Lawsuit claims Forest Service project will harm whitebark pine near Yellowstone

By: Darrell Ehrlick

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 696

Last Updated: 3 days, 15 hours ago

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Three organizations and an individual are suing the United States Forest Service — specifically the Gardiner District of the Custer Gallatin National Forest — for a plan they say hurts the already-endangered whitebark pine tree while ignoring lynx and grizzly habitat, and relying on unproven studies.

The groups say the federal government is ignoring its rules and seems to be disregarding its own maps of protected lynx area in an effort to preserve the rare …

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