By Abella, Scott R Springer, Judith D ABELLA, S. R. (Public Lands Institute and School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-2040) AND J. D. SPRINGER (Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5017).

By Bataineh, Mohammad M Oswald, Brian P; Bataineh, Amanda L; Farrish, Kenneth W; Coble, Dean W; Edminster, Carleton B BATAINEH, M. M. (Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, Jordan 22110), B. P. OSWALD, A. L. BATAINEH, K.

By The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff Jun. 14--But when it comes to completing the puzzle -- i.e., restoring the degraded Ponderosa pine forest around Flagstaff to health -- the private sector can't do it alone.

The U.S. Forest Service started a fire in the ponderosa pines southwest of Amidon on Wednesday for the first time in its management history.

By James Amos, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Dec. 14--Southern Colorado forests are not affected by the widespread bark-beetle infestations seen in Northern Colorado's lodgepole pine forests.