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NATIONAL NEWS
Court may decide Tongass whistleblower case - Federal judge may have to decide whether the Forest Service erred in Glen Ith affair, KSTK - Alaska Public Radio
Read the oral arguments, U.S. Supreme Court
Torreya Pine Guardians: As the climate changes, proponents of 'assisted migration' say it's time to help animals and plants move - Driving Mr. Lynx, The Boston Globe
When it comes to forest soil, wildfires pack 1-2 punch - New study finds substantial loss of carbon, nitrogen from burned soils-and connections to warming climate, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies - Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success, Forest Guild
Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies - Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success, Forest Guild [pdf]

The Business of Saving the Earth, The Walrus Magazine
Champion Trees Around The World, Ascending the Giants
Ignoring forest dwellers' rights will be costly, report predicts - Deforestation plans will fail unless habitation rights are considered, Nature News
WORLD NEWS

Money doesn't grow on trees - The carbon and water services supplied by rainforests are of global importance. We need a global fund to pay for them, The Guardian
Brown's plan to save rainforests - A new global deal to protect the world's rainforests has been proposed in a report drawn up for Gordon Brown, BBC News


PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
A healing flame - As fire season subsides, crews are using controlled burns to keep forests healthy - and to prevent catastrophic blazes in the future, Bend Bulletin
Forest Service suspends contract with Oregon helicopter company - Carson Helicopters says weight discrepancy, not the Aug. 5 crash, is to blame, The Oregonian
Broughton mill resort plan gains passing mark grade - U.S. Forest Service approves Columbia River Gorge plan amendment, The Dalles Chronicle
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Torreya Pine Guardians: As the climate changes, proponents of 'assisted migration' say it's time to help animals and plants move - Driving Mr. Lynx, The Boston Globe
Galveston: Broadway Oak Trees Bouncing Back, The Galveston County Daily News
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
Court may decide Tongass whistleblower case - Federal judge may have to decide whether the Forest Service erred in Glen Ith affair, KSTK - Alaska Public Radio
Forest Service moves forward on plans for timber sale near Wrangell - Zarembo timber sales offered this spring, Alaska Public Radio

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