Environmental groups prepare to sue over upcoming forestry project
Signs outside the U.S. Forest Service Flathead National Forest Supervisor's Office on Wolfpack Way in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 1. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Two local watchdog groups plan to sue the U.S. Forest Service over a recently approved 7,700-acre forestry project west of Hungry Horse Reservoir.
Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan argue the federal agency improperly classified the West Reservoir Project as an emergency, allowing it to forgo key assessments required under the Endangered Species Act.
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