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An environmental group has filed a complaint in the Supreme Court to stop illegal extraction of resin from pine trees in Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh. The Himalayan Chipko Foundation Sunday said they have filed the application in the apex court, highlighting the "corruption and environmental danger due to the tapping of resin" from pine trees in Uttaranchal.

Some forest landowners never harvest trees because they are afraid that logging would be ugly. Some worry about soil erosion. However, many simply don't know how valuable their trees are or how a well-managed harvest could benefit forest health. The Missouri Department of Conservation is working to help all these landowners make the most of their forest.

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your ear...". What thoughts come into your mind when you hear these words of the familiar song? Holidays? Family memories? Thanksgiving dinner? The American Chestnut was a majestic tree and an abundant resource in our Southern Appalachian Mountains.

The U.S. government has vowed that Americans will never be hungry again. But they may experience "very low food security." Every year, the Agriculture Department issues a report that measures Americans' access to food, and it has consistently used the word "hunger" to describe those who can least afford to put food on the table. But not this year.

A large and growing number of countries are succeeding in reversing the longstanding trend toward deforestation, a surprising new analysis of the world's forests has found.

JACKSON Miss. -- President Bush is nominating Sen. Thad Cochran's longtime chief of staff, Mark Keenum, to a high-level position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cochran said.

Rod Leonard on transfering health inspections from the USDA; free trade agreement between Thailand and the U.S.; Peter Barnes on saving the Commons.

As a low fog rolled into the middle of the forest, Ricky Adkins pulled out his machete. The forest ranger traipsed through limbs and leaves on his way to the foot of a swamp in search of one special tree - a tree native to coastal North Carolina but located only on hills near swampy ground.