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The Live oak tree population was devastated during Hurricane Katrina, and several state and federal agencies are ensuring these unique landmarks survive. The Live Oak Rescue Mission is a joint venture between the Land Trust for Mississippi Coastal Plain, The Home Depot Foundation and many other state and federal agencies.

Environmental groups and the Helena National Forest have reached a compromise over a timber sale near Lincoln that reduces the amount of timber to be logged by about 85 percent.

New maps show that the Earth is rapidly running out of fertile land and that food production will soon be unable to keep up with the world's burgeoning population. The maps reveal that more than one- third of the world's land is being used to grow crops or graze cattle.

A short snowmobile trail to a popular ice fishing lake has become the latest flash point in the ongoing rancor over the use of motors in and near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

A wind-driven grass fire sparked Wednesday on a military bombing range in eastern New Mexico destroyed two buildings, charred 27,000 acres and forced dozens of people to evacuate this small farming community.

People like Danny Barney and Gary Chastagner stay in touch this time of year, comparing notes on how the battle is going. The two are university researchers who are both trying to hold the line against a common foe: artificial Christmas trees. Their focus is on producing the ideal fresh Christmas tree, which would help tree growers in this part of the country.

The Minnesota Forest Resources Council voted Wednesday that Gov. Tim Pawlenty not take any action on roadless areas in the state's two national forests. Pawlenty had asked the council, a state board charged with plotting forestry and timber harvest policy, to give him direction on the issue.

Forrest Runquist's six-wheeled all-terrain vehicle churns through a frozen bog 20 miles north of Chisholm. The trailer is piled high with tight bundles of miniature Christmas trees. The black spruce tops are about 2 feet tall, studded with short, tight needles and tiny pine cones.