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WHITLEY CITY — The Stearns Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest released a draft environmental assessment for the Jellico Vegetation Management Project on Wednesday, April 24. The project,
The federal agency will spend the rest of this year gathering public input and then take the next couple of years to finalize a new plan.
The previous plan is 25 years old.
An environmental group coalition accuses the U.S. Forest Service of putting federal timber targets ahead of other concerns, including in NC.
Harvesting enough trees to meet federal timber targets nationally is inappropriately taking precedent over ecological considerations when the U.S. Forest Services sets goals for projects in national forests, including in