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ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2): Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming  

• Roadless debate touches all users of Bighorn NF Rock Creek
• USFS, Nederland land exchange falls through
• Nudity haven annoys neighbors in Roosevelt NF canyon
• Firecrews continue fight against Arapaho-Roosevelt NF blaze near Fort Collins
• BLM land deals in Colorado called illegal

• Crews contain Wyoming wildfire
• USFS Permits available for collecting firewood
• Locals furious over Piney River Ranch fee, White River NF doesn't have ROW
• Forest plan revision eyes protecting lynx
• Canada lynx enters spotlight again as USFS develops plan
• Lynx Advocates May Sue to Force Habitat Protection

• Forest Service sued for management plan delays on Colorado NF's
• Colorado forest plan called anti-recreation
• The high road - Mount Goliath trail wends its way through a setting beyond compare
• Colorado 'Bobcat' fire suspect will not face charges
• Cone Mountain Fire under control - Open fires banned in many Co. NF's
• Colorado DOW pleased with lynx recovery
• Red Mountain tries to hang on to history
• Digging in - Man wants FS to trade for historic mining district land
• Estimated 38,000 acres burned in SW Wyoming
• Fire in Bighorn NF so far stays away from nearby cabins
• Women’s group donates to help Bighorn NF reforestation

• Forest officials may restrict 'dispersed' sites
• Glenwood Springs public says Roadless initiative should go farther
• Fans, foes of forest roads square off at Grand Junction hearing
• Durango Residents discuss roadless forest plan 6-28-00
• Roadless proposal prompts more debate in Wyoming hearings
• Forest Service to start Maroon Bells fees on Saturday July 1st
• FS Vassar Meadows land swap open house 6-29-00
• Forest Service proposes sweeping Vassar Meadows land exchange
• Where there's fire, there's a smoke jumper
• Happy trails
• Comanche Nat. Grasslands burn, but Co. state fire ban nixed
• Missing Lynx Returning to Colorado
• Saving spirit of mining ghost towns
• In response to recommendations in Lynx Conservation Assessment and Strategy (LCAS), FS will prepare EIS on amending forest plans for 10 national forests in Colorado and one in Wyoming (Medicine Bow NF)

• Pike-San Isabel NF - Historic buildings, Chalk Creek could come under recreation fee umbrella
• Regional forester's data aims to satisfy Campbell
• Co. Senator Campbell Wants Forest Service Economic Study on White River NF Plan
• Campbell moves to block White River NF plan
• Sen. Campbell "Too late to be a player" on White River NF Plan - Denver Post Editorial
• Environmental groups opposed to Flat Tops helicopter-based logging
• Hi Meadow Fire 'human-caused'

• Pulse of the Rockies - Rocky Mountain Region Newsletter [PDF]
• Black Hills National Forest Newspage
• Late-Breaking News and Press Releases from the San Juan National Forest
• Current News Releases from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests
• Current News Releases from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests
• Current News Releases from the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests
• Current News Releases from the Nebraska National Forest
• Shoshone National Forest Press Releases
• Latebreaking News and Press Releases from the White River National Forest
• Current News Releases from the Bighorn National Forest

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3): Arizona and New Mexico  

• Forest Service supports mining ban in Coconino NF San Francisco Peaks
• Mining ban urged for 46,721 acres in Peaks area
• Unidentified N.M. land exchange is included on GAO auditors' list - Cibola NF 'Checkerboard L-Bar' Exchange?
• Clinton says he'll sign' bill that includes $661 million in Cerro Grande Fire relief
• Former park head apologizes for authorizing prescribed burn
• Weaver Offers Apology
• LANL Supports Dam Despite Study
• House OKs Baca Ranch Purchase
• House Vote Ratifies Baca Ranch Purchase

• Buying the Baca- House approves $101 million purchase of ranch in Jemez Mountains
• Baca Ranch Purchase Awaits President's OK
• Congress approves Baca Ranch purchase
• Prescribed burns resumed in Lincoln National Forest
• Coronado NF - Drug war expands to national forest land
• Tucson convictions overturned in Forest Service aircraft case
• Court ruling voids aircraft convictions
• Radio High Country News - Managing fire in the West
• Flood threat drives up cost of proposed dam
• Pecos business tries to recover from flames that shut Santa Fe forest
• House postpones final vote on Baca Ranch

