Why sue the Forest Service? Because the federal government won't follow the law

Why sue the Forest Service? Because the federal government won't follow the law

Whitebark pine cones (Photo by Richard Sniezko of the United States Forest Service | Public Domain). The Cooke City area of Montana has one of the healthiest whitebark pine forests in the region. Yet now, the Forest Service wants to apply an unscientific method of logging across more than 2,000 acres of these whitebark pine forests on the northeastern border of Yellowstone National Park. Whitebark pine were listed as threatened under the Endange…

Viewpoint: Group sues to stop deforestation near Yellowstone

Michael Garrity writes, "As the national debt is at a record $38.8 trillion, there is simply no reason the Forest Service should be spending $2.8 million for an illegal logging project on the border of Yellowstone National Park." Continue reading…