Some organizations are suing to prevent a forest thinning project . . .
Environmental groups have sued to stop pre-commercial thinning work on the Flathead National Forest, raising arguments that are similar to those applied in two previous lawsuits targeting timber sales.
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan and the Native Ecosystems Council filed the lawsuit May 29 in U.S. District Court in Missoula.
It challenges a recently approved project that involves pre-commercial thinning on 3,650 acres spread across the Flathead Forest.