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NATIONAL NEWS
Appeals court sides with Forest Service in 2000 backfires in Bitterroot, KPAX News
Ninth Circuit rules in favor of Forest Service, Ravalli Republic
House Natural Resources Committee OKs bill to set aside $1 billion to fight major wildfires, Star Tribune AP
Special firefighting fund moves forward, Independent Record
Committee Approves Rahall Bill to Create FLAME Fund, Committee on Natural Resources
House committee OKs wildfire fund bill, E&E Daily at American Lands Alliance
Separate Account for Wildfire Suppression Expected to Win Panel Approval, CQ Today at American Lands Alliance
Up in FLAME, High Country News
HR 5541: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act), Library of Congress
Thinning trees can breed more infestations, Ravalli Republic
USFS: Nambé Tribe to Get Privacy - Lake Peak ridge being fenced off, Albuquerque Journal
Bush Order to Promote Hunting May Result in ORV Limits, Environment News Service
Ex-rangers file petition against OHVs, Billings Gazette
Forest urged to OK commercial guides - Shoshone officials say study needed to prevent overuse, Billings Gazette
The hazards of the leasing game, High Country News editorial
Conservation Reserve Program of Questionable Value, New West Network
Restore Forestry Funds, Hartford Courant editorial
NM governor calls for surface water protection, Las Cruces Sun-News
The FSC is the 'Enron of forestry' says rainforest activist, Mongabay News
Enviros, timber companies reach opposite conclusions about climate impact of logging, ClimateWire at American Lands Alliance
Scientists: Warming endangers sequoias, Fresno Bee at Star-Tribune
Merrill Lynch's foray into carbon farming - Why a Wall $treet firm wants to $ave a forest in Sumatra, Fortune at CNN Money
Forest values rise with warming, Asia Times
Forests' long-term potential for carbon offsetting, BioMed Central
A Slippery Slope: Artificial Snow Harming Alpine Environment, Researchers Warn, Der Spiegel
Outdoor Alliance Speaks Out Against New Forest Planning Rule , PR Newswire
Washington County lands bill debated in Senate committee, Deseret News
Washington County conservation bill has flaws, Salt Lake Tribune op-ed
Public-lands bill may look better, but it's still a pig, Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Bill - A pig with lipstick, Wild Wilderness
EIA Applauds Precedent-Setting Indictment for International Timber Smuggling, Environmental Investigation Agency
WORLD NEWS
Carbon study shows beetle-killed forest is pumping out carbon dioxide, The Canadian Press
New Carbon Culprit: Pine Beetles - Pine Beetle Outbreaks Turn Forests Into Carbon Source, ABC News AP
In British Columbia, a beetle upsets climate calculus, CS Monitor
Pine beetle turning B.C. forest into greenhouse gas gusher: Scientists, Vancouver Sun
Pine beetles may affect climate change - study, Reuters
Saving the Earth's boreal forests, 25 million acres at a time, Seattle Times
4 arrested in protest against Ontario logging front of Weyerhaeuser HQ, Yahoo! Canada News
Private land release prompts lawsuit against B.C. government, CBC News
Don't blame logging for fires, National Post
A billion trees to be planted in Brazil's Atlantic Forest over the next 7 years, Mongabay News
Brazil. Illegal shipment of Amazonian timber seized, BYM Marine Environment News
Legality concerns squeeze Para state timber supply, ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
IBAMA tightens control on illegal logging in the Amazon, ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
With Guns and Fines, Brazil Takes On Loggers, New York Times
Going, Going, Gone? New Satellite Images Reveal a Shrinking Amazon Rainforest, Worldwatch Institute
Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader, Mongabay News
Guyana: Iwokrama is like 'a giant utility' -Director Canopy Capital, Stabroek News
Forestry commission warns of continuing breaches, Stabroek News
Rainforest recovery after deforestation can be enhanced by artificial bat houses, Mongabay News
Cache of rare and undiscovered species under threat in Panama cloud forest, Mongabay News
How you can help save rainforests, The Find Blog
Mongabay: Green Websites, Time magazine
Saving Estonian forests, Baltic Times
World's Oldest Living Tree Discovered In Sweden, Terra Daily
Illegal Logging Gives EU Massive Eco-Headache, Deutsche Welle
EC deliberates on illegal wood legislation, ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
A Slippery Slope: Artificial Snow Harming Alpine Environment, Researchers Warn, Der Spiegel
Mediterranean forest fires set to become 'norm': green group, Yahoo! News
Earth's Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever - Scientists analyzed readings from an exceptionally quiet Earth-listening research station at the Black Forest Observatory in Germany, Yahoo! News
Cameroon: World's rarest gorilla gets its own forest reserve, Mongabay News
Cameroon's disappearing forests, Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Mangrove project creates fish, fire and hope in Eritrean desert, Yahoo! News AFP
Liberia: Logging industry ready to restart | Economy Environment Governance Human Rights, IRIN Africa
Merrill Lynch's foray into carbon farming - Why a Wall $treet firm wants to $ave a forest in $umatra, Fortune at CNN Money
Kalimantan: Unilever accused over rainforest destruction, Telegraph
Senior Indonesian policemen transferred over rampant logging, Borneo Bulletin
Indonesia shuffles police chief after logging case, Reuters
Cops grilled in Kalimantan illegal logging, Borneo Bulletin
Photos by late Borneo rainforest hero, indigenous rights activist go online, Mongabay News
