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<DIV>Subject: NTFP News Digest 8<BR><BR>Non-timber Forest Product
News<BR><BR> National Network of Forest Practioners NTFP Working
Group<BR><BR><A href="http://www.nnfp.org">www.nnfp.org</A><BR>Digest Issue
8<BR>August, 22,
2005<BR><BR>********************************************************************<BR>Editor
Penny Frazier,<BR><A
href="mailto:penny@pinenut.com">penny@pinenut.com</A><BR> ********************************************************************<BR><BR>Notes
>From The Editor:<BR><BR>As a result of the controversy over wild blueberry
harvest in Alaska, I dug<BR>a little deeper into wild berry harvest news . While
our newsletter is to<BR>focus on news from The United States, the issues of
harvesting rights,<BR>commercial vs. subsistence use, and environmental concerns
were reflected<BR>in stories from other corners of the world. I thought it might
be useful<BR>for us to look at wild berry harvest news from other regions. As
always,<BR>this newsletter is intended to be forwarded to anyone who might find
the<BR>information useful.<BR><BR>The Editor's Pick<BR><BR>INTERVIEW WITH GARY
PAUL NABHAN<BR><BR>HELP WANTED:<BR><BR>Seeking a guest editor for The National
Network of Forest Practioners Issue<BR>#9. The regular editor is unable to
publish a Sept/Oct issue because of her<BR>work with pinon pine nuts.
Please email <A href="mailto:penny@pinenut.com">penny@pinenut.com</A> if you
can<BR>volunteer to produce Issue 9 of the Non-timber forest products
newsletter<BR>for <A
href="http://www.nnfp.org">www.nnfp.org</A>.<BR><BR><BR> Contents:<BR><BR> I
- News Article Review<BR><BR> II - Research and
Publications<BR><BR> III - Events and Announcements<BR><BR> IV -
Funding and Grants<BR><BR>I NEWS ARTICLE REVIEW<BR><BR>STATE LAND: Local lobby
stymies firm's effort to pick 150,000 pounds<BR><A
href="http://www.adn.com/front/story/6811760p-6701822c.html">http://www.adn.com/front/story/6811760p-6701822c.html</A><BR>Published:
August 13th, 2005 A diet supplement company hoped to pick<BR>commercial
quantities of wild blueberries on Alaska state land, but ran<BR>into surprising
opposition -- from the wild berry lobby.<BR>"It caught them blindsided, out of
sync, out of rotation," said Merrill<BR>Sikorski, Denali Biotechnologies' public
relations representative. "In oil<BR>and gas it happens all the
time.<BR><BR>Rainy June brings dreams of wild huckleberry harvest<BR><A
href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/02/HOGOHDGMLD1.DTL">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/02/HOGOHDGMLD1.DTL</A><BR>Huckleberries
grow wild at the edges and under the forest canopy of<BR>redwoods, fir and oaks
in Northern California so they are totally dependent<BR>on rain for moisture.
Fat plump berries are what I am looking forward to<BR>seeing at harvest time
this year. Normally, the huckleberries are small,<BR>but this year I am hoping
to see many as large as commercial blueberries.<BR><BR>Sweden's Wild
Berries<BR><A
href="http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____12290.aspx">http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____12290.aspx</A><BR>In
a sense, Swedes’ love for their wild berries is protected in law. Our<BR>unique
Right of Public Access allows citizens access to the open<BR>countryside in a
way that exists only in Scandinavia; wild berries, fungi<BR>and flowers are
common property and may be picked as long as it is done<BR>with care. And in
addition, berry-picking and selling on a small scale is<BR>not taxed. ‘Untaxed’
is a word many hold very dear in this country of high<BR>taxation. An old
tradition permits the sale of “berries and cones” up to a<BR>value of EUR 550
while the taxman turns a blind eye.<BR><BR>Thai berry pickers earn money in
Finnish Lapland<BR><A
href="http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101980482645">http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101980482645</A><BR>A
group of 40 Thais arrived in Savukoski in the north of Finland on<BR>Thursday
evening to spend the coming two months picking wild blueberries to<BR>earn extra
money. A total of about 92 of the pickers are coming to<BR>Savukoski for
about two months, when blueberries are ripe in the local<BR>forests. Most of the
pickers are rice farmers at home who do not speak<BR>English. Saowanee Akosuma,
who works in an office, serves as an<BR>interpreter.<BR>Wild blueberries fetch
about one euro per kilo, cloudberries bring in EUR<BR>4.50 a kilo, and
lingonberries EUR 0.80 a kilo."Unfortunately some take a<BR>negative view of
this. We do buy berries from local people as well, but we<BR>need more. There is
huge demand for blueberries around the world", says<BR><BR>Hankering for some
huckleberries<BR><A
href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bal-fo.huckleberries10aug10,1,3216233.story?coll=bal-pe-alacarte&ctrack=1&cset=true">http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bal-fo.huckleberries10aug10,1,3216233.story?coll=bal-pe-alacarte&ctrack=1&cset=true</A><BR>"It
used to be a Northwest secret, but it's starting to get out," says
John<BR>Anderson, president of Foods in Season, a family-owned business
that<BR>packages and sells huckleberries online for $23.95 per half gallon.
