Forests in the News©
TODAYS EDITION - complete list
Bush Administration Challenged Over Abandonment of Wildlife Protections, Earthjustice
Lawsuit Filed Over Fees On Mt. Evans Road, CBS4 Denver
Arapaho NF: Legal challenge to Mount Evans fees launched, Denver Post
U.S. Forest Service sued over $5 Mt. Lemmon fee, Tucson Citizen
Suit filed over Mt. Lemmon Highway fee, Arizona Republic AP
Class Action Suits To Be Files in Arizona, Colorado - Public Land Owners Taking RAT, Forest Service to Civil Court, New West Network
Fee increases rile Lake Wenatchee cabin owners - Forest Service asked to hold off on raising costs of annual permits, Wenatchee World
Forest Service budget has some bugs to work out, Summit Daily News
Information Collection; Qualified Products List for "Water Enhancers" for use as fire retardant, Federal Register
Merge, Remake the Forest Service - A Tectonic Fix Long Overdue, New West Network
Road agreement language comes back to haunt land managers - Timber-hauling easements amended to allow residential development, without any public input, Missoulian
$1 billion timber slush fund or fair trade deal? - Lawsuit, U.S. senators want details on Bush administration deal, Post Intelligencer
Forest Voice: Spring 2008, Native Forest Council [pdf]
GAO says no to forest snacks, Anchorage Daily News
Tallying the environmental cost: Allegheny National Forest, Scranton Times Tribune
Conservation Easements: The Need for Closer Scrutiny, New West Network
Timber! Sen Baucus wants to cut timber industry's taxes, Wall Street Journal
4th Timberland Investing World Summit - Alternative Investments, Sustainable Returns and Emerging Markets: San Francisco, CA June 9th-11th, FinanceQ - IQPC [pdf]
"It's Woodchips Stupid," Not Corn, for Ethanol Production to Produce 15 Billion Gallons, Green Energy Resources
American Woodchips Begin Test Trials for Power Generation in Germany, Green Energy Resources
Enviros and hook-n-bullet set form unlikely alliance, San Francisco Chronicle
Cities so busy planting they can't see the forest for the trees - Tree-planting takes root, Washington Post
Deforestation: single largest source of land- use greenhouse gas emissions, Prudent Press Agency
Boy Scouts of America Plans Largest National Service Project Since World War II, PR Newswire
Call of the Trees, website
Treehuggers Against Trees, Townhall

WORLD NEWS

Native chief claims B.C. government is in conflict of interest, Vancouver Province
Pope & Talbot cash crisis leaves logging communities and industry reeling - Historic west coast lumber company heads for receivership as Asian sale falls through, Vancouver Sun
Western shuts down logging operations - Curtailments on Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island due to plummeting demand, Powell River Peak
Shutdowns, layoffs hit largest West Coast forest company - Western Forest Products closes most of its logging operations as demand drops, Vancouver Sun
Bad news just getting worse, Nanaimo Daily News
Nova Scotia: Forestry practices cut down - Research group report: Stop clearcutting, protect environment, Chronicle Herald
Nova Scotia's forests in peril - report - Recent changes not enough to counteract over-harvesting, clear cutting, Canadian Press
Healthy response to forestry workshops, Chronicle Herald
Sector faces uncertain times - The union representing 30,000 workers meets the premier and forests minister, Canwest News
Who Will Revive BC's Forests? - World relies on our 'lungs,' but replanting is lowest in 20 years, TheTyee
Little bug, big issue - Stop clearcutting beetle-killed forests, Brantford Expositor
Disease cutting down trees; Drought, poor soil and a lack of attention are killing local evergreens, The Whig Standard - Ontario, CA
Climate change and forest fires, The Sault Star - Ontario, CA
Sacred balance, Daily Gleaner
Setting the real bottom line: The challenge of the 21st century, Science Alert
$1 billion timber slush fund or fair trade deal? - Lawsuit, U.S. senators want details on Bush administration deal, Post Intelligencer
Paso Pacifico Awarded Gold Rating for Innovative Reforestation Project in Nicaragua, Rainforest Alliance
On the edge of destruction - A Texan rancher's radical idea is helping to halt the devastation of the Amazon's souuthern and eastern rim, Financial Times
Logging: Whistleblowing farmer killed in Brazil, KC Star AP
Galapagos: Alien Species Plague the Land That Time Forgot, IPS News
Who decides the fate of the Amazon?, BBC News
Portugal Tackles New Outbreak Of Tree-Killing Pest, Reuters
Palm Oil Protests Target Unilever Sites, Reuters
Green giants: Our love affair with trees, The Independent
Spreading trees: Britain's leafiest regions - and the best woods to visit, The Independent
Norway to assist Tanzania in forest and climate program, The Norway Post
Norway Gives Tanzania $100 Mln For Forests, Reuters
Madagascar: Despite Odds, Country Saves More Trees, UN IRIN
Mali: The land of sacred tree - In the heart of Mandinka territory in western Mali, people believe that cutting down a tree is a sacrilege. And yet, over a two-month period, a Chinese company lumbered 243 tonnes of wood, France 24
Malaysia, Indonesia agree to counter anti-palm oil propaganda , Bernama
Forestry officials ignoring PNG law, The Australian
Asia's Rainforests Vanishing As Timber, Food Demand Surge: Experts, Exchange magazine
Mangrove loss 'left Burma exposed', BBC News
Destruction of Mangrove Forests Increased Devastating Impact of Cyclone Nagris, Mangrove Action Project
Vietnam manages forests to deflect climate change, Nhan Dan
Illegal logging resumes in Aurora, says group, Philippine Inquirer
Legal logging decimates forests - group, Sun.Star Davao
Smoke Lifts Momentarily at the Forest Practices Authority - But Forest Destruction Code Review Not The Answer, Tasmanian Greens