• Santa Fe City Plans to Thin Watershed Don't Involve Feds
• Santa Fe plans to clear watershed
• Lincoln NF Scott Able Fire Blamed on Fed Rules
• Ban on thinning led to Lincoln NF disaster, Otero County residents say
• Coronado Forest Campfire Restrictions Eased 7-6-00
• House gears up for Monday vote on Baca Ranch purchase
• Lab says flooding could be worse than originally predicted
• N.M. lab now predicts heavier flooding
• Cost of LANL Dam Goes Up
• National Guard Soldiers Won't Forget Cerro Grande Duty
• Volunteers Band Together after Los Alamos Fire
• Los Alamos races against time - Summer monsoons could wash laboratory waste into the San Ildefonso Pueblo and the Rio Grande
• Roger Kennedy Opinion: Fires illuminate our illusions in the Southwest
• DeBuys Opinion: Los Alamos fire offers a lesson in humility - We're all in this together

• Lincoln NF fire crews prepare for planned burn
• Cibola NF - Sandia Pueblo Proposes New Hunting Policy
• Bear encounter in Cibola NF Sandia Mntn - When Retreat Is Best Tactic
• BLM Asks for Input on Off-Road Vehicle Use
• Small fire burns in Santa Fe watershed 7-5-00
• Baca Ranch deal may move forward

• Fire obscures the real problems at Los Alamos, by Ernest Atencio
• Next Blow to Los Alamos: Flood?
• Dam Being Built at LANL Pajarito Canyon
• Los Alamos Fire; Logging Increases Fire Risk
• Global Climate Change Causes Rapid Ecosystem Shift
• Lincoln NF tree thinning project as advertised in CBD
• Capitan N.M. Stokes Smokey's Legacy
• Baca Bill May Come Out of Limbo
• Navajos, Zunis regain forest land
• North Arizona - Most Want More From FS Roadless Plan
• Last of Arizona Forests Reopen 6-30-00

• New Mexico Timber Sale Stopped to Protect Songbirds and Mammals
• Suit Filed to Stop Mt. Graham Powerline

• Rain Opens Five N.M. National Forests
• N.M. forests reopen as rains make holiday splash 6-29-00
• Experts urge immediate action to ease fire threat in watershed
• Santa Fe NF - Tonight's forest forum merits community attention 6-27-00
• Group to host meeting on Santa Fe watershed 6-27-00
• Los Alamos braces for harder rains ahead
• Heavy rain hammers Cerro Grande fire area 6-28-00
• Nuclear lab digging up contaminated soil in case of flooding 6-26-00
• Lab moving cesium, strontium-90, and plutonium contaminated dirt from canyon 6-24-00
• N.M. lawmakers seek Baca Ranch vote 6-25-00
• Baca bill a lesson for freshman Udall
• Cerro Grande fire destroys critical habitat for owl, salamander
• Viveash fire crews toil to restore area, slow massive fish dieoff 6-22-00
• NM attorney general wants proof that Los Alamos runoff isn't a threat
• Lab Runoff Concerns AG

• Prescott National Forest - News
• Coconino National Forest News Page
• Current News Releases from the Kaibab National Forest [link updated]

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4): Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming  

• Elko County delays on mediation tax patience of Justice Department
• 900 feet of dirt in Jarbidge equals national controversy
• Wolf reintroduction urged for Uintas and Book Cliffs

• End of the Roads - The national roadless battle's all over but the shouting, as both sides find common ground in Idaho forest
• USFS 'mutilated' Uintah NF road, ranchers say - Ranger downplays impact, says site to become trail soon
• Improvements planned on Nebo Loop - Also, the right fork of White River to get channel repairs
• Here's the lowdown on roadless plan for Idaho
• Las Vegas area federal land sale provides money for Lake Tahoe
• Mediation proposal vote nears
• U.S. House Passes Bill for Land Swap of 212,000 Utah Acres

