Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Forest Service's Public Appeals Process Works for Everyone, New West Network
Feds try new fire strategies - AMR: Forest Service aims to fight fire with new tools, Star-Tribune
USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis RPA Assessment Review Tables, Request for comment, Federal Register
GIS Solution: USDA Forest Service Speeds Delivery of Imagery with ArcGIS Image Server, Spatial News
The Chief's Desk - People, Places and Things, July 6th , USFS
Loss of Hemlocks Will Affect Water Dynamics in Southern Appalachian Forests, USFS Southern Research Station
Protecting ash trees from borer may take insecticide or a foreign wasp - Some areas have set up yards to chip infested trees and are configuring power plants to burn the wood, Dayton Daily News
Illinois Department of Agriculture Finds New Emerald Ash Borer Infestation - Three counties, including LaSalle, now known to harbor the pest, Illinois Government News Network
Californians Urged to Help Reduce Spread of Sudden Oak Death, American Phytopathological Society
Sudden Oak Death spreading in California, Earthtimes UPI
A Highlands Disaster: The trees are dying, Greensboro News-Record
Beetles Destroying Trees, WMAZ News
Gov. Ritter flies over state's shrinking forests - The governor took to the air to see some of the 660,000 acres hit by bark beetles, and hundreds of new homes built in the woods, Denver Post
Colorado faces a crisis, but Ritter plays it cool, Springs Gazette editorial
Pine-beetle battle gets $1M boost, Vail Daily News
County looking to land state pine beetle money - The Colorado State Forest Service will dole out $1 million in matching funds for forest restoration projects, Summit Daily News
Bugged, Daily InterLake
Balmy Weather May Bench a Baseball Staple: White Ash Tree, New York Times
Global warming impact on trees studied, United Press International
Jammin' in the Borneo jungle to save environment, Borneo Bulletin AFP
Big Bucks Behind Forest Blaze, Haze - Firing the forests during the dry season from June to August is the tested and cheapest way to clear land for oil palm, IPS News
The biofuels myths: Here's why biofuels are bad, PinoyPress - Philippines news
Poverty and corruption fuel tropical forest fires, SciDev.Net
Carbon offsets and tree huggers, Gristmill
The trouble with trees, The Denver Post
Guyana criticizes carbon credit scheme of Kyoto Protocol, AFP News
Getting Credit for Saving Trees, Time magazine
A cushy, endangered Sierra wilderness tradition? - Court ruling has reined in the popular mule pack outfits, Los Angeles Times
Six Rivers NF: Forest Service seeks public input on recreation sites, The Eureka Reporter
RSFMP: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest officials seek recreation site input, Everett Herald
Working Wilderness and Other Code Words, New West Network
Recreation.gov makes it easier to visit federal sites, Memphis Commercial Appeal
Court Dismisses Utah R.S. 2477 Suit, SUWA
Read the Court's Ruling, SUWA
Congress to Consider Amendment to Stop Public Lands Giveaway - RS 2477 amendment offered to the Interior Appropriations bill, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
That Tree Is Worth More Than Your Lexus - Studies Of Urban Trees Find Some Are Worth Tens Of Thousands, The Daily Green
Everything has its price, even trees, Post-Intelligencer
Burning the Planet to Fill Your Fuel Tank - Cellulosic ethanol another chimerical climate "solution" that furthers biological homogenization and ecological collapse, Forests.org
Criticism of salvage logging grows, Sacramento Bee
Wildfires Blaze Across Parched Western US, Reuters
Wildfires Race Across West, Fed by a Fierce Heat Wave, New York Times
'Sustainable wood' is eco-friendly, Deseret Morning News AP
Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products, Mongabay News
Magazine seeks 'truth' about Tongass - National Geographic article tracks history of 17-million-acre forest, Juneau Empire
Tongass National Forest, National Geographic Magazine
Downsizing the U.S. The Forest Service, CATO Institute