Each<BR>year sales of huckleberries grow, he says.Conservative estimates put
the<BR>huckleberry business at $11 million a year, says Danny L. Barney,
a<BR>horticultural specialist at the University of Idaho. NOTE: This article
has<BR>great recipies!<BR><BR>Ginseng export regulations pose problems for
industry<BR><A
href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61787-ginseng-export-regulations">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61787-ginseng-export-regulations</A><BR><BR>8/8/2005
- New regulations on the export of wild ginseng root aim to help<BR>preserve the
plant from extinction but could cause problems for the herbals<BR><BR>industry,
at least over the next five years. It is unfortunate that a<BR>decision of
this importance has to happen behind closed doors, as the cart<BR>has gotten
before the horse, at least for the 2005 harvest," said Hayes.<BR>Michael
McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association<BR>agreed: "It
must be acknowledged that the current system does not allow our<BR>input in the
decision-making process, which makes it very difficult to make<BR>good business
plans if wild ginseng is important to your company."<BR><BR>For hunters of
ginseng, new rules - Restriction says medicinal plant has to<BR>be 10 years old
before it's eligible for export<BR><A
href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite">http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite</A><BR>?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784393402<BR>Tony
Ogden has tended a country store in Amherst County for 47 years.<BR>And for 47
years he has bought wild ginseng from hunters who comb the<BR>surrounding Blue
Ridge Mountains to dig the medicinal root.<BR>Ogden believes that a recent rule
change by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife<BR>Service might put an end to that
tradition. "If you go by the letter [from<BR>the government], you probably
shouldn't even buy any of it," he said. The<BR>federal agency issued a
notice this month that it is increasing the age<BR>limit for ginseng roots
eligible for export from five years to 10 years<BR>this season. The five-year
age restriction, put in place in 1999, was the<BR>first ever on ginseng
exports. The change applies to Virginia and 18 other<BR>states. It is
meant to halt the rapid disappearance -- caused by<BR>overharvest- ing -- of
wild ginseng on private land and in national parks<BR>and forests. The age
restriction also applies to ginseng grown under<BR>simulated wild conditions
unless the grower obtains an exemption from the<BR>agency.<BR><BR>State game
officials reach out to diverse communities<BR><A
href="http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8434">http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8434</A><BR>...
About 80 people, many Korean, turned out for detailed explanations
on<BR>everything from why wild ginseng plants can't be harvested for
medicinal<BR>purposes to the...year after an international bear parts sting
landed<BR>dozens of Asians in jail and led to cries of racism, state officials
are<BR>pursuing more effective ways to educate Virginia's diverse
communities<BR>about environmental laws<BR><BR>Mushroom-picker finds prize
specimen<BR><A
href="http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=fdea4fb312ad3537">http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=fdea4fb312ad3537</A><BR>And
Coleman, 77, should know. Originally from Iowa, he grew up foraging
for<BR>mushrooms. He used to hunt for them with his grandfather, father and
uncle.<BR>They’d go up in the Iowa hills, find some good fungi and cook them
up.<BR>“They are a whole lot sweeter than the kind you get in the store,” he
said.<BR><BR><BR>ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS and NTFPs<BR><BR>Alaska Natives Push for
More Toxin Studies<BR><A
href="http://enn.com/eco.html?id=583">http://enn.com/eco.html?id=583</A><BR>June
21, 2005 - By Associated Press<BR>FAIRBANKS - Alaska Natives have seen runny
bone marrow in moose and<BR>caribou, and lesions and parasites in fish -- and
that makes Shawna Larson<BR>wonder if toxic chemicals in these traditional foods
are making people<BR>sick, too. "We see things our elders never used to
see," she said at the<BR>60th American<BR>Chemical Society Northwest Conference.
