Case Number:
C-03-4396 EMC
Date Filed: September 30, 2003
A federal judge handed down a 65-page ruling on October 13, 2004 that strikes down a plan to cut ancient forests next to the Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. The Court held that the U.S. Forest Service (FS) failed to properly analyze environmental impacts to wildlife dependent on these ancient forests for their survival, failed to provide a key biological document for public review, and failed to use sound science to protect the viability of wildlife.
EPIC filed the lawsuit in September 2003 to challenge the "Divide Auger" timber sale, which was located in the Mendocino National Forest in the Thomes Creek watershed, one of the only remaining free-flowing tributaries to the Sacramento River. The timber sale would have removed more than 700 truckloads of old growth and mature trees from more than 21 separate logging units, including ancient forests that connect the Yolla Bolly Wilderness and a designated old growth forest reserve. The "Divide Auger" Timber Sale demonstrates the true nature of the Bush Administration's plans for the management of our public forestlands, targeting large, fire-resistant trees many miles from any community.
More Information
- Ancient Forest Protected From Logging (October 14, 2004)
Court Blocks Forest Service Plan to Cut Next to Yolla-Bolly Wilderness
San Francisco - A federal judge handed down a 65-page ruling late yesterday that strikes down a plan to cut ancient forests next to the Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. The Court held that the U.S. Forest...
- Federal Lawsuit Seeks Protection for Ancient Forest (September 30, 2003)
EPIC Asks Court to Block Logging Next to Yolla-Bolly Wilderness
San Francisco - The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) filed a federal lawsuit today to challenge the U.S. Forest Service's approval of logging in ancient forests adjacent to the remote Yolla...
- Order from the U.S. District Court on Cross Motions for Summary Judgement (October 13, 2004 - 294KB PDF)
The Court ruled that the Forest Service violated NEPA by failing to take a hard look at cumulative impacts and to provide for sufficient public review, and violated NFMA for using a "proxy-on-proxy" approach...
- Fact sheet and photos of the sale (116KB PDF)
- Judge fells federal timber project (October 15, 2004)
The Eureka Times-Standard. A U.S. Magistrate judge has blocked a timber sale on the Mendocino National Forest after finding the project's full effects weren't examined.
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