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From the Associated PRess via the Sacramento Bee, by Matthew Daly Environmentalists sued the Bush administration on Thursday over new rules for managing the 192 million acres of national forests. The rules issued in December give managers of the 155 national forests more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without lengthy environmental reviews.

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

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.