The whir of a disc-saw echoed across Palomar Mountain on a recent December afternoon as loggers cut down hundreds of white fir and incense cedar on a steep hillside dotted with rustic homes. It’s a ...
GOLCONDA, Ill. — A local group is filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service that aims to block a proposed 70-acre logging project in the Bell Smith Springs area of Southern Illinois. The suit ...