Forests in the News©
NATIONAL NEWS
Big fires becoming the norm, Helena Independent Record
A Contrarian View of ATVs, Wild Wilderness
Increase logging of second growth, Register-Guard editorial
The other side of carbon trading - Planting trees in Uganda to offset greenhouse-gas emissions in Europe seemed like a good idea - until farmers were evicted from their land to make room for a forest, CNN

Rich Buy 'Offsets' For Wasteful Ways; Noble, or Guilt Fee? - Living Large While Being Green, Wall Street Journal

War on fire takes a toll on fish, High Country News -- July 7, 2003
DragonPlot sharpens fire lookouts' work - Software - The program pinpoints a blaze's location, getting crews to the fire faster, Oregonian
Predators improve fire mapping - Tests under way to use unmanned aircraft for civilian purposes, Victorville Daily Press

Nothing is Simple, Not Even Biofuels, Worldwatch Perspective
Glamour in the great outdoors - Luxury camping gains popularity as a way to enjoy nature without getting dirty!, LA Times
President orders hunting focus - Andy Stahl, executive director of FSEEE, notes that states have always exercised primacy when it comes to managing wildlife, Star-Tribune
Our Dead and Dying Trees, News With Views

Court order threatens contempt for Mark Rey, Court Order by Judge Molloy
Rey snarls - The top official overseeing the U.S. Forest Service has some 'splainin' to do, Gristmill blog
Fire retardant analysis will be on time, says Rey, Billings Gazette at Helena Independent Record
D'oh! Rey: Me? - USDA's Mark Rey drags feet on releasing info about forest policymaking, Grist magazine

The High Cost of Fire, Forest Magazine
Air Power - Spending big bucks, Forest Magazine
Living with the Inevitable - Fires Happen, Forest Magazine
USDA official Mark Rey touts fire recovery effort in Montana - Federal government EQIP program spends millions on rebuilding in Montana, Billings Gazette

BLM Exempts Oil and Gas Exploration from Environmental Review - New Bush appointee says public lands no longer protected by landmark law, Natural Resources Defense Council
Biofuels Costing the Earth?, World Land Trust

After the fires, New West Network
Private Idaho forests escape destructive fires - The timber industry credits quick response and intensive management. And private land also gets priority from government firefighters, Idaho Statesman
Six to be charged in BWCA shooting spree - Drunken boaters terrorize string of campgrounds, Timberjay News

Let Them Eat Gas: Problems with Ethanol, Political Affairs Magazine
Unregulated Release of GM Poplars and Hybrids - USDA rubberstamps the largest ever collection of transgenic poplars, The Institute of Science in Society
UGA researcher leads effort to sequence and catalog conifer genes for future biofuels research - Loblolly pine is a primary target for this research project because of its current commercial importance, as well as its potential for providing biomass to future biofuels markets, University of Georgia
Beech Tree fills green building niche - Eco-friendly carpenter uses reclaimed woods to make masterpieces, The Olympian
WORLD NEWS

The other side of carbon trading - Planting trees in Uganda to offset greenhouse-gas emissions in Europe seemed like a good idea - until farmers were evicted from their land to make room for a forest, CNN

Indonesia's peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets - How to Convince a Company to Protect Peatlands and Climate, Mongabay News

Branded by common focus, Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
Greens eye mill, The Australian

Greenpeace launches forest-protection assault - Environmental group says newsprint giant is pillaging country's boreal woodlands, Montreal Gazette
Clean up or clear cut?, Winnipeg First
Green carpet, Vancouver Sun
Smithers and Telkwa Issued Community Forest Agreement, B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range



Ancient forests return, Manchester Evening News

Govt should ban kwila imports now, Indonesia Human Rights Committee
Borneo Forest Faces Extinction, Save the Orangutan blog
It's been going on for too long: PBRS, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia

Cambodia's disappearing forests, Details are Sketchy
A Country With No Big Trees, Worldwatch Institute

Greenpeace Study: Companies Revealed to be Purchasing Forest Destruction, Greenpeace Three Logging Firms Responsible for Majority of Destruction of Boreal Forest
Alberta's forest guardians, Lakeside Leader

Green group angry over logging audit snub - Independent audit into logging breaches at Arcadia Forest canceled, ABC News

