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April 01, 2024
Forest Service Must Revisit Changes To Timber Standards
An Oregon federal judge has agreed to set aside an environmental analysis for timber standard changes the U.S. Forest Service approved for millions of acres of federal land across eastern Oregon and Washington, finding no errors in a magistrate judge's conclusion that the agency violated multiple federal statutes.
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September 22, 2023
Forest Service Says Judge Can't Redo Tree Protections
The U.S. Forest Service and others are urging an Oregon federal judge to set aside a recent recommendation that the agency readdress its new timber standards for nearly 8 million acres in the Pacific Northwest, claiming the decision ignored the purpose of the National Forest Management Act to the detriment of restoration efforts.
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August 31, 2023
Forest Service Should Redo Tree Protections, Judge Says
The U.S. Forest Service violated multiple environmental laws when it approved logging large-diameter trees in the Pacific Northwest and the new timber standards should be set aside until the agency completes a thorough effects analysis, an Oregon federal magistrate judge recommended Thursday.
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March 31, 2023
Oregon State Profs Spar Over Feds' Tree-Removal Policy
An ecology professor at Oregon State University rebuked her colleague over his support for new regulations that weaken protections for large trees in the Pacific Northwest, telling a federal judge that scientists are divided on whether such trees pose a legitimate wildfire risk.
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February 22, 2023
Advocacy Groups Defend Feds' New Tree-Removal Rules
Two advocacy groups, including a timber-industry trade association, say the federal government acted appropriately in scrapping a decades-old restriction on removing old trees in the Pacific Northwest, claiming the new standard will prevent wildfires and mitigate other ecological risks.
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February 14, 2023
Feds Cite 'Scientific Support' For Policy Shift On Tree Removal
The U.S. Forest Service is defending its decision, in early 2021, to scrap a decades-old restriction on cutting down old and large trees in the Pacific Northwest, arguing that a more flexible standard is needed to ensure that forests in the region can survive a growing number of wildfires.
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June 16, 2022
Green Groups Challenge Removal Of Large Tree Protections
Six environmental nonprofits have hit the U.S. Forest Service with a suit in Oregon federal court challenging the agency's decision to remove longstanding protections for large and old trees in the Pacific Northwest as part of an amended forest management plan.