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Forest managers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states soon will enlist wasps to help search for a tree-killing insect that has been devastating woodlands.

Playing with matches, being careless with a campfire, even burning a letter from an estranged husband: Some of the most devastating wildfires in the country's recent history have been started by people.

Trees submerged in fresh water store carbon for thousands of years, keeping the carbon dioxide they absorbed while growing out of the atmosphere for a much longer period of time than trees that fall in a forest, researchers at the Missouri Tree Ring Laboratory in the Department of Forestry have discovered.

A state forestry official says he's fielded several inquiries from companies interested in producing wood pellets to be used for heat. Doug Hanson, a Division of Forestry resource manager, said a forest inventory being conducted could help turn that idea into reality. The Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation helped secure funding for the inventory.

Over 27 million Americans received food stamps in March, an increase of over 1.5 million from the previous year. In Minnesota, food shelves are seeing a 20 percent increase in demand.

Now seven years after the Doha Round of negotiations were launched, the WTO continues its sisyphean effort to sell further trade deregulation to the world. During the week of July 21, trade ministers will gather in Geneva and take yet another last shot at moving the Doha talks toward conclusion.