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Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a project that would remove trees in the Ashley National Forest, which includes a large section of the Uinta Mountain range and Flaming Gorge reservoir in northeastern Utah. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Utah’s Central Division, the Center for Biological Diversity, Yellowstone to Uintas […] The post Lawsuit looks to stop U.S. Forest Service project in Utah’s Uinta Mountains appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.

Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a project that would remove trees in the Ashley National Forest, which includes a large section of the Uinta Mountain range and Flaming Gorge reservoir in northeastern Utah. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Utah’s Central Division, the Center for Biological Diversity, Yellowstone to Uintas […] The post Lawsuit looks to stop U.S. Forest Service project in Utah’s Uinta Mountains appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.

Center for Biological Diversity: SALT LAKE CITY— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for approving logging within up to 147,000 acres of sensitive roadless habitat in Utah’s Ashley National Forest.

The National Roadless Rule, now reinstated on the Tongass National Forest, safeguards vast tracts of old-growth forest that serve as important carbon sinks.

The Tongass National Forest is truly a remarkable natural wonder. As the largest national forest in the United States, it spans an impressive 16.8 million acres in size.