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Conservation Group Sues to Halt Massive Logging Project in Kootenai National Forest
MAY 20, 2015 | 5
W•O•R•D•S of the Week
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AMTRAK
A passenger train derailed in Philadelphia last week, kill- ing eight people and injuring more than 200. Investigators are trying to find out why the train was traveling more than 100 mph at a sharp bend where the maximum speed limit is 50 mph.
MEMORIAL DAY
This holiday weekend typi- cally marks the start of the summer vacation season. And if last weekend’s busy Canadian holiday was any indication, the Flathead Val- ley is about to get crowded.
STATE TRACK
The track and field state championship meet returns to Kalispell this weekend for only the second time in his- tory. Athletes from Class AA and Class B will be competing at Legends Stadium.
LOGAN PASS
Plow crews have reached the top of Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, meaning it won’t be long before the full stretch of Going-to-the-Sun Road opens along the west side.
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Forest officials say project had received approval through collaboration by stakeholders
By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Beacon
A conservation group has filed a law- suit to halt a sprawling logging project in the Kootenai National Forest along the east side of Lake Koocanusa Reservoir, and while forest officials cannot yet com- ment on the litigation they say the project was born through a collaboration of stake-
holders, including loggers and conserva- tionists.
In its lawsuit, the Helena-based Alli- ance for the Wild Rockies alleged the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of logging on a 92,407-acre area in the Kootenai National Forest violates environmental laws and
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