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NATIONAL NEWS
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Bush eases on logging; environmentalists afire, Deseret News - Daly AP
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President introduces plan to prevent wildfires during tour of West, Oregonian - Loven AP
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President Bush's remarks on forest health and preservation, Oregonian - Speech transcript from FDCH/e-Media
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Bush Promotes Logging for Fire Management, Environment News Service
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Bush's Stand on Forests May Thin GOP Ranks, Santa Fe New Mexican editorial
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Oregon case study finds forest thinning expensive, SF Chronicle - Barnard AP
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Forest policy includes industry, Oregonian
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Thinning plan calls for cutting past brush into big, old trees
Policy: Bad management burns jobs, president says, Oregonian
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Bush tries to loosen rules on logging, Post Intelligencer
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Bush seeks to ease rules of Northwest forest management, Seattle Times
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Opposition pops up before the Bush plan is heard, Mail Tribune
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Forest fire overreaction harmful, Portland Press Herald
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Bush ignites debate over forests, fires, MSNBC
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Major changes on the land, MSNBC
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Where fire and money meet, MSNBC
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U.S. fire policy isn't cutting it - Wildfire prevention efforts come up short, USA Today
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WWF and Environmental Coalition Offer Plan for Protection from Catastrophic Fires, World Wildlife Fund
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U.S. PIRG Urges Bush Administration to Protect Communities from Fires, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
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Bush Plan To Target 'Fire Crisis' - Forest Management Changes Proposed , Washington Post
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Bush, Citing Fires, Will Seek to Ease Laws on Logging, New York Times
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Bush to Seek Wider Power on Forest-Thinning Plan, Los Angeles Times
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Forest plan fuels debate - Bush to push more thinning today, Denver Post
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Hear him out - Don't reject Bush's forest plan out of hand; lets hear the details first, Mail Tribune editorial
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Logging plan draws reactions, The Olympian
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How the West Was Burned - Wildfires in Western Forests, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Adapted to flames, wilderness survives, Oregonian
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Forestry Service Research Database, Research Buzz News
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FS Database, USFS website
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Wildfire News, FoxFire Media
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Morning Report - Current Wildland Fire Situation, National Incident Information Center
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Smokey, meet Reddy and some fire truths, Albuquerque Tribune editorial
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Reddy? Who's Reddy?, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
- No one can prevent wildfires -
Be ready. FSEEE
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Determining Home Ignition Potential During Wildland Fires, Wildland-Urban Fire Research - Fire Sciences Lab
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Forest-thinning plan to curb fires expected - Proposal would make it harder to fight logging, SF Chronicle / Los Angeles Times
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Citing fires out West, Bush to speed up logging in U.S. forests, Star Tribune
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Bush to Propose Easing Logging Rules, New York Times AP
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Bush to Ease Logging Rules, Citing Fire Danger, New York Times - Reuters
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Bush will back new forest laws - Aim is streamlined rules for thinning against fires, Denver Post
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Bush expected to promote new forest policy, Oregonian
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How fires may forge truce in 'timber wars' - New approaches could bridge political divides, CS Monitor
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Daschle's move proved a bigger point, Headwaters Daniel Kemmis column
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Forest Thinning Could Cost $1 Billion, Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Statement on Federal Wildfire Policy, The Wilderness Society
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Competition to Select a Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Focus Site, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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BLM Develops Mountain Biking Plan, Environment News Service
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Draft National Mountain Bicycling Strategic Action Plan, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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Satellite Data Informs Wildfire Recovery, Environment News Service
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Software Helps Predict Smoke and Pollution Movement, New Mexican
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Burning Agenda - The worst fire season in memory is being used for political purposes, Eugene Weekly
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Expect fire of words once flames die down, Oregonian commentary from Robert L. Beschta and J. Boone Kauffman
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Wildfires and Salvage Logging - The Beschta Report, [PDF] edited by J. Boone Kauffman
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Wildfires force Smokey to tweak slogan, Oregonian
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Smokey Bear revamps message, but faces competition from new rival mascot, SF Chronicle - Flaccus AP
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Wildfires fuel forest thinning debate, Bend Bulletin
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Bush Administration Backs Roadless Rule, Environment News Service
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Bush administration defends road building ban in North Dakota, SF Chronicle AP
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Forest Service Searches for Missing Moon Trees, Science.NASA.gov
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Tongass NF loggers offered extensions - Three years may be added to existing contracts to make up for rough market, Anchorage Daily News
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Extension of Some Alaska Timber Sale Contracts, Tongass National Forest
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U.S. logging policy shift cuts a swath of debate in Alaska - More forest to see, or to saw?, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Group claims to have spiked trees in an effort to prevent timber sales, Oregonian
