufactures floor boards using small-diameter larch that's harvested during forest thinning and restoration projects, Helena Independent Record
Chinese demand drives global deforestation crisis - Furniture frenzy fuels felling of forests, Reuters

NPS, Public Lands Combine Passes - Free Pass for 500 Hours (10 hours/week, every week) Volunteer Service, Trailer Life
Saving Trees Is Music to Guitar Makers' Ears, New York Times at Forests.org
Massacres and paramilitary land seizures behind the biofuel revolution - Colombian farmers driven out as armed groups profit - Lucrative 'green' crop less risky to grow than coca, Guardian

Care, Serve, Connect - Walt Rule, a long-time forester, remembers when the agency had a more personal touch, Forest Magazine
Far-reaching roadless legislation introduced in Congress - Bill would preserve more than 1.2 million acres in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho Mountain Express
Play sets: a changing industry, Baltimore Messenger
Inner Voice: It's not that simple to figure out your carbon footprint, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
A Noteworthy Yeast, Ethanol Producer Magazine
Solving Solomon's Dilemma - There's a way to make county payments work in Oregon, Forest Magazine
Oregon O&C Solution, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
WORLD NEWS
Beetles warn of clear-cutting problems, United Press International
Mexican troops detain illegal loggers - Loggers cutting down one of central Mexico's last big fir forests, Yahoo! News AP

War in the Woods over, or more green PR? - Transition from logging old-growth forests must happen now, Victoria Times Colonist
Old-Growth Decision needs Your Input!, Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Forest workers on edge, News Leader Pictorial at Ladysmith Chronicle
Loss of 1,000 forestry jobs brings call for provincial help - Unions want government to assist B.C.'s hard-hit resource communities, Vancouver Sun
Forestry industry helps environment, Pembroke Daily Observer
Carbon Sinks in Haida Gwaii - Pilot project could be boon for tiny community. If it works. The Tyee
Haida reach tentative deal, Maple Ridge News
True confessions of a tree hugger, Nanaimo News Bulletin

Amazon nun's brother speaks about her murder: Dorothy Stang fought for social equity in the Amazon, Mongabay News
Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe - When the Brazilian government failed to defend his tribe against loggers and miners, the leader found a high-tech ally, San Francisco Chronicle
Mexico: Logging out… Over 300 residents of San Pedro Nexapa frustrated a joint police-military operation meant to combat illegal logging, The Mex Files

Squatters in Embobut forest face eviction, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Plastics' tug-of-war - Kenya has only one per cent of its total land size covered in trees, paper bags not an option, The Standard
Trees and crops reclaim desert in Niger, International Herald Times

Udupi: Shirur Swamiji Leads Protest against Felling of Trees - Citizens stage protest against the felling of of trees, Daiji News
Cambodia's Family Trees, Global Witness

Acheh: Logging Banned - A moratorium on logging was declared by Achech's governor as part of a long-term forestry management plan, The Star
Forestry is not involved in Albizia venture, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia

Rainforest Reserve Being Logged by FSC Certified Company - Cores and Links Reserve Debacle Unfolding, Hancock Watch
Farmer, conservationist honoured, Perth Sunday Times AAP

Rainforest facts, Telegraph

Malaysia Reduces Illegal Logging Activities, Bernama: Malaysia National News Agency

Yukon: Spruce beetle infestation slowed by cold winter - Decrease in spread of destructive pest in Yukon leads to hope it could disappear in five years or less, predicts forestry spokesman, Globe and Mail
Infested bark will feel bite of stripping knives - Researchers want to know if beetles can survive process, Halifax, The Daily News
Pine beetle recovery begins, Vernon Morning Star
Pine beetle study, Vancouver Province
Ministry looking for student, community involvement, The Observer - Queen Charlotte Islands
Nova Scotia: Protecting water and watercourses, The Truro Daily News editorial
Carrier buys timber licence, Prince George Citizen
Highly-touted sawmill goes bankrupt, Prince George Citizen


Watchdog: Rich Cambodians Strip Forest, San Francisco Chronicle
Not out of the woods, New Straits Times editorial