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON

Timber! Sen Baucus wants to cut timber industry's taxes, Wall Street Journal
$1 billion timber slush fund or fair trade deal? - Lawsuit, U.S. senators want details on Bush administration deal, Post Intelligencer

NORTHERN REGION (Region 1)

Road agreement language comes back to haunt land managers - Plum Creek- Timber-hauling easements amended to allow residential development, without any public input, Missoulian
Timber! Sen Baucus wants to cut timber industry's taxes, Wall Street Journal
Helena NF: Officials announce $37 million settlement to remove Mike Horse Dam, Missoulian
Lawmakers to bring fire suppression debate to Hamilton, Missoulian
Sen. Laible reduces MT fire committee to a cronyistic dog and pony show, Missoula Independent
Montana Wilderness Association celebrates golden anniversary, Great Falls Tribune
County asks man to restore land after cottonwood trees were cut down in a conservation easement, Missoulian
Rey says authority over real estate development is limited, KULR News
Rey to face queries on Plum Creek talks, Missoulian
USFS head discusses Plum Creek talks in Missoula, KPAX News
Grazing deal a tiny step toward effective bison management, Yellowstone Insider
Why buffalo and why not the CUT deal? Against utilitarianism, New West Network

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2)

Lawsuit Filed Over Fees On Mt. Evans Road, CBS4 Denver
Arapaho NF: Legal challenge to Mount Evans fees launched, Denver Post
Forest Service budget has some bugs to work out, Summit Daily News
Class Action Suits To Be Files in Arizona, Colorado - Public Land Owners Taking RAT, Forest Service to Civil Court, New West Network
Roosevelt NF: End grazing rights, Coloradoan letter
BLM defers leases in Rio Grande National Forest, HCN blog
Activists fight federal plan on mine methane, Denver Post
Lynx Habitat Threatened by Oil and Gas Development - BLM Moves to Open Rio Grande National Forest to Drilling, Center for Native Ecosystems
Deep snow refreshing parched West, Vail Daily - News
Fed plan brings electric shock, Telluride Daily Planet

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3)

U.S. Forest Service sued over $5 Mt. Lemmon fee, Tucson Citizen
Suit filed over Mt. Lemmon Highway fee, Arizona Republic AP
Class Action Suits To Be Files in Arizona, Colorado - Public Land Owners Taking RAT, Forest Service to Civil Court, New West Network
Prescott NF: McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer, Washington Post
Prescott NF: Massive thinning proposed for Black Hills area, Verde News
Cibola County Opposes Mount Taylor Cultural Listing, Albuquerque Journal
SF Forest Limits Target Shooting, Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe NF: Watershed group wants state to run Pecos Canyon park, New Mexican
Forest Service Rejects Buckman Project Challenge, Albuquerque Journal
Trigo Fire in Manzano Mountains Burns Additional 50 Homes, Alamogordo Daily News 5-3
Cibola NF: Trigo Fire Burns 15,000 Acres , Albuquerque Journal 5-2
NM fire burns more homes in Manzano Mountains, New Mexican 5-2
Trigo Fire Jumps Containment Line, Albuquerque Journal 4-30
Fire Crews Mop Up Manzano Mountains Trigo Fire, Albuquerque Journal 4-26
Environmental groups assail Arizona Strip plan, Arizona Republic

