By Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Nov. 6--GIBISONVILLE, Ohio -- The state forestry land manager and the local biologist walked the same woods and stared up at the same trees, but they remained divided over the timber's fate.

By The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Mar. 25--The 420 acres that Ohio's Wayne National Forest could lose in a proposed nationwide sell-off of public forestland aren't the most valuable for conservation or recreation, and the area wouldn't be devastated.

By Steve Bennish sbennish@DaytonDailyNews.com DAYTON -- Maintaining public access to large woodland tracts is an important priority, one that could be lost if forest land is in time divvied up and fragmented, the director of the Trust for Public Land's Ohio office said.

By Dan Hassert Students Mike Albanese and James Gardner like to hike, climb and camp in remote and rugged places. Last fall they and three friends backpacked two weeks in the Alaskan wilderness.

By Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Feb. 19--Ohio's only national forest is considering selling 420 acres as part of a federal plan to raise money for rural school districts.