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US to Open Remote Forests To Logging  -  May 6, 2005
Washington PostAP. The Bush administration, in one of its biggest environmental decisions, moved yesterday to open nearly one-third of all remote national forest lands to ...

Survey shows damage caused by logging  -  Jun 7, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukBy Roger Highfield, Science Editor. Logging has increased in tropical African forests in recent decades, according to satellite data released that reveal ...

Bush-era Northwest logging plan withdrawn - Environment- msnbc.com  -  Jul 16, 2009
msnbc.comTom Gallagher / AP. WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Thursday scrapped the Bush administration's last-ditch attempt to boost logging in Northwest ...

Logging-Rights Auction in Oregon Will Proceed  -  Jun 9, 2006
New York TimesBy FELICITY BARRINGER. A legal struggle over logging in two roadless tracts of a national forest in Oregon ravaged by fire four years ago is coming to a ...

Logging threat to Amazon much greater than thought  -  Oct 21, 2005
New ScientistThe Brazilian rainforest is being destroyed by human logging at more than twice the rate previously thought, a new satellite analysis reveals. ...

Plan to Allow Logging in Alaskan Forest  -  Jan 25, 2008
FOXNewsBy MATTHEW DALY, AP Writer. WASHINGTON — More than 3 million acres in Alaska's Tongass National Forest would be open to logging under a federal plan that ...

Timber auction at ground zero for logging - Environment- msnbc.com  -  Jun 8, 2006
msnbc.comGRANTS PASS, Ore. - The first timber sale likely to be harvested in a "roadless area" of a national forest since the Bush administration eased logging ...

Judge upholds surveys for species before logging  -  Dec 18, 2009
San Francisco ChronicleBy JEFF BARNARD, AP Environmental Writer. A federal judge has upheld a requirement that Northwest national forests look for hundreds of hard-to-find but ...

Indonesian military behind illegal logging: study  -  Jan 29, 2010
Yahoo! NewsAFP/File – File photo shows a canal and logs from a logging concession in Indonesia. The Indonesian military is … by Stephen Coates Stephen Coates – 15 mins ...

Amazon logging speeds up  -  Oct 1, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldRIO DE JANEIRO: The Amazon is being deforested more than three times as fast as last year, Brazilian officials say, acknowledging a sharp reversal after ...

Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Illegal Logging As Timber Value …  -  Dec 30, 2007
FOXNewsAP. Dave Potter, left, and Mark Combs, sit on fallen white oaks that were allegedly chopped down by a timber thief at the family's property in Kentucky. ...

Illegal logging threatens 98 pct loss of Southeast Asian rainforests...  -  Feb 6, 2007
ForbesNAIROBI (AFX) - Illegal logging by international companies could lead to a 98 pct loss of South East Asia's tropical rainforests by 2022, threatening the ...

New rumbling over salvage logging  -  Jan 10, 2006
Christian Science MonitorDebate revives over managing burned forests, as a report on '02 'Biscuit' fire casts doubt on benefits of salvage work. After wildfire sweeps through timber ...

Government 'illegally logging red gums'  -  Oct 1, 2008
NEWS.com.auTHE New South Wales Government has been accused of illegally logging almost 20000 hectares of listed red river gum wetlands in the Riverina. ...

Judge rejects easing of logging rules.  -  Aug 3, 2005
Free with registration - Seattle Times - AccessMyLibrary.comAug. 3--Efforts by the Bush administration to change rules on old-growth logging in the Northwest were dealt a setback yesterday by a federal judge in ...

Public hearing on logging rules in Maine  -  Dec 18, 2009
Washington PostAP. AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine Department of Labor is holding a field hearing Friday in Fort Kent on proposed rule changes that crack down on logging ...

Report: Most PNG logging illegal  -  Feb 28, 2006
CNN InternationalSYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- The vast majority of logging operations in Papua New Guinea are illegal, environmentally unsustainable and provide little benefit ...

