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[California] Poplar trees and switch grass are on track to become important weapons in national security defense, and a Walnut Creek lab is speeding them on their way. The Joint Genome Institute, best known for the Human Genome Project, is betting genetic research can make those plants ideal for producing ethanol, grain alcohol that can…

[Georgia] The drought in Georgia has added to concerns about the state’s forests. Firefighters with the Georgia Forestry Commission have tried to control a blaze in the north Georgia mountains since Sunday. The Forestry Commission uses a drought index on a scale of zero-to-800, 800 being the driest. The current index rating is at 600…

[Missouri] The environmental and religious activists claim Victoria’s Secrets prints 395 million catalogs a year. They want the company to stop using paper that comes from endangered forests. The protesters say Victoria’s Secret mails out more than a million catalogs a day printed predominantly on virgin paper that comes directly from North America’s Great Boreal…

[Oregon] A vote within Oregon State University’s College of Forestry revealed strong support for Dean Hal Salwasser, who became embroiled in a high-profile dust-up that mixed questions about academic freedom with the wisdom of logging public lands after forest fires. The vote followed a furor over an attempt by some faculty to delay publication of…

CNBC has an online poll on lifting the drilling moratorium for USA coastline. I just voted and opponents are way behind. Please vote and pass it on. It takes 10 seconds. The deadline is 6/24. Click here to vote

They’re at it again in Washington, finding new and better ways to take money from taxpayers (and increasing the federal deficit) to get more money in the hands of hugely wealthy coal and energy companies. According to WYMT out of Lexington: Senator Jim Bunning says a bill that could give the coal industry a boost…

Weyerhaeuser told to pay $78.8 million The U.S. Supreme Court, heeding calls from business groups and the Bush administration, agreed to review a $78.8 million antitrust award against Weyerhaeuser Co. for driving a competing lumber producer out of business. Weyerhaeuser, the world’s biggest forest products company, is fighting allegations that it monopolized the Pacific Northwest…

This letter from NC senator Elizabeth Dole was written in response to a letter from Mr. Cliff Brisson Jr., P.A., attourney at law practicing in Fayetteville, NC regarding the sale of national forest lands to fund the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. June 5, 2006 Mr. Cliff Brisson Jr. 806 Hay…

I am deeply concerned that today’s front page squabbles and gridlock between the so called “hikers and loggers” is overshadowing our shared interest in the health, productivity, and sustainability of our forests. Our broadest understanding of and best science about forests show that the lives and livelihood of all of us depend on forests. Yet…

PC(USA), the Presbyterian Church General Assembly, passed a resolution against mountaintop removal early this morning. This resolution was two years in the making and the success is due to the tireless dedication, hard work, and continued belief of our volunteers. The resolution was passed with no alterations and reportedly only one dissenting vote. Tomorrow there…