A logging and clearcutting project in the Bitterroot National Forest will impact the environment and cost taxpayers $4.2 million, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
Commercial logging may proceed in a Forest Service project south of Anaconda, but all other activities must cease until a lawsuit is concluded, according to a federal judge.
Michael Garrity writes, "To enable the logging, the agency planned on bulldozing a stunning 40.7 miles of new logging roads in the Little Belt Mountains north of White Sulphur Springs, Montana."
The Ninth Circuit’s decision marks the first time a private timber company has been held accountable in Oregon for potential violations of the Endangered Species Act.
A federal court judge is debating whether or not to put a hold on logging projects already being carried out in the foothills of the Anaconda-Pintler Range.