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Foresters at the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest will take a broader look at the cumulative impacts of logging in the region on sensitive species, following orders last year from a federal judge.

The City of Bayfield and the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute are among 50 Wisconsin communities and nonprofit organizations that will share over $650,000 in urban forestry grants for 2006. The City of Bayfield was awarded $6,000 and the Sigurd Olson Institute was awarded $25,000 to administer the urban forestry grant for the city of Washburn.

If you've ever tried to scrape moss off your roof or keep it from invading your lawn, you'd assume it'd be easy to grow. A few Northwest scientists are exploring "moss farming" as an alternative to stripping moss out of wet-side forests. But that's proving curiously tricky. ---------------- They say a rolling stone gathers no moss. But maybe eighth graders can.

Companies working in British Columbia's forest industry will need to have their workplaces certified as safe if they want to operate in the province in the future, the B.C. Forest Safety Council and the province announced Tuesday.

The familiar rumble that hovered above Rock Creek Road's residences before Christmas is back in thunderous form. Helicopter logging is swinging again. Columbia Helicopters of Portland has resumed its logging operation on a 90-acre parcel of land owned by Rosboro Lumber Co. of Eugene after a break for the holidays and recent delays due to fog.

Original Publish Date 1/12/06 The Michigan Forest Products Council today hailed the dual-certification of nearly 4.0 million acres of state forestland managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Northwest loggers are worried British Columbia may be forced to harvest as much as 21 million acres of forests to stop the mountain pine beetle, flooding the market and driving down timber prices.

A group of Canadian aboriginal leaders said Friday their northern communities are in a state of emergency because abnormally mild temperatures have hindered construction of vital winter roads. "We were told all along that global warming is going to affect our roads and now we see that today," said David Harper, chief of the Garden Hill First Nation.