POPLAR, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The United States Forest Service have canceled a logging project in the Pisgah National Forest after public outcry and a lawsuit filed by local conservation groups. According to the suit, the U.S. Forest Service had begun logging in the area under the guise of debris removal without proper documentation or public approval.
Legal action was pursued by the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the environmental nonprofit group MountainTrue and the Center for Biological Diversity, in November. According to the SELC, the U.S. Forest Service removed their logging equipment from the site just days after the lawsuit was filed.
In response, the conservation groups voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit on Monday, Dec. 15…