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4)

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest - U.S. turning 2 forests in Utah into 1, Deseret News
A. Carlisle receives forest council certification, Reno Gazette-Journal

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5)

Gillett tapped for San Bernardino National Forest post,San Bernardino County Sun
Off-roaders lose 1,000 miles of trail in new Eldorado forest plan, McClatchy News
Deal struck by Palco, Mendocino Redwood, Eureka Times-Standard
Save the old-growth redwoods, Petaluma Argus-Courier
Los Padres NF: California protestin', HCN letter
Clearcutting the Climate or Carbon Sequestration - What's our Future?, Sierra Nevada Alliance

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6)

Fee increases rile Lake Wenatchee cabin owners - Forest Service asked to hold off on raising costs of annual permits, Wenatchee World
Plea agreement reached in Thirtymile Fire deaths - Former fire boss pleads guilty to lesser charges; felony counts dropped, Post Intelligencer
Wyden pushes for quick OK on logging - Salvage - Timber firms and environmentalists work out an agreement for two counties hit by fires, The Oregonian
U.S. judge stops logging project in Olympic National Forest, Post-Intelligencer
Owners of cabins on Forest Service land may see increases in cost next year, The Wenatchee World
New Gifford Pinchot Plan Calls for Thinning, Fewer Roads, Centralia Chronicle
A better forest, Columbian editorial
Blowdown not a fire danger, The Daily World
Wild Sky: Preserving a future, Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial
Hikers fear plan to log Blanchard Mountain, Post Intelligencer
Siskiyou monument - Senate committee approves buyout of cattle ranchers - Ranchers would be paid to keep their cattle off 24,000 acres, The Oregonian
Bill would end grazing rights on Siskiyou monument in Oregon, Daly AP
The flap over spotted owls, High Country News blog
To save the old growth trees, you need to get involved, Eugene Register-Guard
Firm logs, but does it 'greenly' - Out of the Woods handles the smaller stuff, helping to heal woodlots as it goes, Mail Tribune
Oregon uses traps and sprays to fight off Gypsy Moth, Oregonian
$1 billion timber slush fund or fair trade deal? - Lawsuit, U.S. senators want details on Bush administration deal, Post Intelligencer
Obama says permanent solution needed for county payments, Register-Guard
Candidates: Listen up on timber payments - Those federal checks to Oregon counties are not pork, The Oregonian
Here's a bad idea: Gas from trees, Eugene Register-Guard op-ed
Horse Lake addition first in years, The Wenatchee World
Portland-based timber company liquidated, The Oregonian
Forests vital to water quality, Register-Guard letter
Only one line at the bottom , Register-Guard op-ed
Setting the real bottom line: The challenge of the 21st century, Science Alert

SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8)

Have we 'paved paradise'?: Clearcut forests, Hattiesburg American
Big beauties stand test of time - Texas Forest Service recognizes 'truly remarkable trees' in Tarrant, Star-Telegram
Florida To Subsidize European Raid on Florida Forests, Alachua Post
Forestry Friday, Florida Forestry Association

EASTERN REGION (Region 9)

Mark Twain National Forest: Stop Logging in the Proposed Smith Creek Wilderness: Comments Due May 16, American Lands Alliance
Tallying the environmental cost: Allegheny National Forest, Scranton Times Tribune
NFC to Green Mountain Nat'l Forest: Put Down the Chainsaw and Step Away from the Trees, Native Forest Council: News
Bat attack: legal 'bat'tle brewing - Mysterious affliction killing bats in other states; is Pennsylvania next?, The River Reporter
Editor makes wild charges without getting the facts, Timberjay News editorial
Sixty citations issued in Wayne Forest, Athens Messenger
Illinois: IEPA lends forest service a helping hand, The Southern
Bugged by beetles: Officials express concern over pest blamed for killing millions of trees in Midwest, Allegheny Times
Woodchips for Energy; Green Energy Resources Targets 15% Market Share of Growing Northeast US Biomass Markets and Looks to Develop a Green BioEnergy Port in New York City Area, Market Wire
"It's Woodchips Stupid," Not Corn, for Ethanol Production to Produce 15 Billion Gallons, Green Energy Resources
American Woodchips Begin Test Trials for Power Generation in Germany, Green Energy Resources

ALASKA REGION (Region 10)

Chugach NF: GAO says no to forest snacks, Anchorage Daily News
GAO says no to forest snacks, Fort Mill Times
Lean Times, Juneau Empire

 

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