Trees and Us, The Tyee
Tree planting only part of the solution - Time for Premier to keep promise to protect Boreal Forest, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Pine beetles' progress spawns fear to the east - Extent of British Columbia's pine plague awes visitors and rings alarm bells in Central Canada, Vancouver Sun
Forestry workers continue strike, Comox Valley Record
Court rules 'final offer' unfair to unionized forest workers - TimberWest intends to appeal over deal that included $100,000 bonus, Vancouver Sun
B.C. West Coast Trail a treasure, Times Colonist editorial
The new dirty energy - Tearing up the boreal forest for tar sand oil, Boston Globe

A living with logging, Tri-City News
Forestry study flawed: MNR, Timmins Daily Press - Ontario
Sunshine Coast logging rules set to face higher court - Company seeks to appeal order that cites its operations as a health hazard to watershed, Globe and Mail
One case where you might side with Goliath - Despite 'negligible' impact on drinking water, small municipality wants loggers out, The Province
Protection of watersheds too fluid, Nanaimo News Bulletin

Satellites Show Logging Decline in Peruvian Amazon - Roads Lead to Deforestation in Untouched Areas, Tierramérica
A Green Crusade for Water - Nicaraguan government launches national campaign to reforest 60,000 hectares per year as part of an effort to recover 18 rivers lost as a result of uncontrolled logging, Tierramérica
Guyana: Petition being organized against Forests Bill 2007 - Critic sees legalization of concession trading, Stabroek News
Illegal logs fuel energy for Amazon steel industry, ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report

Long May They Rein, Evening Mail
Save Our Wood, The Bolton News
Mozambique: Illegal Logging Still Rife in Nampula, Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
World Bank criticized for ties to timber firm - Its financial arm is an investor in a company that Congo says underreported the amount of timber it was transporting, Los Angeles Times


ACA: Yes, timber was illegally-felled, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
ACA told to also probe wealthy forest rangers, Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
Forestry says... but ACA says..., Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
Halt in operations looming for big pulp firms in Riau, The Jakarta Post at illegal-logging.info
WALHI calls for Indonesia logging moratorium, Cambridge Forecast Group Blog
Down to Earth: Indonesia Forests, Cambridge Forecast Group Blog

Taking heed of royal advice, Bangkok Post editorial
Arson attack follows anonymous threat against Cambodian journalist - The attack was likely in "revenge" for Phat's recent reporting on illegal logging activities in the province's Bakan district, CPJ News
Western Australia: Bauxite mining enjoys total freedom from green displeasure - The alumina industry is destroying the jarrah forest - and nobody seems to care, On Line Opinion
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON

Unchanged (for the Worse) Since 1872, New York Times editorial

Court order threatens contempt for Mark Rey, Court Order by Judge Molloy
Rey snarls - The top official overseeing the U.S. Forest Service has some 'splainin' to do, Gristmill blog
Fire retardant analysis will be on time, says Rey, Billings Gazette at Helena Independent Record
D'oh! Rey: Me? - USDA's Mark Rey drags feet on releasing info about forest policymaking, Grist magazine

Reid, Ensign call for declaration to override Lake Tahoe environmental regulations - Temporary override would allow forest service, fire departments to reduce forest fuels in the basin, Nevada Appeal
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Big fires becoming the norm, Helena Independent Record
Gov. calls special session The Montana Standard

Heat was no fluke, Independent Record
Fire pollution, Great Falls Tribune

USDA official Mark Rey touts fire recovery effort in Montana - Federal government EQIP program spends millions on rebuilding in Montana, Billings Gazette
Breaking free of forest gridlock: Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest Partnership, Montana Standard op-ed
Butte: Forest buffers, The Montana Standard

Firefighting tab surpasses $828 million, Helena Independent Record
Montana DEQ restriction could affect Forest Service's approach to fires - USFS 'let it burn' policy may run afoul of Montana air-quality rules, Helena Independent Record
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Beetles devour Colorado forests - An unstoppable wave could devastate 3 million acres of lodgepole pines, The Pueblo Chieftain

Selling on Pikes Peak comes at a cost - City asking $1M a year for lease, Springs Gazette
Experts differ on mine waste measures - Erosion and runoff control at French Gulch repository at issue, Summit Daily News
Trees in trouble, The Hays Daily News -Kansas


