From the Duluth News Tribune
Plans unveiled in recent days by the Superior National Forest to open thousands of acres near the Echo Trail to logging has environmentalists on alert.
The plans, announced in Friday's Federal Register, call for logging about 16,000 acres in the "Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project," roughly between Ely, Lake Vermilion and the Echo Trail.
From the Michigan Tech Lode, by Matt Norman
While the word may carry a negative connotation for many, fire is in fact a vital part of every natural ecosystem, playing an indispensable role in regulating and renewing the environment.
From the Southern Forests Network News
There is a manmade ecological disaster of geologic proportions occurring in the rolling
mountains of the southern Appalachians; its called mountain range -- or Mountain Top
Removal (MTR) mining. It is the ultimate in theft of a people's heritage -- the
From the Duluth News Tribune, by John Meyers
There's no question that sand is a critical traction tool for motorists navigating Duluth's icy streets during winter months, but it's also a big mess come spring.
Everyone waits for the first cleansing rains of spring to wash the streets and gutters clear of sand and make the streets safe for Rollerblades, bikes and skateboards.
From the Green Building Press
Kyoto Prefecture, in Japan, has established implementation guidelines for a special certification system of locally produced timber. The government launched the project to expand the use of wood-mileage-certified timber in fiscal 2004, aiming at effective utilization of local forest resources.