• Forest Service stops Deadwood timber sale
• Was Utah lands expert axed over controversial federal trades?
• Elko commissioners again take up road settlement
• A sweet deal on land? Hansen helps benefactors with legislation
• Utah Wildfire Peril Real, Growing
• Full text of Jarbidge mediation proposed settlement agreement

• Parents to Help Pay for Fighting Fishlake NF Fire
• Rains May Help Quell Wildfires Across Utah 7-9-00
• West becoming a theme park for the rich - Snowbasin just one of many resorts threatening this fragile environment
• Jarbidge settlement urged
• Gibbons, Reid urge Elko County to accept bull trout mediation plan
• Feds gather evidence on road protest
• Road rebels remove ‘Liberty Rock’
• Letter - Shovel Brigade made its point
• Intermountain Employee Receives Prestigious Fellowship, Award
• Targhee NF Drilling plan now elicits few squawks
• BPA ponies up to keep cattle out of salmon stream - The agency pays two Idaho ranchers $145,000 for waiving their U.S. Forest Service grazing permits

• Protesters defy Forest Service, use muscle to claim road
• Feds, biologists assessing if Shovel Brigade broke law
• Low-grade insurrection begins by tossing 'government waste' - Estimated 500 people come together to open road
• People power on parade - Volunteers from western Montana do their part to open disputed road
• Tiny forest road is big deal for determined Shovel Brigade - Fighting for their West
• Jarbidge Shovel Brigade Website (with photos)
• Forest-fire theory flawed

• Caribou NF - Helicopters offer the soft logging touch
• Wildfires rampage in parts of Utah 7-2-00
• Nevada wildfire still out of control 7-2-00
• Firefighters gain upper hand on largest Reno-area wildfires 6-30-00
• FS, BLM fire teams to join in battle of Reno-area wildfires 6-30-00
• Smokejumpers and fire-retardent hold off Carson area blazes 6-30-00
• Rash of fires breaks out in Reno area 6-29-00
• Life returns to scorched Nevada forest - Delicate ecology endures Buck Springs blaze
• Forest roads spark statewide debate - Roadless areas discussed in Las Vegas 6-30-00
• Elko ‘Roadless areas’ hearing rocky
• Ketchum roadless meeting - Push For Stringent Roadless Measure

• Timber workers condemn proposed ban on new roads - U.S. Forest Service listens to public in Nampa
• Roadless forest plan needs informed public comment
• Letters to the Editor re FS roadless proposal -The Idaho Statesman
• Salt Lake City - Songs, cheers, jeers for Roadless forest plan - Nothing near a consensus
• Forest roads are necessary - Jim Trenholm
• Homeowners rally to protect hillside - Fire heightens threat of flooding and mudslides
• Snowbird facility won't be worth the price
• The Debate Over Access to the Frank Church Wilderness
• Babbitt to act on new Nevada land law
• Sawtooth NF Stanley wolf pack treads thin ice
• Off-roaders criticized for fund source

• Why I'll Be In Jarbidge On Independence Day, July 4th
• 7-3-00 Shovel Brigade gathers for rally to reopen disputed road in Nevada
• Rumors fly, cops roam in Jarbidge 7-3-00
• Sagebrush rebels grab their shovels
• Fish all but forgotten in Elko County feud over forest road
• Lawmen focus on Jarbidge Fourth
• Jarbidge Road Opening schedule of events
• Eclectic mix due for Jarbidge 4th
• Land-Use Protesters Dig In Against U.S. Policy 7-3-00
• Nevada officials bring their message of a government that's out of control
• Another View: The truth about the Shovel Brigade
• Nevada AG Del Papa blasted for lack of support on Jarbidge issue
• Elko Daily Free Press - Jarbidge Road Extended Coverage

• 2 Shovel Brigade leaders resign after U.S attorney's stern warning letter 7-1-00
• Uncertainty follows judge’s ruling
• Problems feared as thousands descend on tiny Nevada town 6-30-00
• Feds: 'No comment' on Jarbidge protest
• Guinn, Gibbons urge Shovel Brigade to show restraint 6-30-00
• Judge denies injunction against shovel brigade 6-30-00
• Judge says group can protest near Jarbidge 6-30-00
• Judge denies U.S. Justice T.R.O. plea
• Judge calls Jarbidge road hearing 6-28-00
• Federal government seek restraining order against July 4th protest, 6-27-00

