Superior National Forest : Prospecting May Be Permitted In The Wake Of ...
Wed, 30 May 2012 10:42:24 -0700

AP | By steve karnowski posted: 05/30/2012 10:19 am minneapolis (AP) The US Forest Service said Tuesday it has completed a final environmental impact statement on the effects of prospecting for copper, nickel, platinum and related minerals in the ...

Opinion: NJ Forest Stewardship Bill is a giant leap for conservation
Wed, 30 May 2012 04:22:10 -0700

A pair of bills moving through the Legislature would create a forest harvest program on state owned land, essentially allowing for logging By Anthony P. Mauro Sr. The op-ed denigrating the Forest Stewardship Bill (S1085), Logging in NJ forests would ...

Ikea Accused of Logging Old-Growth Forests
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:44:19 -0700

A subsidiary of furniture retailer Ikea is logging old-growth forests and other high conservation value forests in western Russia, according to the Global Forestry Coalition. GFC an alliance of NGOs from more than 40 countries alleges that Ikea's ...

Climate change may impact wheat productivity in Punjab
Wed, 30 May 2012 16:46:20 -0700

"About two-thirds of the forest in the state is vulnerable to climate change as declared by the Forest Survey of India and Indian Institute of Science ," said Dr Kuldip Kumar, chief conservator of forests . "As per the research work done on the impact of ...

SFI Awards $32000 Research Grant to Protect Water Resources in the Boreal Forest
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:53:27 -0700

Thunder bay, Ontario, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sustainable Forestry Initiative r (SFI) announced today the Forest Ecosystem Science Co-operative Inc. ( Forest Co-op) will receive a $32000 grant to support graduate research activities ...

KFC Chicken Buckets Made With Wood From Rain Forest Trees
Wed, 30 May 2012 07:08:49 -0700

Rolf Skar, forest campaign director for Greenpeace, said that over half of the materials used in KFC chicken buckets came from rain forest trees. The independent studies were conducted by the Institution for Paper Science and Technology in Darmstadt, ...

'Madhya Pradesh leads in forest cover area'
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:49:33 -0700

According to the latest India State of Forest Report 2011, 77700 kms (11.24 percent) of the total 6,90899 kms of forest land in the country is in Madhya Pradesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest has said, in reply to an RTI query by Omprakash Sharma, ...

Electric Forest Adds Acts (Conspirator, Karl Denson and More)
Wed, 30 May 2012 15:14:04 -0700

Conspirator, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and Break Science feat. Chali 2na are among the latest additions to the second annual Electric Forest festival. As previously reported, the jam and electronic music festival will return to Rothbury, ...

Forests Officials say be Bear Aware
Wed, 30 May 2012 13:09:19 -0700

While you're out recreating in the forest this year, always be bear aware! Store your food. As more and more people are living in bear habitat and allowing bears to gain access to human food, people keep coming into unwanted contact with bears.

Environment ministry rejects Forest panel proposal
Tue, 29 May 2012 10:26:55 -0700

The environment ministry has rejected a suggestion of the Group of Ministers (Go M) to form sector-wise forest advisory committees (FACs) to speed up the pace of the project approval process. environment ministry to set up FACs for each sector, ...

Ministerial panel clears coal mining in Mahaan, Chhatrasal in Madhya Pradesh
Wed, 30 May 2012 13:45:32 -0700

NEW DELHI: The group of ministers on coal headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cleared two controversial blocks in dense forests - Mahaan and Chhatrasal in Madhya Pradesh -- overruling objections of environment and forests minister ...

Tetra Tech Awarded $20 Million USAID Program for Community Management of ...
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:01:54 -0700

Tetra Tech will help USAID promote community management of forests and other natural resources in Liberia. The country is home to two of the largest remaining blocks of the Upper Guinea forest in West Africa and is recognized as a global hotspot for ...

Agreement Strengthens Bond Between Boy Scouts of America and SFI Inc.
Wed, 30 May 2012 03:09:49 -0700

"This agreement reinforces our strong partnership with SFI, and demonstrates our commitment to sustainable forest management. It lets us show scouts the value of our natural environment and how the future of our forests depends on the actions we take ...

A year after Massachusetts tornadoes, forest struggling -- but it'll make a ...
Wed, 30 May 2012 02:10:18 -0700

Devastation of forests is a natural process in nature, but so, too, is the regeneration of forests , says David V. Bloniarz, a specialist in urban forestry at University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The forest will recover. It's very resilient.

IKEA under fire for ancient tree logging
Tue, 29 May 2012 06:59:54 -0700

"We have a (limited) amount of old-growth forest in the north of Russian Karelia with high conservation value. Ikea says they don't operate in old-growth forests but it is not true," Olga Ilina, head of the forest department of the NGO SPOK, ...

Campfires lit despite bans
Wed, 30 May 2012 09:34:49 -0700

Campers reported fellow campers this weekend for violating prohibitions on campfires in the Coconino and Kaibab national forests and on private properties. Altogether, Coconino County and Forest Service law enforcement responded to more than 70 ...

New US Forest Service report seeks to clarify climate information
Tue, 29 May 2012 11:08:59 -0700

In an attempt to make science and technical concepts of projecting climate change clearer to the public, the US Forest Service has published a report simplifying complex information and resources. The Report, Climate Projections FAQ, ...

Ministers' panel for forest nod with riders for Mahan, Chhatrasal coal mines
Wed, 30 May 2012 09:35:16 -0700

A Group of Ministers (Go M) headed by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has recommended ' forest clearance' for Mahan and Chhatrasal coal mines. But this comes with some riders. If approved by the Cabinet, this would pave the way for Reliance ...

Winslow Plans For Growth With Forest Thinning Contract Award
Wed, 30 May 2012 11:27:13 -0700

By Linda Kor The US Forest Service announced earlier this month that Pioneer Forest Products has been awarded the contract for thinning 3000 acres of Ponderosa pine in the state's forests . With that award the company intends to process the small ...

Ecologist: Many reasons to keep Fernbank Science Center open
Tue, 29 May 2012 09:58:13 -0700

(AJC) The AJC is receiving many pleas to save the Fernbank Science Center, which is operated by the cash-strapped De Kalb County School District. Last week, the school board's budget committee recommended closing the decades-old institution.