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON

Grazing: Idaho Judge Rebukes Bush Admin On Revised Regulations, E&E News at Western Watersheds [scroll down]
Endangered Species Act: Politics Endangers Science - A Congressional hearing investigates whether political goals have pushed science out of the Endangered Species Act, American Chemical Society


Far-reaching roadless legislation introduced in Congress - Bill would preserve more than 1.2 million acres in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho Mountain Express
Administration fights bill that would alter energy CE policy - Melissa Simpson, deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Forest Service, said 300 projects have been approved by that agency under the categorical exclusions section. She called it a "useful tool.", Billings Gazette
Paragon Foundation's Oliver speaks out on Forest Service - Claims NEPA states that Forest Service can't do anything without the total cooperation and agreement of the applicable county, Alamogordo Daily News
Parks conservation plan presented - Officials say the proposal addresses modern challenges to preserving - and using - the land, The Salt Lake Tribune
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho

Against the grain - North Slope Sustainable Wood manufactures floor boards using small-diameter larch that's harvested during forest thinning and restoration projects, Helena Independent Record


Tree supply a challenge, The Montana Standard
The Cabinet Mountains: A Wilderness Undermined? - In the Kootenai NF Cabinet Mountains, hard rock mining may have big impacts, Forest Magazine
Mann Gulch, The Montana Standard
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Public-lands shakedown, Writers on the Range at Denver Post
Woman who started Hayman wildfire to leave U.S. prison next June - But she may serve more time in state custody, Rocky Mountain News
Lessons from the Hayman fire of 2002 - Five years after millions of trees and 133 homes burned in the blaze, healthy forests are an important value in Colorado. But more needs to be done, Denver Post editorial
Barb wire battle ends in Minturn: Town outlaws barb wire - Man erected fence to keep national forest snowmobilers off of his land, Vail Daily News

Comanche Grasslands caught in crossfire, La Junta Tribune-Democrat
Comanche National Grassland: Piñon plan seen as 'the ultimate sacrifice' - Many support military, oppose training site, Rocky Mountain News


Dinos' might in army sights - Picket Wire Canyonlands on Comanche National Grassland threatened, Denver Post
Hidden gems, Aspen Times
Road to the Bells now open, Aspen Times News
Ready for a shorter ride up Beaver Creek's Rose Bowl lift? - Forest Service is seeking comment on the proposal, Summit Daily News
Care, Serve, Connect - Walt Rule, a long-time forester, remembers when the agency had a more personal touch, Forest Magazine
Search for plane crash victim delayed - NTSB will turn it over to the Forest Service for the search, The Daily Sentinel

Oil and gas lease buyback proposed, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
A predator hot spot, Star-Tribune
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Cloudcroft: Village plans to spray, Alamogordo Daily News

Arizona: Trees, animals stressed, dying - Canyon in Gila County with a series of springs where hackberry trees grow: Some of the hackberries are 300 years old, and every one of them is dead, USA Today
Nature has a way of reminding us - Weather, condition of the forest increase our awareness, Ruidoso News
Company Proposes Biomass Power Plant in Las Vegas - Plant would need 10,000 acres of Santa Fe forest thinned a year, Albuquerque Journal
Don't cry wolf now, The Deming Headlight
Creature feature: Mexican gray wolf - A series featuring the animals of Alameda Park Zoo, Alamogordo Daily News


Looking after Lobos, Forest Guardians
Budworm now bigger threat, Alamogordo Daily News
Biomass Plant Vies for Another Try, Mountain View Telegraph

