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"Activists in Mexico complain that the deforestation threatening the environmental health of Mexico has been accentuated by the granting of public areas to private companies.""ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Green Areas to the Highest Bidder"
IPS, 03/09/2010
"A federal judge has thrown out an industry lawsuit that could have led to more logging and road building in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest federal forest.""Industry Loses Lawsuit Over Alaska Forest Logging"
AP, 02/18/2010
"Researchers at Northern Arizona University think they may have found an environmentally safe and readily available weapon against the tree-eating armies of bark beetles. It is, with apologies to the boys from Liverpool, the music of the beetles.""Bark Beetles' Song Could Save Forests"
, 02/09/2010
"After striking out the last three times, the U.S. Forest Service is embarking on another rewrite of the basic planning rule that balances logging against fish and wildlife and clean water in national forests.""Forest Service Rewriting Bush Logging Rule"
AP, 12/18/2009
"Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today unveiled legislation to revamp management of 8.3 million acres in six national forests in eastern Oregon with the backing of both timber and conservation groups that have long battled over the land.""New Senate Bill Aims to End 'War' Over Eastern Ore. Forests"
Greenwire, 12/18/2009
"Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natural landscapes like peat soils, swamps and fields that play a crucial role in curbing climate change.""Climate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests"
NYTimes, 12/16/2009
"The U.S. Forest Service will receive $40 million more to address public safety concerns and forest health needs arising from the millions of acres of dead and dying trees killed by bark beetles in the West, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced Tuesday.""Forest Service Aims $40 Million at Bark Beetle Control"
ENS, 12/10/2009
"A federal program that began as a safety net for Pacific Northwest logging communities hard-hit by battles over the spotted owl in the 1990s has morphed into a sprawling entitlement - one that ships vast amounts of money to states with little or no historic connection to timber, an analysis by The Associated Press shows.""AP Enterprise: Timber Law Becomes Vast Entitlement"
AP, 12/08/2009
"Poland's Bialowieza National Park is home to some of the most impressive trees in Europe. Old growth oak, ash, spruce, hornbeam, linden, lime, and pine tower out of sight, their trunks dripping with luscious moss. For millennia these trees (some of which are more than 600 years old) have harbored legions of top carnivores, rare bugs, birds, and plants. Three packs of wolves range the park's wilderness, along with bison, lynx, wild boar, roe and red deer, otter, cranes, storks, three kinds of eagle, and four owl species." The park faces a number of threats, especially logging."Threatened by Logging: "Forest Medieval"
Earth Island Journal, 12/07/2009
"Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has directed the agency's regions and research stations to jointly produce draft "landscape conservation action plans" by March 1 to guide its day-to-day response to climate change."Forest Service Reshapes Plans in Response to Climate Change
Greenwire, 12/01/2009
The giant evergreen forests of the American West could play a signficant carbon-storage role as the nation "bridges" to sustainable energy."Protecting the Forests, and Hoping for Payback"
NYTimes, 11/30/2009
"Trees along big city streets have a rough life. Between pollution, development, and vandalism, street trees die off at a pretty alarming rate. One New York artist thinks if people knew more about street trees, they’d appreciate them more -- and treat them better.""Big Apple Tree Huggers"
Environment Report, 11/20/2009
Over the last decade, aspens in the Rocky Mountains have been fading away from "sudden aspen decline." Now, as scientists have gained better understanding of the syndrome, they hope that timber harvesting and prescribed burns will help stands regenerate."Experts Pin Hopes on Cutting, Burning to Save West's Dying Aspen"
Greenwire, 10/16/2009
In the Yaak Valley of Montana, environmentalists have been talking to loggers, snowmobilers and other longtime opponents of wilderness protection about the future of public lands. Rick Bass writes of his involvement in a cooperative effort that could lead to the first wilderness-area designation in the state in a quarter-century.Opinion: Finding Common Ground On Protecting Montana Wilderness
Yale Environment 360, 09/19/2009
Lawyers for a long-established sustainable forest products label are challenging the legitimacy of another label backed by the paper and timber industry."Environmental Groups Spar Over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products"
NYTimes, 09/14/2009
