Mar 26, 2018 | News, News/PR
A coalition of Tennessee conservation groups has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a logging project in Polk County is endangering a sparkling trout stream. Tumbling Creek flows through hemlocks and beech trees on the...
Jun 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
Proposed forest restoration efforts, including a commercial timber harvest, in the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Gainesville-based Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest have come under fire from some environmental groups. “We have serious concerns about the...
Dec 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
Conservation groups reached an agreement with the Forest Service that will allow the agency to move forward with the controversial Courthouse Creek timber sale. The agreement reduces the size of the timber sale, removing logging from significant ecological areas and...
Dec 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
The rich forest growth characteristic of North Carolina and other East Coast states is feeding a worldwide need for biomass energy facilities, but a study released this week asks, “At what cost?” The pellets are used primarily for power generation, although some are...
Nov 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
A trio of North Carolina conservation groups are appealing a local district ranger’s decision to log the Courthouse Creek drainage of the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County. On behalf of WildSouth, the Wilderness Society and the Western North Carolina...