"Why do we have cancer? Why do we<BR>have high diabetes?" Larson, who
works for Alaska Community Action on<BR>Toxins, and others say the<BR>anecdotal
evidence linking sickness in the wild food supply to illness in<BR>humans needs
to be studied.<BR><BR>Contaminated BOP eels a symptom of bigger problem<BR><A
href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00708.htm">http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00708.htm</A><BR>Contaminated
BOP eels a symptom of bigger problem<BR>Whakatane residents are unlikely to be
the only New Zealanders at risk of<BR>eating wild foods contaminated with
dioxins and timber treatment chemicals,<BR>the Green Party says.<BR>Sixty
warning signs are to be erected on Monday next to the Orini and<BR>Kopeopeo
canals<BR><BR>Fires increase wild mushroom pickings in Alaska<BR><A
href="http://www.freshplaza.com/2005/11jul/1_us_moriel.htm">http://www.freshplaza.com/2005/11jul/1_us_moriel.htm</A><BR>Alaska
is the great unknown on the mushroom circuit, having produced them<BR>on a
commercial scale only once, after fires in 1990 resulted in what are<BR>often
recalled as "carpets of morels" near Fairbanks and Tok. If this ever<BR>happened
before, no one had paid much attention, but by the spring of 1991<BR>wild
mushrooms had become a culinary essential, and a few prescient buyers<BR>made
their way to the state. They were amply rewarded. That year, the<BR>98,000-acre
Tok River Fire yielded a morel harvest of 300,000 pounds. By<BR>comparison, this
year's burn is nearly 70 times larger.<BR>In 2004, Alpine Foragers' Exchange,
the company Jay Southard buys for,<BR>purchased more than 200,000 pounds of
chanterelles for as little as $1.50 a<BR>pound and sold them for as much as
$6.50 a pound. But it can just as easily<BR>be ruinous: This year's morel
harvest in Oregon was one of the worst on<BR>record.<BR><BR>Bark beetles raise
fire danger<BR><A
href="http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/08/01/news/wyoming/7947e7b822d2bea38725704f0020faf8.txt">http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/08/01/news/wyoming/7947e7b822d2bea38725704f0020faf8.txt</A><BR><BR>By
BRODIE FARQUHAR - Star-Tribune correspondent<BR>Something extraordinary is going
on with forests in Wyoming and the West.<BR>While bark beetles have always been
part of forest life cycles, massive<BR>spruce beetle outbreaks are reported from
Alaska to Utah; ponderosa pines<BR>are dying in numbers not seen in centuries;
pinon pines are vanishing as a<BR>keystone species in much of the Southwest; and
mountain pine beetle<BR>outbreaks are occurring where they've never occurred
before. "You've heard<BR>of urban renewal," said Bill Schaupp, an
entomologist with the Forest<BR>Service office in Rapid City, S.D., "well, this
is extreme forest renewal."<BR>On a massive scale that senior and retired
entomologists have never seen<BR>before, "bug ‘n crud" specialists like Schaupp
are reporting an epidemic of<BR>insect infestations from sagebrush to timberline
in the West. Weakened by<BR>drought, overcrowding, rising temperatures and
even fire, forests<BR>throughout the West are under siege by bark beetles, so
much so that<BR>federal entomologists report that beetles in 12 Western states
killed 8.6<BR>million acres of trees last year, compared with 1.4 million acres
in 1997.<BR><BR>Hawaiians Turn To Traditional healers<BR><A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/18/hawaii.herbs.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/18/hawaii.herbs.ap/index.html</A><BR>Traditional
healers are exempt from state licensing, but their<BR>qualifications are
reviewed by elder councils affiliated with the health<BR>care systems, and in
turn reviewed by a Native Hawaiian health board, said<BR>Hardy Spoehr, executive
director of Papa Ola Lokahi.<BR><BR>Red Clover for Hormone Replancement
Therapy<BR><A
href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61776-clover-menopause-pms">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61776-clover-menopause-pms</A><BR><BR>8/8/2005
- UK doctors, struggling to give advice to women on alternatives<BR>to hormone
replacement therapy (HRT), are launching a study to find out
how<BR><BR>effective red clover is at preventing the hot flushes experienced
during<BR>menopause.<BR><BR>Walnut extract targeted for AMD supplement<BR><A
href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61165-resveratrol-amd-nuts">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61165-resveratrol-amd-nuts</A><BR><BR>7/8/2005
