HS: Driver was instructed to drive across river with endangered mussels

THE DRIVER of a forest machine that devastated a major population of endangered freshwater pearl mussels was following the logging plan provided by Stora Enso, reveal documents obtained by Helsingin Sanomat.

On Monday, the daily newspaper reported that it has obtained the logging plan, which provides workers serving the logging site with instructions for entering the site, the boundaries of the site and storing the harvested timber.