Study questions salvage logging practices - Environment- msnbc.com  -  Jun 12, 2007
msnbc.comThis area of the Siskiyou National Forest in southwestern Oregon was logged after the 2003 Biscuit fire. Barbara Ullian / Siskiyou Project via AP ...

Maoists Raid Logging Firm in Philippines, 23 Dead  -  Nov 12, 2009
ABC NewsMANILA (Reuters) - Communist guerrillas raided and torched a logging company in the southern Philippines and killed at least 12 people in a shootout with ...

Judge orders halt to logging of old-growth conifers in Sequoia .  -  Sep 14, 2005
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News ArchiveAssociated Press San Francisco — A federal judge has halted the Bush ad ministration's bid to keep log ging 2.000 acres in Giant Sequoia National Monument, ...

Logging road threatens Indonesia forest - green groups  -  Mar 26, 2008
Reuters IndiaJAKARTA (Reuters) - Forests and rare tigers are under threat from a new logging road in Indonesia's Sumatra, green groups said on Wednesday, linking firms ...

US Loses Money on Oregon Salvage Logging  -  Oct 5, 2006
Environment News ServiceWASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2006 (ENS) - Selling timber salvaged after a massive 2002 Oregon wildfire cost the federal government nearly $2 million, ...

Ecologists fight logging road in Manitoba park  -  Aug 19, 2009
CBC.caEnvironmentalists are concerned that a licence has been issued for a logging road through Grass River Provincial Park. (Eric Reder) ...

Logging fight not over, native leaders say  -  Jul 20, 2005
CBC.caNative leaders said they will continue to fight for logging rights despite a Supreme Court of Canada ruling Wednesday. ...

Turnbull 'a hypocrite' on logging  -  Apr 11, 2007
NEWS.com.au - news.com.auFEDERAL Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has deflected criticism that he is a hypocrite for backing a bid to overturn a ban on logging in Tasmania ...

Island logging area becomes danger zone for hikers  -  Feb 2, 2010
Victoria Times ColonistBy JUDITH LAVOIE, Times ColonistFebruary 16, 2009. A desperate 9-1-1 call by a Parksville city councillor may have saved the life of a freelance filmmaker ...

Mob attacks offices over Brazil logging crackdown  -  Nov 25, 2008
Reuters UKRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A mob of about 3000 people attacked government offices to protest a crackdown on illegal Amazon logging, the government said on ...

US House of Representatives Moves to Accelerate Salvage Logging  -  May 18, 2006
Environment News ServiceBy JR Pegg. WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2006 (ENS) - The House passed legislation Wednesday that relaxes environmental laws in order to accelerate logging and ...

Malcolm Turnbull linked to mass logging operation in Solomon Islands  -  Feb 28, 2009
NEWS.com.auBy Linda Silmalis. JUST as Malcolm Turnbull tries to outsmart Labor on environmental issues, a file of documents has emerged linking the Leader of the ...

Activists held, blocked from logging areas  -  Mar 15, 2005
msnbc.comGRANTS PASS, Ore. - Twenty-two women were arrested Monday trying to block loggers from cutting down dead trees burned in a 2002 fire, and the US Forest ...

As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land in West  -  Oct 13, 2007
New York TimesBy KIRK JOHNSON. WHITEFISH, Mont. — William P. Foley II pointed to the mountain. Owns it, mostly. A timber company began logging in view of his front yard a ...

Brazil police resume crackdown on Amazon logging  -  Feb 24, 2008
HinduSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP): Heavily armed federal police swarmed an Amazon town and seized more than 500 truckloads of illegally cut hardwood that were ...

Lawsuit to halt 15 Northern Calif logging projects  -  Jan 29, 2010
San Francisco ChronicleAn environmental group is suing the state in an effort to stop plans by Sierra Pacific Industries to cut down 5000 acres of trees in Northern California. ...

Judge Overturns Decision to Replace Logging Rules  -  Sep 20, 2006
BloombergBy Karen Gullo and Kim Chipman. Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- A federal judge in California overturned the Bush administration's decision to replace rules that ...

