Publication Items

Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners [1]

The USFS Forest Legacy Program has awarded a total of $72 million to 36 property owners in 33 states and territories to apply conservation easements to their land, with the goal of preventing development or other uses of the land that would reduce its forest value.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Forest Service Issues Gag Order to Employees on Talking to Reporters [9]

Monongahela National Forest's public affairs officer recently directed employees there that, if contacted by national reporters on any issue or local reporters regarding national issues, they "cannot talk to the reporter"and suggested that the instructions came from "our Washington office."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Study: Many Forests Vulnerable to Climate Change [11]

An international team has pulled together what it says is the first global assessment of tree deaths linked with drought and heat stress. They cite 88 cases since 1970 on six continents.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Forests [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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'Thousand Cankers' Rapidly Kills Walnuts [13]

Yet another deadly tree disease is spreading in North America. This one, documented in 8 states so far, affects black walnuts. Early hints indicate it could also affect other, agriculturally significant walnut tree species.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [14]
Forests [5]
Biodiversity [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [16]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [17]
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
California [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [24]

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Economy & Business [3]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Food [14]
Forests [5]
Health [29]
Government [6]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection [32]

After an appeals court ruling against them, and running out of funds, conservationists dropped their suit against the Forest Service for escorting them from a press conference on a Bitterroot National Forest timber sale.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Federal Crystal Ball Predicts Numerous Wildfire Hotspots [33]

The National Interagency Fire Center maintains an ongoing set of wildfire forecasts, covering time periods ranging from daily to the full wildfire season.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Getting Down to the Wire on Roadless Rules [34]

On Sept. 5, 2001, expect crowds at Forest Service regional offices and some local offices around the country.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood [35]

Timber-rich states and regions grapple with public calls for ending clear-cutting.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood [35]

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