NATIONAL NEWS
Valles Caldera faces staff cuts - Funding zeroed out - USDA cut the Valles Caldera National Preserve out of its Forest Service budget request to Congress this week,
Los Alamos Monitor
Biologist who took a stand passes away at 48 - Longtime friends and colleagues gathered to build a casket for Glen Ith in Petersburg this week.
Ith was a Forest Service Wildlife Biologist who became prominent in recent years for successfully challenging some of his agency's timber-sale work on the Tongass.
Those close to Ith knew him as a quiet, family man whose love and respect for the outdoors guided his personal and professional life. He passed away unexpectedly
this week of Sudden Cardiac Death, which is when the heart abruptly stops. Ith was 48 years old.
KFSK Radio - Petersburg
The Last of the Best - Diverse stakeholders with competing interests wrangle over the future of the Tongass National Forest,
Forest Magazine
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Valles Caldera faces staff cuts - Funding zeroed out: USDA cut the Valles Caldera National Preserve out of its Forest Service budget request to Congress this week,
Los Alamos Monitor
Full Committee Hearing April 1st to consider S. 2593, a bill to establish a program at the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land,
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Mountain biking gets pinched - Forest Service wants to close Telluride and Ridge trails to biking this summer,
The Daily Planet - Telluride, CO
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
Valles Caldera faces staff cuts - Funding zeroed out - USDA cut the Valles Caldera National Preserve out of its Forest Service budget request to Congress this week,
Los Alamos Monitor
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Tahoe NF: Open versus closed - Ski resort boundary policy often comes down to whether they're on public or private land,
Sierra Sun at Nevada Appeal
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.