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Forests to fall for food and fuel - Demand for land to grow food and fuel crops is set to outstrip supply, leading to forest destruction, a report warns, BBC News

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
Forest Service announces feedground decision - At least six of the state feedgrounds are located on the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Great Falls Tribune
Rainbow Family should follow federal rules, Casper Star-Tribune editorial
Wolverine: Another Species in Danger, New York Times editorial
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Nature, not man, is the dominant factor in logging caused landslides, Columbian
Wolverine: Another Species in Danger, New York Times editorial
Timber's tumble continues, Baker City Herald
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Shamong eyes return of local-purpose tax to pay for gypsy moth suppression program - U.S. Forest Service is expected to reimburse 23 percent of the cost to towns that participated, Burlington County Times
Report touts Maine-fed pellet heat - An analysis of wood-based alternative energy finds the state has enough trees to warm 10 percent of homes, Portland Press Herald
Draft: Governor's Wood-to-Energy Task Force Report, Governor's Wood-to-Energy Task Force [pdf]

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