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12/21/01 -- U.S.-Canada: B.C. Softwood Lumber Industry Must Change to Survive

12/20/01 -- Overhaul Canada's Pacific forest industry - report

12/17/01 -- Canada united in quest for free trade in lumber

12/13/01 -- Forest reforms mean significant change, transitional difficulty, says B.C. premier

12/08/01 -- Canada may have bought illegal mahogany

12/06/01 -- Environmental group loses tax status over politics, logging protests

12/04/01 -- Friends should work out dispute over lumber

11/30/01 -- Western Canadian beetle epidemic spreading rapidly

11/24/01 -- Felled by lumber fight

11/22/01 -- Green group urges Canadians to adopt a polar bear

11/16/01 -- Update on British Columbia Coastal Rainforests

11/15/01 -- Slip-up allows mining in protected forest

11/15/01 -- Green groups take aim at Canada - US lumber talks

11/14/01 -- Ontario government protects wolves of Algonquin Park

11/13/01 -- International conservation honour for Canadian forestry company in Clayoquot Sound

11/12/01 -- Conservationists Urge Environmental Solutions in This Week's U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Talks

11/08/01 -- Slocan blasts "absurd" U.S. lumber penalties

11/08/01 -- Canada's Chretien heads to heart of softwood fight

11/08/01 -- Canada Lies, Endangered Species Die

11/01/01 -- New U.S. Lumber Duty Triggers Anger in Canada

11/01/01 -- Anti-dumping duties of 12.6% hit Canadian lumber exporters

11/01/01 -- 30,000 B.C. jobs at risk after softwood 'bomb': Forests minister calls new duty a U.S. effort to intimidate Canada

10/31/01 -- U.S. Says Canada Dumping Wood

10/31/01 -- U.S. Imposes Wood Tariff on Canada

10/26/01 -- Twenty Canadian publishing companies to protect ancient forests

10/26/01 -- Road to Fragment Wood Buffalo National Park

10/25/01 -- B.C. cabinet to streamline forest, mining ministries; environmentalists worry

10/24/01 -- Chief forester: brace for big change in forest management as B.C. scraps FRBC

10/12/01 -- US delays Canadian lumber decision until Oct 30

10/12/01 -- Quebec earmarks $62 million for park: Projects will improve facilities and roads at Parc de la Gaspesie in Chic-Chocs mountains

10/06/01 -- Clear-cutting stumps nearby residents; Environmentalist wants total ban

10/05/01 -- U.S. 'eager' to resolve softwood dispute: In return, Canada must support war on terrorism

10/04/01 -- Canada struggles with species-at-risk law

09/26/01 -- FSC: Good wood comes to "Holly"wood

09/24/01 -- Ministers Focus on Canada's Forests

09/21/01 -- Second U.S. duty rocks forestry

09/21/01 -- Canadians upbeat after softwood talks with US

09/20/01 -- Canada's Wildlife and Resource Ministers Work Together to Protect Biodiversity

09/19/01 -- Lumber campaign suspended

09/14/01 -- Biologists slam Canada's new endangered species legislation

09/13/01 -- The Yukon's Wide Open Spaces Luring Europeans

09/11/01 -- Road approved despite threat to salamander

09/11/01 -- Ontario proposal removes limits on clearcut size, excludes First Nations, and ignores public opposition

09/10/01 -- YUKON: 'The Caribou and Our People Are One'

09/05/01 -- Logging Approval in B.C. Owl Territory Triggers Lawsuit

09/05/01 -- Beetles threaten huge swath of Canadian forest

09/02/01 -- Tariff tiff: U.S. tax on lumber imports from Canada brings relief, grief

08/31/01 -- New guide promotes more natural approach to timber harvesting

08/31/01 -- Fix the system: A forestry critic says we must move toward amodel for softwood lumber that is truly market-based

08/30/01 -- Yukon government considers oil development in "important wetlands"

08/30/01 -- U.S., Canada Form Group to Resolve Lumber Dispute

08/29/01 -- U.S. tax on lumber imports from Canada brings relief, grief

08/28/01 -- High prices make wild ginseng endangered

08/28/01 -- Canada essential to forest preservation

08/27/01 -- Second bird found in Canada with West Nile virus

08/22/01 -- West Nile virus detected in Canadian birds

08/22/01 -- Ottawa's softwood dilemma: Should it bail out B.C. forest firms?

