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NATIONAL NEWS

It's time to reduce the West's ATV carnage, Writers on the Range at Cortez Journal

Is National Park Wilderness a Good Idea?, New West

Isolated Forest Patches Lose Species, Diversity. Science Daily

Environmental group WildLaw hires Mark Rey as lobbyist (not satire), Clark Fork Chronicle

Carving Up the Commons: Congress and Our Public Lands, Western Lands Project [pdf]

Tree owners could reap climate bill windfall, Google AP

In the warming West, climate most significant factor in fanning wildfires' flames - Study finds that climate's influence on production, drying of fuels -- not higher temperatures or longer fire seasons alone -- critical determinant of Western wildfire burned area, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Climate and wildfire area burned in western U.S. ecoprovinces, ESA Journal

'Forest footprint' will show investors which companies care about the rainforests, Telegraph

Attacking the demand side of deforestation, Mongabay News

'Synthetic tree' claims to catch carbon in the air, CNN

Forest degradation is huge source of CO2 emissions, Mongabay News

Climate pact must halt deforestation and industrial logging of old-growth forests, exclude carbon credits for forest conservation, say activists, Mongabay News

Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries, Mongabay News

Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests forms to advise Congress, Obama on forest conservation, Mongabay News

REDD: Fate of world's rainforests likely to be determined in next 2 years, Mongabay News

REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands while protecting endangered species, Mongabay News

Forests for the Trees, Seed magazine

International Paper Establishes World's Largest Forest Stewardship Council Manufacturing Platform, PR Newswire

SFI Forest Certification Continues Rapid Growth, Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Rainbow Family: Home for the gathering, Santa Fe New Mexican

2009 Rainbow Family Gathering ~ Cuba, Ranger District, Santa Fe NF, USFS

Attendance Steadily Growing, USFS

Safe Travel Routes Within Rainbow Family Gathering Site, USFS

Good Working Relations Between Forest Service and Rainbow Family, USFS

Rainbow Family Gathers On Santa Fe National Forest, USFS

120 citations, seven arrests at Rainbow gathering - Attorneys say several charges filed by Forest Service agents were dropped in federal court, Santa Fe New Mexican

Rainbow Family gathering results in citations, New Mexican AP

Dozens of Rainbow Visitors in Court, Albuquerque Journal

Rainbow members hit by ticket barrage, KRQE

Residents weary over Rainbow Gathering, KRQE

Rainbow people claim harassment by police, KOB

Rainbows have permit this year - allegedly, Sublette Examiner

WORLD NEWS

Brazilian cattle giant declares moratorium on Amazon deforestation, Mongabay News

World Bank revokes loan to Brazilian cattle giant accused of Amazon deforestation, Mongabay News

Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record, Mongabay News

Brazil acts to combat illegal logging, TTJ News

Brazil to pay farmers $50/month to plant trees in the Amazon, Mongabay News

Brazil to pay Amazon small farmers to plant trees, Reuters

Tribes in Peru to get $0.68/acre for protecting Amazon forest, Mongabay News

Brazilian miner Vale signs $500M palm oil deal in the Amazon, Mongabay News

Amazon could lose 60% of forest without triggering catastrophic die-off, claims new study, Mongabay News

Amazon deforestation doesn't make communities richer, better educated, or healthier, Mongabay News

Bill Clinton speaks out for rainforests in Brazil , Mongabay News

Oil or Trees? Germany Takes Lead in Saving Ecuador's Rainforest, Culture Change

Peru: Tree planting in the driest place on Earth, BBC News

Canadian forestry sector gets help to become leaner, greener, Terra Daily AFP

Swedes to take on European timber legislation, TTJ News

Protesters take over Scottish woodland earmarked for opencast mine, UK Guardian

Uganda forests rapidly disappearing: study, Terra Daily AFP

Let us protect all existing forests, New Vision

Timber trade banned in 23 districts, New Vision

Chainsaw operators invade two districts in Upper West Region, Ghana News Agency

Police urged to curb operations of illegal timber operators, Ghana Business News

'Nigeria Lost 37.5% Forest Reserve in 15 Years ', This Day Online

Cameroon rainforest given 30 days to be conserved or sold off for logging, Mongabay News

