Lawsuit Seeks to Block Unlawful Logging Project Threatening North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest

Lawsuit seeks to block logging project threatening NC's Pisgah National Forest

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and MountainTrue, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service after the agency refused to stop a logging operation in Pisgah National Forest's Nolichucky River Gorge. Crews recently began a salvage logging project along the Nolichucky River. The project targets old-growth forests along the river. The area is also d…

Lawsuit Seeks to Block Unlawful Logging Project Threatening North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and MountainTrue, sued the U.S. Forest Service today after the agency refused to stop an unlawful logging operation in Pisgah National Forest’s Nolichucky River Gorge.