AP 8/15/2011
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/86a97aeebd2146788f0d50492f42eb06/AZ–Snowbowl-Protesters/
excerpt: “FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities arrested three people near the Arizona Snowbowl in the latest round of protests against using reclaimed water for making snow.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office says it received a report from the U.S. Forest Service Saturday that protesters had gathered on Snowbowl Road northwest of Flagstaff.”
8/15/2001 http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-climate-western-trout-habitat.html
(PhysOrg.com) — A new study shows a changing climate could reduce trout habitat in the Western United States by about 50 percent over the next 70 years, with some trout species experiencing greater declines than others. The results were reported by a team of 11 scientists from Colorado State University, Trout Unlimited, the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group.
The study, published this week in the peer-reviewed science journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, predicts native cutthroat throughout the West could decline by as much as 58 percent and introduced brook trout could decline by as much as 77 percent. Rainbow and brown trout populations, according to the study, would also decline by an estimated 35 percent and 48 percent, respectively..
Knoxville News Sentinel; 8/8/2011
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/aug/08/chestnuts-show-promise/
Excerpt: “In remote areas of national forests in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, hundreds of chestnut seedlings are paving the way for the day when these once-mighty trees are returned to the wild.
The research — a joint effort among the U.S. Forest Service, the University of Tennessee and the American Chestnut Foundation — marks the first time hybrid chestnuts bred for blight resistance have been tested in forest settings anywhere in the U.S.
The project is taking place at three national forests, including the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. Researchers are keeping the locations secret to protect the chestnut seedlings from theft or vandalism.”