Illegal Logging Driving Lemurs to Extinction in Madagascar - The interdependence of the forest and its ‘forest spirits’, Epoch Times

International community calls for action against gangs’ illegal logging in Madagascar , Mongabay News

Forest Recovery Programs in Madagascar, Mongabay News

India: Timber mafia attacks forest officials, Express Buzz

Timber smugglers find alternative means of livelihood in Siliguri, Daily India

Massive deforestation in the past decreased rainfall in Asia, Mongabay News

Philippines: Campaign to stop illegal logging on, Visayan Daily Star

Thousands of ‘hot logs’ seized by task force in Isabela, GMA News

Vietnam: Illegal loggers use forestation to cut and sell timber, Thanh Nien Daily

Vietnam: Plunder of central, southern nature reserves continues - Illegal logging in protective forests in the Central Highlands has increased, Thanh Nien Daily

Vietnam: Illegal loggers mow down Khanh Hoa protective forest - The deforestation of Yang Bay, a protected forest in Khanh Hoa Province’s, continues unchecked despite a barrage of media reports on the illegal logging, SGGP English Edition

Cambodia signs REDD agreement, Mongabay News

China suspends reforestation project over food shortage fears, UK Guardian

Singapore artist DNA tests trees to reveal wood origins, Reuters

Tropical East Asian forests under great threat, Mongabay News

Traditional forest under threat of extinction in West Lampung due to illegal logging, The Jakarta Post

Ministry Blames Budget for Poor Forest Oversight, The Jakarta Globe

UK firm plans to log habitat of critically endangered orangutan for palm oil production, Mongabay News

Malaysian palm oil chief claims oil palm plantations help orangutans, Mongabay News

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo, Mongabay News

With The Clearing Of Forests, Baby Orangutans Are Marooned, Yale Environment 360

Uphill battle to save the orang utan – Bruce Gale, The Straits Times

Mixed signals from the crown? Queen knights Malaysian logging tycoon while Prince fights deforestation, Mongabay News

Australia and Papua New Guinea have joined forces to combat illegal logging, PS News

Agreement with Papua New Guinea against illegal logging, Teatro Naturale

Hands off our forests: PNG landholder, Sydney Moring Herald

Greenpeace, PNG landowner calls for ban on harvesting rare timber, Radio Australia

Australia 'backing away' from timber imports ban, ABC News

Gum trees, the living dead - Australia's disappearing landscape, Mongabay News

CONGRESS & WASHINGTON

Environmental group WildLaw hires Mark Rey as lobbyist (not satire), Clark Fork Chronicle

America's Wildlife Heritage Act introduced in House of Representatives - Bill seeks to ensure healthy wildlife populations on Forest Service, BLM lands, Common Dreams

Coconino forest supervisor leaving for Washington D.C. post, Arizona Daily Sun

Nora Rasure: New job, similar focus, Arizona Daily Sun

Obama's Fish & Wildlife Service Nominee Ignored Endangered Species Act, Environment News Service

Endangered Species Act Fell Into Disuse Under Obama's Nominee To Head USFWS, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Senate Panel Trims Interior-Epa Budget From House Levels - "We don't want the U.S. Forest Service to become the U.S. fire department," he said, Greenwire at NY Times

Senate Panel Approves Interior Appropriations Bill - The bill would provide USFS $1.9 billion for wildfire suppression, CQ Politics

Bill would secure $28M for Montana federal lands, Helena Independent Record

$11.75 million approved for easements, Great Falls Tribune

Farm-State Deal on House Climate Bill Pares Biomass Restrictions, Greenwire at NY Times