Hiking takes its toll on Colorado trails - Popular hiking trails struggle with erosion, nasty campers, mud-season bikers and the loss of solitude, Summit Daily News
Trouble on the trail, Vail Daily News
Boundary dispute may be resolved by Congress, The Coloradoan -Ft. Collins
Are we too alramed about beetles? - Experts urges homeowner to take action, though they play down links between bugs and fire, Vail Daily News
We may be winning one beetle battle - Beetles appear to be staying away from some Douglas firs at Aspen Highlands, Vail Daily News
Ride on the pine beetle time machine - No big drop in tourists seen as Grand County's forests die off, Vail Daily News
The other Rudbeckias, Aspen Times
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Rec Fee Case Goes to Trial, Wild Wilderness
Hike combines wildlife, history lesson, Tucson Citizen- Arizona Highways
Pumice Mining Firm Faces Fine , Albuquerque Journal
Let's See Biomass's Bright Side, Mountain View Telegraph op-ed

Walnut caterpillar found on pecans, Carlsbad Current-Argus

Federal Investigation Sought into Intimidation of Wolf Biologist by Rogue Federal Agency - USDA Wildlife Services predator control agent pointed a rifle at a New Mexico Game and Fish Department biologist at the scene of the latest Mexican gray wolf killing in the Gila national forest, Forest Guardians
Biomass Project Isn't Sustainable, Mountain View Telegraph

Biomass Arguments Are Flawed, Mountain View Telegraph op-ed
Plant Opponents Have It Wrong, Mountain View Telegraph letter
Santa Fe NF: Off-Road Vehicles Get Carte Blanche, Albuquerque Journal letter [scroll down]
New Gila Forest supervisor named, Silver City Sun-News
New fire managers sent to Gila NF, The Deming Headlight
SCA clans gather in the Lincoln NF, Alamogordo Daily News
Hunters have rights, too - Grazing allotment permitees can't block access, Alamogordo Daily News
Forget the Hysteria, Get Real on Wolves, Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Pearce Must Stand Behind Gray Wolf, Albuquerque Journal letter [scroll down]
The steady voice of character, Albuquerque Tribune

Win for mining opponents - Judge rules Pima County can continue Suit to Stop Davidson Canyon Mining, Arizona Daily Star
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Jackson may lose USFS, Billings Gazette AP


Catch & Cook: Hooked on wild picks - Finding mushrooms in the forest can be fun for everyone if you know, Salt Lake Tribune
Promote urban forest, Salt Lake Tribune

Wasatch-Cache NF: USFS Fees for Mirror Lake Highway could increase - Daily cost may increase from $3 to $6, The Park Record
Private Idaho forests escape destructive fires - The timber industry credits quick response and intensive management. And private land also gets priority from government firefighters, Idaho Statesman
Yellow Pine resists 'mandatory' evacuation- 'There was about to be a revolution if they said we had to leave', Idaho Statesman
Governor orders Yellow Pine evacuation - 'Red flag' conditions hamper firefighting efforts in Boise and Payette national forests, Idaho Statesman
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
OHA takes control of Big Isle forest, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Big Island rainforest preserved, The Honolulu Advertiser

Shasta County officials consider asking USDA to help to offset drought - Lassen National Forest asked those who have grazing permits to leave early this year, Redding Record Searchlight
Coping with sudden oak death - At Occidental seminar, officials suggest ways to fight spread, what to do about dying trees, Santa Rosa Press Democrat


Reid, Ensign call for declaration to override Lake Tahoe environmental regulations - Temporary override would allow forest service, fire departments to reduce forest fuels in the basin, Nevada Appeal
SBC launches "'$1 for the Sierra", Signs MOU with U.S. Forest Service - Sierra Business Council and National Forest Foundation kick off new program, YubaNet News

Loggers might cut trees in Los Padres NF - Damage from Day fire must be pruned back, officials say, Ventura County Star
Forest takes OHV closures a step too far, Redding Record Searchlight editorial
Forests or fires?, SF Chronicle letter
General plan debate heats up - The long-term policies regulating the Humboldt county's approximately 600,000 acres of timber production lands is the focus of an increasingly heated debate as part of the county's general plan update process, The Eureka Reporter
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Logging under way at city watershed, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Fire from the sky changed everything - Twenty years ago today, the Silver fire complex ignited, and forest science has never been the same since, Mail Tribune
River ruckus, Columbian

DragonPlot sharpens fire lookouts' work - Software - The program pinpoints a blaze's location, getting crews to the fire faster, Oregonian
Wildlife Dying Out in Dense Evergreen Forests, Environment News Service [$]
Hard work for no pay helps keep Northwest trails open - U.S. Forest Service - Volunteers step up after the agency's trail maintenance budget and staff receive deep cuts, The Oregonian