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House approves boost in federal firefighting funds, Google AP
H. R. 5541 - FLAME Act: To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities, Library of Congress
Pelosi Floor Statement on FLAME Act, Office of the Speaker of the House
Boxer introduces Senate FLAME bill to fund wildfire-fighting, The Desert Sun
House approves fund to fight major fires, Idaho Statesman
State Foresters Urge Comprehensive Solution as House Passes FLAME Act, National Association of State Foresters
Udall bill would revamp ski law, Aspen Daily News
Udall bill provokes Colorado Wild - Group says it may allow inappropriate summer activities at ski resorts, Durango Herald
Obama Blasts Forest Service-Plum Creek Road Deal, Missoulian
Progressive preservation: Agreement will protect public land while allowing working forests, Missoulian
Plum Creek deal once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Missoulian
Plum the Depths - Deal could open way for more development in Montana forest, Grist News
Salazar, Udall seek air-tanker answers - U.S. representatives concerned about safety, Durango Herald
Official: Feds should consider Rainbow Family ban, Google AP
Swapping forests - (Or how we'll lose the beech and learn to love the Southern pine), The Columbus Dispatch
Ecuador- First Nation to Approve Rights of Nature - Ecosystems have constitutional rights, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Researchers Explain Nitrogen Paradox In Forests, Terra Daily
SGS halts all new FSC forest management certification activities, FSC-Watch
WORLD NEWS
Private forest lands logging sparks new conflicts - Foresters, activists square off as harvesting rates continue to rise on southern Vancouver Island; others cry foul over raw log exports, Vancouver Sun
Ecuador- First Nation to Approve Rights of Nature - Ecosystems have constitutional rights, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Over 100 Species Of Bats Found Within Several Acres Of Rainforest In Ecuador, Science Daily
Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest, Mongabay News
20% of Amazon timber illegally harvested from protected areas, Mongabay News
Lebanon: Forests association unveils fire-prevention measures, The Daily Star
German initiative to conserve forests offers win-win solution, Conservation International
Irish Forestry Awards Present Good Opportunity To Forest Owners, Dunphy Public Relations
Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Hunt animated film, Field Day -UK
Door supplier urges merchants to back Sumatra rainforest campaign, TTJ News
Goodbye Blackberry Trees?, Snuff Mills Action Group blog
Garden or Woodland? Judges call for a better definition, Daily Mail
Smoke Blankets Eastern Siberia As Higher Temperatures Spawn Forest Fires, e360 digest
Nutella, with this deforestation you are really spoiling us - Palm oil chocolate spread drives forest clearing for palm plantations, Greenpeace UK
Quick benefits can't justify cutting down forests, The East African
Give us a long-term logging licence, says Panpaper, The East African
Eritrea: Avoiding the wrong habit of cutting trees..., PFDJ Shaebia
Tribe faces eviction for failing to stop forest fire, The Times of India
50% poplar trees on Lahore's canal need to be replaced, Daily Times at Lahore Nama
Bangladesh: Promoting afforestation campaign, The New Nation
Socio-religious bodies may foster affroestration, The New Nation
PNG minister accused of $41m scam, Sydney Morning Herald
It would appear that Forestry and Corruption in PNG, Robert@PNG
Highway plan in Indonesia's Papua threatens forests: NGOs, Terra Daily AFP
Door supplier urges merchants to back Sumatra rainforest campaign, TTJ News
Wild Orangutans Declining More Sharply In Sumatra And Borneo Than Thought, ScienceDaily
Orangutan populations drop due to logging, expansion for palm oil, Mongabay News
Sabah lauds firm for logging excellence, The Star
Ulu Muda forest reserve: Rethink logging, ricemillers urge, The New Straits Times
Protecting our forests: Restoration, The Manila Times
Paradise Lost. Logging and the Environmental and Social Destruction of the Solomon Islands, Atlantic Free Press
Logging 'no threat' to World Heritage wilderness, ABC News
Developer not about to log off: Shire told Mt Rae Forest saga not over, Goulburn Post
Seeing the wood among the trees, The Press -New Zealand
Quiet Forests due to Predators and Pests, NZ Department of Conservation
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Inmates Work In Forest To Hasten Release, CBS Denver
Air attacks aid in firefighting, Pueblo Chieftan
Salazar, Udall seek air-tanker answers - U.S. representatives concerned about safety, Durango Herald
Udall bill would revamp ski law, Aspen Daily News
Udall bill provokes Colorado Wild - Group says it may allow inappropriate summer activities at ski resorts, Durango Herald
Politicians question mine atop Mount Emmons: Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest, Cortez Journal
San Juan NF: Former firefighters jump into restoration at historic forest station, Cortez Journal
San Juan NF: Saving a forest gem - Glade Guard Station renovated in Dolores County, Durango Herald
Pinyon pine trees show signs of recovery from beetles - Park's piņon pines may be on mend - Mesa Verde's trees ravaged by Ips beetles, Cortez Journal
Wild Idea - Congressional bill would preserve Dominguez-Escalante area, Durango Herald
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Salmon-Challis National Forest FLREA Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites, Federal Register
Public prompts changes in Idaho roadless plan, Star Tribune
House approves fund to fight major fires - Sali votes for the bill, but says money isn't as much of an obstacle as red tape and extremists, Idaho Statesman
Official: Feds should consider Rainbow Family ban, Google AP
Wildfire burning near Rainbow Gathering, Jackson Hole Daily
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Francis Marion and Sumter NF releases proposed compromise for Upper Chattooga river use, Macon Telegraph
Swapping forests - (Or how we'll lose the beech and learn to love the Southern pine), The Columbus Dispatch
Highway Project Dooms Oak Tree, Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C.
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Huron-Manistee NF: Judge won't allow drilling in Mason Tract, Traverse City Record-Eagle
U.S. judge blocks gas drilling in Michigan forest, Detroit Free Press
Wasting the Wayne, Ohio's Only National Forest, Red State Rebels
Swapping forests - (Or how we'll lose the beech and learn to love the Southern pine), The Columbus Dispatch
Infection strikes Conn. sycamore trees, Hartford Courant

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