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Press Release from Paper Loop The Confederation of European Paper industries today urged all those along the forest-based industry chain to focus on the importance of assuring sustainable forest management and to move away from debate over individual forest certification schemes.

Lake Almanor Basin Watershed Coordinator Taylorsville, California

From the Associated Press, by John Flesher Sewage is fouling the Great Lakes and other waters in the region because many municipal waste treatment systems are failing to stop overflows, environmental groups said in a report Tuesday.

From the Associated Press via the Star Online Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai challenged government leaders and powerful elites Tuesday to get their hands dirty and plant trees to stop the alarming destruction and degradation of forests. The 2004 Nobel laureate said there's been far too much talk about the problem and very little action.

From the Associated Press via ABC News, by William McCall A new species of salamander has been identified in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon and Northern California, demonstrating the biological richness of the region, researchers say.

From the Duluth News Tribune, by Seth Borenstein Each spring, the robins are arriving in Wisconsin several days earlier than they did a decade ago. Endangered woodpeckers in North Carolina are laying their eggs about a week earlier than they did 20 years ago. And some of Washington, D.C.'s signature cherry trees bloom about a month earlier than they did a half-century ago.

From the BBC News Traditional family farms could soon disappear, National Farmers' Union President Tim Bennett has warned. The farmers' leader blames cheap food prices and the changes to the way European subsidies are calculated. Mr Bennett told BBC News generations of agricultural experience could be lost, and the change could be devastating for the countryside.

From the MN DNR Conservation Volunteer, by Janet Boe