Senate Bill 420 would prevent the Division of Forestry from logging in ten percent of State Forests.

In her ruling, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson wrote that the Indiana Forest Alliance's overstated the impact of the VA project on a 15-acre parcel in the cemetery's North Woods.

The lawsuit claims that VA administration violated four key parts of the National Environmental Policy Act.

Hundreds have called congressional representatives concerned about the VA's Crown Hill Cemetery plans to remove trees estimated to be between 300 and 500 years old.

Logging in state forests is on the rise, upsetting some Hoosiers. But others defend the practice.

Efforts to limit logging in Indiana's state forests have once again failed to advance out of committee at the statehouse.

The legislators plan to introduce a bill that would force the Division of Forestry to set aside 10 percent of each state forest, with no logging allowed in those areas.