Plans to clearcut about 900 acres of old-growth forest near the Klehini River moved one step closer to fruition last week when the state denied the appeal of Lynn Canal Conservation and two other conservation groups.
In April, LCC, Greenpeace and Oregon-based Cascadia Wildlands appealed the Division of Forestry’s decision to authorize the “Baby Brown” timber sale, claiming the cut would be economically unsound, environmentally irresponsible and visually unappealing.
Gabriel Scott, the Alaska legal director…
