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November, 07 2003: CFRC Weekly Summary 11/7/03

This message includes news, headlines, and information gathered during the week. -------------------------

CONTENTS:

HEADLINES:

Environmentalists seek to protect endangered dragonfly (WI)

Timber theft increasing in Upstate, South Carolina

Soybean aphid a concern for home gardeners too

State promoting Vermont wood products brand

Heat-sensitive frogs provide clues to fires and forests (CA)

Feds won't ban arsenic-treated lumber from playgrounds

Toxic legacy in Cass Lake (MN)

Turning Down the Global Themostat

------------------------- For more headlines visit: http://www.forestrycenter.org/cfrc/News/News.cfm

EVENTS:

Southern Forests Sustainability Workshop Nov. 18-19, 2003, Charleston, SC

Women Who Shape Environmental Policy November 19, 2003, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Women & Tracking with Diane Gibbons, Lynn Levine, Susan Morse & Hannah Nyala January 22-25, 2004, North New Salem, Massachusetts

Tracking Intensive Workshop with Jon Young and Mark Elbroch January 25-31, 2004 , North New Salem, Massachusetts

Call For Papers - Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada and Society of American Foresters' Joint 2004 Annual General Meeting and Convention October 2-6, 2004, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

----------------------- For more event listings visit: http://www.forestrycenter.org/cfrc/Calendar/Cal.cfm

INFORMATION:

The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium for Research, Education and Conservation

Employment opportunity: Non-Timber Forest Products Coordinator, Fall Brook Centre

Forest Ecologist opening The Nature Conservancy

2003 Community Investment Study Canada

NC’s Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship

-------------------------- For more documents and information visit: http://www.forestrycenter.org/cfrc/library/listcontent.cfm

PUBLICATIONS:

'Striking a Balance, Ensuring Conservation's Place on the International Biodiversity Assistance Agenda', by Nicholas Lapham and Rebecca Livermore from Conservation International

Conservation Directory 2004, The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations

Canadian Subsidy Directory 2003

Sustainable Forestry Research report

Balancing Ecology and Economics: A Start-up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation, 2nd Edition

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HEADLINES:

Environmentalists seek to protect endangered dragonfly

The groups want the government to designate critical habitat for the Hine's emerald dragonfly. The rare insect lives in fewer than 50 sites in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Missouri, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Those sites include forest preserves, wetlands and shallow streams that drain into wet meadows and marshes near limestone deposits. The largest population is found in natural areas of Wisconsin's Door County. In Wisconsin, it also is found in Kewaunee and Ozaukee counties.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/states/wisconsin/7159732.htm

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Timber theft increasing in Upstate, South Carolina

SANDY SPRINGS, S.C. - Ruby Love learned first hand how timber theft is increasing across South Carolina. Love, 79, has lived in this Anderson County community for 43 years. She remembers seeing workers cutting trees from a neighbor's yard. Needing money to fix her home, she asked them to come cut some trees from her eight acres of property. "He cut some and gave me a $50 check," she said. "He said, 'I'll be back next week to pay you the rest.' They never came."

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/7165671.htm

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Soybean aphid a concern for home gardeners too

Have you heard about the soybean aphid? It’s hard not to since this pest has taken over Minnesota soybean fields this year. But you may surprised to find out how soybean aphids, common buckthorn and multicolored Asian ladybugs are related.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/county/blueearth/News/lm03aug14-1.htm

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State promoting Vermont wood products brand

Hear that something is made in Vermont, and chances are what comes to mind are sharp cheddar cheese, dense and fattening ice cream and pure maple syrup. The state’s lumber workers, mill owners and furniture makers want to add wood products to that list.

http://timesargus.nybor.com/Local/Story/74016.html

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Heat-sensitive frogs provide clues to fires and forests

Hiding in cool coastal mountain streams from California's Mendocino County north to Canada are odd amphibians that have survived since the days of the dinosaurs - but are so sensitive they'll die in the heat of a human hand.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/APN/311020561

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Feds won't ban arsenic-treated lumber from playgrounds

Federal regulators decided Tuesday not to ban arsenic-treated lumber for children's play equipment because most manufacturers no longer use the chemical, which is believed to increase the risk of cancer.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/1103/04playgrounds.html

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Toxic legacy in Cass Lake

CASS LAKE, MINN. -- Delores Hough raised 10 children in this lakeside town where a now-closed wood treatment plant once disposed of potentially cancer-causing waste that supposedly was cleaned up 16 years ago.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4194189.html