Scout councils defend logging of their lands  -  Jan 30, 2009
San Francisco ChronicleAn aerial view of loggers harvesting timber at An aerial view of loggers harvesting timber at Camp Delezene Boy Scout Camp near Elma Wash on Tuesday October ...

Climate report warns of logging  -  Mar 13, 2007
Toronto StarOntario's climate-change plan should control logging in the boreal forest, which now emits as many greenhouse gases as all the cars and light trucks driven ...

Brazil busts major Amazon logging gang  -  Jun 3, 2005
New Zealand HeraldBrazilian authorities broke up the biggest illegal logging operation in the Amazon yesterday and arrested 89 people, including many from the government ...

Congo to cancel corrupt logging deals  -  Oct 6, 2008
Toronto StarKINSHASA–Democratic Republic of Congo plans to cancel more than two-thirds of its timber logging contracts under a World Bank-backed review meant to clean ...

DENR urged to revoke logging license of STC  -  Jan 12, 2010
Business MirrorCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—At least 25000 signatories are urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to revoke the industrial forest ...

Wildfire-Ravaged Forests Hurt by Post-Blaze Logging, Study Says  -  Jan 5, 2006
National GeographicAs US wildfires rage, so does debate over how to help burned timberlands bounce back. Some experts tout "salvage logging"—cutting down remaining trees and ...

Court halts logging in East Gippsland  -  Sep 14, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldAn owl, a potoroo and a crayfish have helped a Victorian environment group win a Supreme Court injunction to temporarily stop logging in the state's east. ...

Court Rejects Rule Easing Restrictions on Logging  -  Dec 6, 2007
New York TimesBy AP. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5 (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the rule under which the Bush administration allowed logging and burning ...

… judge rules; Fled to Canada after logging explosions Environmentali...  -  Jul 8, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverArrow, 30, is a well-known environmentalist from Oregon who fled to Canada after he was charged with conspiring to commit arson against two logging ...

Hackers 'aid' Amazon logging scam  -  Dec 15, 2008
BBC NewsHackers have helped logging firms in Brazil evade limits on tree felling, says a Greenpeace report. The hi-tech criminals penetrated a computer system ...

Tribal group backs missing broadcaster's campaign vs illegal logging  -  Jan 24, 2010
GMA news.tvGINGOOG CITY- Tribal chieftain Romeo Ansihagan on Sunday said that majority of his more than 300 members, about 26 families, belonging to Baleguihan ...

With Oregon timber sale, controversy flares  -  Jun 14, 2006
Christian Science MonitorOver the weekend, the US Forest Service auctioned off logging rights to an ... The decision to move forward with "salvage" logging of burned timber there ...

African Logging Decimating Pristine Forests, Report Warns  -  Nov 12, 2009
National GeographicIn the Republic of the Congo, the total length of logging roads is two times that of the national roads, LaPorte said. The highest logging-road densities ...

Study: Salvage logging, replanting worse  -  Jun 11, 2007
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer. GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Logging dead trees after a wildfire and planting new ones can make future fires worse, ...

Logging resumes in the Amazon  -  Feb 14, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldBy Larry Rohter. To the dismay of environmental groups, the Brazilian Government has restored logging licences that were suspended last year as part of an ...

Amazon Logging Twice as Heavy as Thought, Images Show  -  Jan 24, 2010
National GeographicThe authors say that little is known about the extent of selective logging in tropical forests in the Amazon or elsewhere. ...

Congo launches review of logging contracts  -  Jul 30, 2008
Reuters IndiaBy Joe Bavier. KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, launched a review of all timber contracts on Wednesday in an ...

Officials: Logging Road Gate Unlocked  -  Dec 13, 2006
FOXNewsBy JEFF BARNARD, AP Writer. GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A gate on a logging road that a San Francisco man drove down before getting lost and dying of exposure was ...

New Battle of Logging vs. Spotted Owls Looms in West  -  Oct 18, 2007
New York TimesThe Bureau of Land Management's plan to open more of its land at Rogue River in Oregon to logging worries environmentalists. More Photos > ...

