Court rules that the Forest Service violated federal environmental laws by changing maps and approving logging
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — Lynx in the northern Rockies got a boost from a federal court this week, as U.S. District Court Candy Dale halted a large lodgepole pine thinning project in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, on the western border of Yellowstone National Park.
Judge Dale ruled that the Forest Service violated federal environmental laws by changing forest maps without adequate environmental reviews. The agency will have to go back to the drawing board and do more studies to disclose how the thinning will affect endangered lynx. (more…)
Filed under: biodiversity, endangered species, Environment, Forest health, forests, public lands, US Forest Service | Tagged: Canada lynx, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, endangered species, endangered species act, National Environmental Policy Act, U.S. Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service | Leave a Comment »


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