The Non-Concession concession?, Grist

NORTHERN REGION (Region 1):
Montana and Northern Idaho

Bill would secure $28M for Montana federal lands, Helena Independent Record

$11.75 million approved for easements, Great Falls Tribune

Forest Service seeks information about Rattlesnake trail vandalism, Clark Fork Chronicle

Vandals damage project on trail, Missoulian

Gallatin NF: Hyalite projects cause delays, camp closure, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Lolo NF: Wilderness work - USFS needs full-time volunteers, Missoulian

Pine beetle damage could fuel wildfires, Missoulian

Beetles turn state's forests brown, Billings Gazette

Helena NF: Mine complex mess a long time in the making, Great Falls Tribune

Funds could open final chapter of Upper Blackfoot Mine Complex cleanup, Great Falls Tribune

Lincoln County Looks to Move Past ‘Timber Wars’, New West

Clearwater NF: Upper Lochsa opponents prepare for fight this fall, Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Plan Revision for the Kooentai National Forest, and the Idaho Panhandle National Forests: Notice of adjustment for resuming the land management plan revision process, Federal Register

Tester Ready to Test Political Waters on Wilderness Issue , New West

Ranger station buildings moving to Dunbar Park?, West Yellowstone News

Money to pay for fuels reduction, Daily Inter Lake

Closing time for two mills, Kalispell Daily Inter Lake

Maah Daah Hey Trail Expansion, KFYR

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Region 2):
Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Stimulus funds go to forest road projects in Colorado, Denver Business Journal

Recreation interests call for stronger roadless protection, Summit Daily

Federal action on roadless areas offers opportunity, Boulder Daily Camera op-ed

West's fire-risk funds go to the woods - A CU report finds little is spent near homes to reduce the spread of wildfires, Denver Post

2,000 trees to be cut from Vail slopes - U.S. Forest Service project deals with pine beetle kill on Vail Mountain, Vail Daily

State forester critical of tree-cutting plan on Smuggler to combat beetles, Aspen Daily News

Aspen Skiing Co. wants to remove beetle-infested trees, Aspen Times

Aspen battling nuisance aphid bugs, Cortez Journal AP

Aspen powder hounds await feds' White River travel plan - Public snowmobile access on back of Aspen Mountain may be limited to roads, Aspen Times

USFS, PitCo bicker over backcountry parcels, Aspen Daily News

Uncompahgre NF: TPL Preserves 9 000 Plus Acres in Ophir Valley, Telluride Watch

$7 million land deal protects Ophir high country, Telluride Daily Planet

On both sides of Yellow Mt., two stories of conservation, Telluride Daily Planet

Pike National Forest travel rule revision in the works, KOAA

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests: Alta Town-site Road and Utilities Access Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS, Federal Register

GMUG NF seeks resource advisory members, Montrose Daily Press

Venturing program starting in Montrose, Montrose Daily Press

Rebuilding the forest - Volunteers help plant 2,000 trees at Steamboat Lake State Park, Steamboat Pilot & Today

Private landowners pose obstacle to controlling weed, Mountain Mail

Black Hills NF: Ranger joins Hell Canyon District, Rapid City Journal

Fire dispatch moving from airport - Senate bill contains $1.9 million to build center at Forest Service ranger station, Rapid City Journal

Senate panel pays for Lady 'C' Ranch, water, ferret projects, Rapid City Journal

UW Graduate Student Sara Brown Receives Smokejumper Courage Award, University of Wyoming

Shoshone NF: Info sought on use of pack goats, Billings Gazette

SOUTHWESTERN REGION (Region 3):
Arizona and New Mexico

Rainbow Family: Home for the gathering, Santa Fe New Mexican

2009 Rainbow Family Gathering ~ Cuba, Ranger District, Santa Fe NF, USFS

Court to Process More Citations, USFS

Attendance Steadily Growing, USFS

Safe Travel Routes Within Rainbow Family Gathering Site, USFS

Good Working Relations Between Forest Service and Rainbow Family, USFS

Rainbow Family Gathers On Santa Fe National Forest, USFS

120 citations, seven arrests at Rainbow gathering - Attorneys say several charges filed by Forest Service agents were dropped in federal court, Santa Fe New Mexican

