Ban could block Capitol Christmas Tree from New Mexico

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A tree to be displayed outside the U.S. Capitol building over the holidays is supposed to come from a northern New Mexico forest.
That’s if the U.S. Forest Service can get an exception from a tree-cutting ban across all New Mexico national forests and one in Arizona.
A federal judge says people can cut firewood for personal use, but sidelined all other timber management activities.
The ban came in a 2013 lawsuit that environmentalists filed against the Forest Servic