Conservationists Target Timber Sale

HELENA—The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Native Ecosystems Council are suing the U.S. Forest Service in order to halt a timber sale in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest near Butte.

According to the AP, “The conservation groups say the project would harm elk habitat and dump sediment into streams populated by westslope cutthroat trout.

A Forest Service analysis says the project would salvage lodgepole pine trees killed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic before their value deteriorates. The analysis says the project can be done in an environmentally friendly way and improve the area’s aquatic resources.”

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