Playing at home and trailing 3-1 from the first leg, the Magpies made a late breakthrough through Papiss Cisse and had a shot at glory only for substitute Hatem Ben Arfa to fire over with time running out.
"It will be some time before this fire is out, but our challenge now is to make sure we do everything to contain the damage, " said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who oversees the Forest Service.