• Forest Service agent Furnish assures road solution
• July 4th protest will go on, court order or no, organizers say
• Revised Jarbidge letter approved
• Jarbidge protesters want to throw a shovel into deal
• Elko Commissioners delay vote on fed agreement until after shovel rally
• Elko Commissioners table vote on Jarbidge road ‘accord’
• Agreement detailed on disputed Jarbidge road 6-22-00
• Agreement reached in volatile Elko feud
• Conservationists, Sagebrush Rebels at odds over tentative road agreement
• Sheriff worries about violence at Jarbidge road repair rally
• Feds warning Jarbidge protesters
• Carpenter: ‘We have civil rights’ to open canyon road

• News Releases for the Dixie, Fishlake and Manti-LaSal National Forests
• Caribou National Forest and Curlew Nat. Grassland Newspage
• Payette National Forest News
• Boise National Forest News Releases
• Sawtooth National Forest News Releases
• Frankly Speaking - Frank Church River of No Return Newsletter

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California  

• A Hard Look at Private Logging
• Headwaters logging foes miss bond deadline
• A Headwaters Hole Needs to Be Filled
• Federal land sale provides money for Lake Tahoe

• Judge Blocks Headwaters Logging Plan - Environmentalists opposed harvesting by helicopter
• Judge halts plans to log at edge of Headwaters
• Judge Stalls Headwaters Tree Cutting
• Sequoia Fire Lookout Says Living Up High, All Alone Is `Magical'
• Judge Bars Pacific Lumber Logging in Headwaters
• Elk River Harvest Injunction Issued
• Lake County tries to buy forest

• Where There's Smoke... Technology hasn't eliminated need for sharp-eyed forest fire spotters, like Herb Self on the Stanislaus NF
• Shasta-Trinity NF - Man Pleads Guilty to Animal Cruelty
• 6 hurt battling Angeles NF brush fire 7-8-00
• A gutsy activist challenges powerful off-roaders industry
• A Timber Town Turns Against Clear-Cutting
• Degrading the Wilds - scroll down the page
• Sierra Nevada Alliance Seventh Annual Conference September 8-10
• Judge expected to decide Monday 7-7-00 whether company may log in Headwaters
• Richer than ever, we're squandering more, too. And some of our best efforts to think and act green are falling short.
• PSW Scientist Wins "Rise to the Future" Award for Fishery Research
• California's Oak Trees in Danger
• California habitat for bighorn sheep is proposed
• Santa Cruz 'tree-sitter' ordered to come down

• Oakland 7-15-00 Meeting to Focus on Future of Sierra Nevada National Forests
• Regional Forester Powell Testimony Concerning The Sierra Nevada Framework 6/29/00
• Los Padres Forest Fire 70% Contained 7-2-00
• Popular Los Padres NF Campground to Reopen After Six Year Closure
• Permit nixed for choppers in Los Padres NF hunt trips
• Eldorado NF to prepare an EIS on Airport Forest Health Project
• Cows Destroy Biodivesity - Rogue River and Klamath NF's
• Money Is No Solution in Fire Restitution Case - Community Service Is
• Marin a haven for rare owl
• Judge to rule on logging at Headwaters site by July 7
• Redwoods- Protection of 'Hole in Headwaters' Urged
• `Hole In Headwaters' Logging Plan - Contested Activists Protest Use Of Helicopters
• BLM extends scoping period for draft EIS/EIR for Headwaters Forest Reserve to Aug. 4
• Rural Residents Flee Wildfire Along U.S.-Mexico Border 6-30-00

• The king of stumps - Sierra Pacific Industries is the single-greatest threat to California's forests
• Activists block two logging access roads near Arnold 6-27-00
• Sierra clear-cuts inflame residents
• Sierra Town Draws a Line in the Forest - Company's clear-cutting too much for residents
• Town that timber built now opposes logging company's practices
• Editorial - Halt the clear-cutting
• Wasps Sent on a Mission To Save Eucalyptus Trees
• The California Chainsaw Massacre

