National News: February 20, 2012

Written by Mark Garland
Sunday, 19 February 2012 23:44 News / National
Good riddance, Adventure Pass, San Gabriel Valley Tribune editorial 9th Circuit Court says visitors to national forest don't have to pay a fee, Pasadena Star-News Forest Service sues state of NM, Otero Co., Alamogordo Daily News Forest Service suing New Mexico, Otero County, New Mexican Santorum calls for handing federal lands to states, KTRK Santorum’s land plan echoes past proposals, Idaho Statesman Parks Board protests lawmaker's proposal - Sen. Allen's bill lets feds know Arizona is taking control of forests, White Mountain Independent Forest Service Distributes Secure Rural Schools Payments, USDA House panel seeks more tree cutting on public land, Seattle P-I AP County timber payments plan moving fast in U.S. House, generating conflict and worry, Portland Oregonian Fight over forest use snares rural school funding , Fresno Bee US Forest Service Chief presents proposed FY2013 agency budget, USFS USFS roadless rule withstands another court challenge, Summit County Citizens Voice U.S. roadless rule weathers court challenge from Wyoming, Colorado Mining Association, The Colorado Independent Tenth Circuit Court Reaffirms Roadless Ruling - Pew calls on Obama administration to enforce policy nationwide, Pew Environment Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Reconsider Roadless Rule, Earthjustice Victory Stands For The Roadless Rule - Last, best wild national forest lands shielded from development, Earthjustice blog USFS to replace aging air tanker fleet, Summit County Citizens Voice U.S. Forest Service's plan to replace air tanker fleet draws criticism, Redding Record Searchlight A look back suggests a sobering future of wildfire dangers in U.S. west, University of Oregon West: Wildfire regimes out of synch with climate cycles, Summit County Citizens Voice Time to update how we manage U.S. forests, Sacramento Bee editorial Forest Service boss touts benefits of use rule change, Lewiston Tribune Gosar decries Obama's new forests planning rule, White Mountain Independent editorial Forest Service looks for Satellite Emergency Notification Devices sources, Washington Technology NASA Map Sees Earth's Trees in a New Light, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory USFS: Request for Applications: The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program, Federal Register U.S. Forest Service goes Hollywood with The Lorax, USFS Using evergreens for colds, aches and more, The Deming Headlight Open letter against the “green economy” and in favour of life - Stop the commodification of nature, World Rainforest Movement New request for FAO to define forests by their true meaning, World Rainforest Movement Brazil: The definition of forest - another front for resistance and reconquest, World Rainforest Movement Fluvial Geomorphology: Wood and river landscapes - The influence of trees and dead wood on river dynamics, Nature Geoscience