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Welcome to the Protect Our Woods News & Alerts page.

Protect Our Woods provides you with the breaking stories, action alerts, and updates.

October 1, 2007: Board member Karyn Moskowitz interviewed on illegal Forest Service Timber Sale at German Ridge, Hoosier National Forest

September 26, 2007: Forest Service to sell public trees in the German Ridge area in defiance of judge's court order and citizens' complaints

June 5, 2007: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Hoosier National Forest German Ridge Restoration Project
Appeal of Record of Decision

February 27, 2007: CAFOs in Indiana: Turning up the Heat

January 23, 2007: Board member Karyn Moskowitz interview on secret Forest Service meetings and the sellout of Hoosier National Forest land to private companies

ALERT - December 4, 2006: Protect Our Woods joins allies to submit a response to the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the German Ridge Restoration Project in Hoosier National Forest

November 22, 2006: United States Forest Service (USFS) plans to cut German Ridge in the Hoosier National Forest AGAIN!

August 1, 2006: State of the Forests Update!

July 1, 2006: Protect Our Woods challenges the US Forest Service's 2006 Land and Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Hoosier National Forest.

May 5, 2005: German Ridge Timber Sale Appeal Wins!

April 23, 2006: Let's Talk Turkey - new plan to add up to 200 NEW Combined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) for turkeys.

April 2, 2006: United States Forest Service (USFS) releases Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Hoosier National Forest 2006 Proposed Land Management Plan.

April 2, 2006: Open Letter to Congressman Mike Sodrel -

March 23, 2006: Mitch Daniels' plan to increase logging by 500% on publicly owned state forests.

February 25, 2006: SB 354 making Indiana Department of Natural Resources exempt from Indiana Environmental Policy Act (IEPA), the same law they're tasked with enforcing.

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