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Pine Beetles Diverting Money From Camp Sites In National Forests

The Aspen Times | Matt Joyce | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Shoshone, Rocky Mountains, White River, Pine Beetle, Wyoming, Roosevelt, National Parks, Routt, Forest Service, Colorado, Arapahoe, Denver News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. Some national forests in Wyoming are trimming their budgets, including possible campground closures, as the regional U.S. Forest Servic...

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Crested Butte Snodgrass Expansion A No Go

firsttracksonline.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: William Buck, Expansion, Crested Butte, Ski Towns, Snodgrass, Forest Service, Colorado, Skiing, Denver News

Mt. Crested Butte, CO - The U.S. Forest Service has notified Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) by letter that it is denying the Colorado ski resort...

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Vail Resorts to be involved in 3-year Hayman restoration project

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Restoration, Wildfire, National Forest Foundation, Forest, Service, Hayman Fire, Fire, Vail, Hayman, Colorado, Forest Service, Home News

A three-year project to restore Colorado lands scorched by the 2002 Hayman fire, with Vail Resorts Inc. and other private and public groups involved, ...

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Ken Burns' New National Parks Documentary Starts Slowly, But Gets Better

Levi Novey | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Grand Canyon, Theodore Roosevelt, Yellowstone, Stephen Mather, Documentaries, Dayton Duncan, Everglades National Park, Gifford Pinchot, Franklin Roosevelt, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Lincoln Memorial, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, History, Tourism, Martin Luther King, Ken Burns, John Muir, National Park Service, Yosemite, Documentary, Mark Twain, PBS Documentaries, National Parks, Forest Service, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Civilian Conservation Corps, Green Jobs, Green News
Levi Novey

I suspect those who only watch the first few episodes will be teetering on the edge of boredom. Those who stay around longer, or just cherry-pick an episode to watch among the later ones will end up much more excited and satisfied.

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Forest Service Apologizes For Profiling Hispanic Campers As Pot Growers

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Forest Service Marijauna, Forest Service Hispanics, Marijuana, Forest Service, Green News

DENVER — The U.S. Forest Service has apologized for suggesting that campers who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music may be a...

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California Residents Return To Survey Fire Damage

AP | GREG RISLING and RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Disasters, Humidifity, California, Jennifer Sanchez, Wildfires, Homeowners, Weather, Forest Service, Extreme Weather, Green News

LOS ANGELES — Investigators launched a homicide investigation Thursday into the wildfire north of Los Angeles after determining that the giganti...

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SHOCK: Government Discovers Double-Sided Photocopying, Saves $102 Million

WSJ | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Deficit, Forest Service, Department of Defense, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget Cuts, Goverment Spending, President Obama, Photocopying, Business News

With the budget deficit soaring toward $2 trillion, the Department of Justice has figured out how to play its part: double-sided photocopying. More T...

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Cleaning Up Our Forests

Carl Pope | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wildfires, Forests, Tom Vilsack, Environment, Forest Service, Roadless Areas, Thomas Vilsack, Green News
Carl Pope

We've spent $2 billion since 2000 without reducing the number of forest acres burned, homes destroyed, or firefighters killed. President Obama's new forest chief is badly needed.

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Sorry, Congress: Change Can't Wait

Carl Pope | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Roadless Rule, Sonia Sotomayor, Tom Vilsack, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Forest Service, Green News
Carl Pope

It clear that the Obama administration doesn't intend to let business as usual at the Forest Service threaten our remaining pristine public forests.

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Forest Service Starts Spending Stimulus Funds

Green Inc. | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Forest Service, Green Stimulus, Economy, Green News

More agencies are starting to spend their stimulus money. The Forest Service is spending on brush-clearing. They're not using my favorite method -- go...

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Bush Administration's Logging Rule Reinstated

Los Angeles Times | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Mark Rey, Forest Service, Bush Environment, Logging, Deforestation, Green News

Matt Kenna, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, said he didn't think the portion of the opinion dealing with standing was broad eno...

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Bush Crony's Law To Turn Forests Into Housing Subdivisions

The Boston Globe | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Mark Rey, Midnight Regulations, Forest Service, Montana, Bush Administration, Corporate Handouts, Deforestation, Timber Lobbyist, Plum Creek, Missoula, Green News

LOS ANGELES -- The Bush administration appears ready to push through a change in Forest Service agreements that would make it far easier for mountain ...

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