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FOREST MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2008 TOP STORY
Losing Its Appeal
Outdoor recreation may become a bygone pastime in the face of global warming, changing scenery, high fuel costs and access fees.
by Patricia Marshall

ALSO
Seal of Approval
By Barbara Maynard
Undemocratic Din
By Ted Williams

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NATIONAL NEWS
FSEEE sues over crop subsidies on US forest land, Post-Intelligencer AP
"Welcome Home" letter from Mark Rey to Rainbows - No permit required, Karin's blog PDF
Feds boot Boy Scouts for Rainbow Family - 'It appears the group has managed to intimidate an entire federal agency', WorldNet Daily
Rainbows displace Boy Scouts, Star-Tribune
Forest: Rainbow Family prompts scouts to change plans, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
With Rainbow Gathering conflict, Scouts pull plug, Planet Jackson Hole
Rainbow Family should show respect for others, Star-Tribune editorial
Rainbows and under secretary meet in Pinedale, Sublette Examiner
Town meeting hears both sides, Pinedale Roundup
Not a party, Pinedale Roundup
Rainbow Family gathering in Wyoming, 9 News
Researchers seek health aid for Rainbow youth, Google AP
Rainbow Family Gathering in Wyoming for 2008, Pinedale Online
Bridger-Teton seeking alternate site for Boy Scout project due to Rainbow gathering - Scout project has been in planning stages for 3 years-now being moved over safety concerns, Pinedale Online
Bridger-Teton NF: ArrowCorps5/Bridger-Teton 2008, USFS
Dutch Joe Fence Removal, Order of the Arrow - ArrowCorps5
Sublette County Commissioner asks Senator Enzi to look into Forest Service management of Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming, Pinedale Online
Barrasso, Cubin blast Forest Service over Rainbows, Billings Gazette
Senator blasts agencies on Rainbow gathering, Star-Tribune
Annual Gathering of the Tribes in Wyoming, Karin's blog
Congressional "Pay to Play" Oversight Hearing, Forest Policy - Forest Practice
Opposition to Shawnee Forest Fees, WSIL
No fee hike at Geen Mountain, Summit Daily News
Green Mountain fee hike up for review - Advisory committee meets to discuss Forest Service, BLM recreation fees; Congress taking comments through July 2, Summit Daily News
Prosecutors seek $44.5 million from Colorado arsonist - U.S. Forest Service fire spotter has been released after a six-year prison term, Los Angeles Times
Managers must balance interests of people, land - Cleveland Forest marks 100 years, Union Tribune
Watch out when visiting forests - The trees might fall, Steamboat Pilot
Farm bill offers federal relief for loggers, Timberjay News
Regulatory Flexibility Act Assessment--Locatable Minerals Operations: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment, Federal Register
Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Leasing of Geothermal Resources in 11 Western States and Alaska and Notice of Public Hearings, Federal Register
Notice of Correction for Geothermal Draft PEIS, Federal Register
Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming, MU Study Finds - MU researchers find submerged trees have potential to be used as carbon credits, U of Missouri
The Temporal Distribution and Carbon Storage of Large Oak Wood in Streams and Floodplain Deposits, Ecosystems Journal
A Significant Upward Shift in Plant Species Optimum Elevation During the 20th Century - 171 forest plant species tracked 1905-2005, Science
Global warming causes plants to move to higher elevations, Mongabay News
Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis?, New York Times
The Threat From Trees - Global warming isn't just a problem of cars and smokestacks but of the chain saw, too - Indonesia produces 85 percent of its carbon emissions from forests, Newsweek
The high cost of excessive paper consumption, World Rainforest Movement Bulletin
Appeal from literature and journalism for socially and environmentally clean paper, WRM Bulletin
Paper, paper everywhere..., WRM Bulletin
"Shrink": A new campaign to stop the madness of paper over-consumption, WRM Bulletin
WORLD NEWS
Beetle logging could be hurting forests, wildlife, Prince George Citizen
Lure of the Titans, Express-News
Soaking up some Haida heritage in a seaside paradise - It's not easy to get to Hot Springs Island, but the trip is well worth the effort, Montreal Gazette
TimberWest picks Island spots for development, Times Colonist
Chile: The “modern slaves” of the “forestry boom”, World Rainforest Movement Bulletin
Monarch Butterflies to Be Protected From Illegal Logging, Environment News Service
Guyana: EU-financed forest research project to take off, Stabroek News
Deforestation and poverty, Stabroek News letter
Another formal complaint against SCA's clearcuts in Sweden - this one from Greenpeace Nordic and SSNC, FSC-Watch
The Confederation of European Paper Industries' Looking-Glass World: Plantations Are Forests, World Rainforest Movement Bulletin
Kenya's Embobut Forest: This Forest Must Be Protected, The Nation (Nairobi)
Ivory Coast: Tanoé Swamps Forest under destruction by Unilever/Palm-Ci’s oil palm plantations, WRM Bulletin
Uganda: Thousands of Indigenous People evicted from FSC-certified Mount Elgon National Park, WRM Bulletin
India: A Story of Non-Participatory Conservation in the Buxa Forest Tiger Reserve, WRM Bulletin
