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From Reuters via CNN.com Those cheery-sounding chirps coming from the tree in the back yard are carrying more than a joyful message -- they are conveying surprisingly complex information about lurking predators, biologists reported on Thursday.

From the Associated Press via the Battleboro Reformer, by Katherine Webster CONCORD, N.H. -- Conservation efforts in the 26 million-acre Northern Forest have been highly successful in the past decade, but the forest products industry is struggling against overseas competition and its high-paying jobs are dwindling, a new report says.

From the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune With the official start of summer just days away and people making plans to spend time in the outdoors, forest health specialists with the state Department of Natural Resources urge campers and others to give some extra consideration to their firewood.

Press Release from Tembec Tembec announced that it has recently begun offering FSC-certified Softwood Kraft (NBSK) and Temcell(R) High Yield pulps to the market. FSC certification is a third party endorsement for environmentally and socially responsible forestry practices, and is the only system that tracks market pulp from the forest to the final product.

Press Release from the USDA A U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service study shows our nation's private forests continuing to become fragmented by housing development over the next 25 years--putting many forested watersheds at risk.

From the Associated Press via the Duluth News Tribune, by Juliet Williams Environmentalists and the state of Illinois are lining up against a proposal to construct a mammoth coal-burning power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan, warning it will pollute the air and water across the Midwest and set off a "coal rush" to build more such projects around the country.

From the New York Times, by Kenneth Chang Dr. Charles D. Keeling, who set off current concerns of global warming through measurements beginning in the 1950's that showed steadily rising amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, died Monday at his home in Montana. He was 77.

From the Associated Press via the Ohio News Network WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury has indicted two Brazilians, already facing charges at home, in the killing of an American nun who spent decades trying to save the Amazon rain forest.