Forestry will bounce back, says Cansfield [ The Chronicle-Journal ] Nov 18, 2008  Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield is not giving up on the beleaguered forestry sector. 'There's no question there is a future,' she said during an editorial board meeting Monday at The Chronicle-Journal. Read More ...

Columbia Center marks GIS Day [ The Daily Sentinel ] Nov 19, 2008  Geographic information systems users celebrated GIS Day Wednesday throughout the nation, and two local activities — a presentation and a Columbia Center open house— were held for community members. Read More ...

Denied in Lake Forest, Costco wins over Mettawa board [ Daily Herald ] Nov 19, 2008  Costco Wholesale Corp. created such a fuss when it made a failed effort to build in Lake Forest in 2005, a resident at a public meeting mocked its reputation for selling bulk snack foods and said it would turn the tony town into 'Fake Forest.' Read More ...

New carbon standard set for forestry trading [ Times of Malta ] Nov 19, 2008  A new standard for carbon trading will help link forestry and agriculture projects into a million-dollar market to help fight global warming, backers said yesterday. Read More ...

Updated 11/18 Lake Forest mulls new fees during talks [ Lake Forester ] Nov 20, 2008  Lake Forest started its budget process Monday afternoon with a three-hour first meeting to kick off the six-month process. Read More ...

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/11 [ Vietnam Net ] Nov 20, 2008  The State Bank of Vietnam made an announcement on Nov. 19, stating that it is to apply international competitive bidding procedures for goods contracts for its Financial Sector Modernisation and Information Management System project. Read More ...

ESD approves funding for Luther Forest, Starfire [ BizJournals ] Nov 20, 2008  The state's economic development arm approved up to $31.6 million in grants on Thursday that will go toward separate projects in the town of Malta. Read More ...

ESD shelves AMD vote, takes up Luther Forest, Starfire [ BizJournals ] Nov 20, 2008  The state's economic development arm has delayed a vote on funding for the Advanced Micro Devices Inc. plant in Malta by at least a month. Read More ...

FAA employee accused of stealing plane [ Seattle Post-Intelligencer ] Nov 20, 2008  A Federal Aviation Administration employee and his half-brother have been charged in federal court in Tacoma with carrying out a four-year illegal shopping spree, each alleged to have defrauded the government -- and ultimately taxpayers -- of perhaps 'millions' of dollars of public property, including a Forest Service airplane, nearly 10 trucks, two boats and dozens of tools and laptop computers. Read More ...

Forest preserve getting environmentally friendlier [ The Beacon News ] Nov 20, 2008  Fittingly, the Kane County Forest Preserve District is going greener. Read More ...

Japan agrees funding for protective forest project [ Vietnam Net ] Nov 20, 2008  Japan has pledged a grant package of 534 million JPY for an afforestation project on sand dunes along Vietnam's southern central coastal region. Read More ...

Montgomery County Sheriff's blotter [ The Conroe Courier ] Nov 20, 2008  District 1 - North County • On 11/11/08 Corporal Bonner was dispatched to the 13300 block of FM 2432 in Willis in reference to a Burglary of a Habitation. The resident advised when he returned to his home, someone had entered and stolen a Play Station Systems and a shotgun. This report has been referred to the Detective Division. Read More ...

U.S. Forest Service to conduct prescribed burns for forest health [ The Lufkin Daily News ] Nov 20, 2008  U.S. Forest Service fire personnel have begun prescribed burns in the Davy Crockett National Forest and will continue the burns during the next few months. Read More ...

Whitehaven News [ The Whitehaven News ] Nov 20, 2008  How green is our valley? ESKDALE Youth Hostel is celebrating the installation of its new wood fuelled biomass heating system.THE new owners of an Eskdale hotel have gone green with a bio-fuel heating system that only uses local timber. Read More ...

Sunita Narain Looking for a new deal [ Business Standard India ] Nov 21, 2008  We need a welfare programme for people and the planet and not just for industry and rich bankers. After the past few months of the global economy's downward spiral, it is now more or less clear that the dreaded 'R' word must be said. The world's major economies are slipping into a recession. Read More ...