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How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
The timber sale targets nearly 70 acres under a fast-tracked categorical exclusion, raising concerns over endangered bats and possible National Environmental Policy Act violations, activists say.
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How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
When the Forest Service approved the sale of nearly 70 acres for commercial logging in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest in late 2024, Sam Stearns was furious. The Shawnee is the only national forest in the state, and one of the smallest in the nation. The agency initially billed the so-called McCormick Oak-Hickory Restoration Project timber sale as a “thinning” operation to remove older trees and make room for younger saplings. Logging…
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