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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Position: Certification Forester at the Community Forestry Resource Center
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Certification Forester
Community Forestry Resource Center of
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
The Community Forestry Resource Center (CFRC) of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is seeking an experienced field forester to manage our Forest ... Continued...
WGA report calls for improved cooperation between feds, communities
From Greenwire.com, by Dan Berman
Progress is being made to improve forest health and reduce the risk
of catastrophic wildfires, but the partnership between the federal
government, states and local communities is not working as well as
originally hoped, an advisory committee ... Continued...
Forest Service Press Release: Forest Service publishes planning rule for better management of national forests and grasslands
USDA Press Release No. FS-0518
Contact: Dan Jiron, (202) 205-0896
Environmental Management System will be adopted; new rule will allow forest managers to adapt more quickly to changing forest conditions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2004 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service today releas... Continued...
Bush administration finalizes plan on forest rules
From the Associated Press, via the Star Tribune
Managers of the nation's 155 national forests will have more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without lengthy environmental reviews under a new Bush administration initiative.
The long-awaited rules, announced Wednesday... Continued...
Monday, December 20, 2004
Position: Forestry Technician
Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.
150 West Alona Lane
Lancaster, WI 53813
Southwest Badger RC&D has an immediate opening for a full time, limited term, forestry technician. The position will be located in the Viroqua or Richland Center USDA Service Center. ... Continued...
Congress Halts Diversion from Conservation Programs
From the Associated Press, By Libby QUAID, via the Charleston Gazette
David Petty plants corn and soybeans along the contours of his farm's rolling hills, trapping runoff water and reducing erosion. He has a sophisticated watering system on his land in Eldora, Iowa, that keeps his cattle moving s... Continued...
Tree Planting Could Ease Global Warming, California Scientists Say
From Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, by Virginia Hennessey, via The Monterey County Herald
As scientists sounded alarms about global warming at an international forum in Argentina this week, local research scientists announced that the solution may be as simple as planting trees.
A lot of... Continued...
Fire, Logging Threaten Borneo's Rich Ecosystem
From The Washingotn Post, By Geoff Earle
Massive fires that ravaged Indonesia's vast tropical rain forests over the last decade are remaking one of the richest biological landscapes on the planet.
The fires have reshaped the habitat on much of Borneo, the world's third-largest island -- changi... Continued...
Friday, December 17, 2004
Rincon Indian Tribe Donates San Diego-Area Casino Land for Endangered Toad
From Indian Country Today, By James May
It is not often that stories that involve the construction of a tribal casino and involvement by the federal and county governments actually have a happy and easy ending, but that was the case recently near the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians.
Aft... Continued...
Nobel winner Maathai: Bad land a growing cause for war
From the BBC
The newly crowned Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, has said that land degradation is behind some of Africa's wars.
She told the BBC News website that the anarchy in Somalia partly resulted from a decline in the quality of land for cattle-herders.
... Continued...
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Spring in U.S. Northeast is arriving week earlier than 40 years ago due to greenhouse-gas warming trend, Cornell study finds
From Cornell News
Spring is arriving up to a week earlier than it did 40 years ago in response to a warming trend in the U.S. Northeast, Cornell University researchers are reporting. They base their conclusion on a study of historical bloom-date records for lilacs, apples and grapes, which sugges... Continued...
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Fish Levels in Lake Michigan a Concern
From the Associated Press via Environmental News Network
On the surface, Lake Michigan is one of the world's biggest and wildest bodies of freshwater and a popular fishing destination.
But under the surface, the lake has been engineered by humans into a system focused on producing maximum numb... Continued...
Oak Becomes America’s National Tree
From The National Arbor Day Foundation
America has the grandest trees on earth—the largest, the oldest, and some of the most magnificent. Now, after Congressional passage of historic legislation in November and presidential signing on Dec. 8, America has an official National Tree—the oak.
The... Continued...
Forest Stewardship Council wins award for leading role in forest management
Greenpeace congratulated the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for winning the prestigious 'Alcan Prize for Sustainability' today (1). The FSC was awarded one million USD for the contribution it has made towards improving forest management around the world.
"The logging industry is putting ancient... Continued...
Small trees forge common ground in forest (OR)
From The Medford Mail Tribune, by Paul Fattig
When George McKinley looks at the dense stands of small trees in southwestern Oregon, he sees more than forest health and wildfire threats.
He sees opportunity.
``Focusing on these small-diameter trees holds promise - it might even allow us to m... Continued...
Pest Experts Want to Slow Spread of Beetle (OH)
From Associated Press, by John Seewer
A tree-killing beetle that wiped out millions of ash trees in Michigan has grabbed a foothold in Toledo, and pest experts now are focused on stopping it from spreading through the Midwest.
New infestations discovered in the last few months indicate that t... Continued...
Bugs ravage North American forests
From New Scientist, by Philip Cohen
Insects whose populations are booming because of local warming - possibly due to global warming - appear to be devouring huge swathes of forest in western Canada and Alaska. Forests in Europe and Siberia may also be under threat. This could lead to a vicious cy... Continued...
Quebec forests are over harvested, some cutting should be reduced: report
From the Canadian Press - Business Online, by Jocelyne Richer
Reaction from industry and environmentalists was mixed as a commission said Quebec's forests are being over harvested and recommended Tuesday that the provincial government reduce cutting of fir and some species of pine by 20 per cent.... Continued...
Green groups draft EU legislation to outlaw illegal wood imports
From Panda.org
Three environmental organizations launched a draft EU Regulation to outlaw illegal wood imports in Europe and to promote sustainable forest management worldwide. The call for legislation to achieve these goals is supported by a statement signed by 150 social and environmental organ... Continued...
Wicked Weed of the West
From Smithsonian magazine, by Joe Alper
Spotted knapweed is driving out native plants and destroying rangeland, costing ranchers millions. Can anybody stop this outlaw?
Wayne Slaght is a rancher. He manages the 10,000-acre Two Creek Ranch in Powell County, Montana, the ranch he grew up on and ... Continued...
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