Environmental Groups Save Ashley National Forest Roadless Areas from Bulldozers and Chainsaws

Aspen trees in the Ashley National Forest. Photo courtesy of: Jason Christensen, Yellowstone to Uintas Connnection.

The great news is the Ashley National Forest has been saved from a “landscape scale” deforestation plan in which the Forest Service planned to bulldoze in skid trails to log and burn up to 147,000 acres (230 square miles!) of Inventoried Roadless Areas. But when faced with the lawsuit brought by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Yellowstone to Uintas Connection, Center for Biological and Native Ecosystems Council...