Environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s plans to increase road building in the Bitterroot National Forest, alleging the plans will harm grizzly bears and bull trout.
“Allowing an increase in the number of roads on the Bitterroot National Forest will further diminish the wild character of the forest, fragment wildlife habitat, and irreparably harm existing ecosystems,” said Jim Miller, president of Friends of the Bitterroot.
