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December 13, 2006

Feds will skip enviro analysis of forest plans

By JEFF BARNARD
AP Environmental Writer

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Long-term management plans for national forests will no longer go through a formal environmental impact statement, the U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday.

Based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and a new approach to forest planning, the Forest Service concluded that writing the plans has no effect on the environment, and any projects envisioned by them will still have to go through a formal analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act, said Fred Norbury, associate deputy chief for the national forest system.


 
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