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Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners

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.
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Forest Service Issues Gag Order to Employees on Talking to Reporters

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."
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Study: Many Forests Vulnerable to Climate Change

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.

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'Thousand Cankers' Rapidly Kills Walnuts

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.
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Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding

$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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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization

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
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Climate Change
Fish & Fisheries
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Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection

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.
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Federal Crystal Ball Predicts Numerous Wildfire Hotspots

The National Interagency Fire Center maintains an ongoing set of wildfire forecasts, covering time periods ranging from daily to the full wildfire season.
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Getting Down to the Wire on Roadless Rules

On Sept. 5, 2001, expect crowds at Forest Service regional offices and some local offices around the country.
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Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood

Timber-rich states and regions grapple with public calls for ending clear-cutting.
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Publication Items

Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners

Forest Service Issues Gag Order to Employees on Talking to Reporters

Study: Many Forests Vulnerable to Climate Change

'Thousand Cankers' Rapidly Kills Walnuts

Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding

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

Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection

Federal Crystal Ball Predicts Numerous Wildfire Hotspots

Getting Down to the Wire on Roadless Rules

Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood

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