Judge Blocks 3rd Timber Sale Over Environmental Concerns; New Logging Plan Must Be Created, Court Rules
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › August 10, 2005
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A third timber sale in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest has been blocked after a federal judge in Milwaukee ruled that the U.S. Forest Service did not adequately assess the environmental effects of logging in a 5,600-acre tract near Clam Lake in Sawyer and Ashland counties.
The decision by Judge Lynn Adelman on Friday means that, for now, 22,140 acres of timber land in Wisconsin's national forest is off limits to loggers until the forest service can propose a logging plan that satisfies federal environmental laws.See the full content of this document
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Judge Blocks 3rd Timber Sale Over Environmental Concerns; New Logging Plan Must Be Created, Court Rules
Adelman had previously ruled that two other projects the 8,800- acre McCaslin timber sale in Oconto County and the 7,740 Northwest Howell sale in For...
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