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During the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, Arbor Day organizers planted millions of trees to stop devastating soil erosion on the Great Plains. Now, the Nebraska-based National Arbor Day Foundation has turned its attention to global warming and is teaming up with a company whose lifeblood is putting cars and trucks on the road.

Three Wisconsin and Michigan forestry organizations have merged to form the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association. The association, based in Rhinelander, is the amalgamation of Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association, Timber Producers Association of Wisconsin and Michigan, and Forest Industry Safety & Training Alliance.

The FSC-US Board of Directors announced the resignation of Roger C. Dower, who has been President of the organization since November 2002. Following his resignation, Mr. Dower was appointed to the Board of Directors of FSC-US effective March 1, 2006. On March 1, 2007, Mr. Dower will assume the position of President of the Johnson Foundation, located in Racine, Wisconsin.

Health - Doctors say overuse of the drugs in animal feed can lead to dangerous "superbugs" A years-long battle to end the widespread practice of adding antibiotics to animal feed is headed back to Congress.