Records show flaws in data used to back logging in Pisgah, Nantahala • Asheville Watchdog

Records show flaws in data used to back logging in Pisgah, Nantahala • Asheville Watchdog

The U.S. Forest Service used incomplete, inconsistent and misleading data to justify a dramatic expansion of logging in western North Carolina’s national forests over the coming decades, according to public records reviewed by Asheville Watchdog. In its 2023 management plan for the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests, the Forest Service set a goal to allow […]

Environmental advocates sue to prevent increased logging in Western N.C. National Forests

On March 27, five environmental conservation advocacy groups sued the U.S. Forest Service to challenge its updated management plans for Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in Western North Carolina.  The federal lawsuit, filed in the Western District of North Carolina by the Southern Environmental Law Center, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, MountainTrue and Sierra Club, argued that the Forest Service’s goal of increasin…