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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
Supreme Court Will Decide "Standing" Issue, USFS
Read the oral arguments, U.S. Supreme Court
Durango lawyer argues before the U.S. Supreme Court, Durango Herald
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
Forest Service prepares for climate change, Asheville Citizen-Times
Firefighting needs dedicated fund, Missoulian
National Trail Classification System, FSM 2350 and FSH 2309.18: Notice of issuance of interim final directives and public comment period, Federal Register
Forest Service Forms New Ecosystem Services Staff Area, USFS
Ecological Restoration and Resilience Policy Issued, USFS
FS Today for 10/17/2008, USFS
East to West for10/17/2008, USFS
Rocky Mountain Riparian Digest, USFS
NASA Partners With Forest Service On Air Tanker Safety Study, Dryden Flight Research Center
Federal and Nonprofit Conservation Leaders Urge Children to 'Get Outdoors, It's Yours!', USDA News
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
Intense forest wildfire sharply reduces mineral soil C and N: the first direct evidence, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies - Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success, Forest Guild
Synthesis of Knowledge from Biomass Removal Case Studies, Forest Guild / USFS [pdf]
Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies - Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success, Forest Guild [pdf]
Congress fuels Forest Service waste wood removal, Biomass Magazine
Cellulosic biofuels endanger old-growth forests in the southern U.S., Mongabay News
Forest, Wildlife Protection Pledged at World Conservation Congress, Environment News Service
The Business of Saving the Earth, The Walrus Magazine
Cost of forest loss estimated at $2 to $5 trillion each year, Mongabay News
Rainforest Action Network to review support for FSC certification, Mongabay News
Champion Trees Around The World, Ascending the Giants
Carbon conservation schemes will fail without forest people, Mongabay News
Respecting forest dwellers" rights can lead to reduced deforestation, Thaindian News
Ignoring forest dwellers' rights will be costly, report predicts - Deforestation plans will fail unless habitation rights are considered, Nature News
Indigenous people demand greater say in using forests to fight global warming, Mongabay News
Pay indigenous people to protect rainforests, conservation groups urge, The Guardian
Pay-to-protect forest plan gets cautious welcome, The Guardian
Forest conservation can fight climate change and poverty, Mongabay News
This stock collapse is petty when compared to the nature crunch, The Guardian
WORLD NEWS
Paraguay extends zero deforestation law, Mongabay News
Brazil to have high resolution imagery for 86% of the Amazon by year end, Mongabay News
Ecuador's plan to protect rainforest from oil drilling looks doomed, Mongabay News
Pay-to-protect plan for Ecuadorian rainforest on the brink, Guardian
Slowing global economy will reduce Amazon deforestation, Mongabay News
'Children of the Amazon' looks at cultural loss of Amazon tribe confronted by deforestation, Mongabay News
Chevron loses attempt to reduce payment in suit by Amazon rainforest natives, Mongabay News
Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change, Mongabay News
Brazil tests carbon reduction in Amazon forest, Reuters
Brazilian deforestation speeds up, peopleandplanet.net
Breakthrough may enable reforestation using mahogany, Mongabay News
Exelon signs rainforest conservation deal to help reduce emissions, Mongabay News
Newfoundland: Public urged to speak out about harvesting plan, The Telegram
Seeing the wood: Safeguarding forests could halve cost of fixing climate, The Guardian
Global fund 'could pay owners to keep rainforests safe', The Guardian
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
Rich countries must pay for rainforests: UK report, Reuters
EU steps up battle to halt deforestation by 2030, Reuters
EU Move Against Illegal Timber 'Toothless', IPS News
Green group damns EU logging plan, CNN
EC issues lame deforestation plans, WWF
EU forest package needs strengthening, WWF
EU seeks tougher rules on illegal logging, AFP
EU Seeks Tougher Timber-Trade Rules to Help Forests, Bloomberg News
EU wants tighter rules on timber to save species, Associated Press
Oslo says forest plan to help indigenous peoples, Reuters
EU says emissions trading system may fund forest conservation, Mongabay News
UK government: rainforests are weapon against global warming, Mongabay News
Focus sharpens on forests for climate fix, Reuters
Chainsaw massacre: They clean our air, reduce carbon and will save the planet ... So why are trees public enemy No1?, The Observer
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
They shoot squirrels, don't they? - Militants out to defend the red squirrel, The Observer
Swedish forests are model for halting climate change, says Södra, Timber Trade Journal
Authorities Search for Hit-and-Run Loggers, The Jordan Times
Cameroon: Illegal Loggers Flee Gov't Crackdown Forces, The Post (Buea)
DR Congo to cancel two-thirds of logging contracts due to corruption, Mongabay News
Kenya: State urged to lift ban on logging of timber, The Nation
Yeti 'proof' actually belongs to cliff-dwelling goral, Mongabay News
Missing the neighbourhood for the trees, Indian Express
Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra's endangered forests, Mongabay News
Pledge to protect Sumatran forest, BBC News
Biofuel boom endangers orangutan habitat - The primates' great enemy now is the palm oil industry, Los Angeles Times
Palm oil industry relies on greenwashing to mislead consumers, alleges report, Mongabay News
Borneo forest people reject oil palm plantation on their land, Mongabay News
Indonesia to audit all timber operations to cut illegal logging, Mongabay News
Greenpeace Discovers Illegal Logging in Nabire, Tempo Interaktif
Illegal Logging Alarming - Landowners take companies to court, Islands Business
Indonesia's Papua rainforest under mounting threat, Earthtimes
Audits could curb illegal logging, Jakarta Post
Farm forestry could drive biofuel for transport, The Age
Forestry Tasmania: Logging protesters 'should pay costs', The Age
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
Foresters hope to revive berry fields with thinning, fire, The Columbian
Chanterelles pop up, the perfect quarry, Oregonian
Roads closed to protect Port Orford cedar, Oregonian
Rogue River NF: City, Mt. Ashland in court over ski area lease, Mail Tribune
Forest Service suspends contract with Oregon helicopter company - Carson Helicopters says weight discrepancy, not the Aug. 5 crash, is to blame, The Oregonian
Colville Tribes seek to halt Forest Service auction, The Wenatchee World
Enjoying outdoors comes with responsibility to protect natural areas, The Estacada News
North Bend group is taking out the trash, SnoValley Star
Mary's Peak: Clear cuts, politicians and microbrews, Denver News blog
Sand rail dune riders fault dangers column, Clackamas County Weekly
Tell Governor Kulongoski to stand up for old growth, Oregon Wild
Snapshot: Flameout over Diamond Lake, Mail Tribune
Forget the Alps; hit the Wallowas, Tigard Times
Broughton mill resort plan gains passing mark grade - U.S. Forest Service approves Columbia River Gorge plan amendment, The Dalles Chronicle
Family tree farmers facing extinction crisis, Post-Intelligencer
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
Cellulosic biofuels endanger old-growth forests in the southern U.S., Mongabay News
Apalachicola NF: Florida's "Worm Grunters" Collect Bait Worms by Inadvertently Imitating Mole Sounds, Innovations Report
Grunting humans, moles scare earthworms, Science News
Lexington seeks to protect its oldest trees, Lexington Herald-Leader
Galveston: Broadway Oak Trees Bouncing Back, The Galveston County Daily News
Luminant earns nation's highest award for reforestation efforts, The Daily Tribune
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
Tlingit Native Centenarian Honored by Alaska Region, USFS
Permit process hinders good mining development, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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