Congo set to halt most logging  -  Jan 19, 2009
Reuters IndiaBy Joe Bavier. KINSHASA (Reuters) - Logging must stop on nearly 13 million hectares of forest in Democratic Republic of Congo after a government review ...

Forest Service admits logging mistake  -  Aug 25, 2005
msnbc.comGRANTS PASS, Ore. - The Forest Service admitted Wednesday to making a “serious� mistake that allowed the logging of 17 acres inside a rare tree reserve as ...

Gorrie: New logging rules do little to protect Algonquin  -  Jan 23, 2010
Toronto StarBy Peter Gorrie Environment Columnist. The industry is kept out of sight for all but the few who venture deep into that big green patch on Ontario roadmaps, ...

Canada's logging may cause 'carbon bomb'  -  Apr 10, 2008
Canada.comOTTAWA -- Logging activities are destabilizing Canada's boreal forest and could cause a catastrophic explosion of greenhouse gas emissions if no action is ...

Judge Throws Out Logging Plan for Sequoia Monument  -  Aug 23, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverPresident Clinton in 2000 carved a 328000-acre monument out of the Sequoia National Forest in the southern Sierra to protect 34 groves of giant sequoias. ...

Nations to be paid to stave off logging  -  Dec 15, 2007
The AgeCOUNTRIES will be paid to protect forests from logging, with the Bali conference adopting a proposal for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol to embrace ...

Activists halt logging at Stony Creek forest, East Gippsland  -  Jan 12, 2009
NEWS.com.auTHIRTY protestors have halted logging in an old-growth forest in East Gippsland, with two activists camped on platforms 30m high. Two anti-logging activists ...

Brown loses bid to stop logging in Tas  -  May 23, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldGreens leader Bob Brown has lost a court battle to stop the logging of a 10000 hectare forest in Tasmania's east. A High Court panel of judges in Melbourne ...

Wildfire-Ravaged Forests Hurt by Post-Blaze Logging, Study Says  -  Jan 19, 2010
National GeographicThe report blames the lower rate of regeneration on logging equipment and the dragging of logs, which disturb the soil. In addition, the researchers say, ...

US, Indonesia Agree to Target Illegal Logging  -  Nov 20, 2006
Environment News ServiceWASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2006 (ENS) - A new agreement to fight illegal logging in Indonesia signed last week by US and Indonesian officials was praised ...

Logging ban protects Brazil tribe  -  May 27, 2005
BBC NewsA Brazilian judge has reinstated an order banning loggers from land inhabited by a remote Amazonian tribe. The ruling covers a 166000 hectare (410000-acre) ...

Greenies rally against ANZ over logging  -  Dec 12, 2007
Sydney Morning HeraldEnvironmentalists staged protests outside ANZ Bank branches in Australia and New Zealand calling on the bank not to fund logging operations in Tasmania and ...

Wildlife attacks as Indonesia backs logging  -  Mar 6, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldTHE Indonesian Government has approved a big increase in logging of its tropical forests, a decision that will lead to a rise in carbon emissions and, ...

Endangered parrot wins logging reprieve  -  Oct 14, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldTasmania has deferred logging an area important for the breeding of the endangered swift parrot. Forestry Tasmania will defer harvesting the coupe in the ...

Koala colony | Logging | Mumbulla and Murrah state forests  -  Jan 25, 2010
Sydney Morning HeraldLOGGING is set to start within weeks in a forest that supports the last known koala colony on the NSW far south coast. The NSW Government is yet to release ...

Logging Suit Hits CA National Monument  -  Jan 27, 2005
FOXNewsSAN FRANCISCO — Environmentalists sued the federal government Thursday over plans to log in central California's Giant Sequoia National Monument (search), ...

In Fire's Wake, Logging Study Inflames Debate  -  Feb 27, 2006
Washington PostBy Blaine Harden. MEDFORD, Ore. -- If fire ravages a national forest, as happened here in southwest Oregon when the Biscuit fire torched a half-million ...

