Environmental Groups Sue to Stop 3,422 Acre Timber Project.(Living Green)

Anchorage, United States -- Three environmental groups sued the Forest Service in Federal District Court in Anchorage today, challenging the Logjam timber sale project on Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The plaintiffs--Tongass Conservation Society, Greenpeace, and Cascadia Wildlands--are asking the court to cancel the 3,422 acre timber project on Prince of Wales Island. The project would log 73 million board feet of timber and build 22 miles of new roads.

The lawsuit claims the Forest Service grossly failed to consider the project's impacts on deer, wolves, and salmon. It asks the court to vacate the agency's decision to proceed with the project, including the project's …