Article: Santa Fe, N.M., Groups Sue To Stop Area Logging Project.

By Adam Rankin, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 8--SANTA FE, N.M. -- Two Santa Fe environmental groups filed suit Tuesday in federal court seeking to stop a proposed Jemez Mountain logging project aimed at salvaging about 950 acres of burned national forest.

At issue is habitat for a pair of endangered Mexican spotted owls known to nest in a protected 600-acre patch included in the proposed project, known as the Lakes and BMG timber salvage.

About 4,600 acres in both areas burned in 2002.

The Forest Guardians and Santa Fe Forest Watch contend in the lawsuit that the U.S. Forest Service failed to ...

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