ELR Citation: ELR 20792
No(s). C-4614 (D. Colo. Sep 6, 1973)

The U.S. Forest Service did not abuse its discretion in awarding a timber sale contract to the high bidder, who had defaulted on similar contracts in the past and thereby caused the permanent loss by bug infestation of trees totaling 200 million board-feet of lumber. Proof that the agency exercised ...