Malaysia Concerned About Negative Campaigns On Palm Oil Industry, Yahoo!7 News
Come & See How Wrong You Are, Gov't Tells Western Palm Oil Critics, Bernama: Malaysian National News Agency
Malaysian palm oil industry puts sustainability in the spotlight, Mongabay News
Palm oil boycott an unrealistic approach to conserving biodiversity, Mongabay News
Malaysia rejects coal project in Borneo rainforest, Mongabay News
Tigers or people? A balancing act in forests of India, International Herald Tribune
Thailand: Planters intruding further into forests, Bangkok Post
Mangroves to defend farms - A $120m plan to boost mangrove forests may help combat the effects of climate-change, Viet Nam News
Vietnam denies using illegal timber, VietNamNet
Illegal timber 'flourishing', The Australian
Protesters halt Styx logging, Mercury -Tasmania
Australia: A3P stands alone in fight against illegal logging, Forest Newswire
We CAN do something about logging problems, Solomon Star News
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Appeals court sides with Forest Service in 2000 backfires in Bitterroot, KPAX News
Ninth Circuit rules in favor of Forest Service, Ravalli Republic
Thinning trees can breed more infestations, Ravalli Republic
Bitterroot Forest proposes three fuel reduction projects, Ravalli Republic
Beetles feast on trees in Bitterroot - Pine engraver beetles eating trees in Bitterroot, Missoulian
Pine-beetle repellent meeting postponed, Helena Independent Record
Flathead NF: Gearing up for the mushroom rush, The Daily Inter Lake
Flathead NF: Judge rejects forest-plan lawsuit, The Daily Inter Lake
Forest gets rare assist from court, Kalispell Daily InterLake editorial
Public asked to help avoid road, trail damage during spring thaw, Great Falls Tribune
Forest access for disabled is desperate red herring, Montana Standard letter
Motorized sports burn plenty of energy, too, Montana Standard letter
Joint effort needed to fix Pryor Mountain Road, Billings Gazette letter
Panhandle NF Official: N. Idaho lynx habitat designation won't change management, KTRV News
Plum Creek-Forest Service talks criticized, Billings Gazette AP
Rey to discuss Plum Creek talks, Missoulian
Plum Creek: Changing timber land into subdivisions, Whitefish Pilot News
Senator seeks details on possible Plum Creek development in Montana, Land Letter at American Lands Alliance
Bio-lubricants: Company sees oilseeds as economic fuel in Montana - Bio-degradable chainsaw oil, etc..Billings Gazette
'Rocky Mountain Front: A Shared Legacy', Great Falls Tribune
Conflict marks MWA anniversary, Helena Independent Record
Here's how Blixseth did it, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Conservation easement fails to save copse of cottonwoods, Missoulian
Gallatin NF: Deal could limit killing of park bison - Purchase of grazing rights from CUT ranch would create corridor for migrating animals, Billings Gazette
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
USFS: Nambé Tribe to Get Privacy - Lake Peak ridge being fenced off, Albuquerque Journal
NM governor calls for surface water protection, Las Cruces Sun-News
Experts fear nation's waterways need rescuing-from us - US Forest Service spent about $500000 on watershed work in New Mexico and Arizona, Las Cruces Sun-News
Crews Hope To Stay Ahead of Winds in 4,425-Acre Trigo Fire, Albuquerque Journal 4-23
Winds Whip Fire Near Two Towns, Albuquerque Journal 4-21
Cibola NF: Hundreds Evacuated As Trigo Wildfire Approaches, Albuquerque Journal 4-20
Lincoln National Forest To Close May 1st, Albuquerque Journal 4-22
Lincoln National Forest Extends Fire Restrictions , Albuquerque Journal 4-14
Forest Service scraps 4 fire plans challenged by enviro groups, Land Letter at American Lands Alliance
Wildfire study to include Ruidoso homeowners, Ruidoso News
All bark, no bite: Thinning reduces beetle threat, Silver City Sun-News
Forest Service To Allow Mining Southwest of Silver City, Silver City Sun-News
Enjoying the outdoors means putting safety first, The Deming Headlight
Governor pledges to fight Gila River diversion, Silver City Sun-News
Settlement reached in checkerspot suit, Alamogordo Daily News
Fish and Wildlife Service Will Consider Protection for Rare NM Butterfly, WildEarth Guardians
Lynx in New Mexico in Legal Limbo, WildEarth Guardians
Group Pushes for Frog Habitat Protection - Grazing, Climate Change Cited as Threats to Chiricahua Leopard Frog, WildEarth Guardians
Santa Fe fails to hit Tree City criteria - Nine cities, military installations noted for urban forestry efforts, New Mexican
Coronado NF: Studies: Squirrels not hurt by construction, Tucson Citizen
BLM Fumbles Balancing Act , Albuquerque Journal op-ed
Arizona conservationists file initiative to protect state land, Douglas Daily Dispatch
A story in stone: Arizona's Petrified Forest provides fascinating look at a surreal world, Deseret News
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
More off-highway vehicle trails are coming to the Ocala National Forest, but at a cost, Ocala Star-Banner
Florida: Local Student Says He Can Produce Ethanol From Forest Waste Products, WCTV News
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Exposed: FSC-certified clear-cutting of Massachusetts public forests, USA, FSC-Watch
Restore Forestry Funds, Hartford Courant editorial
Green Mountain National Forest draws management plan, Vermont Public Radio
Wild Monongahela: House Designates New Wilderness Areas on 38th Earth Day, Committee on Natural Resources
Civil War buffs couldn't see history for the trees - National parks clear trees from original battlefield 'sight lines,' delighting (and appalling) students of history, CS Monitor

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