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Printed in the Mendocino County Observer and aired on KZYX&Z Community News, by Clare Nunamaker "Large woody debris" (LWD) is a fancy term for pieces of wood from large stumps to logs that you find in the forest. Besides offering part of the visual complexity that makes the forest feel and look like a forest, LWD provides structure and habitat in the woods and in our streams.

China's rural poor have suffered a "sharp" six percent decline in living standards since Beijing's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, a World Bank study revealed Monday. The study consequently urged Chinese authorities to take steps to correct what it said has been an uneven distribution of benefits from WTO membership between rural and urban areas.

From Scripps Howard News Service via the Star Tribune, by Bonnie Erbe

From the Sacramento Bee, By Thuy-Doan Le Supporters of a 10-year moratorium on growing or raising genetically engineered crops or livestock in Sonoma County have gathered enough signatures to qualify an initiative for the ballot.

From Greenwire, by Dan Berman A program whose congressional supports call "the lifeblood" for communities coping with declining timber sales on federal land may face future funding woes, Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey told reporters yesterday after a Senate hearing on the law.

From Agri News, By Janet Kubat Willette At first glance, the president's budget contains good news for the Conservation Reserve Program. "In the 2006 budget, the administration is requesting $274 million for the Conservation Security Program, a 35 percent increase," the budget reads.

From the Brainerd Dispatch, by Jodie Tweed The Brainerd School Board Monday established a fire management plan for the school forest that surrounds Forestview Middle School in Baxter.

From Asia Pulse via Yahooo News The rapid spread of pine wilt disease in South Korea could see up to the country's 30 per cent of trees vanish by 2112, a report by the Korea Forest Service said Monday.