• FS Pacific SW Region Sierra Nevada page
  Current News Releases from the
  
• Los Padres National Forest
• Angeles National Forest
• Inyo National Forest
• Klamath National Forest
• Shasta Trinity National Forests
• Modoc National Forest
• Tahoe National Forest
• Cleveland National Forest
• Stanislaus National Forest

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6): Oregon and Washington  

• Protesters ignore judge's order
• Restraining order issued against logging protester
• Judge delays Eagle Creek logging protester's eviction, orders mediation
• Portland Mayor Vera Katz asks FS to reconsider Eagle Creek sales; Protester still on the edge
• Changing wolves from 'endangered' to 'threatened' has environmentalists howling
• Saving Oregon's 'sky island': Opinion is divided on whether a plan to protect the spectacular Steens Mountain area goes too far - or not far enough

• Activist perched on sill warned he's trespassing
• From the sill - Live interview with Tre Arrow
• Volunteers combine vacation and trail repair
• DOE says Fire stirred up radiation from surface contamination at Hanford
• Radiation Released During Fire at Hanford Nuclear Reservation [great graphics]

• Forest Service arrests four at Eagle Creek logging protest
• High Noon at Eagle Creek (in depth background from the Portland Business Journal)
• A Battle of Wills
• Eagle Creek: about people, not processes
• Activist remains on perch of Mt. Hood NF S.O.
• Four more arrested over timber sales
• Wolf populations thriving, but recovery may halt return to Olympics
• Rogue River NF - Cleanup in forest will cost plenty

• Monitors look for progress in spotted owl's recovery
• Spotted Owl Population Declines Sharply
• Anti-logging activists not giving up fight
• Protests over logging in forest not over yet
• Activist begins fasting to protest timber sale area in Portland watershed
• Santiam forest plan blossoming
• Siskiyou National Forest May Get More Protection
• Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Background
• Cascade-Siskiyou National monument designation correct way to go
• Wyden, Walden press timber bill - It would guarantee funds to county

• Sides dig in over timber sales - Eagle Creek protesters vow to return Monday morning in force; the U.S. Forest Service promises to stop them
• Cascadia Forest Alliance Website with current Eagle Creek info
• About the Mt. Hood NF Eagle Sales
• Eagle Creek Logging Protesters Move Demonstration from Forest to Downtown
• Authorities disperse Eagle Creek logging protesters
• Surprise Forest Service raid clears anti-logging protesters from trees
• Protecting Eagle Creek shouldn't mean cutting trees
• Eagle Creek logging threatens water quality and unprotected wilderness
• Protesters use 'pods' to try to stop Eagle Creek logging

• Forest merger may help Ochoco and Deschutes NF's
• Forest Service drops proposal for Mount Hood access limits - Revised management plan calls for "wilderness stewards" to educate public
• Another monument proposed in Oregon Siskiyou National Forest
• USFS bid auction planned for matsutake harvesting permit
• Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF Land deal becomes a real Bonanza
• Malheur National Forest - Wild Horse Gather And Transport solicitation
• Avalanche monitoring system on Mount Hood has contentious relationship with Forest Service

• Lane County Commissioner blocks letter opposed to roadless areas
• Students Attack Weeds with Costumes, Creativity
• National Team Soccer Players "Score Big" in Northwest National Forests
• The moths' revenge? - The state sprayed bacteria closely related to anthrax on Seattle
• Fairgoers can chill out at new Breitenbush "Give Trees a Chance" festival
• Plum Creek is here to stay
• Hanford fire's effects examined
• Fires fought from Prineville interagency ‘War Room’
• Fire danger still relatively low in PNW

• Waldo Lake's future in public's hands
• Snub may cost timber exporters
• USFS Willamette Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting, Salem, July 20
• Forest service to clean up once-pure Waldo lake
• Recreationists Clash Over US Forest Roadless Plan
• Cutting alders by streamside challenged - The policy, enshrined in state law, of cutting away long swaths of alder trees in riparian areas so as to replant with conifers was challenged last week at a meeting on riparian area science
• PNW National Forests Plan To Use Fires To Balance Ecosystems

