Crews Fail to Find Tree-Killing Beetle
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Survey crews searching through woods and neighborhoods in northeast Indiana have not found any new signs of the beetle blamed for killing millions of ash trees in Michigan and Ohio, a state official said.
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Crews on the ground and in the air searched part of a national forest Wednesday for a University of Oregon professor who went missing days ago after telling friends he was going on a day hike.
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Dead and dying trees essential for many other forms of forest life are in short supply, conservationists say.
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With recent heavy rain and more expected next week, California may make it through this season without a repeat of last year's catastrophic wildfires. But dangers remain, especially in national forests plagued by drought, unchecked growth of brush and bark beetle infestation.
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ST. LOUIS _ An independent panel of scientists evaluating the safety of a chemical found in plastics failed to reach a conclusion Wednesday.
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Rescuers searched the turbulent Bering Sea on Sunday for three crew members missing from a crab boat that sank, killing two of the other three people aboard.
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Firefighters hoped a dose of sand would finally extinguish smoldering fires that have stalled the search for two workers still missing on Monday
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Heavy rain and thick clouds hampered   the search on Sunday for a helicopter chartered by conservation   group WWF which disappeared in bad weather with 24 people on   board, officials said.
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SECHELT, B.C. (CP) - RCMP ended their search for two missing tug boat crewmen on Monday after failing to find the vessel, which sank in bad weather off the B.C. coast early Saturday.
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A VITAL lifeline is being thrown to woodland creatures in the region threatened with extinction.  Some butterflies and moths are in severe decline, but the Forestry Commission is taking action to improve their plight.
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Rescuers fail to find six US men missing in a mine collapse after a sixth rescue attempt, mine officials say.
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By JOHN COTTER  EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta communities that depend on the forest industry are calling for a long-term plan to help them cope with devastation caused by the voracious mountain pine beetle.
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By James Amos, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 14--Southern Colorado forests are not affected by the widespread bark-beetle infestations seen in Northern Colorado's lodgepole pine forests.
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CLEVELAND - Swarms of tiny bugs descended on Jacobs Field on Saturday night, making it difficult for the Indians and Anaheim Angels to play.    Batters and fans swatted at the unidentified flying objects beginning in the fourth inning...
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Rescue teams equipped with ice axes, ropes and other high-altitude gear were once again frustrated Tuesday in their efforts since the weekend to find three climbers on Oregon's highest mountain. After battling high winds and blowing snow, search teams broke for the day without success.
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Struggling 1,000 feet below ground, rescuers drew close Saturday to a section of a collapsed mine shaft where they hoped to find 71 coal miners missing in a gas explosion. The number of confirmed dead rose to 77.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated about 50 acres in Hays and Comal counties as critical habitat for two species of beetles and a shrimp-like crustacean.