Maroon Bells fee a budget lifesaver - Most of the revenue stays in the Forest Service's local district, Aspen Times News
Wedding bells at Maroon Bells amphitheater sound sour note, Aspen Times editorial
Tonto NF: Get your pass before heading to the lake, KTVK News
LBL seeking input on proposed 2008 fee hike, The Leaf Chronicle
With fire season under way, national forests thin on senior staff, Deseret News
The Politics Of The Lake Tahoe Fire, KGO News
End the Tahoe fire blame game, San Francisco Chronicle
Neglected forest roads championed, Columbian
Cantwell Demands Answers from the U.S. Forest Service on Road Maintenance - Backlog grows by $8M yearly; neglected forest roads cause environmental damage and jeopardize salmon runs, Office of Senator Cantwell
Do Off Road Vehicles have a little too much independence in our national forests?, Post-Intelligencer blog
Off-roaders must become part of the solution, Deseret Morning News
Off-road vehicles rev up controversy in public lands, Yahoo! News
Rainbow Campers Come To Arkansas, KTHV News
Watch the video, KTHV News
Feeling safe in the forest, Harrison Daily Times editorial
Rainbow Family Member Sues Over Permit Requirement, KATV Channel 7
Trees for the future? Not from federal forests, Journal-Sentinel op-ed
Ancient hybrid scrub oak is ancient tree. Post-Intelligencer
Effective cellulosic ethanol processes would help prevent forest fires, Wisconsin State Journal at AutoblogGreen
How Can Carbon Trading Save Peatlands and Rainforests?, Reuters
Climate deals turn up heat in Indonesia's dark peatlands, Boston Globe
WORLD NEWS
Canada's Boreal Forest: Let the birds sing on, Peterborough Examiner editorial
Major paper companies replant, harvest trees responsibly, Des Moines Register letter
We can't see the forest, Peterborough Examiner editorial
FIR wants union to allow latest offer to go to a vote by union membership, Canadian Press
Forestry strike still on hold pending talks, Vancouver Sun
Foresty's quiet labour crisis - Pending strike in the once-mighty forest industry barely causes a ripple, Vancouver Sun
Carrier sues for $9 million: Grim outlook for creditors, employees, Robson Valley Times
Community Forest Harvesting Underway, Opinion 250 News
More logging, burning needed says forestry group, Goldstream News Gazette
Pathogen found in 2 Lower Mainland nurseries a threat to oaks - Lower Mainland cases alarm horticulture officialsbut Vancouver Island appears free of organism so far, Times Colonist
Federal government spends $2.8M to kill beetles, The Nova Scotia Business Journal
Mexico: Critics Sceptical of Gov't Reforestation Statistics, IPS News
Guyana criticizes carbon credit scheme of Kyoto Protocol, AFP News
Logging firm ordered to do EIA at Kartabu, Stabroek News
Inventories of the forest have been made since 1908, data suggest purpleheart is about 0.6 per cent of the tree population, Stabroek News
Concession holders who cannot operate their forests should lose their grants, not be allowed to transfer them without a competitive bidding process, Stabroek News
Barama sub-contracting should be validated by regulatory bodies -World Wildlife Fund, Stabroek News
Guyana: Barama did not sub-lease from other logging companies but was sub-contracted, Stabroek News
U.S. defends Brazilian ethanol: Energy official claims biofuel does not increase food prices, destroy Amazon rainforest, Mongabay News
Cosmetics retailer announces sustainable palm oil initiative, Mongabay News
Brazil: Steel and Eucalyptus Heat Up Eastern Amazon, Tierramérica
$11B Amazon rainforest dam gets initial approval, Mongabay News
Amazon dam project backed amid fears for rain forest, The Herald -UK
A land-conservation convert - Developer builds nonprofit to protect biodiverse but at-risk Andean rain forests, Union Tribune
Greece: Fires a 'consequence of climate change,' PM says; grief for fire-fighter deaths, Athen News Agency
Vatican Agrees To Reforestation Project in Efforts To Promote Green Awareness, ENN
Copper Mine Menaces Armenia's Teghut Forest, Environment News Service [$]
Reseachers Explore Siberia's Role In Climate Change, Der Spiegel at Free Internet Press