• Civic leaders ask to exempt Pelican Butte ski area from roadless proposal
• Pelican Butte ski area gains support for exemption from roadless plan
• Spotted owl decision didn't take timber out of town - Sweet Home not felled by ruling
• Medford - Roadless plan makes few happy, It’s either too weak or too restrictive
• The greens are out in force - Environmentalists pack FS hearing, seeking wider bans on roads in wilderness areas
• DNR Study says Narrow streamside buffers may be enough
• Willamette NF - L.A. crew cleans Gorge trail
• Oregon NF's- Pitch request, then a tent
• Gifts fuel Cascade preservation project
• Saving salmon's refuges vital to species, researcher says
• Oregon Crews train for the burning season
• Oregon declares fire season earlier this year
• A Sasquatch alert in the Hoh Rain Forest

• Forest Service Biologist Demoted for Doing Her Job - Umpqua National Forest wildlife biologist Cindy Barkhurst was removed from her position as endangered species team leader when a federal judge stopped the timber sales that Barkhurst's scientific team showed violated the Northwest Forest Plan and the Endangered Species Act. Barkhurst was "rotated off" the scientific team over a year ago, after the Forest Service lost the first of two lawsuits where the judge relied upon the team's findings. Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics is spearheading a letter writing campaign to Vice President Al Gore urging him to restore Barkhurst to her team leader position. For more information call FSEEE at 541-484-2692

• Blaze explodes at Hanford nuclear site 6-29-00
• Hanford - Arid area, wind helped spread fire
• Fire a frightening force in West
• Roadless Plan Takes Center Stage in Oregon
• Forest plan has variety of foes - Most who testify at a hearing in Salem oppose it
• Turnout low, feelings strong at E. Washington roads hearing
• Pass sellers picketed -Several drop the pass - FS says vendors are "going to cause customers to violate the fee demo program and risk a citation"
• Sierra clubbed - Environmentalists break out their axes over a green tree-cutting scheme
• Roadless forest proposal riles activists, industry
• Willamette NF - Man pleads guilty in beargrass thefts worth $250,000

• News From the Siuslaw National Forest
• Mount Hood NF News Releases
• Winema National Forest News
• Current News Releases from the Deschutes National Forest
• Ochoco National Forest Current News Releases
• Gifford Pinchot NF Latest Press Releases
• Current News Releases from the Willamette National Forest
• Wallowa Whitman National Forest News Releases
• Current News Releases from the Umpqua National Forest
• Siskiyou National Forest News and Info

SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.   

• Forest Service Sued To Stop Logging in Southern Region
• The Unknown Big Cypress Swamp
• Fire in Kisatchie National Forest
• Priorities for Protection
• Forestry community still wary about regulations - EPA will push through water cleanup rules without affecting forestry -- for now
• Foresters see new technology, Savannah live oaks
• Marshall landowners urged to act against pine beetles

• Southern Research Station Scientist Honored by President
• N. Carolina - Clear-Cutting Trees Is Allowed By Law, But It's Not Right
• Land Preserved On Pasquotank Swampland - Donation Of 406 Acres To Be Set Aside For River's First Wildlife Habitat
• Drought taking toll on Georgia's trees, landowners
• Monongahela National Forest extends comment period to Aug. 7 on draft EIS for Fernow Experimental Forest
• National Forests in Texas schedule roadless area meeting for July 15th
• False Forests - What's green, full of trees, and worse than a clearcut? Vast pine farms, which are rapidly replacing the woods with a new kind of Southern plantation

• Parrot reintroduction program cleared for Caribbean NF test flight
• Birmingham residents speak out on forest roads 6-29-00
• Alabama hearing on roadless area plan gets bumpy - Proposal for national forests sets off wildfire of reactions in state
• Consistent ordinances could reduce Atlanta's loss of tree cover
• Environmentalists, Off-Roaders 'Agree': They Don't Like New Forest Plan
• Pisgah and Nantahala NF's Old Growth Forest Tracts Hidden in North Carolina (scroll down the page)
• Kentucky Marijuana Strike Force must battle booby traps
• Uwharrie NF - Volunteers Seek To Save Rare Plants