Group says illegal logging benefits ruling class in Cambodia  -  Jun 1, 2007
New York TimesBANGKOK — Senior government officials and businessmen in Cambodia, including relatives of Prime Minister Hun Sen, are illegally felling some of the ...

PMC starts work to check water-logging  -  Jul 15, 2009
Times of IndiaPUNE: With some parts in the city witnessing water-logging after persistent showers in the last 24 hours, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has started ...

Indonesia shuffles police chief after logging case  -  Apr 16, 2008
Reuters UKJAKARTA (Reuters) - The police chief in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province has been moved to Jakarta following the arrest last week of three policemen in ...

… Forestry Corporation Promises Speedy Probe Into Alleged Illegal...  -  Jan 5, 2010
Bernama..."No heavy machinery or proof of large-scale illegal logging were found. ... He urged the public to provide information on illegal logging activities in the ...

Spotted owls, logging & environmentalists  -  May 31, 2006
ESPNBy Patrick Moore. Species diversity cannot be discussed today without mention of the spotted owl. This little night hunter has become the symbol of forest ...

Burn-Area Logging Starts After Protests  -  Mar 8, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverLoggers began cutting down trees inside an old growth forest reserve burned by the 2002 Biscuit fire on Monday after authorities hauled away protesters ...

EU helps Cameroon fight $100 mln/yr illegal logging  -  Aug 23, 2007
Reuters UKBy Tansa Musa. YAOUNDE, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The European Union and Cameroon have agreed to investigate illegal logging, which often benefits from official ...

Logging ban extended to save parrot  -  May 12, 2009
NEWS.com.auBy Simon Benson, State Political Reporter. JOBS at risk ... the parrot at the centre of the row. Source: The Daily Telegraph ...

Greenpeace Optimistic Indonesia Able To Declare Logging Moratorium  -  Jan 11, 2010
Bernama - BernamaJAKARTA, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- A spokesman of Greenpeace Southeast Asia said the NGO is optimistic that the Indonesian government would be able to declare a ...

Charles urges forest logging halt  -  May 15, 2008
BBC NewsThe halting of logging in the world's rainforests is the single greatest solution to climate change, Prince Charles has said. ...

Tasmanian forest saved from logging  -  Dec 19, 2006
NEWS.com.auBy Xavier La Canna. ENVIRONMENTALISTS are celebrating after a court today found plans to log a forest containing endangered species were in defiance of a ...

Logging case to take 'God knows how long': judge  -  Jun 19, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldA multi-million dollar damages claim by Tasmanian logging giant Gunns Ltd against environmentalists could clog up the courts for an extraordinary amount of ...

US, China sign up to stop illegal logging  -  Dec 13, 2007
NEWS.com.auTHE United States and China sealed their first deal to stop illegal logging in a bid to ease deforestation, fight climate change and preserve wildlife, ...

Rees bows to pressure to stop logging  -  Jul 24, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldNSW Premier Nathan Rees is expected to axe logging in the state's Riverina region by 2011 after bowing to political pressure to save river red gums. ...

Amazon Rain Forest Not Helped by "Light" Logging  -  Aug 1, 2006
National GeographicEven limited logging in the Amazon rain forest often leads to entire swaths of forest being completely cleared, according to the first-ever broad-scale ...

Logging practices have helped damage spawning areas in rivers  -  Feb 2, 2010
Victoria Times ColonistBy DC Reid, Special to Times ColonistNovember 24, 2009. Bob Fearn says: You mention river temperature as a possible reason for low Fraser sockeye. ...

UN orders Tasmania logging probe  -  Jun 26, 2007
ABC Online - ABC OnlineThe United Nations (UN) has agreed to send a high-level delegation to Tasmania to assess the threat of logging on the World Heritage-listed forests. ...

Tassie logging protesters arrested  -  Apr 28, 2008
NEWS.com.auAbout 20 protesters attempted to stop logging of an old-growth forest in the Little Denison Valley, 35km west of Huonville, southwest of Hobart. ...