Horse Logger Receives Award From The Prince, Hereford Times
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest, Mongabay News
Found: the giant lion-eating chimps of the Congolese magic forest, The Guardian
Uganda's Mabira Forest Preserve: African forest under threat from sugar cane plantation - Mehta wants to expand sugar cane plantations for biofuel production, Independent -UK
Pygmies' existence under threat, Channel 4 News
Kenya: Country in Freshwater Supply Crisis - Priority is the protection and rehabilitation of forests, The Nation (Nairobi)
Jammin' in the Borneo jungle to save environment, Borneo Bulletin AFP
Sarawak gears up for 10th Rain Forest Music Festival, Earth Times
Penans want Sarawak to protect their native customary land, The Star
Big Bucks Behind Forest Blaze, Haze - Firing the forests during the dry season from June to August is the tested and cheapest way to clear land for oil palm, IPS News
Greenpeace urges Jakarta to disallow burning of peat land for plantations, Channel NewsAsia
Greenpeace: Indonesian forest fires turning into global menace, Antara News
Palm oil firms burning Indonesian forests: Greenpeace, Reuters
Indonesia should use abandoned land for palm oil: Greenpeace, Yahoo! News AFP
Police urged to reject minister`s intervention in illegal logging, Antara News
Mining giant to raze apes' forest home, The Times
Logging eats away at ape habitat - Report says Indonesia's rain forests are vanishing faster than predicted, Contra Costa Times
First Wreathed Hornbill breeding increases calls to protect Temengor Forest, Birdlife International
Illegal Logging: Impacts and scale, Chatham House [pdf]
The Forestry Minister has stopped the handover of community forests, Nepali Times
A forest falls in Cambodia, Asia Times
Politicians linked to forest encroachment, Bangkok Post
Vietnam: Forestry official arrested for allowing illegal logging, Thanh Nien Daily
Despite Chinese ban, Myanmar timber still crosses border, Raw Story
DENR tightens watch on renewing wood processors' permits, Bayanihan News
The biofuels myths: Here's why biofuels are bad, PinoyPress - Philippines news
Japan: Moving Towards Sustainable Forestry, IPS News
Hokkaido police investigating lumber firm over illegal logging, The Yomiuri Shimbun
Voracious China gobbles up forests, recycled paper - Yahoo! News AFP
China's recycling 'saves forests', BBC News
Study: China recycling saves forests worldwide - But report says growing demand for wood fuels virgin timber destruction, MSNBC
China's burgeoning paper demands unable to cope with its wastepaper imports, Asian News International
China Urges Responsible Logging Overseas, Reuters
China calls for sustainable logging by Chinese firms overseas, Mongabay News
Solomon Islands: Logged to death, NZ Herald
Police investigation into anti-logging protestors claims of brutality, ABC Tasmania
Gunns 'Punished' by Japanese Woodchip Customers, Tasmanian Greens
Greenpeace attacked for supporting FSC: call for 'suppressed' report to be published, FSC-Watch
Greenpeace Resists Clarion Call, Scoop
Vancouver Islands' Marmot: Not Out of the Woods Yet, Ingmar Lee
Black gold's tarnish seen in Canada - Open pit mine plunges 250 feet deep and ranges over a couple of square miles, carved out of pine and spruce boreal forest, Los Angeles Times
Nova Scotia: Conservative government invests to fight beetle, Amherst Daily News
Forest strike on hold, Vancouver Sun
Millions of trees to be planted in Cariboo forests, Prince George Citizen
Timber recovery begins in park - 'Hoechuckers,' donated by Finning and Caterpillar, will assist in the cleanup effort in Stanley Park, Vancouver Sun
Lush forests blanked Greenland 500,000 years ago, Mongabay News
Greenland was green and forested once, Los Angeles Times
Russia's Sustainable Forestry Revolution, Desastres News
Winning Olympic Bid for Sochi Stirs Mixed Emotions for Russian Ecologists, Reuters
Spain plants trees to offset its greenhouse gases, Reuters
Kenya: Crop holds promise for farmers in carbon trade, Business Daily Africa
A gift from Scotland to Brazil: Eucalyptus trees bring drought and despair, The Scotsman