The Threat From Trees - Global warming isn't just a problem of cars and smokestacks but of the chain saw, too, - Indonesia produces 85 percent of its carbon emissions from forests, Newsweek
Indonesia: Killings by Perhutani in East Java teak plantations - a twofold perverted notion of joint forest management, WRM Bulletin
Ulu Muda forest reserve: Cutting down water catchment trees and alliance, New Straits Times
Malaysia: The logging trail leading to tree monocultures in Sarawak, WRM Bulletin
Protecting our forests, Manila Times
CONGRESS & WASHINGTON
Congressional "Pay to Play" Oversight Hearing, Forest Policy - Forest Practice
Green Mountain fee hike up for review - Advisory committee meets to discuss Forest Service, BLM recreation fees; Congress taking comments through July 2, Summit Daily News
Fed logging bill debated - Wyden’s proposal tries to balance timber industry, environmentalists, Capital Press
Promising forest plans Wyden, DeFazio should combine best of strategies, Register-Guard editorial
Federal Protection On The Way For Oregon's Old Growth Forests? - Senator Wyden releases new old-growth protection and restoration proposal, Oregon Wild
Senate to Consider Major Public Lands Bill - Measure Would Protect Nearly a Million Acres as Wilderness, World-Wire
Farm bill offers federal relief for loggers, Timberjay News
Gold's in them thar hills; Jeff, Pete, push reform, The New Mexican editorial
Western Governors Call for Mining Reform, Las Cruces Sun-News
NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho
Tester asks for probe of Plum Creek, Forest Service talks, Missoulian
Plum Creek will meet with counties about deal: Company to hear concerns before enacting land agreement, Missoulian
Thinning work slated to start in Rattlesnake - Fuel reduction to begin July 1 in Sawmill Gulch, Missoulian
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF: Groups file suit challenging Mount Fleecer timber sale, Helena Independent Record
Bird watchers, space technology come together in new MSU study, MSU News
Gallatin NF: Ecological observatory could be located near Yellowstone Park, MSU News
Flathead Forest project appealed over roads, trails, The Daily Inter Lake
'Log' house near forest not what it appears to be, Billings Gazette
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Prosecutors seek $44.5 million from Colorado arsonist - U.S. Forest Service fire spotter has been released after a six-year prison term, Los Angeles Times
Watch out when visiting forests - The trees might fall, Steamboat Pilot
Inmates see the forest for the keys - Doors to freedom are opening more quickly for those helping federal officials remove the state's beetle-battered lodgepole, The Denver Post
No fee hike at Geen Mountain, Summit Daily News
Green Mountain fee hike up for review - Advisory committee meets to discuss Forest Service, BLM recreation fees; Congress taking comments through July 2, Summit Daily News
Volunteers hike every trail - Nonprofit fills in where funding falls short, Aspen Times
A full moon, the summer solstice, and a hike in Lost Park, Fairplay Flume
Bighorn National Forest: Goose Creek Watershed Livestock Grazing Analysis on the Tongue Ranger District, Federal Register
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Management on the Nebraska National Forest and Associated Units, Federal Register
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico
N.M. Tradition Clashes With Off-Roading on Public Lands - Critics Says Off-Roaders Threaten Land, Las Cruces Sun-News
Protect N.M. Land and Its Many Uses, Not Wilderness, People For Preserving Our Western Heritage
Gov. Richardson Calls for Mining Reform, Las Cruces Sun-News
Gold's in them thar hills; Jeff, Pete, push reform, The New Mexican editorial
Lincoln County Supports Mining Reform, Ruidoso News
Lincoln National Forest to re-open Wednesday; fire restrictions remain, Carlsbad Current-Argus
Lincoln National Forest to reopen, Ruidoso News
Mixed emotions greet forest reopening - How safe is it?, Ruidoso News
Upper Canyon escape route study 'inadequate' - USFS easements, studies may be needed, Ruidoso News
County commissioners postpone action on proposed fire ordinance - Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Ruidoso News
Serving Lincoln County on the way by - NCCC helps EcoServants YCC, Ruidoso News
Rocky Fire now fully contained; ranchers to get left over water, Carlsbad Current-Argus
Smoke jumpers drop in to practice for fire season, Silver City Sun-News
Fire cache provides supplies across Southwest, Silver City Sun-News
Valley Ground Is Tough on Trees, Mountain View Telegraph
New rules give landowners cash options - Changes to law increases oversight, allow tax credits to be sold for cash, The New Mexican
Trout Backers Wary of Listing, Albuquerque Journal
Two wolves released in Gila Wilderness, Silver City Sun-News
New mining is halted near the Grand Canyon, Deseret News
Emergency Protections Enacted for Grand Canyon; Interior Department Petitioned for Immediate Action on Uranium, Center for Biological Diversity
Tonto NF: Rollin' down the river, Arizona Daily Star
Park fees ban not very practical, Argus Leader editorial
Camping in remote tranquility, Arizona Daily Star
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming
"Welcome Home" letter from Mark Rey to Rainbows - No permit required, Karin's blog PDF
Feds boot Boy Scouts for Rainbow Family - 'It appears the group has managed to intimidate an entire federal agency', WorldNet Daily
