Oregon Natural Resources Council Action v. U.S. Forest Serv.

ELR Citation: ELR 20021
No(s). C98-942WD (W.D. Wash. Aug 2, 1999)

The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the Northwest Forest Plan and, hence, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by authorizing timber sales without first conducting surveys for certain species of wildlife. The court first holds that the envi...