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Secrtary of state says feds can learn from Montana (Clark Fork Chronicle, 5/14/08)

 

BCSP a smart approach to forest management - (Missoulian Guest Opinion, 5/14/08)

 

Smokey educates kids on the dangers of fire (Missoulian, 5/14/08)

 

Montana housing prices holding on (Flathead Beacon, 5/13/08)

 

UM offering Stimson employees open house (KPAX News, 5/13/08)

 

Forest outlines weed management options (Ravalli Republic, 5/13/08)

 

Lawmakers mull global warming recommendations (Flathead Beacon, 5/13/08)

 

World tree planting drive sets goal of 7 billion (Reuters News Service, 5/13/08)

 

Boise Cascade sell paper assets for $3.7b (Financial Times, 5/13/08)

 

FAMILY FORESTRY EXPO:  PHOTOS, ETC (Flathead Beacon, 5/12/08)

 

Conflict on forest fires and Smokey Bear campaign (Arkansas News Bureau, 5/10/08)

 

Activiest says access to forest critical: Head of multiple-use group pushes for active federal management (Daily Inter Lake, 5/12/08)

 

Misguided forestry - Op/Ed (Independent Record, 5/12/08)

 

Forest trails could be hazardous this spring (Ravalli Republic, 5/12/08)

 

Land restrictions in place for Arizona wildfire season (USA Today, 5/12/08)

 

Fire managers predict bad year for blazes (Reuters News Service, 5/10/08)

 

Colorado: Dry summer could spell nasty wildfire season (Aspen Daily, 5/10/08)

 

Firefighting panel look at cutting cost (Billings Gazette, 5/10/08)

 

Bitterroot Forest case sent back to judge Molloy (Ravalli Republic, 5/9/08)

 

Baucus provisions survive in Farm Bill deal (Independent Record, 5/9/08)

 

No end in sight for B.C. forestry woes (The Province, 5/9/08)

 

Voluntary carbon market is vast becoming big business (Environmental News Network, 5/9/08)

 

Plum Creek mills report $9 million loss (Hungry Horse News, 5/8/08)

 

Smokey Bear balloon touring Montana for wildfire awareness week (DNRC News Release, 5/8/08)

 

Timber payments in Iraqi spending bill (Oregon City News, 5/8/08)

 

etc: We loathe Mark Rey (Missoula Independent, 5/8/08)

 

County seeks end to Plum Creek talks (Missoulian, 5/8/08) 

 

Let's get our words straight: Wilderness is Multiple Use -Op/Ed (New West, 5/8/08)

 

Farm Bill negotiators say they have an agreement (5/8/08)

 

Forest Service isn't working in public's interest - Op/Ed (Missoulian, 5/7/08)

 

Proving a building 'green' can be daunting (NPR, 5/7/08)

 

Family Forestry Expo in the Flathead (May 5-9, 2008)

 

Forest fire fuel reduction (Ravalli Republic, 5/7/08)

 

Flathead students given forest lesson (KAJ News, 5/7/08)

 

USDA extends sign-up for 2008 Conservation Security Program (NRCS News release, 5/7/08)

 

Bankrupt company shuts B.C. mills (The Canandian Press, 5/7/08)

 

Woodworker molds with native woods (Flathead Beacon, 5/7/08)

 

Blackfoot Valley lauded for open space efforts (Missoulian, 5/7/08)

 

Forest Service sued over $5 fee (Tucson Citizen, 5/6/08)

 

Roads and trails in the Bitterroot forest - Op/Ed (Ravalli Republic, 5/6/08)

 

B.C. forest workers seek aid (The Province, 5/6/08)

 

U.S. authorities closes campsites amid beetle fears (Associated Press, 5/5/08)

 

Environmentalists divided about burying CO2 (Reuters News Service, 5/5/08)

 

Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports releases distribution of funds in softwood lumber agreement (5/5/08)

 

One more nod for the forest partnership idea - Op/Ed (Montana Standard, 5/5/08)                     

 

Forest Service looking for partnerships (Billings Gazette, 5/5/08)

 

Bitterroot tops list for forest-bordered growth (Ravalli Republic, 5/4/08)

 

Logging reports back opposing views on climate change (The Record, 5/4/08)

 

Conditions suggest early fires (Billings Gazette, 5/4/08)

 

Officials continue to clean up after last summer's wildfires (Great Falls Tribune, 5/2/08)

 

Committee given ideas to fund fuel reduction (Ravalli Republic, 5/1/08)

 

Factoring forests into the climate equation goes here (Great Falls Tribuen, 4/30/08)

 

What the environmentalists don't tell you about old growth (Daily Inter Lake Guest Opinion)

 

California losing more than 30,700 acres of forestland per year (Forest Foundation, 4/29/08)

 

Montana's wood infrastructure hurting (Ravalli Republic, 4/29/08)

The beetle factor in a carbon calculus (The New York Times, 4/29/08)

 

Forest Supervisor discusses fire strategies (Ravalli Republic, 4/29/08)

 

European Union seeks green label for wood furniture (International Herald Tribune, 4/29/08)

 

WSU considers axing forestry program (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/29/08)

 

Plum Creek road deal might lead to court (Missoulian, 4/29/08)

 

U.S. wood chip prices up in first quarter (Wood Resources International, 4/28/08)

 

Rey to discuss Plum Creek today (Billings Gazette, 4/28/08)

 

State fire committee to meet in Hamilton (Ravalli Republic, 4/28/08)

 

Axes fly at annual woodsmen competition (Missoulian, 4/28/08)

 

California wildfire foreces 1,000 to evacuate (Reuters, 4/28/08)

 

Forest Service expects influx of mushroom pickers (Daily Inter Lake, 4/28/08)

 

Montana High Divide Trials - Editorial (Montana Standard, 4/27/08)

 

MWA sets out to protect more Front land as wilderness (Great Falls Tribune, 4/26/08)

 

Climate change and forest fires (The Sault Star, 4/25/08)

 

Softwood log exports rose in 2007 (Associated Press, 4/25/08)

 

Fish practice of the Forest Service - Op/Ed (Tobacco Valley News, 4/25/08)

 

Sparks fly between candidates over energy (Flathead Beacon, 4/25/08)

 

Study: Pine beetles may affect climate change (Reuters, 4/24/08)

 

Timber firms push Farm Bill tax cuts (Wall Street Journal, 4/24/08)

 

Forest Service mobilizes kids for conservation (USDA Press Release, 4/24/08)

 

Forest Service chief saying forest fire season starting out busy (Associated Press, 4/24/08)

 

Pine beetle outbreaks turn forests into carbon dioxide source (Associated Press, 4/24/08)

 

Proposed land sale draws fierce opposition (Flathead Beacon, 4/24/08)

  

Merge, remake the Forest Service - Op/Ed (New West, 4/24/08)

 

Montana Wilderness Association celebrates 100th birthday (Great Falls Tribune, 4/24/08)

 

Gearing up for the mushroom rush (Daily Inter Lake, 4/23/08)

 

Governor: Montana alone of fires (Billings Gazette, 4/23/08) 

 

Stimson workers get help looking at options after lumber mill closure (Missoulian, 4/23/08)

 

Pine-beetle repellant meeting postponed (Independent Record, 4/23/08)

 

Thinning trees can breed more infestations (Ravalli Republic, 4/23/08)