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Web Exclusives
• Fire in the National Forest System
  Federal fire management goes local
  by Robert Nelson
• Forestry, biofuels and the oil crisis
  Excess forest fuels could launch a viable wood biofuel industry
  by Roger Sedjo

Features
• Yellowstone Fires of '88
  Fires of 1988 serve as a wake-up call for better forest management
  by Rocky Barker
• A Family Forest
  Brandeth family protects nearly 30,000 acres for 157 years
  by Steven Bick
• Living on the Edge
  The Forest Service cannot take responsibility for its neighbors
  by Alison Berry
• 100 Years of Experimental Forests
  Experimentation offers hope for future forest health
  by Doug Crandall
• Protecting Forests in the Swiss Alps
  Forests guard villages from avalanches and other natural disasters
  by Martin Hostettler

Columns
• On Target
  Are You Really Green?
  by Terry Anderson
• Tangents
  Driving Restrictions and Air Quality
  by Daniel Benjamin

Perspectives
• Impressions
  What's economics got to do with it
  by Carol Ferrie
• Greener Pastures
  – Build it and they will come
  Subway car disposal, professional de-junking, displaced geraniums
  – Junk is big business
  – Purple love grass vs. geraniums
  by Linda Platts