"Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts"
Bark beetles "munching and killing pine trees by the millions from Colorado to Canada" add a dangerous unknown to predictions for the coming wildfire season.
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2009
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"Water Supplies at Risk From Fires in Dead Forests"
"Water supplies for 33 million people could be endangered if millions of acres of beetle-ravaged forests in the Rocky Mountains catch fire, a U.S. Forest Service official said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 06/18/2009
Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding
$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
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Dutch portal about rainforest issues.
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"USDA Undersecretary Nominee Withdraws"
"President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs has withdrawn his name from consideration."
Source: Greenwire, 06/09/2009
Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization
Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture
THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
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Obama Administration Leaps Into Roadless Brawl
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack took personal control over logging and road projects on tens of millions of acres of National Forest in a temporary effort to resolve controversy over the "Roadless Rule."
Source: Greenwire, 05/29/2009
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