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A Missoula federal court judge has put a hold on a Yaak-area logging project where the Kootenai National Forest had planned work to begin in mid-May.

The Knotty Pine Project is one of five logging projects totaling almost 315,000 acres in the Yaak region approved by the Kootenai National Forest.

Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over a recreation management plan for the Scratchgravel Hills Special Recreation Management Area northwest of Helena.

MISSOULA, MONTANA—Conservation groups  sued the U.S. Forest Service today  to stop a large timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest that threatens a small and imperiled population of grizzly bears near the Montana-Canada border. The groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of their intent to sue it, as well.

Center for Biological Diversity: Knotty Pine Project Expected to Harm Fragile Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Population

The CA District Court’s decision to vacate the 2020 Certification Rule over EPA’s opposition, and without having conducted a complete review of the Rule on its merits, may be grounds for challenge. 

Two groups sue Forest Service for Red Lodge timber plan they say will destroy lynx habitat Conservation organizations claim Forest Service arbitrarily redrew maps for lynx habitat David Zalubowski/AP FILE - In this April 19, 2005 file photo, a Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest after being released near Creede, Colo. By: Darrell Ehrlick - Daily Montanan Posted at 5:40 PM, Jul 27, 2021 and last updated 2021-07-27 19:40:58-04 Two conservation groups are suing t...

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Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! Support Us A new report says the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. It calls for a global shift toward plant-based eating to stop the damage. The report, issued by the Chatham House think tank in London, notes that biodiversity loss is accelerating at an alarming pace. “The global rate of species extinction today is or...