- An extract of resveratrol-rich walnuts could offer supplement<BR>makers a new
ingredient for tackling the onset of age-related macular<BR>degeneration, writes
Dominique Patton. Age-related macular degeneration is<BR>the most common
cause of vision loss among people over the age of 60,<BR>affecting millions of
older adults every year.<BR><BR>Walnut advice helps diabetics protect their
hearts<BR><A
href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61164-walnuts-diabetes-cardiovascular">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=61164-walnuts-diabetes-cardiovascular</A><BR><BR>7/7/2005
- Advising type-2 diabetes patients to include walnuts in their<BR>diet helps
them achieve a dietary fat profile with optimal amounts of<BR>polyunsaturated
fatty acids, which helps protect against heart disease,
say<BR>researchers<BR><BR>The Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna<BR>and Flora (CITES), is a treaty among 167 nations that
work to ensure that<BR>international trade in animal and plant species is not
detrimental to the<BR>survival of wild populations. Many U.S. species are
listed on CITES,<BR>including ginseng, goldenseal, and orchids, to name a
few. You can search<BR>the CITES-listed species database at:<BR><A
href="http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html">http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html</A><BR><BR>Milk
thistle found to stimulate growth of new liver cells<BR><A
href="http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/12440061.htm">http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/12440061.htm</A><BR>By
Maureen Gilmer<BR>It has been called the “silent epidemic.” This virus can take
from 10 to 30<BR>years to show outward symptoms. Outside the obvious high-risk
groups, it is<BR>often first detected as part of life insurance physicals. By
the time<BR>hepatitis C is discovered, cirrhosis and liver failure can be
imminent.<BR>According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention<BR><BR>Lipid Nutrition introduces pine nut fat to stop
overeating<BR><A
href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=59912">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=59912</A><BR>11/05/2005-
A fatty acid extracted from pine nuts can suppress appetite and<BR>reduce the
amount of food people feel like eating, according to Dutch firm<BR>Lipid
Nutrition, introducing the new weight management ingredient to the<BR>food and
supplement industry yesterday, writes Dominique Patton<BR><BR>Tree-hugging
toothpaste<BR><A
href="http://www.organixsouth.com">www.organixsouth.com</A><BR>Who needs the
toothfairy when you have a tooth tree? Neem, a plant which is<BR>commonly known
in India as the "Toothbrush Tree", has traditionally been<BR>used in India and
southern Asia to help maintain healthy teeth and gums.<BR>The bark and the sap
are known for their cleaning and protecting abilities<BR>of the
mouth.<BR>Organix South's new TheraNeem Herbal Toothpaste, containing extracts
of<BR>Neem Bark and Leaf, Grapeseed, Clove, and Fennel, is mint-flavored to
leave<BR>your mouth feeling great and your teeth happy. The toothpaste, which
is<BR>free of lauryl sulfates, saccharin, parabens, artificial colors,
artificial<BR>flavors, and fluoride, includes no animal by-products or
testing.<BR><BR>INTERVIEW WITH GARY PAUL NABHAN<BR><A
href="http://www.bioneers.org/programs/food_farming/nabhan.php">http://www.bioneers.org/programs/food_farming/nabhan.php</A><BR>Gary
Nabhan: Just as our cultivated plants have slowly become
eroded<BR>genetically, our wild foods have too. As we cut natural habitat up
into<BR>smaller pieces, we lose different kinds of strawberries, different kinds
of<BR>cranberries, different kinds of camas root or flavors of mesquite. A lot
of<BR>that is due to habitat loss. It’s a parallel situation to the
hedgerow<BR>habitat loss that we had in every land based cultural community in
the<BR>United States, not just indigenous cultures, but also the Amish,
Mennonite,<BR>Basque, Cajun, Creole, and Connecticut Yankee. We used to make
room for<BR>these wild foods in our landscape, and now we’re literally plowing
from one<BR>roadside to the next and we call a farm something that is really
just a<BR>single mono crop field. We call a ranch something that just has one
breed<BR>of livestock on it and one pasture grass.<BR><BR>II
RESEARCH<BR><BR>Broadening Participation in Biological Monitoring: Guidelines
for<BR>Scientists and Managers<BR>Team: David Pilz, Heidi Ballard, Eric T.
