Alliance for the Wild Rockies stops secret logging project in Uintas-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Alliance for the Wild Rockies stops secret logging project in Uintas-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Aspen trees in the Ashley National Forest. (Photo courtesy of Jason Christensen, Yellowstone to Uintas Connection) What happens when government agencies try to sidestep the law and exclude the public on major projects? Well, sometimes they get away with it — but not this time. The Forest Service tried to secretly log and burn a roadless area in northeast Utah but the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, one of the most successful environmental and con…