Brazil, Peru to cooperate on Amazon rainforest protection, Xinhua News
Barama harvesting legally outside its concession -Guyana Commissioner of Forests, Stabroek News
Mangroves more threatened than rainforests, Mongabay News
Forest Industry - Potential for green gold, Fiji Times
Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products, Mongabay News
Illegal logging - China's big wooden problem, Ethical Corporation
Environmentalists winning fight against illegal ramin timber trade, Mongabay News
Indonesia's debt-for-nature swap - Nearly $20 million of Indonesia's debt to the US could be re-directed to tropical forestry conservation under a debt-for-nature program, Press TV
Europe-Indonesia expedition comes across illegal loggers, Antara News
Malaysian PM vows to crack down on illegal logging, Borneo Bulletin AFP
Clamping down on illegal logging, The Star -Malaysia
Probe into claims of illegal logging, The Star -Malaysia
Sarawak carrying out wide-scope of research on orang utan, The Star -Malaysia
Shortage of raw materials an issue for wood-based sector, The Star -Malaysia
Chasing Tree Kangaroos, Living on Earth
Anti-logging protesters arrested in Styx Valley, ABC Tasmania
History of planting troubles in the timber market, The Australian
Pro-poor conservation - A new paper challenges conservationists to focus on improving the livelihoods of rural poor, Mongabay News
Coastal forestry close to shutdown as talks fail, Vancouver Sun
British Columbia Forest Companies Face Strike Threat, Bloomberg News
Sawing off Our Future - Benefits flowing to U.S. - BC's wide open timber industry is killing jobs, and people, The Tyee
BC's Risky Back Roads - No standards, murky oversight, can make them deadly, The Tyee
Marketing logs cannot fulfil development plans, Stabroek News
Forest disturbance reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest - Primary rainforest richer in species than plantations, secondary forests, Mongabay News
How did Easter Island's ancient statues lead to the destruction of an entire forest ecosystem?, Independent -UKat Forests.org
Norway bans tropical timber, Mongabay News
Netherlands: Illegal wood found at top timber yards, Dutch News
Greece vows to replant forests after severe fires, Reuters
UNESCO lists rainforests of Madagascar as Heritage sites, Mongabay News
Algeria Re-Routes North Africa Highway to Protect Park, Reuters
Bangladesh To Take Zero-Tolerance Approach To Illegal Logging, Yahoo! News
Cambodia Logging Abuse - Activists and journalists who exposed eco-scandal under threat, Index
Thailand- Unesco concerned over highway through forest, The Nation
Clean or Not Thailand Sees Dollars in Palm Oil, IPS News
Vietnam- Inclusion of mangroves in conservation treaties does not improve their health, New Kerala News
2 forestry officials released after three days in captivity in Surigao del Sur, Balita News
Gangsters behind illegal logging, says CM, New Straits Times
Palm Oil Producer Unethical, Groups Say, Yahoo! News AP
Palm oil firm Wilmar harming Indonesia forests-group, Reuters
Northern Malaysian state shrouded by haze as heat wave persists, Earth Times
Malaysia air unhealthy after Indonesian forest fires, Philippine Star
New law to hinder haze fight in Indonesian province, Antara News
How Can Carbon Trading Save Peatlands and Rainforests?, Reuters
Climate deals turn up heat in Indonesia's dark peatlands, Boston Globe
US considers Indonesian debt-for-nature swap, Yahoo! News
Aussie Farmers Launch Tree-Felling Protest, ENN Reuters
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Great Bear Wilderness Schafer Ranger Station: A Remote Landing, Flathead Beacon
Forest Service restores Gallatin National Forest cabins, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Forest Service's Public Appeals Process Works for Everyone, New West Network
Gallatin NF: Forest Service seeks input on permits for recreation residences, Billings Gazette
Cabin with a view: Landowner, USFS spar over access, Helena Independent Record
Bugged, Daily InterLake
Whitefish Timber Sale: Logging 'Round the Lake, Flathead Beacon
Two projects planned in Little Missouri national grasslands, KXMC News
Forest Service must rein in illegal off-roading, Billings Gazette letter
FS taps Floch to be Fire Management Officer, Ravalli Republic
Sustained and confused: What furniture makers mean when they say 'green', Missoulian
Researcher never gets tired of studying forest goshawk, Montana Standard
Final shift: Laid-off Bonner workers wonder if company is doing all it can to preserve jobs, Missoulian
Forest Service extends comment period on gravel pit after climbers' complaints, Missoulian
Comment period extended by Forest Service for Lost Horse Quarry proposal, Ravalli Republic
Gallatin Forest administrator moving to Oregon Deschutes NF, Missoulian
Assistant fire chief pleads not guilty to forest violations, Missoulian
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Sheridan open house, The Montana Standard
Proposed regulations for motorized trail use focus of open house, The Montana Standard
New side-by-side seating 'UTVs' not legal on national forest trails, The Montana Standard
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Near Sawtooth Lake: Bears chase hikers, The Montana Standard
Too Close For Comfort, The Montana Standard
Protect ponderosas, reduce fuel loading, Ravalli Republic op-ed
Idaho: Mission Brush Logging Stopped, Forbes AP
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Gov. Ritter flies over state's shrinking forests - The governor took to the air to see some of the 660,000 acres hit by bark beetles, and hundreds of new homes built in the woods, Denver Post
Colorado faces a crisis, but Ritter plays it cool, Springs Gazette editorial
Pine-beetle battle gets $1M boost, Vail Daily News
County looking to land state pine beetle money - The Colorado State Forest Service will dole out $1 million in matching funds for forest restoration projects, Summit Daily News
San Juan NF: Forest Service rejects appeal to HD drilling, Durango Herald
Ring the Peak charms hikers, Rocky Mountain News
Bitter Debate Continues Between Cattlemen, Politicians,and Environmental Groups over Prairie Dog Poisonings, Native Times
Nebraska NF: Draft species at risk specialist report, Montana Hunting and Fishing Journal
Group hopes to reopen Sleeping Giant ski area in Shoshone NF, Billings Gazette
Big Horn Mountain resorts owners reject buyout offers, Gillette News-Record
Trail conditions, at your fingertips - Web site provides info on hiking, four-wheeling routes, Vail Daily News
Fitz-Gerald to headline July 12 forum on forest health funding, Summit Daily News
Grassroots in the grassland, Star-Tribune
Additional ferret released in Wind Cave - Park official says animals won't cause trouble for ranchers, Rapid City Journal
Wedding bells at Maroon Bells amphitheater sound sour note, Aspen Times editorial
Maroon Bells fee a budget lifesaver - Most of the revenue stays in the Forest Service's local district, Aspen Times News
What do you think about beetle battle?, Vail Daily News
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Residents Fighting Access Trails to Cibola National Forest, Mountain View Telegraph
Scrap Biomass for 'Clean' Energy, Mountain View Telegraph op-ed
Santa Fe NF: Judge upholds mine ruling, New Mexican
Santa Fe NF: Tesuque Trailhead Access Meeting Opens Few Gates, Albuquerque Journal
Barricaded Road Angers Neighbors, Albuquerque Journal
Local wood products business taking industry back to its roots, Silver City Sun-News
Gila NF: Bear concerns force campground closure near Silver City, KOB News
Coronado National Forest FLREA Notice of New Fee Site at Kentucky Camp Headquarters Building, Federal Register
Coconino National Forest FLREA Notice of New Fee Site for rental of the Apache Maid Cabin, Federal Register
New Plans for Rosemont Mine, KOLD News
Santa Rita open pit mine would affect 950 acres - 3,670 acres of Coronado National Forest land affected, Tucson Citizen
PDF of the Rosemont mine plans submitted by the Augusta Resource Corp., Arizona Daily Star
Mine would put back water - Opposition still firm to mile-wide pit in Santa Ritas, Arizona Daily Star
Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, website
Santa Fe NF: Glorieta Wilderness. Lofty Ambitions - Plumber hopes to bring new life to crumbling fire tower, Santa Fe New Mexican
Officials want data on pollution threat - Santa Fe plans to divert Rio Grande flow for drinking water in the Santa Fe national forest where Los Alamos radioactive pollution joins the river, The New Mexican
Pollutant Detected In Well - Plutonium from Los Alamos lab found in Santa Fe drinking water source, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Blaze Near Cochiti Slowed by Rains, Albuquerque Journal
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Shoots Wolf After Her Third Cattle Kill, Albuquerque Journal
Gila River Dispute Tributary to Western Tradition, Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Vandals destroying special sites, The Payson Roundup
Huge housing project planned - The company is talking about doing a land exchange with the U.S. Forest Service, Gallup Independent
Forest policies 'bug' landowners - Caterpillars gobbling up area; inaction irks some in N.M., Deseret Morning News AP
Lincoln County reviews wildfire protection standards, Ruidoso News
Pearce visits Lincoln NF - Congressman hears views about thinning, spraying and fire prevention, Alamogordo Daily News
Revitalizing a landmark and family memories, Alamogordo Daily News
Tonto NF: Get your pass before heading to the lake, KTVK News
Catron County Says Disputed Wolf Has Three Strikes Against It, Albuquerque Journal
Gila NF Wolf Might Lose Protection, Albuquerque Journal
Dryness, carelessness spark wildfires, The New Mexican
Forestry Division Urges Caution With Fire, Fireworks, Albuquerque Journal
State Delays Gila Trout Fishing in Gila NF Black Canyon Creek, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Glorieta Wilderness. Lofty Ambitions, New Mexican
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Calif. Tapes Reveal Slow Fire Response - 911 dispatchers dismissed early calls about Lake Tahoe fire, SF Chronicle AP
Tahoe agency chief takes cover behind bureaucracy in wake of fire, Reno Gazette-Journal
Bonnicksen says Forest Service conclusion concerning Angora fire path not correct, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Funds sought for Tahoe restoration, Sacramento Bee
Jumbo fire bomber to return to duty, SF Chronicle AP
Off-roaders worry about possible trail closures in the Sequoia Forest, KBAK News
Californians Urged to Help Reduce Spread of Sudden Oak Death, American Phytopathological Society
Sudden Oak Death spreading in California, Earthtimes UPI
Bohemian Club's redwood logging plan raises plenty of sawdust, San Francisco Chronicle
Land closures mean no fishing, hunting - Cleveland NF open houses on Seasonal Closure to Protect Nesting Raptors, Union Tribune
A cushy, endangered Sierra wilderness tradition? - Court ruling has reined in the popular mule pack outfits, Los Angeles Times
Six Rivers NF: Forest Service seeks public input on recreation sites, The Eureka Reporter
U.S. Forest Service Faces Shortages - With Fire Season Underway, Service Thin on Senior Staff, KCRA Sacramento
Keeping Tahoe Safe, Sacramento Bee
Criticism of salvage logging grows, Sacramento Bee
Critic wants review of Tahoe RPA, Reno Gazette-Journal
The Politics Of The Lake Tahoe Fire, KGO News
End the Tahoe fire blame game, San Francisco Chronicle
Lake Tahoe Forest Management Under Fire, The Daily Green
With fire season under way, national forests thin on senior staff, Deseret News
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Northwest Forest Plan best bet for healthy forests, Eugene Register-Guard op-ed
Glacial collapse severs Mount Hood loop trail, perhaps for good, Register-Guard AP
Mt. Hood's Timberline Trail tumbles, may stay that way, The Oregonian
Wenatchee-Okanogan NF: Post-fire Logging in the North Cascades - Tripod timber sale threatens lynx habitat and old trees, Conservation Northwest
Fed Court To Rule On Black Crater Salvage Logging, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Weed-free hay a must under federal regulation - National forests - The livestock feed requirements aim to keep noxious plants out of pristine areas, The Oregonian
