TimberNews and information about the timber industry.5 former Bloc MPs say party now irrelevant- September 15, 2008 Five former Bloc QuA bA cois MPs were quoted in the newspaper La Presse Monday saying the Parti QuA bA cois decision to place separation on the back burner in Quebec has made the Bloc ...http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/09/15/bloc-attack.html?ref=rss Vologda Region - Kommersant- September 14, 2008 Vologda region was established on September 23, 1937. It is situated in northwestern Russia 500 Km (311 MI) from Moscow and borders on the Republic of Karelia, and Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Tver, Novgorod, and Leningrad regions. The region ...http://www.kommersant.com/t-79/r_5/n_423/Vologda_Region/ Coast timber industry struggles - ONE News- September 14, 2008 "A lot of money, money and time invested here. And the way it'll turn out it'll be to no avail. We'll lose, we'll be great losers, big losers," says Molloy of WE Whiley and co. Back in 2002 when native logging was stopped, the timber mills were ...http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/2075031 POW's in East Texas - Lufkin Daily News- September 14, 2008 An intriguing slice of history long overlooked is finally getting the recognition it deserves. In the late 1940s, during World War II, the U.S. government established seven camps in East Texas to house German prisoners-of-war captured by Allied ...http://www.lufkindailynews.com/featr/content/features/stories/2008/09/14/14/hist_bowman.ht... Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR Wire- September 13, 2008 Precious Woods is a world leader in the sustainable management and use of tropical forests. Based in Switzerland with some 1,800 employees, our company has subsidiaries in Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Holland and Switzerland. Sustainable Management ...http://www.csrwire.com/profile/8524.html First diagnosed cases of oak wilt disease seen in local trees - Daily Gazette- September 13, 2008 Chris Logue, an educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension, uses a knife to point out a dark ring on a branch from a tree infected with oak wilt on Doris Drive in Glenville Friday afternoon. The ring restricts the flow of nutrients and water ...http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/sep/13/0913_treefungus/ Conservation groups sue over lumber pact dollars - Seattle Post Intelligencer- September 13, 2008 SEATTLE -- Three conservation groups are suing the federal government over a decision to give millions of dollars to forestry foundations, saying the money illegally bypassed the U.S. Treasury and Congress. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S ...http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_forest_lawsuit.html Ike could lay Texas timber low once again - Beaumont Enterprise- September 12, 2008 When Hurricane Rita hit almost three years ago, the storm toppled nearly a year's worth of a normal commercial tree harvest, according to the Texas Forest Service. And although Rita knocked out many vulnerable trees, the powerful hurricane weakened ...http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/ike_could_lay_texas_timber_low_once_again_09-... Portions of timber industry struggling - Pioneer Press- September 12, 2008 BEMIDJI Portions of the timber industry continue to struggle while other sectors hold their own, says an industry official. "It's a bifurcated industry right now," Wayne Brandt said Thursday while helping set up the North Star Expo logging show ...http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_10447383 Pombo Finds a New Home - San Francisco Gate- September 12, 2008 It looks like environmental groups are going to have Richard Pombo to kick around again. The former Tracy congressman, who lost the seat he held for 14 years when he was upset by Democrat Jerry McNerney last November, has signed on with an Oregon ...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=13684 |