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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.

From the Pioneer Press, by Kevin Harter Nearly 3,000 acres of woodlands lying 70 miles from the Twin Cities and containing several pristine streams and lakes will become a state park under what Wisconsin officials are calling one of the most important land buys in state history.

Fair trade stretched beyond coffee this weekend at the annual United States For Fair Trade International Convergence in Chicago. Four Marquette students joined more than 300 other students from about 100 U.S. college campuses and 10 countries in the largest fair trade event in the Northern Hemisphere this year.

From the Duluth News Tribune, by Scott Thistle ST. PAUL -- Two experts with firsthand knowledge of the planet's warming warned state legislators Monday to heed signs of global climate change.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 21 - The European Union's chief trade negotiator, Peter Mandelson, urged the United States on Monday to reduce subsidies to its farmers and to address unsolved issues on the trade in services to avert a breakdown in global trade talks.

From Reuters via Planet Ark, by Maggie Fox Wetlands that once sheltered Marsh Arabs and a host of wildlife in southern Iraq are being partly restored and could offer a haven once again if it is done right, experts said on Saturday.

From the Associated Press via World Link, By Jeff Barnard GRANTS PASS - The U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior need to develop a long-term wildfire strategy that gives Congress a better idea how much money is really needed to thin forests and where the work is needed most, the Government Accountability Office said.

From Reuters via Planet Ark BRUSSELS - Insects in wood packaging that may emerge to destroy European forests are threatening $80 billion worth of trade between Europe and the United States, officials and diplomats said on Friday.