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WildEarth Guardians New Release

Agency “categorically excluded” tree cutting, burning, and road construction on over 3.7 million acres from any serious environmental review and public input in just first quarter of 2020

The U.S. Forest Service routinely skirts environmental protection laws when proposing industrial logging projects across vast areas of important fish and wildlife habitat, according to a report released today by WildEarth Guardians. Logging harms a range of fish and wildlife species such as bull trout, Canada lynx, Mexican spotted owl, Utah prairie dog, and innumerable other threatened and endangered species.

Read full article at  Report: Forest Service routinely skirts environmental protection laws | WildEarth Guardians