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National forests : Fire spending hurts other programs, Star Tribune editorial
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Death-benefits law fails firefighting fliers - Crews on copters and air tankers are not eligible, Rocky Mountain News
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Few fire leaders - Expertise 'lean' in Type 1 management teams, Rocky Mountain News
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Forest Service changes direction on roads policy, Elko Daily Free Press
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Use of Grazing Permits as Collateral Under Attack, Salt Lake Tribune
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Grazing Leases Used as Loan Collateral, Environment News Service
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Loggers' lawsuit - A farcical case runs out of steam, Star Tribune editorial
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Land or money?, High Country News
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Forests fall silent with acid rain, BBC News
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Forest Service abandons weapon that may endanger wildlife : Fire-trol retardant, Springs Gazette - KRT Wire
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Forest Service says it will end use of Fire-Trol slurry, Arizona Daily Sun AP
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Fire shelter redesign inspired by Storm King - New shield provides greater protection from heat, flames, Rocky Mountain News
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Western wildfires stoke political tensions over forest policy, ENN - Daly AP
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Firefighting Can Harm Forests, Post-Intelligencer - Flaccus AP
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Smokey The Bear Got It Wrong - Mother Nature Starts Forest Fires For A Reason, TomPaine
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Western States Weigh Wildfire Safeguards, Washington Post
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Embers, not flames, burn homes - Researchers think most houses burn after main fire comes through, Daily Camera
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Firefighting costs sap funds for public lands, Oregonian
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Field Guide To Timber Theft - Understanding Timber Sales, the Contract & the Law, [PDF] Government Accountability Project
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Through My Burning Eyes - Mismanaged Forests And Our National Fire Crisis, Pacific News Service / Black World Today
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After the Flames: Death or Rebirth?, Los Angeles Times
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Survival by Fire - Study Finds Red Pines and Other Trees Will Disappear Without Fire - "It's not necessary to suspend environmental laws to do protect these forests,"
says Bob Dale, field director at FSEEE, ABC News
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Tahoe logging plan draws suspicion - Critics question whether it's really for fire reduction, San Francisco Chronicle
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Assessing fire blame can be tough call - This year's disparity among cases is more striking than most, Sacramento Bee
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Flame and blame blossom in the West, WOTR/ Allen Best
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Wildfire: The culprits are drought and buckets of bucks, WOTR/ Randal O'Toole
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Logging begins to look a little better, WOTR/ Frank Carroll
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Starting fires to save forests, Seattle Times editorial
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Debate over at-risk forests could get fiery, Register-Guard
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Forest Service Chief Names National Fire Plan Coordinator , USFS
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A Phoenix in Ashes, Rocky Mountain News
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Fewer Roads, Fewer Fires, REP - Albuquerque Tribune
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Fight Fire With Logging?, MotherJones
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Why the West Is Burning, Roger Kennedy- New York Times
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Panel: Environmentalists Didn't Cause Wildfires, New Mexican AP
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Scientists letter to Congress regarding Bosworth repudiation of the 'Beschta report', [PDF] Western Trout
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Daschle's forest amendment makes things worse, Rapid City Journal - Sierra Club letter
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Daschle's measure should spark better nationwide management, Sen. Conrad Burns - Guest Editorial / Missoulian
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Daschle's playing politics with fire management, Rapid City Journal
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Wyden Old-growth Plan Draws Surprising Opposition, Columbian
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Wyden Proposal Adds to Controversy and Gridlock, ONRC
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Logging without limits isn't a solution to wildfires, Oregonian
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Wildfires spark Congress timber debate, Oregonian
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Forests need return to historic state, Thomas M. Bonnicksen - Knight-Ridder/Spokesman-Review
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Replacing Grass With Trees May Release Carbon, Environment News Service
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Experts ponder link between fires, global warming, Coos Bay World AP
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Timber: With the Kyoto global warming treaty in mind, companies are considering carbon storage, Eugene Register-Guard
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Study In global warming fight, trees not always best answer, SF Chronicle AP
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Like greenhouse gases, landscape changes may alter climate, UW-Madison
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MODIS Satellite sees through smoke to help track wildfires, Mercury News
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Panel Finds No Danger From Playground Wood, Environment News Service
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Pentagon criticized for not supplying firefighting tankers, Billings Gazette AP
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Forest Service Chief Names Blue Ribbon Panel on Aviation, USFS
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Forest Service says it needs flexibility to thwart fires, Reno Gazette Journal AP
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Proposal for Agreement on Managing Old Growth, Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Can Wildfires be Prevented?, "Smokey Bear was wrong. No one can prevent forest fires." Andy Stahl, Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Getting Burned by Logging, John Muir Project
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Pair invents massive 'Proteus' fire fighter, Eugene Register-Guard
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Giant Blimps Could Rain Over Wildfires, ABC News
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Senators vow to ease U.S. rules to snuff forest fires, ENN - Reuters
