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Public LandSupreme Court to Hear Case on Public’s Ability to Participate in National Forest Decisions and Challenge Unlawful RegulationsFor Immediate Release, September 29, 2008 Contacts: Matt Kenna, Western Environmental Law Center, kenna@westernlaw.org (970) 385-6941 Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public’s Ability to Participate in National Forest Decisions and Challenge Unlawful Regulations
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public’s Ability to Participate in National Forest Decisions and Challenge Unlawful RegulationsFor Immediate Release, September 29, 2008 Contacts: Matt Kenna, Western Environmental Law Center, kenna@westernlaw.org (970) 385-6941 Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public’s Ability to Participate in National Forest Decisions and Challenge Unlawful Regulations
Missouri Wilderness Conference09/06/2008 - 10:00 09/06/2008 - 16:00 Wilderness Advocates: It's Time to Gather Together! On Saturday, September 6, old hands and new faces from across the state will meet at the Missouri Wilderness Conference in Salem, MO to learn about and take action on the new Missouri Wilderness proposal. Fun will be had by all as we plan the next steps in the effort to designate seven wild, spectacular places as Wilderness areas. You won't want to miss it!
Herbicide AlertNumerous electric service providers throughout the Ozarks are presently using a combination of herbicides to kill the native plants, trees, and shrubs that grow beneath the power lines throughout our region. Countless numbers of plants and animal communities are being sprayed, causing extensive harm to a wide range of species. Studies from around the world show that the toxic chemical residues from pesticides and herbicides can and do wash into area creeks, ponds, and groundwater. HerbicidesHERBICIDE ALERT
Comments due on Southwest Project - Stop Development in proposed Smith Creek Wilderness!05/16/2008 - 10:56 Comments are due by May 16 on the Southwest Project in the Cedar Creek District of the Mark Twain National Forest. This project includes heavy logging, cattle grazing, road development, building two parking areas, fence building, and other activities in the proposed Smith Creek Wilderness. Read more about it here.
Forest Service Plans Development in proposed Smith Creek Wilderness
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Bush Opens Back Door for Logging National ForestsThe Daily Green By Dan Shapley Friday 11 April 2008 Defied once by courts, Forest Service tries a new tack.
U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIELDING FLEET OF DRONESThis is really insane... U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIELDING FLEET OF DRONES — Law Enforcement Wants “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” Hovering Above Forests Washington, DC — The U.S. Forest Service has purchased pilot-less aircraft to provide day and night photo reconnaissance for its law enforcement program, according to agency records released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The two “unmanned aerial vehicles,” or drones, may represent the beginnings of wider conversion of military robotic technology for civilian uses.
Wood waste eyed as renewable energy source in Missouri OzarksWood waste eyed as renewable energy source in Missouri Ozarks By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER CUBA, Mo. (AP) -- The forest-rich Missouri Ozarks have been quite good to the four generations of kin at McGinnis Wood Products, a supplier of white oak barrels to distillers and winemakers the world over. Business is so good, there's even a market for the 120 tons of sawdust produced daily as remnants from the plant's two lumber mills. Rather than haul the wood waste to the landfill, McGinnis sells its scraps to a nearby Kingsford charcoal factory.
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