Pygmies stand tall over logging  -  Oct 16, 2007
New Zealand HeraldBy Jonathan Brown View as one page. Forty million people in the Congo, including 600000 pygmies, depend on the rainforests for survival. Photo / Reuters ...

Logging barges sink in DR Congo, 73 dead  -  Nov 29, 2009
DAWN.comKINSHASA: Two barges loaded with logs sank in a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 73 people, the International Committee of the Red ...

Judge Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule  -  Jul 1, 2009
ABC NewsBy JEFF BARNARD AP Environmental Writer. AP. A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern ...

Logging on hold over species 'find'  -  Jan 29, 2009
The AgeANTI-LOGGING campaigners have won a two-week reprieve in far east Gippsland after claiming to have discovered four threatened species in old-growth forest ...

Sen. Tester's Plan for Wilderness, Logging Roils Big Sky Country  -  Dec 14, 2009
New York Times..."If it does pass, it'll signify the Democrats are trying to be worse than the Republicans when it comes to public lands in the West -- a race to the bottom ...

Garrett, anti-logging campaigners meet  -  Jul 22, 2007
Sydney Morning HeraldAnti-logging campaigners have met Labor's environment spokesman Peter Garrett in Hobart, calling on the ALP to protect Tasmania's sensitive forest areas if ...

Protest halts logging in Styx Valley  -  Dec 10, 2007
Sydney Morning HeraldProtesters claim to have stopped logging in the Styx Valley forest in their campaign for World Heritage protection for Tasmanian forests. ...

Salvage logging from burned forests worsens later fires  -  Jun 16, 2007
New ScientistTHE logging industry has had its fingers burned. Turning dead trees into logs after forest fires seems to exacerbate forest damage in any subsequent fires. ...

Anti-logging activist wins award  -  Apr 24, 2006
BBC NewsA campaigner who risked his own safety to expose illegal logging operations in Liberia has been recognised with a prestigious environmental award. ...

Brazil rejects reports of Amazon logging in camps  -  Aug 21, 2007
Reuters UKBy Raymond Colitt. BRASILIA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's government rejected accusations on Tuesday that its settlement of poor peasants in the Amazon was ...

Heavy rains, illegal logging blamed for landslides  -  Feb 18, 2006
Inquirer.netAP. WEATHER was the easy target for blame in Friday's devastating landslide in the eastern Philippines, but survivors also were pointing at illegal logging ...

Malaysia to step up laws on illegal logging  -  Sep 19, 2007
ABC Online - ABC OnlineMalaysia, a major timber exporter, says it will beef up its laws to fight a serious illegal logging problem that could harm the country's reputation. ...

Is Facebook growing old? More mums and dads logging on to social...  -  06 Aug 2009
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Apple Keyboard Firmware Vulnerability Detected By BlackHat Researcher  -  06 Aug 2009
ChannelWebDuring the BlackHat conference in Las Vegas, one hacker demonstrated that Apple keyboards contain a flaw that enables cybercrooks to launch key-logging

Red Sox OF Bay aggravates hamstring injury  -  06 Aug 2009
Seattle Post IntelligencerThe 30-year-old Bay is having a solid season, hitting .252 with 21 home runs and 75 RBI. He has struggled recently, however, logging just one homer and five

More over-25s logging on to social networking sites  -  06 Aug 2009
Belfast TelegraphSocial networking sites are growing more popular among older generations, while interest among younger people could be on the wane, a report suggested today

Reinforced road ban complicates state rules  -  06 Aug 2009
The ColoradoanThose recommendations would allow for some logging and road building in roadless areas to prevent wildfire from damaging communities and their water

The Independent Weekly Line on Durango and Beyond  -  06 Aug 2009
Durango TelegraphHowever, many fear the state is not going far enough to protect Colorado's best backcountry – including Durango's Hermosa Creek Roadless Area – from logging

Deal expected to protect Quebec forests  -  06 Aug 2009
The Gazette (Montreal)Logging operations in northern Quebec have left huge holes in the native Boreal forest.

