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FS
NEWS LINKS
Last updated
06/30/08
'Natural Resources and the Forest Service'
is brought to you by ex-FS employee
June 2008
- National Incident Management Situation Report
- Chief's Desk newsletter for June 27th
- US Forest Service Doctrine Dialogue Update - June 2008 (pdf)
- Congress pushes to keep land untamed
- 2007 Large Wildfire Cost Review
- Chief's Desk newsletter for June 20th
- U.S. Forest Service's wildfire readiness debated on Capitol Hill
- Chief's Desk newsletter for June 13th
- U.S. Forest Service encourages kids to get outdoors
- Federal fight brewing on regulating ORV use
- May/June Firewise Newsletter(pdf)
- Rise in off-road vehicle use creating conflicts
- Congressman's battle with Forest Service extinguished
- Off-roaders, environmentalists to square off in Congress
- Chief's Desk newsletter for May 30th
- Mining project endangers pristine forest, residents say
- Winter did not stop pine beetle spread in Alberta
- Monarch butterflies to be protected from illegal logging
- Lightning sparks forest fires south of Kelowna
- Malaysia say no more clearing of forest reserves for oil palm plantations
- Ence wins environmental approval for mill in Uruguay
- New fund launched for Congo Basin
- Otago Daily News Opinion: 1080 depleted 'little spotted" kiwi in 1970s
- First Nation puts up blockade
- More Australian logging approvals worry green group
- Papua New Guinea - Before and After: 3rd largest rain forest vanishing fast
- Indonesian president call for mass tree planting
- Canadian Forest Productions Association's Report recommendations on forestry praised
-
House
Committee on Natural Resources April 10, 2008 Hearing on FLAME Act
FLAME
Act of 2008 H5541 (pdf) - H.R.6 - Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (pdf) (See Sec. 201 Definitions(1), (I) Renewable Biomass)
- Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 (referred to Senate) H2262rfs (pdf)
- H.R. 17 - Reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (pdf)
- Threatened
and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 (pdf)
- The
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act of 2006 (pdf)
-
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry web page
Northern Region (Region 1) : Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota
- Forest Service offices closed July 1, one hundred years ago
- Groups challenge Mount Fleecer timber sale
- Sen. Barrasso and Rep. Cubin blast Forest Service over Rainbows
- Malmstrom airmen help Forest Service
- Sen. Tester asks for probe of Plum Creek, Forest Service talks
- Volunteers needed for trail clearing
- Restoration is focus for new deputy supervisor
- Forest Service orders cattle grazing be cut
- Lost Horse quarry take 2
- Shoshone Forest guages fire danger in 2008
- Forest Conservancy fills big shoes for U.S. Forest Service
- Forest Service targeting pine beetles
- Forest Service wants to rent out ranger cabins
- Aspen Snowmass may use wind turbines on summit
- Draft report delayed on Breckenridge expansion
- Social issues delay Peak 6 expansion
- New Forest Service ranger coming in August
- Open houses on grazing policy set by Medora Ranger District
- Forest Service restricts motorboats on Jefferson Lake
- Forest Service plan outlines Spearfish Canyon burn plans
- Forest Service plans to log beetle-killed trees near roads
- Ex-Forest Service worker who started fire freed