logging

Thanks to a few men who’ve designed a guitar, one hallowed spruce from northwest Montana has been given a voice to save a forest.

Mike Garrity writes, "The Forest Service estimates that the Gold Butterfly project will result in a net loss of $4.2 million to federal taxpayers."

The U.S. Forest Service is set to take bids for two of the logging projects at issue within the month.

A logging and clearcutting project in the Bitterroot National Forest will impact the environment and cost taxpayers $4.2 million, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

Commercial logging may proceed in a Forest Service project south of Anaconda, but all other activities must cease until a lawsuit is concluded, according to a federal judge.

Michael Garrity writes, "To enable the logging, the agency planned on bulldozing a stunning 40.7 miles of new logging roads in the Little Belt Mountains north of White Sulphur Springs, Montana."

Pyramid Mountain Lumber owner and General Manager Todd Johnson said the mill has been winding down its operations in steps over the past few months.

The Forest Service is proposing a logging and prescribed-burn project under emergency authorization near the mouth of Rock Creek.

The Ninth Circuit’s decision marks the first time a private timber company has been held accountable in Oregon for potential violations of the Endangered Species Act.

A federal court judge is debating whether or not to put a hold on logging projects already being carried out in the foothills of the Anaconda-Pintler Range.