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		<title>Southeast US: World Resources Institute &amp; Toyota&#8217;s new plan to save 	forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/07/southeast-us-world-resources-institute-toyotas-new-plan-to-save-forests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Resources Institute (WRI) and Toyota today launched Southern Forests for the Future, a WRI project designed to raise awareness of the threats facing southern U.S. forests and increase the amount of forest conserved or managed in a sustainable manner. &#8220;The forests of the southern United States are being whittled away acre by acre,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern US: Top five invasive species threatening forests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Cogongrass, tallowtree, and Japanese climbing fern are among the
fastest moving and most destructive nonnative plant species facing
many southern landowners this year,&#8221; said Miller.

&#8220;Rounding out the
top five invasive species that I&#8217;m very concerned about would be
tree-of-heaven and nonnative privets. While our forests are besieged
by numerous invasive plants, these and other nonnative species present
serious financial and ecological [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern US: Handbook for Forest Vegetation Management in Recreation and Historic Parks</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/11/southern-us-handbook-forest-vegetation-management-recreation-historic-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never seen someone repost an entire handbook / PDF in a blog. I
guess I&#8217;m grateful somebody did it! Though I&#8217;m not sure if people will
use it more often or less often? &#8211;Editor, Forest Policy Research
This handbook provides information on general forest ecology for parks
in the Southeastern United States, as well as management advice for
achieving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern US: What caused the extinction of the Carolina Parakeet?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/southern-us-what-caused-the-extinction-of-the-carolina-parakeet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Up until the early part of the nineteenth-century the Carolina
Parakeet was a locally abundant resident of mature sycamore-dominated
bottomlands and bald cypress swamps of the southeastern and midwestern
states. Two forms existed, divided by the Appalachian Mountains and
differing slightly in plumage. Like nearly all parrots they nested in
social colonies and used tree cavities, but there seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern US: More on Top 10 List of Endangered Places 2009</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/southern-us-more-on-top-10-list-of-endangered-places-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I posted about this report. Thanks to a reader&#8217;s
request here&#8217;s more info! &#8211;Deane
Top Ten Endangered Areas in the South for 2009:

1. Clinch and Powell Rivers (Virginia) Issue: Construction of a new
coal-fired power plant in Wise County will accelerate mountaintop
removal mining in Appalachia, and further increase mercury levels in
the Clinch and Powell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern US: Top 10 List of Endangered Places 2009</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/06/top-10-list-endangered-places-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/06/top-10-list-endangered-places-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Endangered places]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Globe Forest near Blowing Rock is one of 10 sites in the South
that the Southern Environmental Law Center regards as most endangered.
The group&#8217;s &#8220;Top 10 List of Endangered Places 2009&#8243; released this
month identifies 10 places that are facing immediate, potentially
irreversible threats today, according to the SELC&#8217;s Web site.

According to the group&#8217;s Web site, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern US: Support Dogwood Alliance!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/18/southern-us-support-dogwood-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/18/southern-us-support-dogwood-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Southern US]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re winning for Southern forests! Dogwood Alliance is known for
being direct so I&#8217;ll get straight to the point. We need your support.
How much? As much as you can spare to back up the only organization
challenging Big Paper on its home turf. Our goal is 500 donations of
any amount and everyone who makes a donation will [...]]]></description>
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