Group Says Logging on ANF Should Stop

An environmental group is calling on the Allegheny National Forest to halt logging operations approved since a new forest management plan took effect earlier this year. The Allegheny Defense Project says the U.S. Forest Service is not properly assessing the impact of logging proposals with impacts caused by oil and gas drilling in the state's only national forest. Ryan Talbot of the ADP says until the forest service reconciles how it will regulate oil and gas drilling, logging proposals have to take a back seat. Forest Service spokeswoman Kathy Mohney says all decisions are made in compliance with environmental regulations, policies and laws. The Forest Service owns the surface but not underground mineral rights, more than 90 percent of which are privately held.

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