Timber company appeals forest protection
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An Oregon timber company has appealed the reinstatement of protections on 58.5 million acres of roadless areas in national forests, saying it should be able to continue logging trees burned in a 2002 wildfire in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
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By Charles Sheehan, Chicago Tribune  Jan. 31--Chicago-area officials say the invasion of the emerald ash borer is threatening to chew up suburban forestry budgets, as well as trees.
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THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Dec. 18 (IPS) - Uruguay urged the International Court of Justice  Monday to force Argentina to take measures against environmental  activists who block three access roads to Uruguay, where a  controversial pulp mill is being constructed.
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Environmentalists, sportsmen and investors wrestle over parcels sold off by timber companies that have fallen on hard times.
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By Joe Grundle  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled two public hearings in late March on proposed air-quality regulations for some lands on the Forest County Potawatomi Community reservation.  One hearing will be begin at 6 p.m.
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Mining company, Harmony, is to appeal against today&#39;s Competition Appeal Court ruling interdicting it from exercising voting rights it got from buying shares in its competitor Gold Fields.
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By Mark Larabee, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 14--A federal appeals court sided with conservationists Monday in  their long-running battle with the U.S.
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Warmer-than-usual winters are stoking fears for the survival of New Englandâs maple forests.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday it will appeal a NAFTA dispute panel's finding that imports of Canadian softwood lumber pose no threat to American companies.
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Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.
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By Backus, Perry  The Blackfoot Challenge and Nature Conservancy's plan to preserve up to 88,000 acres of Plum Creek Timber Co. lands in and around the Blackfoot Valley took a big step forward late last week.
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A coalition of environmental activists and investors is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to require companies to disclose the risks that climate change may pose to their bottom lines.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader Sep. 25--The presence of a diminutive insect in the state has forestry officials on high alert.
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The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Wednesday, June 13:  No one but the timber industry benefits if the U.S. Forest Service allows the continued degradation of the world's largest temperate rainforest _ the Tongass in southeast Alaska.
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By RUSSELL MAX SIMON Journal Northern Bureau  SANTA FE -- Information about a planned tree-thinning project being distributed by a newly formed environmental group has Santa Fe environmentalists in an uproar and city officials accusing the group of scare tactics.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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Fearful that growing pressure for development could cause the loss of vital plants and animals, biologists and conservationists are trying to rally new interest in protecting tropical forests and the keys they may hold for vital medicines.