Jones<BR>Administration: Institute for Culture and Ecology (IFCAE)<BR><A
href="http://www.ifcae.org/projects/ncssf3/">www.ifcae.org/projects/ncssf3/</A><BR>A
goal of this project has been to synthesize the literature and<BR>stakeholder
knowledge on participatory monitoring and create a tool to help<BR>forest
managers and scientists: 1) broaden participation to meet
biological<BR>monitoring needs while maintaining scientific standards, and 2)
build<BR>positive long-term relationships with participants and their
local<BR>communities. The guidelines are designed as a reference handbook
on the<BR>managerial, scientific, and social considerations of
participatory<BR>monitoring and complement rather than duplicate existing
manuals providing<BR>monitoring methods (e.g., Monitoring Plant and Animal
Populations, Elzinga<BR>et al. 2001). The guidelines can be scaled to work
with any type of<BR>project whether bottom-up or top-down, large or small,
volunteer or small<BR>contractor.<BR><BR>III EVENTS<BR><BR>NATIONAL NETWORK OF
FORST PRACTITIONER'S ANNUAL MEETING<BR>A Holistic Perspective<BR><A
href="http://www.nnfp.org/">http://www.nnfp.org/</A><BR>September 7-10,
2005<BR>Burr Oak State Park<BR>Glouster, Ohio<BR><BR>This year’s meeting will
bring together forest practitioners from around<BR>the country to learn about
cutting edge developments in the field, share<BR>strategies and approaches, and
have fun. The meeting will help build a<BR>deeper understanding of the diversity
of people and work involved in<BR>community forestry, provide hand-on skill
development and help to create a<BR>stronger foundation for support of our
mutual efforts. <A href="http://www.nnfp.org">www.nnfp.org</A><BR><BR>Silent
Auction: Please consider bringing a part of your forest and work to<BR>be
included in our Annual Meeting's silent auction. Gift donations
can<BR>include ntfp harvested items, crafts, wood work, books, art, or
anything<BR>related to your experience in community forestery. The
proceeds for this<BR>auction will be donated to the scholarship fund and the
silent auction will<BR>allow people to contribute in a manner that is both
personal and helpful<BR>during our annual meeting. Gift certificates are
welcome from business,<BR>especially those working with forest crafts.
Bring your item when you<BR>register, fill out a silent auction form and let the
bidding begin. CANNOT<BR>ATTEND, but wish to share?<BR><BR>Burr Oak
Resort<BR>Attn. NNFP Meeting<BR>c/o Cathi Jones<BR>10660 Burr Oak Lodge
Road<BR>Glouster, OH 45732<BR>Taken from Herbalgram's 2005 Calendar of
Events<BR>(<A
href="http://www.herbalgram.org/default.asp?c=calendar">http://www.herbalgram.org/default.asp?c=calendar</A>)<BR><BR>Healthy
Harvest Show. San Jose, CA. The Healthy<BR><A
href="http://www.healthyharvestshow.com/Attendees/Main.html">http://www.healthyharvestshow.com/Attendees/Main.html</A>.<BR>Harvest
Show is co-sponsored by NNFA (National Nutritional Foods<BR>Association)-West,
the regional trade association representing natural<BR>products industry members
located in the states of California, Hawaii,<BR>Nevada and Arizona. It is
expected to feature over 200 exhibitors of<BR>organic and natural foods and
products, dietary supplements, HBA, sports<BR>nutrition, natural remedies,
health books, and more. Membership in<BR>NNFA-West is not a requirement for
attending the Healthy Harvest Show,<BR>although certain functions and events may
be limited to current members of<BR>NNFA-West (on-site instant membership
applications will be available).<BR>Phone: 805-646-4246. Web site: September
30-October 2:<BR><BR>IV FUNDING<BR><BR>ANNOUNCING A NEW GRANT PROGRAM<BR><A
href="http://www.sandcounty.net">www.sandcounty.net</A><BR>
Request for Proposals: From Sand County Foundation's Community
Based<BR>Conservation Network<BR><BR> Outcomes of
Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) are<BR>fundamentally
influenced by rights and resource values. If
landholder<BR> communities have secure land and
resource use rights; and the<BR>resource to be jointly managed by a community of
landholder's has value to<BR>them;<BR> then the
likelihood of conservation and livelihood outcomes
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