National News: 2004-4-1

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Wednesday, 31 March 2004 16:00 News / National
NATIONAL NEWS Preventing Forest Fires, Washington Post editorial National forests try to simplify paper chase, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake Time for Fee Demo opponents to state their case to U.S. Senate, Summit Daily News Road Claims Dispute Draws Another Legal Challenge, Environment News Service Ethical Questions Persist Concerning Bush Administration Environmental Policies and Public Lands Management, Unified Forest Defense Campaign Forest fight in Congress - Pending legislation would allow the sale of bonds to protect working woods, Everett Daily Herald Consortium to Preserve, Study Ancient Forests at 'Cross Timbers', a vast tract of old growth forest that stretches from Kansas through Oklahoma into Texas, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville / Newswise The Cross Timbers and Post Oak Savanna, Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium Credentials pulled for firefighters in '03 Cramer Fire , Billings Gazette AP Wyo. firm backs feds on aging air tankers - Report recommends stricter inspections, maintenance of fleet, Rocky Mountain News Hawkins & Powers call for more tanker inspections, Casper Star Tribune Mountain bikers argue for wilderness access, Vail Daily News The Marshall Plan - A review of 'The People's Forests', Grist magazine Parks in the U.S.: Born to be Wild?, The New mexican Banff forest fire art show explores positives of blazes, Vail Daily News Sen. Craig jabs user fees for public lands, Idaho Mountain Express For forest fee critics, a small victory, Idaho Mountain Express editorial Rec fees could become standard for parks - Opponents say safeguards need to be in place, Idaho Statesman Escalante fee plan dropped, Durango Herald U.S. lands in Wyoming bring $11M in visitor fees - Visitors to Forest Service lands paid $367,439, Billings Gazette Feds seek to make park recreation fees permanent, Billings Gazette Smith avoids stand on rec fees, Bend Bulletin Scientist scale tallest trees to gauge max - Daring scientists find trees' upper limit -- 425 feet, The Sun Herald Study finds even the tallest trees can only get so tall, USA Today AP Beneficial urban trees are in decline, Los Angeles Times at Seattle TImes We're throwing away prime lumber, Los Angeles Times at Seattle TImes West Braces for Intense Fire Season - Drought and Early Spring Blazes Portend a Long, Hot Summer, Authorities Say, Washington Post Safety board wants stricter inspections of firefighting aircraft, SF Chronicle AP Probe of 1994 crash of firefighting plane uncovers new cause - Cracks in wings also found in 2002 disasters, Denver Post Better upkeep urged for aging fire tankers - Safety report seeks FAA oversight of plane inspections, Rocky Mountain News Federal forest project would burn wood for heat in schools, Minot Daily News Reforestation brings life to Burn Canyon wildfire site, Montrose Daily Press Tale of Two Forests: Colville and Idaho Panhandle, Spokane Inlander Justifying the Cut: HFRA, Spokane Inlander Logging's Legacy, Spokane Inlander End fees to access federal land, Great Falls Tribune editorial Craig Chairs Hearing on Recreation User Fees - Witnesses Included the Forest Service, BLM, and Idaho's Director of Tourism, US Senate Craig speaks against forest entry fees, Twin Falls Times-News Fee-Demo Hearing, US Senate Energy Resources Committee D.C. hearings on fee demo bills set, Cortez Journal GAO rejects union appeals in job competitions, Federal Times GAO denies federal employees standing in A-76 protests, Government Computer News Earth Day at 34: What Changed?, Minneapolis Star Tribune op-ed by Mike Dombeck Hug an Old-Growth Tree - Earthjustice battles the Bush administration's attempts to increase old-growth logging, Earthjustice Newsroom Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy Extend Partnership to Restore Fire-Adapted Ecosystems Across the Country, The Nature Conservancy Ketelle on 12-month stint with Nature Conservancy - White River NF supervisor getting a new perspective, Glenwood Springs Post Independent NTSB: Crack in wing support caused fatal 2002 air tanker crash, SF Chronicle AP Study finds even tallest trees have limits to how high they can grow, ENN AP Free trade puts pests in position to destroy, Washington Post at Register-Guard Caught in the treads of unethical ads, ESPN / Izaak Walton League Orphanage wins conservation award, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wooden computers offer 'greener' desktop - Biodegradable monitor cases may reduce trash, Nature News Service It's Time for 'Mormans and Heathens for a Better Utah' - Shining a torch on hypocrisy, Canyon Country Zephyr Employees' Group Petitions For Fair Hearings, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics U.S. is accused of conflict of interest in timber sale cases - Group says Forest Service stands to gain from rules it sets, Post-Intelligencer AP Economic benefits of recovery omitted from bull trout report, Missoulian Report condemned as one-sided - Government cut out benefits of saving threatened trout, Washington Post at SF Chronicle FWS bull trout report left out benefit costs - Environmental group calls omission 'illegal, dishonest', Ravalli Republic Will we ever get healthy forests AND healthy communities?, Oregonian op-ed Fire Plan, or Smokescreen?, Los Angeles Times editorial New Report: The Relationship between Nontimber Forest Product Management and Biodiversity in the United States, Institute for Culture and Ecology Craig's List - An interview with Bush's point person on species and parks, Grist magazine "Land Conservation for Conservatives": Protecting America's Great Places, REP America 'Land Conservation for Conservatives' conference agenda, Albuquerque, May 21-23, 2004, REP America Forecast says Rockies, Plains at risk for busy fire season, USA Today Government rarely recovers wildfire costs, Billings Gazette AP Court hears appeal in forest fire arson conviction - Former USFS worker contends she was tracked illegally while in her government vehicle and under suspicion of arson on the Umpqua NF, Oregonian "Fire and Forests" - Who are those very, very, very tall men?, Daily Vanguard IMBA study sparks debate on use - IMBA advocates allowing mountain biking in wilderness, Summit Daily Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat - Epicures Ready to Make a Meal of High-Pitched Pests, Washington Post New 'Badger' technology could strike at heart of forest fires, Calgary CFCN News Raising the roof: The price of lumber has more than doubled in the past year, Arizona Republic