'We won on this issue': large logging project near Yellowstone National Park killed

'We won on this issue': large logging project near Yellowstone National Park killed

A controversial logging plan near Yellowstone National Park has been scrapped, a move conservationists say will better protect wildlife, public lands, and residents.  According to the Daily Montanan, the U.S. Forest Service has withdrawn the Cooke City Fuels Project, a nearly 20,000-acre proposal near Cooke City, Montana, and an entrance to Yellowstone National Park.  The project was presented as a wildfire-reduction effort, but conservation gro…