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News archives

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Canada's Ktunaxa Nation and Tembec sign Working Protocol and Consultation and Accommodation Agreement
Cranbrook (British Columbia), July 27, 2004 Tembec, represented by Frank Dottori, President and CEO, and the Ktunaxa Nation, represented by Kathryn Teneese, Administrator, today announced the recent signing of a Working Protocol and Consultation and Accommodation Agreement at the Delta St. Eugene... Continued...

USDA FS seeks nominees to serve on NUCFAC
The USDA Forest Service is seeking nominations for five positions on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC). The terms begin January 1, 2005 and members serve a three-year term. NUCFAC members serve without compensation but are reimbursed for travel expenses to atte... Continued...

International: Local people 'to preserve nature'
BBC July 22, 2004 Tim Hirsch Locals make great efforts to protect the plants and animals of the forest The potential for indigenous people to help curb the destruction of forests is being overlooked by the international community, according to a report. When forest communities ... Continued...

Faculty Position: Assistant Professor in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota
Description: Full-time tenure track appointment with responsibilities for teaching (50%) and research (50%). The position is in the Department of Forest Resources and located on the St. Paul Campus. Required qualifications: Ph.D. by the time of appointment; knowledge of and significant inter... Continued...

All in a night's work - Bats in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri
DAVISVILLE, Mo. - Sybill Amelon held the delicate creature in her gloved hand. She snipped away a spot of its fuzzy brown fur and gently glued a tiny radio ... Continued...

President Bush Signs The Tribal Forest Protection Act Into Law
Washington, DC - President Bush signed H.R. 3846, the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 into law. House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-CA) introduced the legislation in the House in February of this year. The House unanimously approved the Act on June 21st. H.R. 3846 est... Continued...

Storm in a coffee cup: Who owns the plants
LONDON/SAO PAULO, July 13 (Reuters) - The discovery of coffee plants with naturally low caffeine and high sales potential has sparked an international tug of war over their ownership, according to legal and agricultural experts. In an industry which the International Coffee Organization (ICO) est... Continued...

Hot, dry weather stokes Voyageurs fire
Star Tribune Larry Oakes July 27, 2004 DULUTH -- A forest fire in Voyageurs National Park grew to more than 450 acres Monday, and officials said continued hot, dry weather was expected to push fire danger into the extreme range today across northeastern Minnesota. As a precaution to prote... Continued...

Weyerhaeuser Fined $900,000 for Air Pollution at pulp and paper plant
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2004 (ENS) - Weyerhaeuser Company has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle alleged violations of federal and state air pollution control laws at a pulp and paper plant in northwestern Pennsylvania that it acquired after the notice of violation had already been issued. In legal... Continued...

DNA test catches tree poachers in Indiana
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press July 4, 2004 In an unusual feat of laboratory sleuthing, Purdue University scientists solved the case of a stolen black walnut tree by using DNA analysis to match two logs sold to a lumber mill to a tree stump more than 60 miles away. "This DNA technology... Continued...

New Model Explains Why Costly Insect 'Outbreaks' Are Hard To Predict
Source: University Of Chicago Medical Center Many insect species – notably the gypsy moth, one of North America's most devastating forest pests – produce periodic population surges, known as outbreaks, only to crash down to low levels. These outbreaks can devastate huge areas of forest, but th... Continued...

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Boise sells mills, land
Boise Cascade Corp. said Monday it will sell its big International Falls paper mill and the rest of its forest products operations, a move that affects some 950 Minnesota workers and is the latest realignment in the state's paper industry. Madison Dearborn Partners, a big Chicago investment firm,... Continued...

Thursday, July 22, 2004

Tree Tips: Fire - Removing Ladder Fuels
'Fuel ladders' are live or dead vegetation that allow a fire to climb up from the forest floor into the tree canopy. They are also one of the first things you want to work on removing when maintaining defensible space around your home in the woods. When thinking of fuel ladders, we tend to thi... Continued...

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Report on Boreal Forest Decimation Hot Lists Canadian Logging Companies
VANCOUVER, July 20 /CNW/ - Canada's Boreal forest, an area stretching from Alaska to the Atlantic across the center of Canada, is being clearcut by logging companies at unsustainable rates for US consumption, a new ForestEthics report revealed today. The report names 14 companies that are curren... Continued...

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wolf Proposal Shortsighted
Will Prevent Wolves from Recovering in Northeast Published July 16, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal announced today to remove wolves from the endangered species list in over 20 states follows the great success of wolf recovery in Minnesota, Wisconsin ... Continued...

Monday, July 19, 2004

Compact would protect Great Lakes water
BY AMY F. BAILEY Associated Press LANSING, Mich. - It would be nearly impossible to divert large amounts of water from the Great Lakes to other areas of the country under provisions of a sweeping interstate compact and international agreement aimed at protecting and improving the water syste... Continued...

Friday, July 16, 2004

Great Lakes states file suit
Star Tribune Tom Meersman July 16, 2004 Minnesota and six other Great Lakes states launched a two-pronged, legal effort Thursday to stop invasive mussels, fish and other organisms from being dumped into U.S. waters by oceangoing ships. They argued that species from foreign ports must be sto... Continued...

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Employment: Driftless Land Stewardship
Job Opening 7/13/04 Machinery Operator & Mechanic / Ecological Restoration Technician Primary duties include: 1) Transporting, operating and maintaining an ASV (100hp tracked loader) and hydraulic attachments (forestry mower, log/brush grapple, etc.) engaged in ecological restoration ... Continued...

Roadless Rules for Forests Set Aside - USDA Plans to Reverse Clinton Prohibitions
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 13, 2004; Page A01 The Bush administration said yesterday it plans to overturn a Clinton-era rule that made nearly 60 million acres of national forest off-limits to r... Continued...

Beetles Take a Devastating Toll on Western Forests
New York Times By JIM ROBBINS Published: July 13, 2004 LAINS, Mont. - A pair of dead brown pine trees stand like skeletons in the Lolo National Forest here, victims of a tiny, voracious insect called the mountain pine beetle. And although the nearby trees look healthy, their days are number... Continued...