Rainbow Family gathering results in citations, New Mexican AP

Rainbow members hit by ticket barrage, KRQE

Residents weary over Rainbow Gathering, KRQE

Rainbow people claim harassment by police, KOB

Rainbows have permit this year – allegedly, Sublette Examiner

NM Senators: Study bringing Valles Caldera under national parks, The New Mexican

No Simple Solution for Preserve , Albuquerque Journal op-ed

Forest Service reconsiders plan to move historic barn, Ruidoso News

Bike trail system is planned - U.S. Forest service approves concept of developing mountain bike trails in Lincoln National Forest, Ruidoso News

Bike trail plan a pleasant surprise, Ruidoso News

Positive news on bike trails, Ruidoso News

BLM projects draw criticism - Environmentalists claim chemicals to rid land of mesquite trees have ill effects in Sierra, Otero counties, Alamogordo Daily News

Tonto NF: Obama Admin, McCain Spar Over Ariz. Copper Mine Bill, Greenwire at NY TImes

Senate hearings held on proposed Tonto NF Oak Flat Land Swap, Globe, Arizona Silver Belt - Apache Moccasin

Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee Hearing: to receive testimony on S. 409, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Archive Webcast of S. 409 hearing, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Testimony of Joel Holtrop - Deputy Chief, National Forest Service: NEPA should be done before moving forward on the land exchange, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2009: S.409, Library of Congress

'Dead wrong' on Forest Service land swap, Indian Country Today

Coconino forest supervisor leaving for Washington D.C. post, Arizona Daily Sun

Nora Rasure: New job, similar focus, Arizona Daily Sun

Coconino forest supervisor leaving for D.C., Arizona Capitol Times AP

Grand Canyon Threatened By Kaibab NF Off-Road Vehicle Plan, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Politicians move to stymie Rosemont, Nogales International

Coronado NF: Protection bill is again brought to Congress, Nogales International

Tribe Fears Mining Will Disturb Remains, Arizona Daily Star at Reznet News

Rosemont Mine should be stopped, Arizona Daily Star

Coronado NF: Notice of initiation to revise the Coronado National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan, Federal Register

Boy Scout, others repair badly worn Springs Trail Bridge, White Mountain Independent

Snowbowl should preserve new trail, Arizona Daily Sun

Smoke blankets Flagstaff, Arizona Daily Sun

When the forest sneezes, Flagstaff catches a cold, Arizona Daily Sun editorial

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (Region 4):
Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and SW Wyoming

Sawtooth forest officials applaud Tidwell as U.S. Forest Service chief, Twin Falls Times-News

Remote residents sue over Payette NF road closures - Forest Service insists plan mandated by federal law, Capital Press

Manti-La Sal NF: User groups work on the Pole Canyon trail, Emery County Progress

RSVP: Speak for the trees, conduct an experiment, Salt Lake Tribune

Restored ranger station at High Desert Museum, Oregonian

Cox sees efforts pay off with Nevada OHV bill, Desert Valley Times

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST (Region 5): California

Shasta-Trinity National Forest to release draft of travel plan, Red Bluff Daily News

Draft off-highway vehicle maps show possible routes through Shasta-Trinity forest, Redding Record Searchlight

Another BRC Action Alert - Six Rivers NF: Lower Trinity & Mad River Motorized Travel Management DEIS Available for Public Comment, Blue Ribbon Coalition

Sequoia National Forest FLREA Notice of New Fee Sites for Upper Grouse Valley Cabins, Federal Register

Trail to Jobs Peak not too much work, Nevada Appeal

California Proposes Logging Rules That Would Exterminate Coho Salmon, Center for Biological Diversity