08/22/01 -- Marketize B. C. Timber: British Columbia Is Artificially Sustaining Its Lumber Industry With Low Stumpage Fees on Publicly Owned Forestslands

08/22/01 -- Canada talks of "energy card" in lumber spat

08/19/01 -- Fuel search threatens boreal forest

08/18/01 -- Campfire ban imposed as largest forest fire continues to grow near Princeton

08/17/01 -- Dry forests a disaster waiting to happen: Forest fire index' right off the scale'

08/16/01 -- U.S. salmon study called attack on B.C. logging

08/16/01 -- Forest fires scorch across hot, dry Canada

08/16/01 -- Fires spread in Canada

08/13/01 -- Canada ready to challenge U.S. lumber duties

08/10/01 -- Washington Hits Canada Lumber with 19 Percent Duty

08/10/01 -- U.S. Tariff Put on Lumber From Canada

08/10/01 -- Canada lumber duty doesn't fire up Wall St

08/09/01 -- Conoco throws weight behind Canadian Arctic gas

08/06/01 -- Canadian Timber Sale Bad News for Rare Sea Bird

08/03/01 -- Dutch elm disease spreads in Saskatchewan

08/02/01 -- Government report shows logging continues to damage streams years after introduction of Forest Practices Code

08/02/01 -- Limits on British Columbia log exports challenged

07/26/01 -- Arctic ecosystems trampled and tracked

07/25/01 -- Quebec Proposes 36 Hydroelectric Dams on 24 Rivers

07/20/01 -- Canadian judge give spotted owl temporary reprieve

07/19/01 -- Spotted Owl Victory a Wake Up Call

07/19/01 -- British Columbia Lifts Ban on Grizzly Bear Hunting

07/19/01 -- Battle renewed over Canadian grizzly bear hunt

07/17/01 -- Anthrax Outbreak Closes Part of Wood Buffalo National Park

07/05/01 -- First Nations in Canada's Boreal Forest Unite

07/05/01 -- Chiefs accuse Ontario of violating their right to resources

06/27/01 -- Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic Panics British Columbia

06/26/01 -- Supreme Court extends injunction barring logging of forest inhabited by endangered spotted owl

06/26/01 -- Fraser Valley Spotted Owls Win Eight Day Logging Reprieve

06/26/01 -- Beetle threatens $4 billion of British Columbia forest

06/22/01 -- Major Canadian sawmill operator cuts lumber production

06/22/01 -- British Columbia Court Halts Logging to Save Spotted Owl

06/21/01 -- Canada considers relocating grizzly bears to border

06/20/01 -- Canada gets 'D' grade on environment policy

06/14/01 -- Softwood uncertainty prompts Canadian cutbacks

06/12/01 -- Humans put Arctic ecosystem at risk

06/12/01 -- Arctic wilderness at risk

06/10/01 -- Cree Declaration concerning destruction of the boreal forest

06/05/01 -- Action Alert - 019 Bear Baiting Turns Riding Mountain National Park into Shooting Gallery

06/03/01 -- Canada Wildfire Still Testing Firefighters

06/02/01 -- Scientist warns of worse blazes: Climate change may ravage Canada's forests

06/02/01 -- Climate change may spark more monster forest fires

06/02/01 -- Alberta forest fire roars back to life

06/02/01 -- $60M Spend as Chisholm Blaze Burns Out of Control

05/30/01 -- Alberta forest fire rages, hundreds evacuated

05/29/01 -- Hundreds Flee Canadian Forest Fires

05/22/01 -- Canadian logging protesters turn to concrete tree spikes

05/21/01 -- Canadian animal group blasts proposed seal cull

05/18/01 -- Help Stop Meridian Dam -- Billion $ Project Will Destroy National Wildlife Area

05/18/01 -- Canada reintroduces legislation to protect endangered species but faces conservationists' and scientists' criticism

05/11/01 -- Environmentalists, tribes seek duties on Canada lumber

05/10/01 -- Environmentalists demand U.S. investigate Canada's forest practices

05/09/01 -- Harris Government Fails Ontario Environment

05/07/01 -- Canada's lumber industry seeks unity on U.S. trade

05/04/01 -- Wolf added to Species at Risk list: Ontario must act

05/03/01 -- Website Exposes Nova Scotia Clearcuts From The Air

05/02/01 -- Canada agrees with U.S. on emissions control: Bush: Chretien 'understands' why U.S. wanted to shelve Kyoto protocol, Bush says