Glimmer of Hope  -  06 Aug 2009
State JournalToday, gloominess still dominates the logging landscape, but those in the industry are more optimistic about the future than they have been in years,

ECB leaves rates on hold at 1 per cent (Urgent)  -  06 Aug 2009
Monsters and Critics.comIn addition to logging in with other networks you can also auto post your comment to them and from them. So you could comment on a story on M&C and have it

Are logins and passwords driving you crazy?  -  06 Aug 2009
Redwood TimesFor example, we might use a relatively simple password for logging in to comment on blogs, a more secure password for logging into places we do business

$11.3M from stimulus fund to support timber industry  -  06 Aug 2009
Billings GazetteThe fund also has given $1 million to the Missoula Area Economic Development Corp., which already has handed out $600000 to some 18 small logging firms owed

Borneo rainforest communities mount anti-logging protests  -  06 Aug 2009
Cool EarthIndigenous communities in Borneo have set up blockades to prevent logging companies from gaining access to their rainforest homelands.

Maine ski areas report near-record year  -  06 Aug 2009
Mainebiz DailyBy The Mainebiz News Staff Maine's ski areas had their second-best season ever last year, logging more than 1.3 million visits, according to the Ski Maine

Rangeley Plantation man best overall logger  -  06 Aug 2009
SunJournal.comRANGELEY — With 180 points, Josh Haley of Rangeley Plantation claimed the best over-all award at the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum's 29th annual

Obama Admin Scraps Logging Plan in Ore. Carbon Sinks  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
New York TimesThe Interior Department is dropping controversial plans to dramatically increase logging in western Oregon's forests,

Bluffton targets ditches, logging road to decrease stormwater in ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Hilton Head Island PacketThe town of Bluffton plans to clear drainage ditches and remove an old logging road in an effort to decrease the runoff flowing into Verdier Cove and on to

New strategy to save forests: logging  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Seattle TimesTwo years ago, they logged and replanted their property, which they will keep logging rather than develop. The Snoqualmie Ridge development is in the

Direct Environmental Acquisition Data logging System  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Examiner.comNone of the equipment used by ghost hunters and paranormal investigators was designed to detect ghosts. They were designed for other uses.

Malaysia's Penan mount anti-logging blockade: activists  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
AFPKUALA LUMPUR — Dozens of indigenous Penan tribespeople armed with spears and blowpipes have set up roadblocks in Malaysian Borneo to stop logging firms from

In Alaska, logging complaints  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
Philadelphia InquirerWhy is the federal government approving logging in a pristine area of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska? That was a question on many lips last month as

Medford man killed in rollover crash  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
KTVZKris Carey was the lone occupant in the semitrailer hauling the water tanker from one logging site to another for Plumley, Inc. of White City.

Logging curbs  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Malaysia StarDEEP in the world's tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into hardwood trees to help in the fight against illegal logging,

Gazette Opinion: Tester steers toward middle-of-road land bill  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Billings GazetteConrad Burns at which Burns told Baker and and a logging company representative that they ought to work together because they weren't that far apart in the

Environmental Groups Push Forestry Board To Reconsider Logging  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
OPB NewsEight environmental groups asked the Oregon Board of Forestry Friday to reconsider its plan to increase logging in state forests.

Abreu named AL Player of the Month  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Seattle Post IntelligencerAbreu hit .380 in 26 games during the period, logging four homers and five doubles in addition to 26 runs scored and 28 RBI. The 35-year-old slugger hit two

Founder honored in Rangeley  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
SunJournal.comThe Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum board and friends honored the museum founder, Rodney C. Richard Sr. (seated, right), as they surprised him with a

Groups Challenge Montana Logging  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Courthouse News Service...(CN) - A Forest Service plan to sell timber on a burned section of Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest ignores scientific debate over salvage logging and

Columbia Falls logging company opens store in Missoula  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Montana's News StationA Columbia Falls logging company is taking advantage of the tough economic times by opening a new store in Missoula. RBM Lumber owners say the economy

