Environmental
Oct. 14, 2016
U.S. Forest Service agrees to abandon project in Upper Echo Lake
Threat to endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog cited as issue.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Forest Service agreed to abandon a project that threatened the habitat of the endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog as part of a settlement reached Tuesday, ending a lawsuit over the project, which sought to remove trees and brush in Upper Echo Lake that could fuel a wildfire.
The agreement out of the Eastern District comes three years after Dennis Murphy, ...
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