Forest Service delays logging project near Yellowstone park
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 14, 2021 at 2:58 pm EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has delayed a proposed logging project just outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park that the agency said was meant to the risk of fire and improve forest health, but that opponents said would harm habitat for grizzly bears, lynx, pine martens and wolverines.
The project, announced last summer, called for up to seven square miles (18 square kilometers) of scattered clear cuts and tree thinning on up to 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) of forest land.