Logging cuts topple North Coast economy  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
Daily AstorianWith slumping demand for lumber, local logging companies have cut staff and many are scrambling for work to stay afloat. Lumber mills are still curtailing

Motorcyclist badly hurt after striking rear of logging truck in ...  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Foster's Daily DemocratFARMINGTON — A man in his 20s was seriously injured after he struck the rear of an empty logging truck and was knocked off the motorcycle he

Logging Laws Cut Investment  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
The Moscow TimesThe web site for the Ivanovo regional administration proudly displays Czech plans to build an 870 million ruble ($28 million) timber-processing plant.

Logging limits back in place in Oregon  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
Examiner.comLogging limits back in place in Oregon. Last week Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reinstated limits on logging in old growth forests in western Oregon.

Introducing Dropne.ws | Post What You Like, No Logging In  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
PR.com (press release)Post news without logging in, anonymously, free-for-all posting, however you want to say it. This site lets you post, blog, or start a forum without logging

Volunteers step aside after logging in 27 years at HMH  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
Huntsville ItemAfter 27 years of walking the halls of Huntsville Memorial Hospital, long-time volunteers Bob and Flo Bailey will no longer be gracing

County avoids logging decline  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
East OregonianUmatilla County was one of the few in Oregon that did not see a decline in timber harvests in 2008. Oregon's timber harvests have been dropping

State alleges logging labor violations  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Mainebiz DailyBy Mainebiz News staff State officials have found pervasive violations of foreign labor laws by Canadian logging companies operating in Maine and have asked

USOC doubles fundraising goal in June  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
The Associated PressIt was called "America Supports Team USA" and was designed to make it easy for individuals to give $5 by logging onto Olympic-related Web sites.

Courthouse protests  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Times Tribune of CorbinIt deteriorates quickly from paved to gravel then to a logging road and eventually to a path for all terrain vehicles. Once Goforth's vehicle hit the

Park Rapids to host Legends and Logging Days  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
In-ForumLegends and Logging Days will be held Friday and Saturday in Red Bridge Park in Park Rapids. Championship logging events will be held from noon to 2 pm and

Tester plan tackles forest, logging issues  -  ‎Jul 18, 2009‎
Great Falls TribuneThe measure, dubbed the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009, designates more than 660000 acres of new wilderness in Montana, while mandating the logging

DefCon hacker cracks fake ATM scam  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
V3.co.ukOn further inspection, the machine was found to be housing a PC which was believed to be logging card information and PINs for future fraud and identity

Top Environment News  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
OregonLive.com...by The Oregonian Logging, yes logging, helps preserve Washington forests: Environmentalists are looking to loggers to fend off development of nearly 1

5 kidnapped logging firm workers 'rescued'  -  ‎Jul 18, 2009‎
ABS CBN NewsZAMBOANGA - Authorities have rescued five employees of a logging firm who were abducted in Lanao

Vulnerability in Apple keyboards: hack allows key logging  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Product ReviewsNot even a week on since we reported to you about the iphone vulnerability via SMS that could potentially leave somebody to entirely take over your iphone,

When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
ZDNet...and I'm assuming there is a clear differentiation of what constitutes communicating with friends and home on the internet and logging into milSpace,

DR Congo needs clear logging policies: Greenpeace  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
AFPKINSHASA — Greenpeace has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to clarify reforms bringing transparency to the logging sector in the

Tuesday: Tester Forest Bill, Libby Jobs, Logging Lawsuit  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Flathead BeaconBy , 07-28-09 Good morning; on the Beacon today, Jon Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act may be the most significant piece of legislation he has created

Relief for the Owl  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
New York TimesThough the Clinton plan allowed some logging, it was considerably more favorable to the owl and its habitat than it was to industry.

Items stolen near Dunnegan found abandoned  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Bolivar Herald Free PressJonathan Kropf reported a GPS system stolen from the cab of his logging truck parked at his home on East 445th Road near Half Way early Monday morning,

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