GARRITY
Clearcuts are not illegal, but they should be. Yet politicians like U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and Gov. Greg Gianforte mislead the public by claiming the U.S. Forest Service no longer clearcuts. But obviously the Forest Service and timber industry are still clearcutting national forests.
Case in point, the Custer Gallatin National Forest just approved â then pulled â the South Plateau logging project on the border of Yellowstone National Park that called for clearcutting 5,551 acres. As if 8.6 square miles of clearcuts in grizzly bear and lynx habitat arenât bad enough, the project will also require bulldozing in 56.8 miles of new logging roads.
For Immediate Release, May 14, 2021
Contact:
Adam Rissien, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 370-3147, arissien@wildearthguardians.org
Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936, wildrockies@gmail.com
Dr. Sara Jane Johnson, Native Ecosystems Council, (406) 579-3286, sjjohnsonkoa@yahoo.com
Forest Service Halts Huge Clearcutting Plan Next to Yellowstone National Park That Threatened Grizzlies, Lynx
WEST YELLOWSTONE
, Mont. Following a challenge by multiple conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that it was halting a plan to clearcut more than 4,600 acres of pine forests, log across an additional 9,000 acres and bulldoze up to 56 miles of road on lands just outside Yellowstone National Park in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
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For Immediate Release, April 23, 2021
Contact:
Adam Rissien, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 370-3147, arissien@wildearthguardians.org
Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936, wildrockies@gmail.com
Dr. Sara Jane Johnson, Native Ecosystems Council, (406) 579-3286, sjjohnsonkoa@yahoo.com
Forest Service’s Huge Clearcutting Plan Next to Yellowstone National Park Threatens Grizzlies, Lynx
WEST YELLOWSTONE
, Mont. Four conservation groups today challenged a U.S. Forest Service plan to clearcut more than 4,600 acres of pine forests, log across an additional 9,000 acres, and bulldoze up to 56 miles of road on lands just outside Yellowstone National Park within the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
The Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council said the South Plateau project will destroy habitat for grizzly bears, lynx, pine marten and wolverine. The logging project wil