Denial of snowmaking appealed, Arizona Daily Sun
Pink Jeep Tours Rehabilitates Scenic Trails in Sedona Arizona Coconino NF - Without private support and cooperative relationships, some of the routes would be closed, Gateway to Sedona
Rent rustic cabins, Arizona Daily Star
Thirsting for Water - Is the Southwest headed for a megadrought?, Forest Magazine
Santa Fe NF: Rendija Canyon slated for economic development - The county will receive this 833 acres of Forest Service land specifically for economic development and not as a preserve - The most common public response, over and over, has been an adamant plea to do nothing, Los Alamos Monitor
40 Years After Courthouse Raid, Land Grant Activists Say the Action Helped Bring Change - Activists say large parts of the Carson and Santa Fe national forests had been wrongfully taken, Albuquerque Journal
Land Activism Lives On, Albuquerque Journal
Land Grants Still Debated, Albuquerque Journal editorial
Paragon Foundation's Oliver speaks out on Forest Service - Claims NEPA states that Forest Service can't do anything without the total cooperation and agreement of the applicable county, Alamogordo Daily News
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
CIEDRA: How North Korea won the war against wilderness - The free market, literal or abstract, is as much a myth as a communist utopia., Idaho Mountain Express
Feds review uranium mining proposal - Canadian company wants to drill 71 test holes near Stanley, Idaho Mountain Express
Day Gives DeBoer 180 Days in Jail - Game Creek Horseman Locked-Up, New West Network

Avoiding fines, Tahoe Daily Tribune

Bridging the gap: Murphy Bridge replacement project moves forward - The old Murphy Bridge will be donated to the Forest Service who plans to move it up to Alturas Lake, Idaho Mountain Express

Far-reaching roadless legislation introduced in Congress - Bill would preserve more than 1.2 million acres in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho Mountain Express
Ely Ranger District plans travel changes - Forest Service is seeking your comments on a proposal to add about 254 miles of motorized routes, The Ely Times
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Burros of Big Bear, Bear Valley News
Junkyard dogs, Big Bear Grizzly

Poway crash leads to lawsuit against U.S. government, North County Times / The Californian
Rich history of Mount Baldy, San Bernardino County Sun

To protect spotted owl, larger rival is targeted But the plan, which would allow killing a more aggressive species, downplays the logging industry's role as another culprit, critics say, Los Angeles Times
Trash Will Not Be Tolerated, Lake Arrowhead Mountain-News

Meyers landfill: Future options and cleanup explored - U.S. Forest Service officials have laid out four alternatives for capping the Meyers landfill to contain vinyl chloride gas, Tahoe Daily Tribune
OHV trail closure, The Union
Fuels reduction effort in basin, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
How they drew lines in the Northwest's forests - An environmental historian traces the century-long evolution of a government-managed patchwork in the Cascades, Crosscut
Study: Salvage logging, replanting worse, Post-Intelligencer Barnard AP
When mud-boggers rip up the land, penalize them, Writers on the Range at Summit Daily

Approve roadless law, Register-Guard editorial
Forest thinning is beneficial solution, Statesman Journal op-ed
'Humongous fungus' takes toll on fir forest - Root rot - The world's largest organism is the size of 1,600 football fields, Oregonian
Mt. Hood Forest draws lines around off-roaders - Wilderness damage - Rangers say they haven't had big problems so far but want to head off impacts of growing use, Oregonian
Arboretum: For trees' sake, Post-Intelligencer editorial
Panel re-examines state forest logging - Timber: Coastal Clatsop and Tillamook counties are angling to increase the haul, Oregonian
A Logger's Legacy, Register-Guard

To protect spotted owl, larger rival is targeted But the plan, which would allow killing a more aggressive species, downplays the logging industry's role as another culprit, critics say, Los Angeles Times
Fed plan to protect spotted owls criticized, Greenwire at American Lands Alliance

Solving Solomon's Dilemma - There's a way to make county payments work in Oregon, Forest Magazine
Oregon O&C Solution, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Inner Voice: It's not that simple to figure out your carbon footprint, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Logs and Streams: Together Again - Stream restoration used to focus on cleaning out the logs. Now contractors are putting them back in, Forest Magazine
Injunction delays Mt. A expansion, Ashland Daily Tidings
Spotted owl plan tampered with, The Register-Guard
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Gorge Camping Future?, WTVQ News -Lexington, Kentucky

Six weeks later, Georgia fires still raging - The state's inability to keep the fires from rushing out of the Okefenokee Swamp is kindling a debate over lagging forestry budgets, CS Monitor
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Trees for the future - The U.S. Forest Service needs to do a better job of assessing the impact of timber sales on forests. And Congress needs to stop subsidizing logging roads that waste tax money, Journal Sentinel editorial