Publication Items

Federal Crystal Ball Predicts Numerous Wildfire Hotspots [1]

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 [3]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Getting Down to the Wire on Roadless Rules [7]

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 [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Getting Down to the Wire on Roadless Rules [7]
Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood [8]

Timber-rich states and regions grapple with public calls for ending clear-cutting.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood [8]
Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [9]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Biodiversity [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Transported Firewood Can Be Source of Lethal Plant Disease [18]

As campers and picnickers head outdoors in greater numbers for the summer season, many government agencies are urging them to not bring their own firewood.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [3]
Region:
Canada [19]
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Transported Firewood Can Be Source of Lethal Plant Disease [18]
2007 Farm Bill Is on Front Burner [20]

It's crunch time for developing the successor to the 2002 US Farm Bill, set to expire Sept. 30, 2007. Many of the ingredients that may be blended into the 2007 Farm Bill are now becoming public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Studies [22]
Food [23]
Forests [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about 2007 Farm Bill Is on Front Burner [20]
Sawmills Drop, Production Increases [26]

Report details how fewer sawmills in the US and Canada see higher production of wood products.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [27]
Forests [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Region:
Canada [19]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Sawmills Drop, Production Increases [26]
Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [28]

A Fortune 500 energy company is applying for an "incidental take" permit that would allow it to kill endangered and threatened species that live on the largest swath of land ever covered by one permit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [3]
Biodiversity [15]
Policy [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [28]
Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [33]

US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [3]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Waste [25]
Government [4]
Military [35]
Policy [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [33]
USFS Predicts Extensive Development Around Forests [36]

National forests throughout the US are expected to be subject to substantial development pressure around their periphery in the next quarter century, according to a US Forest Service study announced Oct. 25, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about USFS Predicts Extensive Development Around Forests [36]

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