The Thursday R6 Update newsletter, July 5th , USFS
Common-sense solution benefits all in Stehekin, Yakima Herald-Republic editorial
Ski area sues city of Ashland - Suit asks court to tell city to stop interfering with expansion project, Mail Tribune
Ski area managers sue Ashland over expansion, KGW News
Everything But the Carbon Sink, Sightline Institute
Logging in state forests will slow under state plan, Herald
Weyerhaeuser Reminds Forest Visitors to Call Toll-Free Hunter/Recreational Use Hotlines in Oregon and Washington, PR Newswire
Pristine views at a price: Homes at forest borders redefine the firefighting frontier, Medill News
RSFMP: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest officials seek recreation site input, Everett Herald
Public input is being solicited on where to allow recreational vehicles before making most of the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests off limits to off-roaders, Bend Bulletin
Forest Service to offer Hershberger Lookout to vacationers, Oregonian
Most foresters don't want to cut every last tree, Register-Guard op-ed
After The Deluge, The Seattle Times
Oregon Ski Resort Calls for Volunteers to Clean Up the Forest, First Tracks
OSU study to look at carbon balance, Corvallis Gazette-Times
OSU to look at how climate and humans impact carbon balance, Oregonian
Scientists zero in on bacterium killing sheep, Contra Costa Times
Gallatin Forest administrator moving to Oregon Deschutes NF, Missoulian
Neglected forest roads championed, Columbian
Cantwell Demands Answers from the U.S. Forest Service on Road Maintenance - Backlog grows by $8M yearly; neglected forest roads cause environmental damage and jeopardize salmon runs, Office of Senator Cantwell
Do Off Road Vehicles have a little too much independence in our national forests?, Post-Intelligencer blog
... while back *on* the forest roads, things are a mess, Post-Intelligencer blog
Students find bugs, get a bug for forest work, Oregonian
This 42,000-acre forest, all yours for $48.5 million, KTVZ News
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Map Quest: It's man versus wilderness on mission to preserve canyons in Bankhead National Forest, Decatur Daily
Take care of forests with George Washington National Forest Plan revision, Roanoke Times
Loss of Hemlocks Will Affect Water Dynamics in Southern Appalachian Forests, USFS Southern Research Station
Sad about my favorite tree, Mimosa, The Carrboro Citizen
Sale of Temple-Inland's timberlands could have catastrophic effect, Austin Amerian Statesman
A Highlands Disaster: The trees are dying, Greensboro News-Record
Beetles Destroying Trees, WMAZ News
Chattooga River stakeholders to get three minutes to speak at meeting, Anderson Independent Mail
Conservation group presents alternative Shope Creek plan to Forest Service, Asheville Citizen-Times
Proposed USFS Change Will Limit the Use of OHVs, KTRE News
Forest Service Considers New Off-Roader Rules, Central Florida News
Ocala National Forest OHV Route Designation Environmental Analysis Available, USFS
USFS considers giving off-road passes, WDUN News
Forest Service faces water quality suit - Environmentalists want some Tellico watershed trails closed, Asheville Citizen-Times
Our national forests are in danger: It's time to act, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Native Americans to conduct 'healing ceremony' for Flag Rock in Jefferson NF, Kingsport Times-News
U.S. Forest Service seeking public input re Upper Chattooga River, Blue Ridge News
Dry trees draw beetles - Pine beetles are starting to infest prime Georgia forestland, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pine beetles infest trees weakened by drought in Georgia forests, Macon Telegraph
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests: Rainbow Family Gathering, USFS
Rainbow Gathering Attendance Peaks at 6,000, USFS
Ark. issues 'cipro' to 43 after Rainbow Family visitor gets meningitis, Memphis Commercial Appeal
