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From the Duluth News Tribune Minnesota's timber industry is asking a federal court to weigh in against the Sierra Club over a proposed timber management plan for the Superior National Forest. The Sierra Club filed the suit in federal district court in May to stop the U.S. Forest Service from planning to sell trees north of Isabella in the Tomahawk area.

Calling fish farming a potential boon for consumers and the economy, the Bush administration yesterday proposed to massively expand the practice to waters as far as 200 miles offshore.

From the Duluth News Tribune, by Janna Goerdt They look like rivers, running through the lowlands of Sax, Zim and Meadowlands. The hundreds of miles of ditches crisscrossing the Sax-Zim area were dug in the early 1900s so farmers could create usable fields out of the bogs and wetlands. The deep, wide ditches helped drain water away from the fields.

From Reuters via CNN.com The devastating impact of mankind on the planet is dramatically illustrated in pictures published on Saturday showing explosive urban sprawl, major deforestation and the sucking dry of inland seas over less than three decades.

From the Wisconsin State Journal, by Jason Stein As subdivisions and strip malls gobble up Wisconsin's farmland at an increasingly fast pace, the state's top agricultural official is launching an effort to manage the loss.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, by William Finn Bennett Rio de Janeiro -- As a merciless summer sun beats down on the backs of a half-dozen workers along a hillside overlooking scenic Guanabara Bay, the only sounds are the cries of seagulls and the swoosh of scythes slashing away at a tenacious grass imported from Africa.

From the Associated Press LONDON, England (AP) -- Science academies of all of the G-8 countries joined Tuesday in a call for prompt action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and warning that delays will be costly.