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Forest Service proposes massive logging project on Mark Twain national forest

by Mark Donham, Heartwood Program Director

If you go to our "take action" page and look at the alert letter for the Southwest project, you will see some of the details of a brand new proposal by the Forest Service to log the hell out of a remote area of the Mark Twain national forest in Missouri. In fact, the area has been recognized as a potential wilderness area. It is a heavily used area, and this massive logging project is not compatible with that use.

I have already been contacted by a local resident who is outraged and wants to work hard to stop it. We will keep you informed as this proceeds. But it points out just how narrow minded and backwards the Forest Service as an agency is. All they know how to do is to log, burn, spray, and the like. We need a better agency to manage our precious national forests! Go to our Take Action page right now and tell the Forest Service NO to this horrible project.