Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Logging Project in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

Lawsuit seeks to stop logging project in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

Hikers make their way up Piper Trail on as they make their ascent toward Mount Chocorua's summit. Chocorua is in the Sandwich Range in the White Mountains National Forest. (Photo by Christopher R. Mazza/iStock/Getty Images)A group of environmentalists have launched a legal battle to stop a logging project in the Sandwich Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. The Sandwich Vegetation Management Project, which was approved by the…

Appalachian forests fall under Trump’s logging plans. In Tennessee, 500,000+ acres are at risk

Cherokee National Forest spans about 660,000 acres in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.(Courtesy / U.S. Forest Service )Forests in the Appalachian Mountains may soon see more logging.President Donald Trump signed two executive orders this spring to expand domestic logging and nullify environmental protections on more than half of the nation’s national forests, including some old-growth woods. While the West will see the most extensive impacts,…

Appalachian forests fall under Trump’s logging plans. In Tennessee, 500,000+ acres are at risk.

Forests in the Appalachian Mountains may soon see more logging.  President Donald Trump signed two executive orders this spring to expand domestic logging and nullify environmental protections on more than half of the nation’s national forests, including some old-growth woods. While the West will see the most extensive impacts, the Appalachians represent the biggest affected area in the East.  In Tennessee, more than 500,000 acres could be at ri…