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Controlled burns seen as useful

...due to the conditions our national forests are now experiencing,'' argued Derek Jumper, media director for the American Forest and Paper Association, which represents the forest products industry. His organization does not oppose controlled...

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Clinton's Forest Service chief leaves Bush administration

...who served as Dombeck's top aide until Friday. But "it is very cordial." Chris West, vice president of the American Forest Resource Council, a timber industry group based in Portland, Ore., said he had problems with the course that Dombeck...

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VFW posts planting offspring of Ike's tree as living monuments

...boyhood home will be planted across the country on Memorial Day as living monuments to the nation's war veterans. American Forests, a national nonprofit conservation organization, calls the program Operation Silent Witness. More than 2,300...

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Potlatch looks into leasing land to private parties More than 54,000 acres in Brainerd area could be affected

...certification standards for sustainable forestry. Companies are certified when they meet 11 objectives established by the American Forest and Paper Association. "It's like the Underwriters Laboratory seal on an appliance," Carroll said. "No matter...

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INVASION OF THE KILLER WORMS

...this hillside in Tettegouche State Park. While good for many things, earthworms appear to be stripping some North American forests of their most essential feature: the decomposing leaves and other forest litter called duff, which provides nutrients...

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Tips on trees

...information at the society's main Web site, www.isa-arbor.com. Get more information on preserving trees from American Forests at 1-800-320-8733 or www.americanforests.org. That group can also help you contribute to preserving big...

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Names and faces

...absolute power' does not go 'unforgiven,"' American Forest magazine said, playfully referring to several of...126-foot crown. That gives it a point total of 759 on American Forest's scale, dwarfing Eastwood's 629-point tree...

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FORESTS UNDER FIRE

...of forest management seem especially acute during such a disastrous season. But the issue of how best to manage American forests is an old one. Fires occur naturally, and for thousands of years, Indians set fires to open transportation corridors...

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National briefs

...across at its base is the nation's largest tree and the world's largest living thing based on volume, according to American Forest, which has monitored champion trees since 1940. But the fire was burning near the 3,760-acre Giant Sequoia National...

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The benefits of our declining urban forests

...the tree canopy level up to American Forests conservative recommendations...strongest is the economic. American Forests (americanforests.org) recently...tree cover recommendation of American Forests, trees would provide about...

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