One million public comments support protecting old-growth from logging on our National Forests

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The U.S. Forest Service has received more than 1 million comments over four comment periods urging it to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests from logging. A 90-day public comment period on the agency’s National Old Growth Amendment Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) ended Friday. By Jackson Chiappinelli Earthjustice Federal and state elected officials, faith groups and faith leaders, […]

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