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September 19, 2008 NATIONAL NEWS:Fall Colors Hotline in Operation, Woody Biomass Grants Program Application Process Open, Video of Farm Bill Public Comments Available Online, National Forest Foundation Updates, ABOUT US: Lugo Receives Latino Center Legacy Award, MOU Signed with Bat Conservation International, Still Time to Submit Photos, Pentagon Memorial Dedicated, Forest Service Donates Trees, Region 2 Takes Energy Conservation to a New Level, “Send Each Customer Away with a Smile!”, Podcast Describes Wildland Fire Use, LOCCUST Strike California Pot Patches, Successful Southern Sierra Science Symposium, Cycle Oregon Teams with Friends of the Forest, Journal of Alaska’s First Forest Supervisor Made Available, Not an Ordinary Summer Job, Northeastern Area Helps Preserve Historic Cedars of Lebanon, Where Has All the Water Gone?, The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2007, Secretary Schafer to Visit Prince of Wales Island, Trail Dedication at Japanese Bombing Site Set, Native Plant Restoration at Grand Island NRA, EAST TO WEST, Selected LEI Reports, LOOKING BACK: The First Forest Ranger, RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Forest Products Lab Continues as Baseball’s Partner, Economic Effects of Forest Threats Analyzed in New Book, New Book Provides Insight on Evolving Forest Communities, Report Reveals Fire Information Shortfalls. NEWS for EMPLOYEES

September 5, 2008 NATIONAL NEWS: Answer the Call Partnership Awards Announced, Southern Region Prepared for Storms, Esperanza Fire Defendant Files for Change of Venue, ABOUT US: Job Corps Students on the Firelines,
Helicopter Short-Haul Program Training, Women’s Equality Day Remarks Given, Collaboration Key in the Invasive Plants Fight, Partnerships Build, Rebuild Historic Camp Sites, Is the Kaibab Communicating With Extraterrestrials?, Resorts Contribute To San Bernardino National Forest Association, Confluence Project Dedication, Northwest Youth Corps Crews Build Trails, Forest Service Partners to Save Fish, Project Made Big Impression on Boy Scout, An Interview with the National Director of Law Enforcement and Investigations, LOOKING BACK: Forest Service Cookbooks. NEWS for EMPLOYEES

August 22, 2008 NATIONAL NEWS: Oregon Tribute to Fallen Firefighters; Status of Tribal Forest Protection Act Participation; National Historic Trails Receive Chairman’s Award; Fire Transfers Comments Sought for Blog; ABOUT US: Wagner to Lead Pacific Northwest Region; Festival: One Planet – Ours!; Greek Firefighters, Hot Shots Captain Meet Governor Schwarzenegger; Exotic Insect Pests Discovered In More States; Secretary Recognizes Help in Farm Bill Efforts; Why are Soils Important to Us?; Memorial Held for Pilot Killed in Crash; Volunteers to Preserve Historic Wildhorse Lookout; Vandals Spill Oil in Pennsylvania Forest-Wild Trout Threatened; Fort Valley Celebrates 100 Years; Priest River Experimental Forest Hosts Forestry EXPO; Entomologist Receives Coveted Hopkins Award; COMING SOON: Monarch Live!; Missoula’s Wei Min Hao a Champion in Beijing; Selected Law Enforcement and Investigations Reports; LOOKING BACK: National Monuments and the Forest Service; RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Online Clearinghouse for Climate Change in the West; Nation’s First Project Reporting Protocol For Urban Forests Adopted; Study Shows Outdoor Recreation Increasing Among Adults Nationwide. NEWS for EMPLOYEES

