ELR Citation: ELR 20895
No(s). 73-68-E (N.D. W. Va. Nov 6, 1973)

Clearcutting of federally owned forest lands violates the Organic Act of 1897. The Act's requirement that only dead, mature, or large trees are to be cut cannot be evaded by a determination that trees in a given area are collectively mature. Maturity refers to physiological development, not to the S...