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Turning Down the Global Thermostat

A veteran of green design has studied global warming and sees its cause--and possible solution--coming from the same unlikely source: architects.

http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_1003/glo/index.html

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EVENTS

Southern Forests Sustainability Workshop Nov. 18-19, 2003, Charleston, SC

A few of the most important things we hope to accomplish at this meeting is to identify who else needs to be involved, initiate a dialogue with all who are interested and concerned about forest resources in the region and explore existing databases and measures of forest resource sustainability. This initiative is part of the new Southern Roundtable on Sustainable Forests.

For more information on the meeting (agenda, logistics, etc), please visit www.sustainableforests.net and look under the "What's New" link. Attached is an agenda and logistical information.

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Women Who Shape Environmental Policy November 19, 2003, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Speakers: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (invited); Rep. Kathy Tingelstad; Sen. Linda Higgins; Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey Co. Commissioner; Suzanne Savanick, Dakota Soil & Water Conservation Board member; Sarah Strommen, Ramsay City Council. Ember Reichgott Junge presiding as Moderator.

For information, contact: Linda Countryman, Chair, Forum of Women in the Environmental Field, 651-351-0714, linda.countryman@state.mn.us

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Women & Tracking with Diane Gibbons, Lynn Levine, Susan Morse & Hannah Nyala January 22-25, 2004, North New Salem, Massachusetts

Celebrate the growing sisterhood in tracking, and learn to read the language of nature. Join an all-star female staff, including Susan Morse of Keeping Track®, The Woods Scientist and quarterly features in Northern Woodlands, Hannah Nyala (Point Last Seen), Lynn Levine (Mammal Tracks: Life-Size Tracking Guide) and Diane Gibbons (Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast) for a weekend of tracking animals and exploring what the tracking journey means for us as women. This extended weekend will feature extensive time in the field, a panel discussion with professional women trackers and sharing our own experiences as women who track. Women of all levels of experience are welcome.

For more information, contact: Shikari Tracking Guild at 650-747-0118 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Pacific time) or registration@shikari.org , Website: http://www.shikari.org

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Tracking Intensive Workshop with Jon Young and Mark Elbroch January 25-31, 2004 , North New Salem, Massachusetts

Join Jon Young, Mark Elbroch and Shikari staff in a one-week field intensive in wildlife tracking. A complete field-based experience will raise the core competency and confidence of every student, bringing landscapes and wild creatures to life.

For more information, contact: Shikari Tracking Guild at 650-747-0118 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Pacific time) or registration@shikari.org, website: http://www.shikari.org

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Call For Papers - Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada and Society of American Foresters' Joint 2004 Annual General Meeting and Convention October 2-6, 2004, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This special joint event occurs only once every ten years. In 2004 it brings you the best that SAF and CIF/IFC have to offer around the theme "One Forest Under Two Flags."

The deadline to submit an abstract is December 17, 2003. All proposals must be submitted electronically. Visit the official Convention website at www.safnet.org/convention/2004call.cfm or www.cif-ifc.org/agmpage.html for complete information and details about how to submit your proposal. -------------------------------

INFORMATION

The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium for Research, Education and Conservation

A group of researchers led by a man who helped identify the largest tract of old-growth forest in mid-America has helped establish a consortium to study and preserve the trees and their ecosystems. David Stahle, professor of geosciences, has established the Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium for Research, Education and Conservation, a group of universities, non-profit conservation organizations, zoos and government agencies that have an interest in one of America’s largest and least-studied tracts of forest.

http://www.uark.edu/misc/xtimber/

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Employment opportunity: Non-Timber Forest Products Coordinator, Fall Brook Centre

Falls Brook Centre (FBC) is an environmental community development demonstration and training centre in rural New Brunswick. Located on 400 acres of farm and forest land, FBC demonstrates the practical application and implementation of sustainable development. Falls Brook Centre has an opening for a highly motivated, self-directed person to assist the Forestry Program - Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs).

For more information, contact: Simon J. Mitchell, R.P.F., Falls Brook Centre Forestry Coordinator, 125 South Knowlesville Road, Knowlesville, New Brunswick, Canada E7L 1B1, Tel: +1-(506) 375-4310, Fax: +1-(506) 375-4221, Email: simon@fallsbrookcentre.ca

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Forest Ecologist opening The Nature Conservancy

The Forest Ecologist (FE) is responsible for developing research and monitoring programs for key landscapes in northern Minnesota and for establishing a strong science foundation for conservation planning.