Rainbows displace Boy Scouts, Star-Tribune
Forest: Rainbow Family prompts scouts to change plans, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
With Rainbow Gathering conflict, Scouts pull plug, Planet Jackson Hole
Rainbow Family should show respect for others, Star-Tribune editorial
Rainbows and under secretary meet in Pinedale, Sublette Examiner
Town meeting hears both sides, Pinedale Roundup
Not a party, Pinedale Roundup
Rainbow Family gathering in Wyoming, 9 News
Researchers seek health aid for Rainbow youth, Google AP
Rainbow Family Gathering in Wyoming for 2008, Pinedale Online
Bridger-Teton seeking alternate site for Boy Scout project due to Rainbow gathering - Scout project has been in planning stages for 3 years-now being moved over safety concerns, Pinedale Online
Bridger-Teton NF: ArrowCorps5/Bridger-Teton 2008, USFS
Dutch Joe Fence Removal, Order of the Arrow - ArrowCorps5
Sublette County Commissioner asks Senator Enzi to look into Forest Service management of Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming, Pinedale Online
Barrasso, Cubin blast Forest Service over Rainbows, Billings Gazette
Senator blasts agencies on Rainbow gathering, Star-Tribune
Annual Gathering of the Tribes in Wyoming, Karin's blog
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache NF: New boss for a new forest - U.S. Forest Service pinched by high fuel costs, The Park Record
Caribou-Targhee National Forest FLREA Notice of New Fee Sites, Federal Register
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California
Managers must balance interests of people, land - Cleveland Forest marks 100 years, Union Tribune
Sequoia National Forest HIRA Fees - Alternative? Congress could fund our national forests' recreation facilities, Kern Valley Sun
Think about others, not just yourself, Chico Enterprise-Record editorial
Smoky skies threaten health in fiery California, Google AP
Wally Herger rides to rescue Ridge, Paradise Post
Court Ruling on UC Berkeley Gym Fails to Dislodge Tree-sitters, Environment News Service
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington
Portland meetings will discuss rec fees, Statesman Journal
Detroit Lake island site undergoes a facelift - Piety Island users likely will have to start paying a $10 camping fee, Statesman Journal
Some Siuslaw sites will close Tuesday to celebrate the forest's 100th anniversary, Statesman Journal
Deschutes forest celebrates centennial, The Oregonian
Fed logging bill debated - Wyden's proposal tries to balance timber industry, environmentalists, Capital Press
Promising forest plans Wyden, DeFazio should combine best of strategies, Register-Guard editorial
Federal Protection On The Way For Oregon’s Old Growth Forests? - Senator Wyden releases new old-growth protection and restoration proposal, Oregon Wild
Cutoff of timber money pinches rural Oregon - With the cost of living rising, tax hikes aren't likely to shore up county budgets, The Oregonian
Wallowa-Whitman forest to try out new fire strategy - W-W will be the only forest in Oregon trying out "new strategy" for fighting fire, The East Oregonian
Rulings keep murrelet protected, East Oregonian
Logging planned for Alsea Falls - BLM project aimed at healthier forest, more scenic park, Gazette-Times
Dabob Bay preserve land swap seen to protect timber trust revenues, Peninsula Daily News
Tinkering around the edges of the Wild Sky Wildnerness, Seattle Times
100 things to do in Cascade's national forests, Bellingham Herald
SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Land Between the Lakes: FSEEE sues over crop subsidies on US forest land, Post-Intelligencer AP
Forest Service looks to rein in Juniper Wayside rowdiness, Ocala Star-Banner
Revision of Land Management Plan for the George Washington National Forest Resumes, Federal Register
Valuation of Hemlock Decline on Public Forests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains - Notice; request for comment, Federal Register
EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Opposition to Shawnee Forest Fees, WSIL
Shawnee NF Response to Public Comment On Proposed Usage Fees, USFS
Call to Action: Tell the Allegheny National Forest to Obey Environmental Laws, American Lands Alliance
Pennsylvania Lawmakers, Groups Urge Forested Streamside Buffers, Environment News Service
Farm bill offers federal relief for loggers, Timberjay News
Ethanol plant to be built in U.P. - Macoma is locating here largely because of the state's vast acreage of publicly owned forest land, Detroit News
ALASKA REGION (Region 10): Alaska
Forest restoration underway in Hoonah - Local residents, conservationists and Forest Service team up, Capital City Weekly
Collaborative Community Forest Plan Steps into Action, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council at SitNews
Tongass NF: Kensington case heads to Supreme Court, Juneau Empire
Supreme Court takes Kensington tailings case, Fort Mill Times
Earthjustice Statement on High Court's Decision to Hear Clean Water Act Case, Earthjustice
Kensington Mine Dispute to Be Settled in U.S. Supreme Court, Resource Investor
Coeur Announces U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit Court Ruling on Kensington Tailings Permit, Business Wire
Tongass pollution triggers investigation - Shale from road project contaminates streams, Anchorage Daily News
Pollution leaching from Tongass road, News-Miner
Road work damages salmon streams, KCAW