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ABC4—The U.S. Forest Service has stopped logging 147,000 acres of trees in Ashley National Forest in Utah because of a lawsuit filed against the project by conservation groups. The Forest Service authorized the project in October 2023. The Center for Biological Diversity says the project would tear down the habitat for many of Utah’s bighorn… Continue reading US Forest Service halts logging in Utah national forest

News Channel 9 ABC—The U.S. Forest Service has announced it will scrap plans to log a biologically important area of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest near the Whitewater River. The announcement came nearly six months after the Southern Environmental Law Center sued the agency over the planned logging. “This wild and beautiful forest was saved… Continue reading Forest Service agrees to protect Nantahala Forest from logging

Big Country News — Conservation, hunting, and angling groups and the Nez Perce Tribe have submitted their objections to the Land Management Plan by the U.S. Forest Service in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. Concerns include excessive clear-cutting and its effects on wildlife. The Forest Service said the focus on timber harvest is to reduce fuel… Continue reading Nez Perce Tribe, Environmental Groups say USFS Plan Would ‘Degrade’ Idaho, Montana Forests

The Voice — The Jellico project is a hot topic that has touched a nerve in the people of McCreary and Whitley Counties. It has also touched their hearts. Comments kept pouring in, right up until the midnight hour, just minutes before clocks struck twelve. According to the Jellico Mountains Logging Facebook page, in the end, 673… Continue reading 636 public comments against Jellico’s proposed action

Eastern Standard — The U.S. Forest Service has been receiving public comments on a plan to log 10,000 acres of forest on Jellico Mountain in southeastern Kentucky over a 40-year period. Complicating the issue is an Executive Order signed by President Biden to conserve mature and old-growth forests on federal lands. Kentucky Heartwood Executive Director… Continue reading Kentucky Heartwood and Forest Service Debate Logging Plan

Last day to submit your official comments to the U.S. Forest Service! Letter to the Editor published in The News Journal:

McCreary Voice — More than a dozen people attended a McCreary County public meeting in Stearns, KY on Tuesday to learn about the US Forest Service (USFS) Environmental Assessment for a proposed project to log almost 10,000 acres in Whitley and McCreary Counties. “I’m concerned about many elements of this project and its effect on… Continue reading Friday is last day to submit comments on Jellico Project

Special thanks to our Whitley County leaders who have submitted official comments to the Forest Service regarding the Jellico Mountains logging project. Representative Nick Wilson Kentucky House of Representatives, District 82, Whitley & Laurel As the State Representative of Whitley County, I urge you to reconsider your decision to clear cut this large area. I… Continue reading Whitley County Leaders Speak Up

Kentucky Today — The U.S. Forest Service is investing nearly $74 million to spark innovation, create new markets for wood products and renewable wood energy from sustainably sourced wood, and increase the capacity of wood processing facilities. The grants were announced as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and were made possible in… Continue reading Forest Service grants fund two projects in Kentucky

The McCreary Voice — By Alan Harrelson — As a strong believer in private property, I would not dare tell another landowner what to do with his home, his land, his family. But with the forestry service we are not discussing private property, but rather a vast amount of public acreage that is, by law,… Continue reading On Being a Steward of the Forest