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NATIONAL NEWS
The Kindest Cut - Logging to restore native habitats on Mt. Pisgah - FSEEE has signed on to the project, Eugene Weekly
A forest service critique, Denver Post op-ed by retired USFS Scott Phillips
Legacy Roads Funding - Year Two - Forest road restoration and removal, Wildlands CPR
Wild Forests and Landscape Amnesia, International Journal of Wilderness

Baucus, Plum Creek, Conservation Groups Announce Massive Land Deal - Nature Conservancy and Trust for Public Lands to Buy 320,000 Acres, Flathead Beacon
The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land to Purchase 320,000 Acres of Plum Creek Forestland in Landmark Agreement - Purchase of Plum Creek Land in Montana Will Protect Working Forests, Promote Public Access, Protect Wildlife Habitat and Continue Sustainable Forestry, The Nature Conservancy
Critics Decry Montana Land Deal, United Press International

'Om'-ing in Wyoming, Star-Tribune
'Jesus Camp' says it offers what Rainbows seek - A ministry of hospitality, Star-Tribune
Rainbows a bunch of anti-social, pot smoking a - - - - - - s - And our children should not be used for cannon fodder by a bunch of elitists; bring the boys home, Casper Star-Tribune letter
A Rainbow experience, Star-Tribune letter
Summer Travel: Rainbow Family Reunion. Weekend America: Public Radio
Bureaucratic paper trips pilgrimage, Casper Star-Tribune letter
Mythos lingers longer than event, Star-Tribune letter
Scouts' restoration work beneficial to gov't - Scout spokesman Brad Haddock says the report of the Scouts being preempted is false and there is no controversy, OneNewsNow

WORLD NEWS
Managing Logos Land's trees, The Daily Observer


NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Baucus, Plum Creek, Conservation Groups Announce Massive Land Deal - Nature Conservancy and Trust for Public Lands to Buy 320,000 Acres, Flathead Beacon
The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land to Purchase 320,000 Acres of Plum Creek Forestland in Landmark Agreement - Purchase of Plum Creek Land in Montana Will Protect Working Forests, Promote Public Access, Protect Wildlife Habitat and Continue Sustainable Forestry, The Nature Conservancy
Critics Decry Montana Land Deal, United Press International

Morels: The beauty of a burn, Great Falls Tribune
What to do about pine beetles?, Helena Independent Record editorial
Group helps maintain area trails, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Yellowstone's 1988 fires transformed park's policies, attitudes - Scientific evidence shows that big fires have always been part of the landscape in the park, Billings Gazette
Environmentalists help bring doom to our forests - Beetles only attack public forests, not private, Billings Gazette letter
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
'Om'-ing in Wyoming, Star-Tribune
'Jesus Camp' says it offers what Rainbows seek - A ministry of hospitality, Star-Tribune

Rainbows a bunch of anti-social, pot smoking a - - - - - - s - And our children should not be used for cannon fodder by a bunch of elitists; bring the boys home, Casper Star-Tribune letter
A Rainbow experience, Star-Tribune letter
Summer Travel: Rainbow Family Reunion. Weekend America: Public Radio
Letter off target, Pinedale Roundup letter
Bureaucratic paper trips pilgrimage, Casper Star-Tribune letter
Mythos lingers longer than event, Star-Tribune letter
Scouts' restoration work beneficial to gov't - Scout spokesman Brad Haddock says the report of the Scouts being preempted is false and there is no controversy, OneNewsNow

Sawtooth 'travel' maps available - Vehicle use maps show where motorized recreationists can travel on forest, Idaho Mountain Express
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists, Southern Research Station - USDA Forest Service
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
Sealaska seeks resolution of land claims - Once lands are transferred to Sealaska, bill would allow the original available pool of land to revert to U.S. Forest Service management, Juneau Empire

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