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Logging Plans Shake Blue Mountains | Boise News
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a radical overhaul of logging in the Blue Mountains, aiming to triple timber harvests across five and a half million acres over the next decade — sparking fierce debate. While officials argue more logging, grazing, and mining will boost local economies and actually reduce wildfire risk by thinning forests, environmentalists warn it could worsen drought, degrade water quality, and endanger wildlife like wolves and salmon. Critics see the plan as exploitation disguised as conservation, while the timber industry pushes back, citing wildfire and insect…
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