More Rainbows In Court, KTHV Little Rock News
Makeshift courtroom processes Rainbow cases, Pine Bluff Commercial
Lawsuit founded on 'miraculous karmic archangel protection', News Tribune
La. considers Forest Legacy Program, The Shreveport Times
Rainbow Campers Come To Arkansas, KTHV News
Watch the video, KTHV News
Feeling safe in the forest, Harrison Daily Times editorial
Rainbow Family Member Sues Over Permit Requirement, KATV Channel 7
Forest Service to hear comments on Ouachita road use on Tuesday , Hot Springs Village Voice
Ocala NF: Miles more forest trails for ATVs?, Palatka Daily News
LBL seeking input on proposed 2008 fee hike, The Leaf Chronicle
Wood-chip ethanol gets state's go-ahead, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Range Fuels (ex-Kergy) will open wood-waste-using cellulosic ethanol plant in Georgia, AutoblogGreen
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Protecting ash trees from borer may take insecticide or a foreign wasp - Some areas have set up yards to chip infested trees and are configuring power plants to burn the wood, Dayton Daily News
USDA considering wasp as way to kill ash borers, Dayton Daily News
Illinois Department of Agriculture Finds New Emerald Ash Borer Infestation - Three counties, including LaSalle, now known to harbor the pest, Illinois Government News Network
Chestnut restoration effort gets funding, Rutland Herald
Reading 'Poet-Tree' at Grey Towers, Straus News
Gov. Spitzer signs bill granting Zoar Valley protection, The Buffalo News
More and More Trees Grow in Brooklyn, Says Tree Census, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Tipping points - Cutting red pine lately on the woodlot, Bennington Banner
Group looks at future of U.P. forestland, Mining Journal
Logging era left its mark on the Littlefork, Timberjay News
Logging suspected in Minn. river pollution, International Falls Daily Journal
A swath of Berkshires' past saved for future - Deal preserves trees predating Pilgrims, Boston Globe
White Mountains logging plan hits roadblock - Bid to harvest forested areas is reconsidered, Boston Globe
Wood ethanol shows that Maine can play , Portland Press Herald editorial
Southern Maine timberlands give way to housing development, Boston Globe
The Nature Conservancy Protects 12,710 Acres near Bangor, Maine Today
Tree Muggers - Beetle's spread threatens Ohio trees, The Enquirer
Area foresters eye ash borer, Daily American
Grants Awarded for EAB Fight, Lawn & Landscape Magazine
Little sign of wood products recovery, Timberjay News
Allegheny NF: Jeannette man faces federal ATV violations, Tribune-Review
Erosion concerns over Seneca cemetery dredge lingering bitterness, NEPA News
Groups challenge federal plan for Allegheny National Forest, WHP News
Superior NF: Environmental groups file suit over logging surrounding BWCA wilderness, Star Tribune
Trees for the future? Not from federal forests, Journal-Sentinel op-ed
APHIS: Asian Longhorned Beetle; Removal of Quarantined Area in Illinois, Federal Register
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
Chugach National Forest celebrates a century, Anchorage Daily News
Chugach Centennial - The Chugach National Forest is 100 years old this year!, USFS
Chugach National Forest book will be donated to libraries, Anchorage Daily News
Tongass Forest Supervisor Re: The Truth About The Tongass, Tongass National Forest
Witnessing Caribou's wrath - Fire damage deemed "major disaster" by feds, Homer Tribune
Project began nearly 30 years ago, Juneau Empire
Magazine seeks 'truth' about Tongass - National Geographic article tracks history of 17-million-acre forest, Juneau Empire
The Truth About The Tongass - Lumber mills still harvest old-growth trees in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Conservationists are fighting to stop the saws, National Geographic Magazine
Chabot cancels road-building in national forest, The Enquirer
Cracking down on campfires, KTUU News
Roads in the Tongass, SitNews
Gravina Roads/ Roads on the Tongass, SitNews
The Gravina Saga and Some Responses, SitNews

 


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