U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Feb. 7, 2012
9th Circuit sides with environmental group over forest plan
A divided 9th Circuit panel partially struck down a plan to dramatically increase logging, road building and grazing in the more than 400-mile span of Sierra Nevada national forests Friday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday partially struck down a plan to dramatically increase logging, road building and grazing in the more than 400-mile span of Sierra Nevada national forests, ruling that the federal government failed to properly look at the plan's impacts on fish.
The decision stymies an effort during the George W. Bush administration to alter a more protect...
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