San Bernardino Forest Project Will Harm Bald Eagles, Suit Says

The US Forest Service unlawfully approved a logging project in the San Bernardino National Forest that will affect nesting bald eagles, environmental groups allege in a federal complaint.

The agency greenlighted the North Big Bear Landscape Restoration Project—which would remove trees and vegetation through prescribed burning, logging, and thinning on 13,000 acres—without taking a hard look at its environmental impacts, Friends of the Big Bear Valley and other groups say in their complaint.

The Forest Service says that San Bernardino National Forest is one of the most wildfire-prone forests in the country, and swift action is needed to prevent ...