NATIONAL NEWS
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
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
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
Care, Serve, Connect - Walt Rule, a long-time forester, remembers when the agency had a more personal touch,
Forest Magazine
WORLD NEWS
Mexico: Logging out… Over 300 residents of San Pedro Nexapa frustrated a joint police-military operation meant to combat illegal logging,
The Mex Files
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
Acheh: Logging Banned - A moratorium on logging was declared by Achech's governor as part of a long-term forestry management plan,
The Star
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
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
Care, Serve, Connect - Walt Rule, a long-time forester, remembers when the agency had a more personal touch,
Forest Magazine
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
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
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
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
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