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We Should Fight Fire With, Well, Fire, Los Angeles Times
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Fighting fires requires being open to change, Oregonian
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Bill targets eco regulations for fire hazard, infestation reduction efforts; goes too far, Ashland Daily Tidings
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HR 5214 - National Forest Fire Prevention Act , Library of Congress
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USFS criticized for not using more local firefighters at Co., Az. fires, Montana Standard - Weller AP
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Lawsuit against environmentalists dies - Logging group claimed Forest Service abetting 'religion of deep ecology', Duluth News Tribune 7-30-02
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Forest Service fee program an ill-conceived experiment', Idaho Statesman
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New 'Information Crime' for Federal Workers - Public Information Officers At Risk For Warning Public, PEER
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Debate Rages Over Logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, Cox News Service - NRDC
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Limit Wilderness Roads, Los Angeles Times editorial
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'Rural sprawl' displacing the very wild things we've come to enjoy, Sacramento Bee
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The Billionaire Conservationist, Scientific American
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The "Pristine" Myth: Deconstructing Wilderness, Radio High Country News
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Nature magazines need to get over themselves, WOTR/ Stephen J. Lyons
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Lighter loads ordered for firefighting air tankers, ABC News AP
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Safety in the fiery skies, Denver Post editorial
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Firefighters look at safety procedures in wake of deaths, SF Chronicle AP
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Panel to study aerial tactics, Daily Camera AP
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Wildfires Terrorizing the West - Busy Wildfire Season Putting a Strain on Fire Bosses, NPR
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Freelance Firefighter Peter Leschak, NPR
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Fires and Weather, NPR - Rick Ochoa, National Fire Weather Program Manager
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Physics of Fire, NPR
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The Beetle Battle! - Researchers Find New Weapon to Fight Infestation, NPR
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Forest Thinning, NPR
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Fire Fingerpointing, NPR
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Rep. Udall chides U.S. Forest Services over appeals deceit, [scroll down] Santa Fe New Mexican
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Efforts to speed forest thinning gain bipartisan Senate support, Denver Post
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Forest squabble may ease with bill, Seattle Times - Pfleger AP
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Wyden proposal would save old-growth forests, Oregonian
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Summary of the Forest Restoration and Protection Act of 2002, Senator Wyden
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Full text of Wyden/Craig 'Forest Restoration and Protection Act of 2002', Senator Wyden
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Wildfire: The culprits are drought and buckets of bucks, Billings Gazette
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Spotlight shines on NAU forestry expert, Arizona Daily Sun
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Bill for idle firefighting planes adding up, SF Chronicle
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3,000 Mile Trek Showcases American Public Lands, Environment News Service
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Province to Walk Out of Park System - Leaked document claims rangers, campsite supervision will be a thing of the past, Vancouver Sun
- Dark Deeds in the Black Hills -
Daschle's Deal Dooms the Sacred Land of the Sioux, CounterPunch
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Say It Ain't So Senator Daschle, or Shame on Environmentalists?, Common Dreams
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Timber deal slashes Daschle, Rapid City Journal
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Senator Daschle's 'misunderstood' amendment, Washington Times letter from Sen. Daschle
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Burnt fingers and a smoking reply, Washington Times
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What's good for Daschle . . ., Washington Times
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System Failure or Secession 2002?, We the Government - Sierra Times
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Support & Expand the Daschle Exemption, Sierra Times
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Daschle Admits Logging Projects Can Help Prevent Forest Fires, National Center for Public Policy Research
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Monster Wildfires are Preventable, National Center for Public Policy Research
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Don't Blame the Greens for These Fires, CounterPunch
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Fires fuel debate over logging in the West, SF Chronicle - Sonner AP
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Deal-making burns public again - Summary: Black Hills logging settlement lays waste to meaningful public participation in national forest management, Missoulian editorial
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McInnis rips Daschle on S.D. fire bill, Denver Post
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McInnis questions S.D. logging waivers - Lawmaker wants Colorado to get similiar provisions, Daily Camera
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Daschle Forest Measure is Watershed Opportunity, Santa Fe New Mexican editorial
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'National Forest Fire Prevention Act' extends "South Dakota Plan" for others, House Committee on Agriculture
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The text of Daschle's Section 706 Black Hills forest health rider, American Lands
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Rules exemptions proposed for forests - Enzi's 'Emergency Forest Rescue Act', Billings Gazette
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S.2811 - Emergency Forest Rescue Act, Library of Congress
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Political Fires, New York Times editorial, or NY Times at Naples News
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Forestry Tide Can't Be Turned, Columbian editorial
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Overseer of Forests Deserves Praise, Columbian
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Now is the time to say "yes" to Oregon Wilderness, FSEEE - E-Activist
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Scientists chastise Forest Service chief, Oregonian
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International Forest News
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World's Largest Tropical Forest Park Created in the Brazilian Amazon, World Wildlife Fund