• Environmentalists say Alabama's national forests special
• Uwharrie NF - Group Stumps For Ban On Logging - Members Of The Sierra Club Call Logging On National Forest Land "Corporate welfare"
• Chipping Away at the South's Forests

• George Washington and Jefferson National Forests Headlines
• National Forests in Florida Newspage
• Ouachita Ozark National Forests News Releases
• News Releases for the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
• Current News Releases from the Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
• Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests: News and Press Releases
• Current News Releases from the North Carolina National Forests

EASTERN REGION (Region 9): Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin  

• Helicopters to Remove Damaged Trees from Pa. Ricketts Glen State Park
• Gypsy moths increasing at pace too quick to stop
• Senate approves amendments to add $14.2 million for blowdown assistance
• Senate OKs $7.2 million for BWCA storm repairs
• Editorial- Forestry hearing -- campaigning in the guise of governance
• USFS Meyer testimony Concerning Boundary Waters, NFS July 4, 1999 Blowdown 7/7/00

• Forests under fire - Congress hears what's right, wrong on forest management
• More on forests hearing
• Key Senator Backs Relief Plan For BWCA
• Officials root out illegal ginseng gatherers
• Dirty Secrets of Bloodthirsty Ticks
• Senate Oversight Hearing on 1999 Blow-down in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area

• Judge rejects bid to stop logging in Allegheny National Forest
• Fine raised for riding horse in Shawnee national forest
• Forest Service Ups Ante For Violations At Shawnee NF
• At Senate hearing, praise for reaction to BWCA storm [Sat. July 8 News)
• Nature Notes, A Breath of Fresh Air
• John Williams 'Nature Notes' - White Mountain NF
• Never mind the real facts- Reasons for logging W. Virginia state forests ?
• Plan To Cut Trees In The Watershed Is Bad Economics For Bethlehem
• Planting trees for the Chesapeake Bay

• BWCA Still Affected By Blowdown
• A year after blowdown, BWCAW recovery just beginning - Sunday, July 2 News
• Committees Approve $2M For BWCA - Money To Be Used For Blowdown Area
• Forest Plan Attracts Passionate Testimony - Environmentalists, Loggers Debate Road Plans in Duluth
• USDA Forest Service: New Inventory of Penn's Woods to Begin
• Mark Twain NF to prepare EIS on Crossroads Project
• FS to prepare EIS on oil and gas leasing request for about 16,176 acres of the Finger Lakes National Forest in New York
• Michigan's natural treasures hit auction block
• First beetles of season due soon in Chicago
• Bethlehem Set To Vote On Logging Watersheds - Money To Be Used To Offset City's $13.6 Million Landfill Bill
• Omaha - Forest Gets New Type Of Leader

• Missourri Advisory Committee on Chip Mills has its Revised Draft Final Report out for public comment
• White Mountain fee taxes N.H. visitors
• US Forest Service Final Action Report - 1999 National Rainbow Family Gathering - Allegheny National Forest Marienville Ranger District

• Hoosier NF News Releases
• Chippewa National Forest News Releases
• Superior National Forest News Releases
• What's New? on the Superior National Forest
• White Mountain NF Current Projects
• News and Events on the Hiawatha National Forest
• Wayne National Forest Quarterly - News & Projects
• Chequamegon-Nicolet NF News Releases
• Current News Releases from the Allegheny National Forest

ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska  

• House Democrats' Letter Presses for Tongass Roadless Status
• Scientists Send Beetles a Message
• Interior Fires Add Hazards for Pilots

• Vast wildfires choke Fairbanks with smoke
• Officials reluctantly move to `civilize' popular Alaskan mountain
• Tongass NF - Group Suggests Limiting Bear Viewing
• Wildfires in Alaska so far have scorched 460,000 acres with 29 fires still burning 7-5-00
• Tongass NF Carol Jorgensen Named to National Position
• Fight rages over largest, wildest U.S. national forest - The Tongass
• Anchorage Voices Heard on Forest Road Ban 6-29-00

• Alaska's white spruce hurt, not helped by global warming
• Bear Advice May Not Ring True
• AK Senators May Get National Monument in their own backyard - ANWR!
• Gore will oppose timber sales in Tongass National Forest

• Tongass National Forest News Releases

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