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Center for Biological Diversity: ASHEVILLE, N.C.— A coalition of conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for failing to protect endangered bats in the Nantahala-Pisgah national forests from massively expanded logging allowed under the agency’s new forest plan.

Drag star Pattie Gonia, dressed as a tree during a meeting at the Senate to discuss efforts against deforestation with lawmakers.

The last BWCAW plan was approved in 1993 and wilderness use has not only increased since then, it’s changed markedly.

A final decision was signed Friday for the Wood Duck Project in the Townsend Ranger District of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.

A final decision was signed Friday for the Wood Duck Project in the Townsend Ranger District of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.

For the first time since 1987, Lake Tahoe has a new regional plan for development and land use. Twelve of the 14 voting members of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agencys governing board voted in favor of the new plan, with one member voting against it and another abstaining, according to TRPA spokesman Jeff Cowan.

Year long effort to revise the plan going into its next phase.

Year long effort to revise the plan going into its next phase.

Year long effort to revise the plan going into its next phase.

Year long effort to revise the plan going into its next phase.