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SOME PROPOSED spending cuts in the administration's budget plan would inflict unjustifiable damage on important programs. But President Bush's proposal to cut farm subsidies represents good policy and plausible political calculation. The nation's egregious farm programs waste taxpayers' money -- as much as $20 billion of it in some years.

VACANCY: Regional Planner, GS-460/401/1315/807-12/13, Northeastern Area, State & Private Forestry - Forest Management staff, Newtown Square, Pa

Printed in the Mendocino County Observer and aired on KZYX&Z Community News.

From the Associated PRess, via the Duluth News Tribune, by James Carlson MILWAUKEE - The father of the modern-day science of ecology will be the focus of attention at community events across Wisconsin this weekend, as people gather to read his words and take part in a wide array of nature-based activities.

The World Trade Organization on Thursday upheld a decision that condemns U.S. cotton subsidies, putting more pressure on the federal government to limit farm payments.

A World Trade Organization ruling Thursday that U.S. cotton subsidies are illegal could lead to future challenges of crop subsidies that have delivered billions of dollars to Minnesota farmers in the past decade.

The Kickapoo Woods Cooperative will hold a session on March 19 and discuss what different logs are worth. The event will take place from 10:00 am until noon at the White City Lumber Company about halfway between La Farge and Hillsboro on Highway 82. Mike Hynek, owner and timber buyer of the lumber company and Paul Bader, management coordinator of the co-op will lead the discussion.

Extension Associate Forestry Virginia Tech Department of Forestry Posting Number 042124