Desert icon Joshua trees are vanishing, scientists say, Riverside Press-Enterprise

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Region 6):
Oregon and Washington

Bills would preserve forest - The Devil’s Staircase is one area being targeted for wilderness status, Register-Guard

DeFazio, Wyden Introduce Legislation to Protect Several Oregon Landmarks, Including Devil’s Staircase, Salem-News

Roads to Waldo Lake open - Campgrounds will open soon and gas-powered engines will be allowed while a lawsuit continues, Register-Guard

US won't enforce ban on gas motors at Ore. lake, KTVZ

Waldo Lake needs state of Oregon assistance, Oregonian editorial

Willamette NF: New OHV trail system opens near Hoodoo, Bend Bulletin

Rec area not the same for vehicles, Corvallis Gazette-Times

Wyden's draft for forests is opposed, Mail Tribune

Honoring African American loggers' Oregon roots, The Oregonian

Energy bill gives boost to biomass - Once-unusable forest slash could be turned into power, Columbian

The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter?, Oregon Public Broadcasting News

Forestry Coalition Honors Colville Forest Supervisor, Statesman-Examiner

Wallowa-Whitman NF draft impact plan could close 1,500 to 4,000 road miles, Wallowa County Chieftain

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Action Alert, Blue Ribbon Coalition

Gifford Pinchot NF: Lewis County Forest Bridges Get $4.2 Million, The Chronicle

Gifford Pinchot NF: Rare wolverine spotted on Mount Adams, Oregonian

Don't stop shooting until the dog is dead, Seattle P-I blog

$2,500 reward in dog-abuse case, Seattle Times

Correction: Forest Cease-fire story, Google AP

Marbled Murrelet Still Needs Threatened Species Status, Environment News Service

Park Service: Wind farm would affect Gorge views, Seattle P-I AP

SOUTHERN REGION (Region 8):
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Environmental group WildLaw hires Mark Rey as lobbyist (not satire), Clark Fork Chronicle

Pisgah NF to hold open house on proposed logging project, Asheville Citizen-Times

Several oppose Pisgah NF logging project, Times-News

Celebrating 40 years of Forest Management program, Asheville Citizen-Times

Lawyer says client in Cherokee Forest case put him in ethical bind, Knoxville News Sentinel

Use of wood for power: Western Ky. county lands $1 million grant for biofuels, Herald-Leader AP

George Washington & Jefferson NF Wilderness Resolution Postponed Lacking Precise Information, Rockbridge Weekly & Alleghany Journal

Forest service needs feedback on George Washington NF plan, The News Leader

Forest Service: Notice of request for nominations for the Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee, Federal Register

Texas forest owners want incentives from Congress, Dallas Morning News

Galveston dead tree removal to start July 6, Houston Chronicle

EASTERN REGION (Region 9):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin

Drillers, environmentalists clash over drilling in the Allegheny National Forest, Erie Times-News

Rift over forest's future divides communities, Erie Times-News

Allegheny NF notice of intent to prepare an EIS to authorize reasonable access for site-specific proposals to develop reserved and outstanding mineral rights within the Allegheny National Forest, Federal Register

Wisconsin: Isolated Forest Patches Lose Species, Diversity. Science Daily

Hiawatha NF: Sault, Moran Forest Service Offices To Close, St. Ignace News

Funding announced for abandoned mines - USDA awards $340,000 for abandoned mines in Ontonagon County, Sault Ste. Marie news

Officials target big trucks in Huron Manistee national forests, Grand Rapids Press

Forest two-tracks to go away - Only ‘official roads’ will be open, Ludington Daily News

Forest Service announces new firewood rules for Superior and Chippewa NFs, FOX21

Festivities for Superior National Forest, Timberjay News

Hearing about Arlington land purchase today, Bennington Banner

Locals support Arlington forest land sale, Bennington Banner