GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is going ahead with plans to log inside a roadless area in Oregon, but over a much smaller area than originally planned.
The Umpqua National Forest announced Wednesday plans to go ahead with the D-Bug timber sale to reduce wildfire danger around the Diamond Lake resort area.
The project was widely seen as a test of President Barack Obama’s campaign promise to protect the 58 million acres of national forests across the country that have never been commercially logged.
