Environmental
Jul. 12, 2014
Suit seeks to halt logging of burned Sierra Nevada forests
Environmental groups allege the U.S. Forest Service is ignoring growing scientific evidence of the ecological value of burned forests.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Forestry officials seeking to log severely burned parts of California's Sierra Nevada forests are ignoring an emerging scientific realization that these areas are ecological treasures crucial to wildlife, according to a lawsuit filed this week by environmentalists.
The Earth Island Institute and Center for Biological Diversity have sued the U.S. Forest Service in San Francisco federal court, alleg...
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