Source: Jack Igelman, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 1/22/21


In 2014, the Pisgah Ranger District conducted a 64-acre timber harvest in the Mills River watershed as part of an Brushy Ridge ecosystem improvement project to control nonnative pests and improve fish and wildlife habitat. Jack Igelman / Carolina Public Press. Nine environmental groups have filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service to halt changes to the way the agency reviews timber projects, arguing the new process bypasses scientific analysis and public feedback vital to creating environmentally sustainable large-scale timber projects.

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