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News archives

Friday, January 28, 2005

DNR aims to settle dust over trail rules (MN)
From the Start Tribune, by Tom Meersman Top Department of Natural Resources officials plan to travel to northwestern Minnesota next week to try to resolve a growing dispute about trail restrictions for off-road vehicles in state forests. Roseau County commissioners unanimously approved a resol... Continued...

Comment period for the North Shore Subsections SFRMP plan extended (MN)
The comment period for the North Shore Subsections SFRMP plan has been extended through Friday, February 18, 2005. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) North Shore Subsection Forest Resource Management Plan (SFRMP) Team has completed a draft Strategic Direction Document for the Nor... Continued...

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Philippine Government starts antitimber poaching drive anew
From the Manilla Times, By Manuel Baliao KORONADAL CITY: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered a renewed crackdown on timber poaching after the 781 board feet of premium lumber seized in nearby Tupi town about two months ago was found to have been cut inside the ... Continued...

Good Bugs Good News For Hemlocks (NC)
From the Mountain Times, by Miles Tager A year ago on another cold High Country day, a half-dozen scientists gathered at a wooded spot on the Lees-McRae campus in Banner Elk to release barely visible beetles on old-growth hemlock trees, some thought to have been growing there since the age of Col... Continued...

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Fish and Wildlife Service seeks proposals for funding through the Private Stewardship Grants program
Contact: Patricia Fisher (202) 208-5634 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it is seeking proposals for private lands conservation funding through its Private Stewardship Grants Program. About $6.5 million is available FY 2005 through this grant program to support on-the-ground... Continued...

Dispute over seedling sales takes root (OR)
From the Associated Press, via the Register Guard SALEM - A state-run farm that grows seedlings to replant logged-off forests is running into opposition from private growers who question whether it is a proper role for the state to play. There is a big demand for the tiny trees. In 2004, the ... Continued...

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Report: Global warming approaching critical point
From the Associated Press, via CNN LONDON, England (AP) -- Global warming is approaching the critical point of no return, after which widespread drought, crop failure and rising sea-levels would be irreversible, an international climate change task force warned Monday. The report, "Meeting the... Continued...

UN agency has key role to play in protecting forests to help slash poverty, hunger
From UN News Centre With forests contributing directly to reducing extreme poverty and hunger, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has a key role to play in highlighting their importance for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of slashing both scourges in half ... Continued...

International certification for forests (Nepal)
From the Nepal News Nepal’s community forests have been awarded an international certification for sustainable extraction of herbal and medicinal products. The Rainforest Alliance is to award the first community based non-timber forest products certification in Asia to the Federation of Commu... Continued...

Arizona Park Wants to Kill Exotic Plants
From the Associated Press via the Washington Post TUCSON, Ariz. - Saguaro National Park managers are trying to eliminate exotic plants that are threatening to crowd out native vegetation in the Sonoran Desert. They have drafted a plan that would combine mechanical, chemical, cultural, biologic... Continued...

Forest Service gets tough on snowmobilers (MT)
From the Associated Press via the Montana Forum KALISPELL - The Flathead National Forest is beefing up patrols and getting tougher on snowmobilers who venture into areas where they're not supposed to. Forest officials say snowmobile trespassing into designated wilderness and other areas where ... Continued...

International partners assist forestry sector (Viet Nam)
From Viet Nam News HA NOI — International partners have pledged more than US$200 million to help Viet Nam carry out its major forestry development strategy over the next five years. A Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development conference today, which will be attended by international partne... Continued...

Nations Ranked as Protectors of the Environment
From the New York Times, by Felicity Barringer Countries from Northern and Central Europe and South America dominated the top spots in the 2005 index of environmental sustainability, which ranks nations on their success at such tasks as maintaining or improving air and water quality, maximizing b... Continued...

Monday, January 24, 2005

Soggy Corner of Washington State Counts on Forest to Absorb Moisture
From the Washington Post, by Blaine Harden QUINAULT, Wash. -- The first two weeks of the year were the rainiest in the history of Los Angeles, as nearly 17 inches fell and all of the state's major insurance companies declared a "catastrophe." Highways closed, hillsides collapsed and at least 15 ... Continued...

Report: Lake St. Clair erosion lowers water levels on Lakes Michigan, Huron
From the Associated Press, by John Flesher TRAVERSE CITY -- Erosion at the bottom of Lake St. Clair has caused a significant dropoff in water levels on Lake Huron and Lake Michigan for more than a century, says a privately funded report released Monday. The dropoff, apparently caused by dredgi... Continued...

Invasive species rules to be revised
From the Star Tribune, by Tom Meersman The U.S. Coast Guard says it must find new ways to keep foreign species out of the Great Lakes, conceding that its regulation of transoceanic ships since 1993 hasn't done the job. In a little-noticed announcement in the Federal Register this month, the Co... Continued...

Stricter ATV rules, penalties proposed (MN)
From the Star Tribune, by Tom Meersman Off-road drivers who damage public or private land in Minnesota would pay stiffer penalties under a legislative proposal unveiled Thursday. The bill would increase fines, place certain violations on a driver's record and allow law enforcers to seize all-t... Continued...

Gypsy moths eating their way toward the BWCA (MN)
From Minnesota Public Radio, by Bob Kelleher For the first time, gypsy moths have taken hold in northern Minnesota. A breeding population of the moths has been discovered in northern St. Louis County, near Tower. The moths pose a threat to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and the region's timber i... Continued...

Draining the Land (MN)
From Star Tribune, by Dennis Anderson Wetlands, now valued by Minnesotans -- but hardly preserved -- were once considered a scourge, here and elsewhere in the eastern United States. In part this was because wetlands impeded settlement. For this reason, in 1849, the federal government passed it... Continued...

Friday, January 21, 2005

County bans DNR vehicles (MN)
From the Duluth News Tribune INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. - Roseau County officials might give the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources a taste of its own medicine. The Roseau County Board approved a resolution that would ban DNR vehicles from some roads, just as the DNR bans motorized vehi... Continued...