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• Recent Sumitomo Forestry Co. News (Japan Corporate News)...
  Tokyo, July 24, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Japan's Sumitomo Forestry Co. said Thursday that it has set up a new company in China to introduce accommodation to Chinese students who intend to study in Japan.
  
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• Forestry grant applications available (Oceana's Herald-Journal)...
  Applications are available for Michigan's Community Forestry Grant (CFG) program. These grants are funded through the USDA Forest Service, state and private forestry program.
  
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• ESRI's Peter Eredics Joins University Advisory Council Forestry GIS Expert Will Share Information, Provide Guidance To ... (WirelessWorkforceOnline)...
  Peter Eredics, forest industry solutions manager at ESRI, brings a spatial technology perspective to the Forestry and Natural Resources/Environmental Management and Protection (FNR/ENVM) Advisory Council at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, California.
  
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• Trimble Introduces Blue Ox Integrated Transportation Management System for Forestry (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)...
  Trimble today introduced the Blue Ox system, an integrated transportation management solution for forestry applications. Blue Ox integrates several mobile technologies with real-time data across the forestry supply chain.
  
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• District warns forestry firm over clearing land (The Globe and Mail)...
  In ongoing battle, Capital Region demands Western Forest Products seek permits for preparatory work on disputed development
  
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• Gypsy Moths Defeated, Forestry Officials Say (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley)...
  The state said it has won the battle against gypsy moths this year. Its huge spraying campaign did the job and there should also be fewer caterpillars next year, state forestry officials said.
  
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• Understanding the value of well-managed forests (Seattle Times)...
  MOST of the time when you read about logging and forestry, especially in urban newspapers, the focus is on controversy. That's a shame. In reality, forestry is one...
  
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• SABAH GOVT ADDS RM11 MLN ALLOCATION FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)...
  KOTA KINABALU, July 24 (Bernama) -- The Sabah government has allocated a further funding of RM11 million for forest restoration, rehabilitation, recreation and research planting activities to be carried out by the Sabah Forestry Department.
  
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• Campers might gain space (Aberdeen American News)...
  The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department hopes to more than double Wylie Park Campground after turning away more than 1,000 people annually....
  
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• Forestry industry slipping (Stuff)...
  An ailing New Zealand forestry sector is slipping further behind the international eight-ball, an organiser of a summit aimed at improving industry performance says.
  
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