04/30/01 -- Canada Releases Wild Species Report Card

04/19/01 -- Interfor blames 500 layoffs on NDP rainforest deal

04/19/01 -- British Columbia Ministery of Environment: Land-use recommendations endorsed

04/18/01 -- Interfor cuts jobs, shuts sawmill after environmental pact

04/18/01 -- Interfor announces restructuring of logging operations and permanent closure of Fraser Mills; Decision tied to Central Coast land usedecision

04/14/01 -- Science Matters: Forest conservation takes a giant step

04/12/01 -- War in The Woods Over For Tiny Hanson Island

04/10/01 -- Ancient Canadian cedar falls victim to legal fears

04/09/01 -- Canada finds first case of "mad deer" disease in wild

04/05/01 -- Canadian rainforest 'saved' after timber deal

04/05/01 -- B.C. Land-Use Agreement Protects Rare Bears

04/05/01 -- Agreement saves 1 million acres of ancient rainforest from logging

04/05/01 -- Vast rainforest in British Columbia protected

04/05/01 -- Truce called in fight over Canadian rainforest

04/05/01 -- New deal protects ancient rain forest in British Columbia

04/04/01 -- Government Sets Precedent in Saving Canada's Great Bear Rainforest

04/04/01 -- VICTORY! Canada, Timber Firms Agree On Pact to Protect Rainforest

04/04/01 -- Peace Breaks Out in War Over Canadian Rainforest

04/04/01 -- Largest Rainforest Conservation Measure in North American History Announced

04/04/01 -- IFAW congratulates BC government for protecting Kermode Bear habitat

04/04/01 -- Huge victory for Canada's rainforest; Environmentalists Vowto Suspend Markets Campaign Targeting Coastal Logging Companies

04/04/01 -- Deal protects Canadian 'Spirit Bear'

04/04/01 -- Central Coast Announcement a Positive Step, But Great Bear Rainforest Campaign Far from Over

04/04/01 -- Canadian loggers in truce

04/03/01 -- U.S. Fires First Salvo in Softwood Lumber Fight

04/02/01 -- U.S. loggers fight 'wall of wood': Canada's softwood exports threaten a way of life in Georgia's lumber country

04/02/01 -- Two Governments Bid to Save Canadian Bog

03/28/01 -- US firms seek 40 pct Canada lumber duty - source

03/28/01 -- Canada sees free trade in lumber as of weekend

03/26/01 -- Greenpeace sprays Canadian embassy with wood chips

03/21/01 -- Peace, please: Lumber industry wants Canada, U.S. to negotiate

03/21/01 -- Loggers offer reward to catch vandals

03/21/01 -- Greenpeace: Stop Trade with Ancient Forest Destruction

03/21/01 -- Canada Primarily Responsible for Softwood Lumber Dispute

03/20/01 -- Environmentalists line up with forest industry on need for lumber trade deal

03/20/01 -- Canada not ready to blink on lumber export tax

03/19/01 -- Crees take out ad in Washington paper: "Wholesale export of Quebec's forest is destroying our Indian way of life"

03/15/01 -- U.S.-Canada Trade War Looms Over Lumber

03/15/01 -- Interfor suspends plans to log untouched coastal valleys

03/15/01 -- Interfor extends logging moratorium on Central Coast

03/15/01 -- 70 firms cancel transactions with Canadian logging company

03/13/01 -- Greenpeace Calls Off Protest in France

03/12/01 -- Greenpeace Stops Canadian Certified Rainforest Destruction from Entering French Port

03/12/01 -- Canadian lumber dispute escalates into trade squabble

03/09/01 -- A border battle on lumber imports

03/07/01 -- Habitat Repair Lures Salmon Back to Clayoquot

03/06/01 -- The Castle Wilderness is suffering from Alberta government neglect

03/05/01 -- No Clear-cut Answer

03/05/01 -- Protestors Target Distributor of Endangered Rainforest Wood

03/05/01 -- Proposed Canadian Park Unchanged Since Creation

03/05/01 -- Interfor puts logging in Canada's Elaho Valley on hold

03/05/01 -- Happy Planet launches 'Action Caps' - B.C. Juice Company encourages consumers to save the Great Bear Rainforest

