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  • Forest Service Lifts Fuelwood Ban on New Mexico Forests After Judge Modifies Ruling

    10/04/2019 5:36:03 AM PDT · by cowpoke · 22 replies
    THE WESTERNER ^ | 10/3/2019 | Frank DuBois
    The U.S. Forest Service lifted the suspension of sales of fuelwood permits to collect firewood in New Mexico’s five national forests Tuesday after a U.S. District Judge in Arizona modified his original order banning all timber management in the state. The legal dispute centered on protecting a species of spotted owl, which had stopped all timber management — including fuelwood collection — which is critical to many families who use wood to heat their homes and for tribal activities. Other timber management activities, such as timber sales, forest thinning and prescribed burns, were excluded from the judge’s new ruling....