NATIONAL NEWS
Roadless plan OK'd - Federal panel recommends Colorado's roadless plan, with tweaks,
Colorado Daily News
Houses fueled Tahoe blaze - A Forest Service report says that homes were set ablaze by embers from other buildings and that a number of factors caused the fire's spread,
Los Angeles Times
That Sinking Feeling -
We dig fossil fuel out of the ground, burn it and fill the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, and then plant trees to soak it back up. If only it were so simple,
Conservation Magazine
Requiem for the rain forests? - Arts palaces are using exotic wood from trees that some consider at risk of becoming extinct,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WORLD NEWS
Bringing back the forests - With help from academics and a well-thought out plan, local people can help with reforestation projects,
Bangkok Post
Torrential rains hit North Korea -
Experts say decades of reckless deforestation have stripped North Korea of tree cover that provides natural protection from catastrophic flooding,
Daily News & Analysis
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Houses fueled Tahoe blaze - A Forest Service report says that homes were set ablaze by embers from other buildings and that a number of factors caused the fire's spread,
Los Angeles Times
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
A Boost in Biodiesel - New plant's 'green' fuel could help revive regionthat once reliedon timber industry,
New Mexican
Tiptoeing back into the woods - The Bush administration is increasing public-lands logging, but it must strike the right balance with other forest values,
Oregonian editorial
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Requiem for the rain forests? -
Arts palaces, such as Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, are using exotic wood from trees that some consider at risk of becoming extinct,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin
