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From the Duluth News Tribune, by John Meyers Wisconsin and Minnesota wild animals that are facing tough times, but not yet officially threatened, are getting on lists of their own this summer.

EVENT: NEWS CONFERENCE - LEAGUE OF RURAL VOTERS, AMERICANS UNITED, AMERICAN CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL FARMERS UNION AND AMERICANS UNITED TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY

2005 Native Plant Conservation Initiative- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

North Carolina's hog farms have threatened the state's water supply and fouled the air. Now these factory-like pork production centers, with their overuse of unnecessary antibiotics, are endangering the health of North Carolinians in a less obvious but still dangerous way.

From the Tallahassee Democrat, by Bruce Ritchie It's a plant-eat-bug world out there along the scenic roads in the Apalachicola National Forest. Bugs fly or crawl into pitcher plants, get trapped inside and are digested by the plants. Thousands of the pitcher plants stand tall along Florida highways 65 and 379, attracting plant enthusiasts and unwary bugs alike.

From the Reuters News Service via Planet Ark Environmental concerns and hopes to cut oil import bills while helping farmers have rekindled global interest in biofuels, a form of "green" energy with the potential to become a key transportation fuel.

From the Montana Forum, by Jennifer McKee HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer told the Bush administration Tuesday that Montana values the more than 6 million acres of roadless federal lands in the state, but cannot afford to launch the analysis of the lands Bush has proposed.

From the Ironwood Daily Globe PARK FALLS, Wis. -- Forest Supervisor Anne Archie has announced that the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest will conduct additional studies in response to rulings by Federal District Judge Lynn Adelman earlier this year.