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Wildfires [1]

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Wildfires rage every summer — and make news. Here are some key sources useful to reporters.

Reporting Tools [2]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Forests [5]
August 10, 2009

DEADLINE: SEJ Post-Conference Tour / IJNR Lake Country Institute [6]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources will, for the first time, conduct SEJ's Post-Conference Tour, Oct 11-14, 2009. Journalists chosen as fellows will explore several newsworthy destinations in northern Wisconsin. Apply by: August 10, 2009.
SEJ Annual Conferences [7]
Workshops and Fellowships [8]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Air [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Forests [5]
Water & Oceans [13]
Biodiversity [14]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]

"Water Supplies at Risk From Fires in Dead Forests" [16]

"Water supplies for 33 million people could be endangered if millions of acres of beetle-ravaged forests in the Rocky Mountains catch fire, a U.S. Forest Service official said Tuesday."
Forests [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [17], 06/18/2009
November 1, 2009 to November 5, 2009

American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science Society of America - Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting [18]

2009 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Meetings [19]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [9]
Agriculture [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Studies [22]
Food [23]
Forests [5]
Health [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Biodiversity [14]
Policy [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Science [30]
Technology [31]
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International [32]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]

Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [34]

$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.
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TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [36]
Forests [5]
Government [37]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
California [41]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
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Public [3]

Regenwoud [43]

Dutch portal about rainforest issues.

Useful Links [44]
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Public [3]
Europe [45]
Forests [5]

"USDA Undersecretary Nominee Withdraws" [46]

"President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs has withdrawn his name from consideration."
Forests [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [47], 06/09/2009

Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [48]

 

 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 [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Economy & Business [49]
Consumer [50]
Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Studies [22]
Food [23]
Forests [5]
Health [24]
Government [37]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [51]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [3]

Obama Administration Leaps Into Roadless Brawl [52]

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack took personal control over logging and road projects on tens of millions of acres of National Forest in a temporary effort to resolve controversy over the "Roadless Rule."
Forests [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [53], 05/29/2009

La minería amenaza [54]

 

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Public [3]
International [32]
Mexico [55]
Forests [5]

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