Contact: Ms. Shoua Xiong, Via email: sxiong@tnc.org, The Nature Conservancy of Minnesota, 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55415, Fax: 612-331-0770

http://nature.org/cgi-bin/zope.pcgi/careers/natureorg/20031028125301.html

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2003 Community Investment Study - Canada

In 2003, SIO and the Riverdale Community Development Corp. completed a major national study into the community investment sector in Canada. The study is the first comprehensive survey of the sector in Canada.

http://www.socialinvestment.ca/comminvestment.htm

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NC’s Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship

The NC Rural Economic Development Center announced the creation of the Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship, a multi-million dollar initiative designed to stimulate enterprise development in North Carolina’s rural communities. This statewide initiative includes a number of program elements including research on rural entrepreneurship conducted by the Center, county-level data on small business and entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education initiatives, demonstration projects and policy leadership on issues facing rural entrepreneurs.

http://www.ncruralcenter.org/entrepreneurship/about.asp.

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PUBLICATIONS

'Striking a Balance, Ensuring Conservation's Place on the International Biodiversity Assistance Agenda', by Nicholas Lapham and Rebecca Livermore from Conservation International

According to Lapham and Livermore, donors seem less interested in biodiversity these days. In several agencies the topic has a lower profile than it used to. British, German, and Japanese spending on biodiversity peaked in the late 1990s and then declined. Embassies and country offices make many decisions that home offices used to make and are not as inclined to fund the environment.

To request a free electronic copy of this paper in PDF format you can write Ingrid Neubauer at i.neubauer@conservation.org

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Conservation Directory 2004, The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations

This is a valuable source of information for schools, civic organizations or any group interested in obtaining information about environmental laws, regulations and new initiatives.

ORDERS PLACED BEFORE NOVEMBER 15, 2003, WILL RECEIVE THE DIRECTORY AT THE DISCOUNTED PRICE OF $60.

For more information and to order, visit http://www.islandpress.org/cd2004 or call 1-800-828-1302.

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Canadian Subsidy Directory 2003 Legal Deposit-National Library of Canada ISBN 2-922870-05-7

This Publication contains more than 2000 direct and indirect financial subsidies, grants and loans offered by government departments and agencies, foundations, associations and organizations. In this new 2003 edition all programs are well described. CANADIAN SUBSIDY DIRECTORY, 4865 HWY 138, R.R. 1, ST-ANDREWS WEST, ONTARIO, K0C 2A0, 1-866-322-3376

The Canadian Subsidy Directory is sold $ 69.95, to obtain a copy please call: Canadian Publications............... 1-866-322-3376

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Sustainable Forestry Research report

A report on research of a selection of private forest land related laws and policies, including international examples. Compiled by U of MN law student, Brandon Finke during his volunteer work with the CFRC.

http://www.forestrycenter.org/library/admin/uploadedfiles/showfile.cfm?FileName=International_Sustainable_Forestry_Research.pdf

If the link doesn't work please go to our website Library at: http://www.forestrycenter.org/cfrc/library/listcontent.cfm and look under the category "forest management"

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Balancing Ecology and Economics: A Start-up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation, 2nd Edition

To help address some of the challenges faced by private woodland owners, the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC), Cooperative Development Services (CDS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Community Forestry Resource Center (CFRC) have published a second edition of Balancing Ecology and Economics: A Start-up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation. The 160-page guide is intended to show how private landowners, working together, can improve the ecological conditions of their lands while at the same time improving their own economic well-being and that of the communities in which their forest land is located.

The guide draws upon the experiences of several established or forming sustainable forestry co-ops, as well as the experience of CDS, UWCC, and CFRC of IATP. Intended primarily for landowners and resource managers, the guide provides essential information on all aspects of establishing a forest owner cooperative, including: * forest management, * marketing, * business planning, * co-op governance, * cooperative structures, * non-timber forest products, * sustainable certification, * developing member education programs, and more.

The cost of the manual is $13, plus sales tax for Minnesota residents.

For more information about Sustainable Forestry Cooperatives, or to order a copy of Balancing Ecology and Economics: A Start-Up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation, please visit: http://www.forestrycenter.org

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