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Brazil Creates World's Largest Rainforest Park, Environment News Service
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Prices reignite softwood talks, Vancouver Sun
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More international forest news - Forest Conservation Portal
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The Migrating Boreal Forest, Earth Observatory
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The Future of the Boreal Forest, Earth Observatory
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Learning to Live With Logging and (Gasp!) Even Liking It, New York Times
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Some artists only saw the forest for the trees, some saw the buds, CS Monitor
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Log exports sap Afghan rebuilding - Kabul needs wood, but loggers continue to smuggle valuable timber to Pakistan, CS Monitor
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Finnish forest group to acquire Estonia's largest sawmill company, Star Tribune
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Wilderness is worth a fortune - Recognizing that will help us preserve what's left of the natural world, Time magazine
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Looking to bridge the '1080' toxic divide, Sunday Tasmanian
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Forestry companies have said they would like to move away from using 1080 poison to protect their plantations, Sunday Tasmanian
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'Prepare now' for an explosive fire season, The Advertiser [AU]
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Possible day-use charges for B.C. parks - Proposal includes charges for passes, day-use and parking, Vancouver Sun
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Softwood producers want aid, National Post
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Lumber duty based on 'egregious error', The Province
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Ottawa says U.S. using old wood data - Pettigrew fires off stinging 'egregious error' letter to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, Vancouver Sun
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Forests In the Age Of Global Warming -Testing The Effects Of Climate Change at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, TomPaine
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Environmental Impact Statement Regarding Importation of Unmanufactured Wood Articles From Mexico, Federal Register
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Vines spread, choke trees in deepest Amazon jungle, ENN
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Forest fires in France force evacuation of 500 campers, 8-12-02 Ananova
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Humanity Loses $250 Billion a Year in Wild Habitat, Environment News Service
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World's wealth still relies on nature - Economists find wilderness worth more than farm land, Guardian Unlimited [UK]
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Converting wilderness costly, researchers say, Toronto Globe and Mail
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Illegal Loggers Invade Primordial Peruvian Natives, Environment News Service
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USFS International Programs - What's New?, USDA Forest Service
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Forest fires now under control, 8-10-02 China Daily
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A forest path out of poverty, CS Monitor
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World Rainforest Movement, website
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Global Warming is Changing Tropical Forests , Environment News Service
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Thousands fight forest fires in northern China, 8/8/2002 - ENN
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Greenpeace, Bush Team Up in Fight Against Mahogany Importers, Star Tribune AP
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Greenpeace Calls Lawsuit against U.S. Government Unfounded and Unethical, Greenpeace USA
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The Eco-Mercenaries - WildAid, New York Times
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Environmentalists are pitted against leftists and Zapatista rebels in Montes Azules, Los Angeles Times
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'Naked' Natives Block Illegal Loggers in Peru, Reuters - Common Dreams
- The beginning of a beautiful partnership -
First Nations, greens and forestry companies join forces to experiment with environmentally friendly logging practices, Canada News
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Forest research funding unveiled, Prince George Citizen
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Beetle aid tab hits $600 million - Victoria is seeking federal help to fight the pine beetle, Vancouver Sun
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Gov't submits pine beetle aid proposal to feds, Prince George Citizen
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Small firms suffer double hit from Americans' softwood 'level playing field' duty, Vancouver Sun
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Landry, Campbell want softwood aid package, Globe and Mail
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Russians Gagging Under Cloud of Wildfire Smoke, Washington Post
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Slaves in the Russian Far East Forest, Vladivostok News
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Province to Walk Out of Park System - Leaked document claims rangers, campsite supervision will be a thing of the past, Vancouver Sun
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Liberals must tread on parks with care, Victoria Times Colonist
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Projects in Chile, Ancient Forest International
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Cambodia Protects Forested Mountains, Rare Animals, Environment News Service
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Cambodian Government Creates 1,000,000-Acre 'Central Cardamoms Protected Forest', Conservation International
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Cambodia passes long-awaited law to curb logging, Reuters - ENN
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Cambodia declares pristine mountain forest protected area, ENN - AP
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IUCN, Forest Agency Strengthen Upper Mekong Management, Environment News Service
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Two held for smuggling B1m worth of timber, Bangkok Post
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Portuguese Fires Destroy Lynx Inhabited Park , Environment News Service
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WTO ruling favors Canada on lifting lumber tariffs, Coos Bay World AP
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WTO ruling drives 'stake through the heart' of U.S. softwood case, The Province
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Canada Claims Softwood Lumber Win , Environment News Service
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Greenpeace Fails in British Mahogany Appeal, Reuters
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Brazil spies on Amazon loggers, BBC News
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Indian Villagers to Take Charge of Forests under World Bank Program, Yahoo! News
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