August 8, 2008 NATIONAL NEWS: Helicopter Crashes in Iron Complex Fire; Message from the Secretary: Fallen Fire Fighters; Law Enforcement and Investigations 2008 Director’s Awards; Trash Dogs Pick Up National Award; Forest Service Funding Supplies Trees for Pentagon Memorial; ABOUT US: Washington Office Hosts Annual Length of Service Ceremony; Region 10 Award Recipients Announced; The Perfect Criminals?; Forest Service Recognized for Washington Internship Native Students Program; Wolves Return to the Pacific Northwest Region; Harlem Students Get Wild in the Meadowlands; Experts and Volunteers Teach, Learn and Pull; Seattle Summer Festival Learns About Trees; Building Science Literacy in Grades K-12; Director’s Management Review Held at Wood Education and Resource Center; Blackwell Job Corps Success Story; Prison Ordered for Cutting of Old Growth Trees; Pulling for Colorado: A Resounding Weed Education Success; Chesapeake Bay Grants Announced; Chief Meets with Forest Service Retirees; LOOKING BACK: Contextual History of the Forest Service Mission and Motto; RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Baseball’s Breaking Bats Become FPL Project: Madison Agency to Look At Bats; Announcing a Forest Service Research Map Publication Series: RMAP; NEWS for EMPLOYEES

July 25, 2008 NATIONAL NEWS: President Tours Forest Service in Northern California, Honors Scouts;
National Poster Contest Winner Announced; Finding The Right Tree; Railroad to Pay $102 Million in Wildfire. ABOUT US: Chief Visits Alaska; Fire Guard School Gives a New Outlook on Wildland Firefighting; One Man's Slash is Another Man's Treasure; Southern Station Shows Silver Means “Green”; Regional Office Employee Receives National Recognition; Firefighter Recognized for Valor; Free Music, Crafts, Family Fun at the Grey Towers Festival of Wood; 50 Years of Fire Detecting Honored; Southern Region Launches Climate Change Learning Seminars; Bomb Safely Recovered From Campsite Port-A-John; Region 10 Quarterly Newsletter Now Available; Recycling at FPL Yields Garden Bench; Outdoor Writers Association of America Visits North Dakota; Krusac Receives Legends Award; Don’t Move Firewood Web Site Goes Live; Nature High Summer Camp is High Energy; Conservation Education for Rescue Refugees; Forest and Museum Archeologists Join to Map Sites in Nevada. LOOKING BACK: The Forest Service Pilot Study. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Forest ThreatNet New Issue Now Out; FPL Debuts e-newsletter; Scientists Hope To Learn From Underpass Project; Experimental Forests Updated Directory in CD-ROM; The Forest Products Laboratory's Newsline is Now Available. NEWS for EMPLOYEES

July 11, 2008 NATIONAL NEWS: 2008 Smokey Bear Awards, Chief Announces Personnel Changes;
Firefighters from Greece on California Firelines; Wildfire – Why the West is Burning; FLAME Bill Passes House Vote Unanimously. ABOUT US: Riparian Conference Was ‘Green’; Ranger District Award Cash Supports Special Needs Kids; Field Course Targets Spanish Speaking; CCC Appreciation Day at the Tellico Ranger District; Kids Travel Across the Country to Study Goshawks; Boy Scouts Service Projects Rivals CCC; Protecting Air Quality on the Superior National Forest; Mutants Gather; Give Us Your Best Shot; BLM and Forest Service Consider Large-Scale Geothermal Leasing; Rainbow Gathering Brings Arrests; Driver Pleads Guilty in Death of LEO; Oldest Experimental Forest Readies for Centennial Celebration; Collaborative Suppression Efforts to Help Slow the Spread of Gypsy Moth; Educator’s Conference Has Forest Service as Joint Sponsor; Malheur Celebrates 100 Years; New Centers Added to Forest Service Job Corps Program; The National Technology & Development Program; WERC Sponsors Forest Industries Conference; Partnership Develops Seedcrops to Restore Uplands, Wetlands. LOOKING BACK: Wind River Arboretum Shows Importance of Native Tree Species. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Why People Live in Wildfire Zones; New Book Presents Methods for Detecting Rare Carnivores; Drinking Water Supplies Threatened; Biosurveillance: Using Wasps to Search For A Forest Pest; Tree-Killing Fungus Named by Scientists. NEWS for EMPLOYEES

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