03/03/01 -- Canada provokes softwood faceoff: U.S. producers told to lay complaints if they have problem with imports

03/01/01 -- Interfor suspends Elaho logging operation

03/01/01 -- Greenpeace Presents Image Problem for Interfor

02/28/01 -- Environmentalists want U.S. pressure

02/27/01 -- New Report Shows Protected Areas Make Economic Sense

02/27/01 -- Lumber dominates U.S.-Canada trade meeting

02/27/01 -- Klein does not go far enough to protect Alberta's Foothills

02/26/01 -- Ontario court upholds Metis aboriginal hunting rights

02/23/01 -- B.C. environmentalists on mission to Japan

02/20/01 -- British Columbia forestry officials seek end to environmental boycott

02/20/01 -- BC Logging Firms Say They'll Change Methods

02/20/01 -- British Columbia forestry officials seek end to environmental boycott

02/19/01 -- Greenpeace stops pulp ship docking in Italy

02/17/01 -- Protest logged with trade team; Activists dump rainforest timber outside Tung reception for Canadian delegation

02/17/01 -- ACTION ALERT! Stop Industrial Clearcut Logging of Canada's Temperate Rainforests

02/16/01 -- Greenpeace protest on forests as Canadian PM visits Hong Kong

02/16/01 -- Canadian PM's trade mission faces green protesters in Hong Kong

02/15/01 -- Greenpeace to target trade team with forest protests

02/14/01 -- Senators urge Bush to seek new Canada lumber pact

02/12/01 -- Federal government runs powerful PR for B.C. forestry industry

02/11/01 -- CUTTING THEIR LOSSES: Tree farmers can't see the forest for Canada

02/08/01 -- British Columbia Bans Grizzly Hunt For Three Years

02/08/01 -- 11 Greenpeace activists arrested at Bangor lumber company protest

02/07/01 -- Wickes Lumber Confirms Commitment to Purchase Forest Products From Well Managed Forests

02/02/01 -- Canada Introduces Species at Risk Act - Again

01/31/01 -- Hungry wolves prey on Canadian town's pet dogs

01/31/01 -- Gray wolves in British Columbia rainforests may be unique

01/30/01 -- Stumpage System Betrays B.C. Forests' True Worth

01/30/01 -- CPAWS Commends Feds on Natural Spaces Commitment

01/29/01 -- The Great Canadian Timber Heist

01/26/01 -- Tembec takes giant step: Agrees to let World Wildlife Fund monitor forest practices

01/26/01 -- Elaho Protester Freed From Unfit Jail Sentence

01/26/01 -- Court Frees Great-Granny Protester From Jail

01/25/01 -- World Wildlife Fund and Tembec Inc. Reach Historic Accord to Promote Long-term Sustainability of Canadian Forestry

01/23/01 -- Logging protester rides Lady Godiva-style in downtown Vancouver

01/22/01 -- New park established on US-Canada border

01/22/01 -- Declining Polar Bear Population Spared 2002 Hunt

01/20/01 -- Forest firms must protect environment, Dosanjh says

01/19/01 -- Group hopes the 'Silicon Forest' can save B.C.'s trees

01/19/01 -- Canada to ban polar bear hunt in remote Nunavut region

01/18/01 -- British Columbia creating new park just north of U.S. border

01/18/01 -- B.C. plans Okanogan park

01/17/01 -- B.C. to create vast new park on border

01/17/01 -- Billboards Target British Columbia Grizzly Bear Hunt

01/16/01 -- West Coast loggers off to 'finishing school'

01/16/01 -- Tree-huggers to face loggers with feelings

01/15/01 -- Saving money using wood costing the environment

01/15/01 -- Canadian lumber firms unite for trade battle

01/10/01 -- Interfor re-affirms commitment to non-confrontation

01/08/01 -- Canada - The Gallon Environment Letter

01/08/01 -- No Jail For Loggers Convicted in Elaho Violence

01/06/01 -- No Prison Terms for Violent Interfor Employees Convicted of Criminal Assault and Mischief in the Mob Attack on Environmentalists

01/04/01 -- U.S. Asked to Block Canadian Mine on Alaska Border

01/04/01 -- Groups Petition US to Oppose Canadian Mine in PristineWilderness

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